California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 3.2 - In-Vessel Digestion Operations and Facilities Regulatory Requirements › Article 1 - In-Vessel Digestion Operations and Facilities Regulatory Requirements › Section 17896.1 - Authority and Scope

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  This Chapter sets forth permitting requirements and minimum operating standards
				  for in-vessel digestion operations and facilities that receive and process by
				  means of in-vessel digestion solid wastes that are subject to the requirements
				  of this Chapter. The regulatory tier requirements of sections
				  17896.3 through
				  17896.15 are not applicable to
				  operations and facilities that are subject to regulations elsewhere in this
				  Division. Activities placed within the excluded tier in other chapters of this
				  Division, may still be subject to the regulatory requirements specified in this
				  Chapter.
(b) This Chapter is
				  adopted pursuant to and for the purpose of implementing the California
				  Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Act) commencing with section
				  40000
				  of the Public Resources Code, as amended. These regulations should be read
				  together with the Act.
(c)
				  Digestion of organic material can be a naturally occurring or an artificially
				  controlled process. This Chapter establishes standards and regulatory
				  requirements for the intentional processing of organic material by means of
				  in-vessel digestion.
(d) This
				  Chapter implements and interprets those provisions of the Act relating to
				  receipt, storage, handling, recovery, transfer, or processing of solid waste at
				  in-vessel digestion operations and facilities. Nothing in this Chapter limits
				  or restricts the power of any federal, state, or local agency to enforce any
				  provision of law that it is authorized or required to enforce or administer,
				  nor limits or restricts cities and counties from promulgating and enforcing
				  laws which are as strict or stricter than the regulations contained in this
				  Chapter. However, no city or county may promulgate or enforce laws which
				  otherwise conflict with the provisions of this Chapter.
(e) No provision in this Chapter shall be
				  construed as relieving any owner, operator, or designee from obtaining all
				  required permits, licenses, or other clearances and complying with all orders,
				  laws, regulations, or reports, or other requirements of other regulatory or
				  enforcement agencies, including but not limited to, local health agencies,
				  regional water quality control boards, Department of Toxic Substances Control,
				  California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety
				  and Health, air quality management districts or air pollution control
				  districts, local land use authorities, and fire authorities.
1. New
					 chapter 3.2 (articles 1-6), article 1 (sections
					 17896.1-17896.16) and section
					 filed 11-10-2015; operative 1-1-2016 (Register 2015, No.
					 46).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						40502,
						43020
						and
						43021,
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						40053,
						43020
						and
						43021,
						Public Resources Code.