Debris Management
Coordination Meeting
May 7, 2014
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Agenda
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Interlocal Agreements
Debris Contracts
Potential Debris Sites for 2014
Pre- & Post-storm communications
Certification, Placards & Load Tickets
Monitoring – Collections & Debris Sites
FEMA Overview
Contact Information
561-640-4000
First Priority
The restoration of garbage collection services on
their regular schedule is our first priority
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Interlocal Agreements
 An Interlocal Agreement with SWA is required
prior to delivering debris to SWA sites
 Please review your Interlocal Agreement prior
to hurricane season
 Use of SWA debris sites is optional
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Debris Contracts
 SWA currently has agreements with five
qualified contractors, selected by competitive
process, to manage debris
 Contracts contain provisions to allow them to
be “piggybacked”
 Copies are available at www.SWA.org , click
on “Hurricane Info”
 Debris monitoring contract is in procurement
- can also be piggybacked
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Pre- and Post-storm
Communications
 Blast faxes, emails and news releases will be
primary pre-storm communications (Suspension
of collections and facility closures)
 Palm Beach County EOC will be primary
communications link immediately post-storm.
 WebEOC system will be used
 Conference calls as needed
 Transition to direct communications with SWA as
cleanup progresses
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Planning and Response
 Pre-landfall facility closures are planned to
have all SWA high-profile vehicles off the road
before Tropical Storm force winds arrive
 Post-storm response, following damage
assessment, will begin with truck certification
and debris site mobilization
 Depending on the severity of the storm, plan
on a minimum of 3-5 days before debris sites
are available
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2014 Potential
Debris Sites
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Dyer Landfill
Wallis Road – West of PBIA
Okeehelee Park South
Palm Beach Downs
South County Regional Park
Pike Road and Florida’s Turnpike
Belle Glade transfer/Old SWA transfer station
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2014 Municipal
Debris Sites
 Any Municipality that used their own sites in
earlier storms, that plans to use SWA in 2014,
please let us know
 Request any Municipalities provide list of their
potential sites to SWA
 Provide us a “contact” for municipal debris site
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561-640-4000
Certification &
Placards
 SWA placards are required to access SWA
debris sites
 Truck certifications will be done by SWA
 Overview of procedures
 Issues encountered
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Load Tickets
Two choices for 2014:
Paper
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or
Plastic?
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Paper Load Tickets
 No changes planned to previously used system,
except:
 New forms will be four part instead of five
 Overview of procedures
 Use of existing supply of tickets is acceptable, if
condition allows
 Administrative expense apportionment
 Issues encountered
 New load tickets issued when warning is
imminent
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Electronic Load
Tickets
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SWA intends to use electronic load tickets for
it’s collection efforts in the unincorporated area
Strictly optional (at your discretion), but only
one system per event
Required to use SWA load ticket software
Not recommended for smaller cities
Administrative expense apportionment
Contact SWA for information
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Load & Debris Site
Monitoring
 No major changes planned to the basic system
used previously
 Overview of procedures & responsibilities
 Issues encountered
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FEMA
 Overview & Guidance for 2014
 No substantive changes this year
 Sandy Recovery Act Pilot Program still in
effect
 Link to 2014 SOP for FEMA Pilot Program
on SWA web page (Internal FEMA
Procedures)
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SWA Contact
Information
SWA
Mark Eyeington meyeington@swa.org
Marc Bruner
mcbruner@swa.org
John Archambo jarchambo@swa.org
Rich Kurz
rkurz@swa.org
Willie Puz
wpuz@swa.org
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561.236.2552
561.351.9103
561.351.2010
561.358.7542
561.379.2405
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Municipal Contact
Information
Please provide us the contact information
for your debris liaison/manager before
leaving today
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This presentation will be
posted on the
SWA website at:
www.SWA.org
click on
“Hurricane Info”
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