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 17896.7 - Prohibitions

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 17896.7

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

The following activities are prohibited at all in-vessel digestion operations and facilities and at all sites where in-vessel digestion activities that are excluded from regulation under this Chapter occur:

(a) The in-vessel digestion of unprocessed mammalian tissue, including but not limited to, flesh, organs, hide, blood, bone and marrow, except when received:

(1) from a food facility as defined in Health and Safety Code section 113789, grocery store; or residential food scrap collection; or

(2) as part of a research activity for the purpose of obtaining data on pathogen reduction or other public health, animal health, safety, or environmental concerns in accordance with section 17896.8; or

(3) from a source and processed by a facility approved by the Department in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, on a case-by-case basis.

(b) The in-vessel digestion of treated or untreated medical waste.

(c) The in-vessel digestion of hazardous waste.

1. New 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.

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