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 3 - Calrecycle-Enforcement Agency (EA) Requirements › Section 21650 - Calrecycle-EA Processing Requirements. (T14:Section 18203)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
						Upon its receipt, the EA shall stamp the application package with the date of
						receipt. The EA shall examine the application package to determine whether it
						meets the requirements of §
												21570. If the EA finds the package
						meets the requirements of §
												21570, the application package
						shall be accepted and stamped with the date of acceptance. Notwithstanding any
						other provision of this division, the application package shall be deemed filed
						on the date of acceptance.
(b) The
						EA shall either accept or reject the application package within thirty days of
						its receipt.
(c) Within five days
						of filing, the EA shall notify CalRecycle, and the RWQCB if applicable, of its
						determination. The EA shall submit as its notification to CalRecycle a copy of
						the accepted application form. The EA shall also forward a copy of the
						application form to the RWQCB if applicable.
(d) If the EA determines that the application
						package does not meet the requirements of §
												21570, it shall reject and not
						file the application, and it shall, within five days of determination, so
						notify the applicant, CalRecycle, and the RWQCB if applicable, enumerating the
						grounds for rejection. The EA shall include in its notification to CalRecycle a
						copy of the rejected application form. The application package, together with
						the notice of rejection, shall be kept in the EA's file.
(e) After acceptance of an application for a
						new or revised full solid waste facilities permit as complete and correct and
						within 60 days of receipt of the application by the EA, the EA shall notice and
						conduct an informational meeting as required by §§
												21660.2 and
						21660.3. For modified solid waste
						facilities permits, the EA shall provide notice as required by §
												21660.3 after finding the permit
						application complete and correct and within 60 days of receipt of the
						application by the EA.
(f) Upon
						request of the applicant, the EA may accept an incomplete application package.
						As a condition of acceptance, the operator and the EA shall waive the statutory
						time limit contained in Public Resources Code §
												44009.
						[Note: Section
						21580 is the section for
						processing the applicant's waiver of timeframes and timing for noticing and
						holding an informational meeting after the EA deems a previously submitted
						incomplete package to be complete.] The EA shall notify the applicant within 30
						days if the applicant's request for review under this subsection has been
						accepted. If the application package does not conform with the requirements of
						§
												21570 within 180 days from the
						date of the EA agreeing to accept the package as incomplete the EA shall reject
						the application package, pursuant to ¶(d). If the EA finds the application
						package meets the requirements of §
												21570, the application package
						shall be accepted pursuant to ¶(c).
(g) No later than 60 days after the
						application package has been accepted as complete and correct and after
						conducting an informational meeting if required by §§
												21660.2 and
						21660.3, the EA shall mail to
						CalRecycle the following:
(1) A copy of the
						proposed solid waste facilities permit;
(2) The accepted application
						package;
(3) A certification from
						the EA that the solid waste facilities permit application package is complete
						and correct, including a statement that the RFI meets the requirements of
						§
													21600,
						14 CCR §§
													17863,
						17863.4,
						17346.5,
						18221.6,
						18223.5, or
						18227.
(4) Documentation, if applicable, of the
						applicant's compliance with any RWQCB enforcement order or the status of the
						applicant's WDRs, as described in Public Resources Code §
													44009;
(5) Any written public comments received on a
						pending application and a summary of comments received at the informational
						meeting, responses to any public comments, and, where applicable, any other
						steps taken by the EA relative to those comments. Subsequent to the transmittal
						of the proposed solid waste facilities permit, the EA shall, within five (5)
						days of receipt, provide a copy of any additional written public comments and
						response to comments to CalRecycle.
(6) A solid waste facilities permit review
						report which has been prepared pursuant to §
													21675, within the last five
						years.
(7) EA finding that the
						proposed solid waste facilities permit is consistent with and is supported by
						existing CEQA analysis, or information regarding the progress toward CEQA
						compliance.