California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 5 - Enforcement of Solid Waste Standards and Administration of Solid Waste Facility Permits; Loan Guarantees › Article 2.2 - LEA Performance Standards, Evaluation Criteria, and Duties and Responsibilities › Section 18083 - LEA Duties and Responsibilities for Inspections

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Pursuant to Public Resources Code
				  Division 30, Parts 4 and 5, and 14 CCR Division 7, Chapters 3 and 5, 27 CCR,
				  Division 2, Subdivision
				  1 (§
										20005 et seq.), and its EPP, the
				  LEA/EA shall inspect and investigate solid waste collection, handling, and
				  storage, solid waste facilities, operations and disposal sites and equipment to
				  verify compliance with the state minimum standards, solid waste facilities
				  permits, and related state solid waste laws and regulations within their
				  purview for the protection of the environment and the public health and safety.
				  The LEA/EA shall perform these inspections and related duties as required
				  below, and forward inspection reports to the operator, and/or owner, and the
				  Department within 30 days of the inspection:
(1) weekly, for sites operating on
				  performance standards pursuant to
				  27 CCR
				  Section 20695;
(2) monthly, for all active and inactive
				  facilities, and for illegal sites and facilities, pending abatement by
				  enforcement action(s);
(3) at the
				  frequency required by the state minimum standards for each type of operation
				  specified in
				  14 CCR
				  Sections 17383.9., 17403.5., and 17896.9. All
				  other operations regulated under the EA Notification tier shall be inspected by
				  the EA at least once every three (3) months unless the EA approves, with
				  Department concurrence, a reduced inspection frequency. The EA may approve a
				  reduced inspection frequency only if it will not pose an additional risk to
				  public health and safety or the environment, and in no case shall the
				  inspection frequency be less than once per calendar year. The EA shall submit a
				  copy of the EA-proposed approval to the Department. The Department shall concur
				  in the EA-proposed approval only if it finds that the reduced inspection
				  frequency will not pose an additional risk to public health and safety or the
				  environment in light of the specific circumstances at the operation in
				  question. The Department shall concur or deny the EA-proposed approval within
				  thirty (30) days from receipt.
(4)
				  quarterly, for closed sites, abandoned sites, and sites exempted pursuant to
				  27 CCR
				  Section 21565. For closed sites, inspections
				  shall be made until no potential threat exists to public health and safety or
				  the environment. This determination shall be subject to Department approval.
				  For the purposes of this subsection, the enumeration, and the workload
				  analysis, a closed site means a site that has ceased accepting waste and,
				  should be closed, is undergoing closure, or has met applicable closure
				  requirements;
(A) the Department may approve
				  an alternate inspection frequency for these sites where such an action will not
				  result in adverse impact on public health and safety and the
				  environment.
(5) if an
				  LEA has been designated as the EA for waste tire facilities or entered into an
				  agreement with the Department through a grant program to inspect tire
				  facilities, major waste tire facilities shall be inspected annually, minor
				  waste tire facilities shall be inspected at least once every two and a half
				  years pursuant to
				  14 CCR
				  Section 18443;
(6) upon receipt of a complaint or emergency
				  notification which cannot be resolved off-site;
(7) as necessary, pursuant to the EPP, upon
				  receipt of a solid waste facilities permit application, revision, review, RFI
				  amendment, or closure/postclosure plan;
(8) pursuant to the EPP, for solid waste
				  handling and collection equipment; and
(9) at the frequency described in Sections
				  17409.5.12,
				  17869(j), and
				  17896.45(k).