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 7 - Environmental Health Standards
Section 17868.5 - Green Material and Vegetative Food Material Processing Requirements
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
Green material, as defined in section 17852(a)(21), and vegetative food material, as defined in section 17852(a)(20)(A), must satisfy the following requirements:
(a) The feedstock shall undergo load checking to ensure that physical contaminants are no greater than 1.0 percent of total weight. Load checking shall include both visual observation of incoming waste loads and load sorting to quantify the percentage of physical contaminants and detect receipt of unacceptable feedstock (e.g. feedstock that does not meet the definition of green material or vegetative food material).
(b) Upon request of the EA, and in the presence of the EA, the operator shall take a representative sample of feedstock, physical contaminants shall be collected and weighed, and the percentage of physical contaminants determined.
(c) Facility personnel shall be adequately trained to perform the activities specified in this section.
(d) Any operation or facility using this feedstock shall maintain records demonstrating compliance with this section.
1. New section filed 4-4-2003; operative 4-4-2003 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2003, No. 14).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending first paragraph and subsection (c) filed 8-23-2005 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2005, No. 34).
3. Amendment of section heading 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 43020 and 43021, Public Resources Code.
