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(i) "Jurisdiction" means a City, or West Bay Sanitary District, or the County, each of which provides solid waste collection services within their jurisdictional boundaries. (j) "Local Enforcement Agency" or "LEA" means the San Mateo County Department of Health Services, Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency. (k) "Organics," or "Organic Waste" are materials that originate from living organisms and their metabolic waste products, including but not limited to, food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, organic textiles, paper products, printing and writing paper, vegetables, grain, meat, bones, paper towels, leaves, and wood. (1) "Route review" means a visual inspection of containers along a hauler route for the purpose of determining container contamination, and may include mechanical inspection methods such as the use of cameras. (m) "SB 1383 Regulations," "Regulations," or "Chapter" means, for the purposes of the MOU, Chapter 12 (Short-lived Climate Pollutants) of Division 7 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. Regulatory references to specific sections listed in the MOU shall be to the SB 1383 Regulations, unless specifically noted otherwise. (n) "Waste evaluation" means collecting samples from garbage, recycling, and organics from different areas in the jurisdiction so that the samples are representative of the jurisdiction's waste stream. 3. Responsibilities of the Agency. (a) General. The Agency shall conduct the services described in this Section for the Jurisdictions. The Jurisdictions are delegating certain responsibilities related to Chapter 12 to the Agency as described in this Section. The Agency shall conduct the services described in this Section for the Jurisdictions in a manner in which each Jurisdictions receives services in an equitable manner. (b) Education and outreach. The Agency shall provide educational materials and community outreach to organic waste Generators in English, Spanish, and Chinese that explain and provide information on the requirements of the SB 1383 Regulations, as more specifically described below, and will be consistent with the scope of work listed in the three- year Public Education and Recycling Technical Assistance Plan. (i) Prior to February 1, 2022, the Agency will make available to Generators, through print and/or electronic media, information regarding §§ 18984.9, 18984.10, 18985.1, 18985.2, 18988.3, 18991.3, 18991.4, and 18991.5 of the Regulations. This information shall be maintained and updated at least annually. (ii) The Agency shall send letters to residential and commercial Generators who have not subscribed to Recyclable Materials or Organics Collection Services and those who are found to have prohibited container contaminants. The letters shall provide information and resources to comply with the Regulations related to the collection and recovery of Recyclable Materials and Organic Waste. The Agency shall work with each individual Jurisdiction and the franchise Hauler to tailor the letters to the Jurisdiction's needs. REV: 09-28-2021 MI