HomeMy WebLinkAboutDiamond Bar_Notice of Compliance Evaluation_20261001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 P.O. Box 4025, Sacramento, CA 95812
www.CalRecycle.ca.gov (916) 322-4027
California Environmental Protection Agency
Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery
Gavin Newsom
California Governor
Yana Garcia
Secretary for Environmental Protection
Zoe Heller
CalRecycle Director
Sent via Certified Mail
January 28, 2026
Dan Fox
City Manager
City of Diamond Bar
21810 Copley Drive
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Subject: Notification of Compliance Evaluation for the City of Diamond Bar’s Waste
Diversion Programs
Dan Fox:
This correspondence serves as notice that the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery’s (CalRecycle) Jurisdiction and Agency Compliance and Enforcement Branch
(JACE) will be conducting a compliance evaluation of the City of Diamond Bar
(Jurisdiction) pursuant to Section 18996.1(c) of Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations (14 CCR). This compliance evaluation will determine if the Jurisdiction is
compliant with the following:
•Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) (14 CCR sections 18981.1 through
18998.4),
•Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling (MORe) (Public Resources Code
(PRC) sections 42649.8 through 42649.87),
•Mandatory Commercial Recycling (MCR) (PRC sections 42649 through 42649.7
and 14 CCR sections 18835 through 18839), and
•Efforts to implement Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) (PRC
Section 41000 or PRC Section 41300) and Household Hazardous Waste
Element (HHWE) (PRC Section 41500 or PRC Section 41510).
A member of JACE will be contacting you shortly with more information about what to
expect during the evaluation. A second letter will be sent with a request for information
regarding the Jurisdiction’s waste diversion programs, including requesting access to
the Jurisdiction’s SLCP Implementation Record pursuant to 14 CCR Section
1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 P.O. Box 4025, Sacramento, CA 95812
www.CalRecycle.ca.gov (916) 322-4027
18996.1(b). Once the Implementation Record is reviewed and any additional information
has been received, a field visit will be arranged with you that will also include visiting
applicable solid waste facilities. With the completion of the field visit and complete
analysis of all the available information, a draft report will be shared with you with a
request to confer on the findings. The report will then be finalized and sent to you for
your records.
If you have any questions about JACE’s compliance evaluation, please do not hesitate
to contact Ruby Padilla at Ruby.Padilla@CalRecycle.ca.gov or (562) 427-0756.
Sincerely,
Ashlee M. Yee, Branch Chief
Jurisdiction and Agency Compliance and Enforcement Branch
cc: Tara Reyes, Management Analyst, SLCP Primary Contact, City of Diamond Bar
Anthony Santos, Assistant to the City Manager, Jurisdiction Official Contact, City
of Diamond Bar
David G Liu, Public Works Director, Jurisdiction Official Contact, City of Diamond
Bar
Jennifer Wallin, JACE Manager, CalRecycle
Jeffrey Taylor, JACE Supervisor, CalRecycle
Ruby Padilla, JACE Environmental Scientist, CalRecycle
Marshalle Graham, Local Assistance and Market Development (LAMD) Branch
Chief, CalRecycle
Joseph Rasmussen, LAMD Manager, CalRecycle
Diana Suarez-Arguelles, LAMD Supervisor, CalRecycle
Harnak Samra, LAMD Environmental Scientist, CalRecycle