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 9.2 - Disposal Reporting System › Section 18801 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For the
				  purposes of this Article, the following terms have the meanings given below.
(1) "Agency" means the local agency
				  responsible for compiling the disposal information from haulers and operators.
				  The county is the agency, unless a region is given the responsibility as part
				  of a regional agreement.
(2)
				  "Airspace utilization factor" (AUF) (tons of waste per cubic yard of landfill
				  airspace) means the effective density of waste material in the landfill. The
				  AUF is recorded as the total weight of waste material passing over the landfill
				  scales that is placed in a known volume of landfill airspace in a given time
				  period. The waste portion of the AUF should include only waste material for
				  which payment of fees to the Board is reported.
(3) "Alternative daily cover" has the same
				  meaning as in section
				  20690 of Title 27 of the
				  California Code of Regulations.
(4)
				  "Alternative intermediate cover" has the same meaning as in section
				  20700 of Title 27 of the
				  California Code of Regulations.
(5)
				  "Beneficial reuse" has the same meaning as in section
				  20686 of Title 27 of the
				  California Code of Regulations.
(6)
				  "Board" means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
(7) "Construction and Demolition (C&D)
				  Debris" has the same meaning as in section
				  17381(e) of Title
				  14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(8) "Designated waste" has the same meaning
				  as defined in section
				  13173 of the
				  California Water Code.
(9)
				  "Disaster waste" has the same meaning as "disaster debris" in section
				  17210.1(d) in
				  Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(10) "Dispatcher" means a person who sends a
				  public contract hauler on a specific route or to specific locations to collect
				  solid waste for delivery to a solid waste facility. A "dispatcher" keeps
				  records on the locations to which haulers are sent to collect and deliver
				  waste.
(11) "District" means a
				  community service district established in accordance with Government Code
				  section
				  61000 et
				  seq., that provides solid waste handling services or implements source
				  reduction and recycling programs. "District" also includes a sanitary district
				  or a public utility district that provides solid waste handling services or
				  implements source reduction and recycling programs.
(12) "Export from California" means export
				  outside the boundaries of the State of California or to Indian country within
				  the boundaries of the State of California, as defined in section
				  1151 of Title 18 of the United
				  States Code.
(13) "Facility" means
				  a permitted solid waste facility, as defined in section
				  18720(a)(51) of
				  the California Code of Regulations. "Facility" includes, but is not limited to
				  transfer stations, landfills, and transformation facilities.
(14) "Gatehouse attendant" means a person who
				  processes deliveries from haulers transporting solid waste to a facility and
				  who may be responsible for obtaining jurisdiction of origin
				  information.
(15) "Hauler" means a
				  person who collects solid waste from a solid waste generator, or collects his
				  or her own waste, and transports the waste to a solid waste facility. "Hauler"
				  includes a public contract hauler. "Hauler" does not include a person who
				  transports solid waste from a station to another facility.
(16) "Host jurisdiction" means a jurisdiction
				  in which a permitted solid waste facility is located.
(17) "Import from outside California" means
				  import of waste from outside the boundaries of the State of California or from
				  Indian country within the boundaries of the State of California, as defined in
				  section 1151 of Title 18 of the United
				  States Code.
(18) "In-place waste
				  density" (pounds of waste per cubic yard of waste) means the estimated or
				  measured density of in-place waste material achieved by mechanical or other
				  means in the development of the current lift of the current operating waste
				  cell.
(19) "Inert debris" has the
				  same meaning as in section
				  17381(k) of Title
				  14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(20) "Jurisdiction" means a city, county,
				  city and county, or regional agency with responsibility for waste management.
				  This definition is in addition to the definition found in section
				  18720(a)(33).
(21) "Load" means the solid waste delivered
				  to a solid waste facility in a single vehicle at one time.
(22) "Operator" means a person who operates a
				  permitted solid waste facility.
(23) "Origin survey" or "survey" means a
				  method for determining the jurisdiction(s) of origin for solid waste delivered
				  to a facility.
(24) "Public
				  contract hauler" means a person who charges for or is paid for collecting solid
				  waste from a solid waste generator and transporting the waste to a solid waste
				  facility. A person involved in a solid waste enterprise or solid waste handling
				  services as defined in sections
				  49504
				  and
				  49505
				  of the Public Resources Code respectively, and a person who is a franchise
				  hauler meet the definition of a public contract hauler. A "public contract
				  hauler" may collect solid waste from residential, commercial, industrial, or
				  other generators.
(25) "Quarter"
				  means one of the following four three-month periods in a calendar year: The
				  first quarter begins January 1 and ends March 31. The second quarter begins
				  April 1 and ends June 30. The third quarter begins July 1 and ends September
				  30. The fourth quarter begins October 1 and ends December 31.
(26) "Region" means an entity formed pursuant
				  to sections
				  40970
				  through
				  40975
				  of the Public Resources Code. This definition supersedes the definition found
				  in section
				  18720(a)(57) of
				  the California Code of Regulations for the purposes of this Article.
(27) "Soil" includes clean or contaminated
				  soil.
(A) "Clean (or noncontaminated) soil"
				  means soil that does not contain other materials, or is below designated
				  concentrations of contamination for other materials as allowed pursuant to
				  section
				  13173 of the
				  California Water Code.
(B)
				  "Contaminated soil" means soil that:
(i)
				  contains designated or nonhazardous concentrations, as set forth in Title 23,
				  Chapter 15, Article 1, section
				  2510 et seq. of the California
				  Code of Regulations, of petroleum hydrocarbons, such as gasoline and its
				  components (benzene, toluene, xylene, and ethylbenzene), diesel and its
				  components (benzene), virgin oil, motor oil, or aviation fuel, and lead as an
				  associated metal; and
(ii) has been
				  determined pursuant to section
				  13263(a)
				  of the Water Code to be a waste that requires regulation by the Regional Water
				  Quality Control Board or Local Oversight Agency.
(28) "Solid waste" or "waste" has the same
				  meaning as defined in section
				  40191
				  of the Public Resources Code.
(29)
				  "Station" means a permitted solid waste facility utilized to receive solid
				  wastes, temporarily store, separate, convert, or otherwise process the
				  materials in the solid wastes, or to transfer the solid wastes directly from
				  smaller to larger vehicles for transport. "Station" includes permitted transfer
				  or processing stations or facilities, and permitted materials recovery
				  facilities. "Station" does not include permitted transformation facilities or
				  landfills.
(30) "Track" means to
				  collect origin information and determine tonnage for loads of waste delivered
				  to a facility and to maintain a record of the origin and tonnage information.
				  Data tracked during a quarter is used to compile quarterly reports.
(31) "Waste-to-cover ratio" (estimated)
				  (volume:volume) means the unit-less expression of the proportion of the volumes
				  of waste and cover that comprise a volume of compacted fill material, e.g. 4:1.
				  The cover portion of the waste-to-cover ratio estimate should include only soil
				  or approved daily or intermediate alternative cover that is not considered a
				  waste material, i.e., payment of fees to the Board is not required. The waste
				  portion of the waste-to-cover ratio estimate should include only waste material
				  for which payment of fees to the Board is reported.