Where the board makes a finding of emergency, the board may negotiate a contract for such services without following procedures in Sections 17020 - 17029. The finding of emergency must include a finding that conditions at a solid waste facility pose an imminent threat to life or health and insufficient time exists to implement the foregoing procedures to secure services. The selection criteria will be the same as those listed in Section 17022 and fees will still be negotiated as described in Section 17024. The announcement, formal ranking, and interviewing procedures, as specified in Sections 17021 and 17023 may be by-passed.