State Agency Waste Management Annual Report for
Caltrans District 7

Annual Report Summary - (Printer Friendly Version)

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Part I
State Agency Name:	Caltrans District 7
Address:	120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Director:	Robert W. Sassaman
Title:	District Director
Recycling Coordinator:	Cynthia Stroud
Address:	120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Work Phone:	(213) 897-3769
Fax Number:	(213) 897-0857
Email Address:	Cynthia_Stroud@dot.ca.gov
Total Employees:	3,141
Total Vistors, inmates, etc :	18,200

Part II

Verified	District Office 120 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Number of Employees: 1825	Sylvester Wilson 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 897-3769 Fax: (213) 897-0857 Email: Sylvester_Wilson@dot.ca.gov
Verified	Material/Transportation Laboratory 1616 S. Maple Street Los Angeles, CA 90007 Number of Employees: 28	Leslie Bergquist 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 620-5691 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Leslie_Bergquist@dot.ca.gov
Verified	Ventura Satellite District Office 950 Country Square Ventura, CA 91381 Number of Employees: 15	Milton Victor 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 897-3700 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Milton_Victor@dot.ca.gov
Verified	Equipment Shop 5421Vineland Avenue North Hollywood, CA 91601 Number of Employees: 61	Blaine Huling 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 629-2582 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Blaine_Huling@dot.ca.gov
Verified	Surveys Ventura Satellite Office 156 Garden Street Ventura, CA 91381 Number of Employees: 12	Milton Victor 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 897-3700 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Milton_Victor@dot.ca.gov
Verified	Surveys Newhall Satellite Office 25111 Old Road Newhall, CA 91321 Number of Employees: 55	Milton Victor 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 897-3700 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Milton_Victor@dot.ca.gov
Verified	Legal Office 865 S. Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Number of Employees: 40	Faith Gavaro 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 955-5000 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Faith_Gavaro@dot.ca.gov
Verified	Structures & Maintenance Norwalk Satellite Office 12501 East Imperial Highway Norwalk, CA 90650 Number of Employees: 51	Gideon Werrede 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 897-9645 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Gideon_Werrede@dot.ca.gov
Verified	North Region #1 23922 San Fernando Road Newhall, CA 91321 Number of Employees: 215	John McBride 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (661) 942-4107 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: John_McBride@dotca.gov
Verified	West Region #2 4821 Adohr Lane Camarillo, CA 93012 Number of Employees: 182	Kit Flom 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (808) 383-2983 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Kit_Flom@dot.ca.gov
Verified	Special Crews Region #4 7300 Bandini Blvd. Commerce, CA 90601 Number of Employees: 240	Steve Wagner 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (213) 620-3110 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Steve_Wagner@dot.ca.gov
Verified	East Region #4 1940 S. Workman Mill Road Whittier, CA 90601 Number of Employees: 199	James Leeger 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (626) 303-4736 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: James_Leeger@dot.ca.gov
Verified	South Region #5 5360 W. Imperial Highway Los Angeles, CA 90045 Number of Employees: 218	Pam Dennis 120 South Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Phone: (310) 370-3053 Fax: (213) 897-0815 Email: Pam_Dennis@dot.ca.gov
Total Employees: 3141

Part III Section 1
Summary of program information entered to date.
Diversion Calculations
	Program	Existing	Planned/ Expanding	Tons
	Business Source Reduction	X		33.000
	Material Exchange	X		42.700
	Salvage Yards		X	0.000
	Other Sources		X	0.000
	Beverage Containers		X	0.000
	Cardboard	X		6.000
	Glass		X	0.000
	Newspaper		X	0.000
	Office Paper (white)	X		355.400
	Office Paper (mixed)	X		118.100
	Plastics		X	0.000
	Scrap Metal		X	0.000
	Special Collection Events		X	0.000
	Other Materials	X		0.030
	Xeriscaping, grasscycling		X	0.000
	On-site composting/mulching		X	0.000
	Self-haul greenwaste		X	0.000
	Commercial Pickup of Waste		X	0.000
	Food waste composting		X	0.000
	Other composting		X	0.000
	Ash		X	0.000
	Sludge (sewage/industrial)		X	0.000
	Tires	X		23.500
	White/brown goods		X	0.000
	Scrap metal	X		8.700
	Wood waste		X	0.000
	Concrete/asphalt/rubble (C&D)	X		156.400
	Rendering		X	0.000
	Other special waste		X	0.000
	MRF		X	0.000
	Alternative Daily Cover		X	0.000
	Other facility recovery		X	0.000
	Waste To Energy		X	0.000
	Biomass		X	0.000
	Tires		X	0.000
	Other Transformation		X	0.000
	Total Tonnage Diverted			743.830
	Total Tonnage Disposed			1,540.200
	Total Tonnage Generated			2,284.030
	Overall Diversion Percentage (Tonnage Diverted / Tonnage Generated)			32.6%

Hazardous Materials (Programs not included in calculations)
	Program	Existing	Planned/ Expanding	Tons
	Batteries	X		(23.500)
	Used Oil/Antifreeze	X		(42.250)
	Paint		X	(0.000)
	Other HHW	X		(44.700)

Part III Section 2
This section of the annual report presents the methods in which your agency informed both employees and customers served that a recycling program was being implemented. Below are identified the programs you reported were continued or implemented during 2001.
1.	Web Page
2.	Recycled Goods Procurement Training
3.	Waste Evaluations/Survey

Part III Section 3
Procurement Activities Implemented in 2001
This section of the annual report presents your compliance with the State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (SABRC). The activities identified below were reported as implemented or continued during 2001. (Note: Completing this section does not meet the SABRC reporting requirements (PCC Section 12162(b)).

Part IV
1 .	Is the mission statement of the State agency/large State facility the same as reported in the Integrated Waste Management Plan? If the answer to 1 is No, What is the new mission statement? The mission statement for the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is to improve mobility across California.
2 .	How has the waste stream, i.e. those materials disposed in landfills, changed since the Integrated Waste Management Plan was submitted? Since the Integrated Waste Management Plan was submitted, all divisions at Caltrans District 7 have become more involved with reporting recycling and reutilization efforts. This modification has diverted 743.830 tons from the waste stream.
3 .	What waste diversion programs are currently in place and what waste diversion programs were implemented in 2001 to meet the waste diversion goals? In 2001, Caltrans District 7 implemented a TONER CARTRIDGE Recycling Program. Employees were electronically notified about the program and collection sites. Waste diversion programs in effect prior to 2001 are Paper, Cardboard and Scrap Metal as well as other materials listed in Annual Summary Report.
4 .	How were the amounts of materials disposed and diverted, that were entered into the Annual Report, determined (e.g. waste assessments, per capita generation and extrapolation, actual disposal weights, or actual recycling weights)? 1)Solid Waste Disposal & Recycling Report Route 14 HOV Project. 2)EcoToner & Leo Industries collection receipts. 3)Superior certificate of recycling and/or disposal. 4)Non hazardous waste manifest - bill of lading. 5)Dalton Enterprises collection manifest. 6)Maintenance shop report. 7)Property controller report. 8)Conversion factors. 9)Russ Howlett's Dictionary of Units of Measurement.
5 .	What types of activities are included in each of the reported programs? For example does your agency Business Source Reduction include email, double-sided photocopying, reusing envelopes, etc.? 1)BUSINESS SOURCE REDUCTION email double-sided copying electronic correspondence and reports 2)MATERIAL EXCHANGE through office furniture re-utilization 3)RECYCLING cardboard and recycling reuse of toner cartridges/waste 4)CONCRETE/ASPHALT (C&D) special waste activities are on-site reuse mixed debris recycling reuse of salvageable items 5)TIRES and SCRAP METAL mixed debris recycling reuse of salvageable items
6 .	Has the State agency/large State facility adopted or changed it's waste reduction policy? If Yes, what is the new waste reduction policy?
7 .	What resources (staff and/or funds) did the State agency/large State facility commit toward implementing it's Integrated Waste Management Plan in 2001 to help meet the waste diversion goals? Caltrans District 7 has exhibited an improved waste management awareness because of meaningful education from California Integrated Waste Management Board, hands on direction and assistance from Caltrans headquarters provided by Jack Ezekiel and improved support and reporting from all Divisions in District 7.

Part IV Miscellaneous

8.	Caltrans District 7 has transferred $335.64 to accounting for toner cartridges and paper recycling collection efforts.