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 9.25 - Recycling and Disposal Reporting System › Section 18815.9 - Methods

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  When required by this article, a reporting entity shall use the following
				  methods to report material streams and types:
(0.4) If a reporting entity sends materials
				  to a disposal facility for disposal, then those materials shall be classified
				  within the solid waste stream, unless the materials are purely designated waste
				  or disaster debris, in which case the materials shall be classified as
				  designated waste or disaster debris.
(0.5) A reporting entity shall classify
				  materials mixed with solid waste within the solid waste stream, including, but
				  not limited to, source-separated recycling that is contaminated to an extent
				  such that the material may not be received by a "recycling center" pursuant to
				  section 17402.5(d) of this division.
(1) Material type reporting shall vary with
				  the type of reporting entity and material stream.
(A) Food waste self-haulers shall report
				  pursuant to section 18815.4(b) of this article.
(B) Recycling and composting facilities and
				  operations, brokers, and transporters shall report by material type pursuant to
				  paragraph (2) for all material sent to each destination, including residuals
				  and separated materials sent to a disposal facility.
(C) Disposal facilities reporting inflows of
				  materials that are used for beneficial reuse shall report material type
				  pursuant to paragraph (3). Reporting entities reporting potential beneficial
				  reuse shall report material type pursuant to paragraph (2). No reporting entity
				  shall include tons of clean or contaminated soil in the tons of potential
				  beneficial reuse.
(D) Contract
				  haulers, transfer/processors, and disposal facilities shall report material
				  type as follows:
(i) Materials in the solid
				  waste, designated waste, or disaster debris stream shall be reported,
				  respectively, as solid waste, designated waste, or disaster debris, and
				  facilities are not required to further sort or characterize such
				  material.
(ii) Except as described
				  in subparagraph (C), all other material shall be reported pursuant to paragraph
				  (2).
(2) A
				  reporting entity shall report materials at the level of segregation at the time
				  they were sold or transferred, as follows:
(A) A reporting entity shall report a
				  homogeneous material or individual grade of material as that individual
				  material type (e.g., HDPE bottles, aluminum cans, flint glass bottles,
				  concrete, or mulch).
(B) A
				  reporting entity shall report combinations of various materials within a single
				  material category based on applicable industry standards (e.g., ferrous metals,
				  crushed mixed glass, mixed paper, or rigid plastics).
(C) A reporting entity shall report mixed
				  materials from several categories as mixed materials or commingled recyclables
				  based on applicable industry standards.
(D) Commencing with reporting period 1 of
				  2025, if a reporting entity reports material that is not homogenous or not an
				  individual grade of material type, then the reporting entity shall identify the
				  specific materials within that mixture unless the reporting entity certifies
				  that they cannot do so because they do not have information on specific
				  materials. False certification shall be subject to penalties pursuant to this
				  article.
(E) Notwithstanding
				  subparagraphs (A) through (D), entities reporting green material for potential
				  beneficial reuse shall report material type as green material.
(3) A reporting entity shall:
(A) Report all ADC and AIC by the following
				  material types:
(i) Ash and cement kiln dust
				  materials,
(ii) Construction and
				  demolition wastes and materials,
(iii) Compost materials, which include
				  residuals left over from the composting process,
(iv) Green material,
(v) Contaminated sediment, dredge spoils,
				  foundry sands, energy resource exploration, and production wastes,
(vi) Processed construction and demolition
				  wastes and materials,
(vii)
				  Shredded tires,
(viii) Sludge and
				  sludge-derived materials,
(ix)
				  Treated automobile shredder waste, and
(x) Other material types approved for
				  beneficial reuse by the enforcement agency, such as materials left over after
				  the material recovery process. The reporting entity shall specify the approved
				  material type in their report to the Department.
(B) Report all materials used for
				  construction, landscaping, and erosion control on site by material type,
				  pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
(C)
				  Not include tons of clean or contaminated soil used as cover material or for
				  other uses at a landfill.