California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 3.1 - Compostable Materials Handling Operations and Facilities Regulatory Requirements › Article 1 - General › Section 17850 - Authority and Scope

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  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.
(b) This
				  Chapter implements those provisions of the Act relating to composting. Nothing
				  in this Chapter is intended to limit 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.
(c)
				  Biological decomposition of organic material can be both a naturally occurring
				  or artificially controlled process. This Chapter establishes standards and
				  regulatory requirements for intentional and inadvertent composting resulting
				  from the handling of compostable materials, including but not limited to
				  feedstock, compost, or chipped and ground materials as defined in section
				  17852.
(d) Nothing in these standards shall be
				  construed as relieving any owner, operator, or designee from the obligation of
				  obtaining all required permits, licenses, or other clearances and complying
				  with all orders, laws, regulations, or reports, or other requirements of other
				  regulatory or EA, including but not limited to, local health entities, regional
				  water quality control boards, air quality management districts or air pollution
				  control districts, local land use authorities, and fire authorities.
(e) Nothing in these standards precludes the
				  EA or the board from inspecting an activity, operation or facility to determine
				  if it is subject to these standards.
1. Amendment
					 of chapter 3.1 and article 1 headings and new section filed 6-30-95; operative
					 7-30-95 (Register 95, No. 26).
2. Amendment of subsection (c) filed
					 4-7-97 as an emergency; operative 4-7-97 (Register 97, No. 15). A Certificate
					 of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-5-97 or emergency language will
					 be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment
					 of subsection (c) refiled 4-7-97 as an emergency; operative 4-7-97 (Register
					 97, No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-1-97
					 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-7-97 order, including
					 further amendment of subsection (c), transmitted to OAL 11-25-97 and filed
					 1-9-98 (Register 98, No. 2).
5. Amendment of chapter heading,
					 amendment of subsections (c) and (d) and new subsection (e) filed 4-4-2003;
					 operative 4-4-2003 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2003, No. 14).
6. Change without regulatory effect
					 amending subsection (a) filed 8-23-2005 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2005, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						40502,
						43020
						and
						43021,
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						43020
						and
						43021,
						Public Resources Code.