California Code of Regulations › Title 27 - Environmental Protection › Division 2 - Solid Waste › Subdivision 1 - Consolidated Regulations for Treatment, Storage, Processing or Disposal of Solid Waste › Chapter 4 - Documentation and Reporting for Regulatory Tiers, Permits, WDRs, and Plans › Subchapter 3 - Development of Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) and Solid Waste Facility Permits › Article 2 - Calrecycle-Applicant Requirements › Section 21570 - Calrecycle-Filing Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Any
						operator of a disposal site who is required to have a full solid waste
						facilities permit and waste discharge requirements pursuant to Public Resources
						Code, Division 31 and §
												20080(f) shall
						submit an application package for a solid waste facilities permit in duplicate
						to the EA pursuant to ¶(f). The applicant shall also simultaneously submit
						one copy of the application form and the Joint Technical Document (JTD) to the
						Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) and one copy of the application
						form to the director of the local agency that oversees local land use planning
						for the jurisdiction in which the site is located. The applicant shall ensure
						demonstration of financial assurances to CalRecycle pursuant to Chapter 6 of
						this Subdivision.
(b) All other
						applicants who are required to have a full solid waste facilities permit shall
						submit an application package for a solid waste facilities permit in duplicate
						to the EA pursuant to ¶(f) and one copy of the application form to the
						director of the local agency that oversees local land use planning for the
						jurisdiction in which the site is located. The applicant shall also
						simultaneously submit one copy of the application form to the RWQCB.
(c) Any application package submitted to the
						EA shall be accompanied by the fee specified by the EA pursuant to Public
						Resources Code §
												44006(c).
(d) The application package shall require
						that information be supplied in adequate detail to permit thorough evaluation
						of the environmental effects of the facility and to permit estimation of the
						likelihood that the facility will be able to conform to the standards over the
						useful economic life of the facility. The application package shall require,
						among other things, that the applicant and the owner give the address at which
						process may be served upon them.
(e) All information in the application
						package shall be certified by the applicant and the owner of the site as being
						true and accurate to the best knowledge and belief of each. The applicant,
						owner of the facility, or both, shall supply additional information as deemed
						necessary by the EA.
(f) A complete
						and correct application package shall include, but not necessarily be limited
						to, the following items:
(1) Application For
						Solid Waste Facilities Permit/Waste Discharge Requirements Form CalRecycle
						E-1-77 (Version 11-15) (Appendix 1); and
(2) Complete and correct Report of Facility
						Information. In the case of disposal sites, this will be a Report of Disposal
						Site Information (RDSI) in the format of a JTD or a Disposal Site Facility Plan
						or Disposal Facility Report in the format of a JTD; and
(3) California Environmental Quality Act
						(CEQA) compliance information as follows:
(A)
						Evidence that there has been compliance with the CEQA, Division 13 (commencing
						with §
														21000) of the Public Resources
						Code, regarding the facility; or
(B) Information on the status of the
						application's compliance with the CEQA regarding the facility, including the
						proposed project description. Once there has been compliance with the CEQA
						regarding the facility, evidence of compliance shall be submitted to the EA;
						and
(4) Any CEQA
						Mitigation Monitoring Implementation Schedule; and
(5) Conformance finding information,
						including one of the following:
(A) Until a
						countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan has been
						approved by CalRecycle, the application shall include statements that: the
						facility is identified and described in or conforms with the County Solid Waste
						Management Plan, or otherwise complies with Public Resources Code §
														50000;
						and that the facility is consistent with the city or county General Plan and
						compatible with surrounding land use, in accordance with Public Resources Code
						§
														50000.5;
						or
(B) After a countywide or
						regional agency integrated waste management plan has been approved by
						CalRecycle, the application shall include a statement that: the facility is
						identified in either the countywide siting element, the nondisposal facility
						element, or in the Source Reduction and Recycling Element for the jurisdiction
						in which it is located; or, that the facility is not required to be identified
						in any of these elements pursuant to Public Resources Code §
														50001;
						and
(6) For disposal
						sites, completeness determination of Preliminary or Final Closure/Postclosure
						Maintenance Plan as specified in §§
													21780,
						21865, and
						21890 (Subchapter 4 of this
						chapter); and
[Note: The operator has the option of submitting the
						  preliminary closure plan with the JTD, in which case the EA, RWQCB, and
						  CalRecycle would review it at the same time. If deemed complete by the
						  reviewing agencies, the solid waste facilities permit application package could
						  then be accepted for filing if all other information in the JTD is accepted by
						  the EA. Or the operator can submit a stand alone preliminary closure plan to be
						  deemed complete by reviewing agencies before the application package is
						  submitted to the EA. For CalRecycle purposes, all final closure/postclosure
						  plans are stand alone documents but can be processed jointly with a proposed
						  solid waste facilities permit revision as long as the final plan is determined
						  complete prior to approval of the proposed solid waste facilities permit. The
						  JTD Index prepared for the EA should show where each closure requirement is
						  addressed in the closure/post-closure plan.]
(7) For disposal sites, a copy of the most
						recently submitted detailed written estimate or latest approved estimate,
						whichever identifies the greatest cost, to cover the cost of known or
						reasonably foreseeable corrective action activities, pursuant to §
													22101;
(8) For disposal sites, current documentation
						of acceptable funding levels for required closure, postclosure maintenance, and
						corrective action Financial Assurance Mechanisms (in accordance with Chapter 6,
						Division 2); and
(9) For disposal
						sites, current documentation of compliance with operating liability
						requirements in accordance with Chapter 6;
(10) For disposal sites permitted for more
						than 20 tons-per-day, a ground or aerial survey to be completed at least once
						every five years or more frequently as determined by the EA. For disposal sites
						permitted for 20 tons-per-day or less, a ground or aerial survey must be
						completed at least once every ten years. Survey results must be submitted as a
						CADD or vector graphics data file including at least two strata, i.e., 1) a
						stratum showing the base and finished ground surfaces, and 2) a stratum showing
						the existing and finished ground surfaces. For disposal sites where a change in
						permitted volume is proposed, a third stratum showing the base and proposed
						finished ground surface must be included. For each stratum the following
						information shall be included: site name, stratum name, surface1 name, surface2
						name, volume calculation method (grid, composite, section), expansion (cut)
						factor, compaction (fill) factor, cut volume, fill volume and net volume. All
						volumes shall be reported in cubic yards. If the base ground surface is
						uncertain, the operator is allowed to provide the best available information as
						a substitute for the actual as-built contours. If selecting this substitute
						method, the operator must provide an explanation of the basis for using the
						substitute base ground surface. For the purposes of this section the following
						definitions apply:
(A) "base ground surface"
						- the best available excavation plan surface that existed prior to the
						placement of any waste;
(B) "CADD"
						- computer aided design and drafting;
(C) "compaction (fill) factor" - the factor
						used to correct for expected compaction of fill material; this factor should
						normally be unity (one); if the factor is not unity (one), an explanation must
						be provided for the basis of the volumetric correction;
(D) "cut volume" - for any stratum, the
						volume removed by a cut of a lower surface to achieve the upper
						surface;
(E) "existing ground
						surface" - the topography that exists at the time of the subject
						survey;
(F) "expansion (cut)
						factor" - the factor used to correct for expected expansion of a cut surface;
						this factor should normally be unity (one); if the factor is not unity (one),
						an explanation must be provided for the basis of the volumetric
						correction;
(G) "fill volume" - for
						any stratum, the volume bound between the upper and lower surfaces;
(H) "finished ground surface" - the final
						fill plan surface as shown in the approved closure plan for the disposal
						site;
(I) "net volume" - the fill
						volume less the cut volume;
(J)
						"site name" - the name of the disposal site for which the survey information is
						being submitted;
(K) "stratum
						(plural: strata)" - a particular volume of a solid waste landfill bound by
						specified upper and lower surfaces;
(l) "stratum name" - a descriptive name for
						the stratum for which volumetric information is being submitted, e.g., total
						volume including proposed expansion;
(M) "surface names" - names for the pair of
						surfaces that define a named stratum, e.g., base ground surface and proposed
						finished ground surface;
(N)
						"survey" - a comprehensive examination of the disposal site under the direction
						of registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor for purposes of
						determining the topography of the base, existing and finished ground surfaces,
						and the volumes bound by those surfaces;
(O) "vector graphics" - computer generated
						images comprised of lines and shapes of given origin, direction, thickness,
						color and other attributes;
(P)
						"volume calculation method" - grid, composite, section or other method approved
						by the enforcement agency.
(11) For disposal sites, one of the
						following:
(A)
(i) In-place density (pounds of waste per
						cubic yard of waste). The in-place density is 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,
						and
(ii) Waste-to-cover ratio,
						estimated, (volume:volume). The waste-to-cover ratio estimate is a 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 CalRecycle is not required. The waste
						portion of the waste-to-cover ratio estimate should include only waste material
						for which payment of fees to CalRecycle is reported,
						or
(B) Airspace
						utilization factor (tons of waste per cubic yard of landfill airspace). The
						airspace utilization factor (AUF) is 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 period of time. The waste portion of the AUF should include only
						waste material for which payment of fees to CalRecycle is
						reported.
(12) List of
						all public hearings and other meetings open to the public that have been held
						or copies of notices distributed that are applicable to the proposed solid
						waste facilities permit action.