California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 9 - Planning Guidelines and Procedures for Preparing and Revising Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plans › Article 6.1 - Solid Waste Generation Studies › Section 18724 - Additional Requirements and Guidelines for the Initial Solid Waste Generation Study

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the general requirements in section
					 18722 of this article, the
					 following requirements pertain to a jurisdiction's preparation of the initial
					 solid waste generation study for the initial SRR Element.
(a) Initial Solid Waste Generation Study
				  Submission Dates. Each city, which is not a city and county, shall submit the
				  initial solid waste generation study, as a part of its SRR Element, to the
				  county in which it is located by July 1, 1991, except as provided by section
				  41000(b)
				  of the Public Resources Code. Each county, and city and county, shall complete
				  the initial solid waste generation study, as a part of its SRR Element, by July
				  1, 1991, except as provided by section
				  41000(b)
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(b)
				  Regional and Joint Solid Waste Generation Studies. In addition to the
				  methodologies given in section
				  18722 (
l
) of this
				  article, for the initial solid waste generation study, a jurisdiction may use
				  data collected on an aggregate basis for a joint or regional study of which a
				  jurisdiction is a part. For the purposes of this section, data collected on an
				  aggregate basis are data which are collected at solid waste facilities and
				  recycling facilities which may not be readily disaggregated to a level in which
				  an individual jurisdiction's solid waste generators, waste categories and/or
				  waste types can be identified.
The aggregate data shall be disaggregated on a proportional
					 basis, relative to the applicable demographic, economic, and residential,
					 commercial and industrial characteristics of each jurisdiction participating in
					 the regional or joint study. The initial solid waste generation study shall
					 outline and describe how the proportional allocations of solid waste generated,
					 diverted and disposed were determined and applied to the preparation of the
					 solid waste generation study.
(c) Use of Pre-existing Solid Waste
				  Generation Studies and Data. In addition to the methods given in section
				  18722 (
l
) of this
				  Article, for the initial solid waste generation study, a jurisdiction may use
				  pre-existing solid waste generation studies or data on solid waste composition
				  that have been prepared, subsequent to 1984, by the Board and/or by
				  jurisdictions in California or out-of-state which have similar demographic
				  (e.g., dwelling unit size, family size), and economic (e.g., income,
				  employment), or solid waste (e.g., waste composition, relative proportions of
				  solid waste generators) characteristics.
The use of out-of-state waste composition data is
					 acceptable, provided that the jurisdiction submits with its solid waste
					 generation study a statement of justification which satisfies its burden of
					 proof by demonstrating the following:
1. the out-of-state data must be comparable
				  to data available within California, and satisfy the requirements of subsection
				  (c) of this section; and
2. the
				  statutory and regulatory framework of the state from which the data is derived
				  must be consistent with the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989,
				  as amended, and its attendant regulations, such that it is evident that the
				  framework has not significantly impacted the relative composition of the solid
				  wastes disposed and diverted in that state.
As a part of demonstrating the data's comparability and
					 legal consistency, a jurisdiction shall submit a complete copy of the
					 following, at the time the jurisdiction submits its SRR Element for the Board's
					 consideration:
i) the waste
				  characterization study and composition data it is using, and
ii) the solid waste statutory and regulatory
				  framework of the state from which the study and data originated.
For the purposes of this section, out-of-state data refers
					 only to data obtained from other states of the United States.
A jurisdiction using solid waste generation studies or data
					 from the Board and/or another jurisdiction with similar demographic, economic
					 and solid waste characteristics shall list and describe in its solid waste
					 generation study all the major characteristics which are similar between the
					 two jurisdictions relative to the study.