California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 3 - Minimum Standards for Solid Waste Handling and Disposal
Article 5.9 - Construction and Demolition and Inert Debris Transfer/Processing Regulatory Requirements
Section 17386 - Operation Plans

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 17386

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

(a) Each operator of a small volume CDI debris processing operation, inert debris processing operation Type A, or small volume C&D wood debris chipping and grinding operation that is required to obtain an EA Notification, as set forth in CCR, Title 14, Division 7, Chapter 5.0, Article 3.0, commencing at section 18100 shall file with the EA, together with its EA Notification, an Operation Plan. The Plan shall contain the following:

(1) Names of the operator and owner, and the key employee responsible for operation of the site;

(2) Schematic drawing all buildings and other structures showing layout and general dimensions of the operations area, including, but not limited to, unloading, storage, loading, and parking areas;

(3) Descriptive statement of the manner in which activities are to be conducted at the operation;

(4) Days and hours that the business is to operate. If the hours of debris receipt differ from the hours of material processing, each set of hours shall be stated. For businesses with continuous operations, indicate the start of the operating day for purpose of calculating amount of debris received per operating day. The operator may also indicate whether or not, and when, other activities, such as routine maintenance will take place, if those activities will occur at times other than those indicated above;

(5) Total acreage contained within the operating area;

(6) Operation design capacity including the assumptions, methods, and calculations performed to determine the total capacity;

(7) Information showing the types and the daily quantities of debris to be received

(8) In any calculations necessary as part of the plan, amounts shall be figured in tons. If tonnage is figured from cubic yards, include the conversion factors used as approved by the EA.

(9) Description of the methods used by the operation to comply with each State Minimum Standard required by CCR, Title 14, Division 7, Chapter 3.0, Article 5.9;

(10) Anticipated volume of quench or process water and the planned method of treatment, and disposal of any wastewater;

(11) Description of provisions to handle unusual peak loading;

(12) Description of transfer, recovery and processing equipment, including classification, capacity and the number of units;

(13) Planned method for final disposition of debris received at the operation, including but not limited to materials being transferred to other facilities or operations for further processing, recycled materials, and solid waste;

(14) Planned method for the storage and removal of salvaged material;

(15) Resume of management organization which will operate the operation;

(16) The operator shall record and retain records of any serious injury to the public occurring on-site and any complaint of adverse health effects to the public attributed to operations. Serious injury means any injury that requires inpatient hospitalization for a period in excess of 24 hours or in which a member of the public suffers a loss of any member of the body or suffers any degree of permanent disfigurement; and

(17) The operator shall retain a record of training and instruction completed in accordance with, Article 6.2, section 17410.3.

(18) A copy of the operator's Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (as applicable under current law).

(19) Fire Prevention, Control and Mitigation Plan ("Plan") which contains the following:
(A) Description of the measures the operator will take to prevent fires and to control and extinguish fires at the site;

(B) Identification and description of the equipment the operator will have available (on site and readily available off-site) to control and extinguish fires;

(C) Description of the measures the operator will take to mitigate the impacts of any fire at the site to the public health and safety and the environment;

(D) Description of the arrangements the operator has made with the local fire control authority having jurisdiction to provide fire prevention, control and suppression;

(E) Discussion of the ability of the local fire control authority to suppress fires at the site in light of the authority's personnel, expertise and equipment, the availability of water, access to the site and to flammable materials on the site, the nature of flammable materials on site, the quantity and dimensions of materials on the site, and the potential for subsurface fires in accumulations of flammable materials on the site.

(F) Evidence that the operator has submitted the Plan to the local fire control authority for review and that the authority has found it to be in compliance with the authority's applicable requirements.

(b) The operator must file amendments as necessary to maintain the accuracy of the Plan. Failure to submit timely amendments may be cause for suspension or revocation of the EA Notification.

1. New section filed 7-10-2003; operative 8-9-2003 (Register 2003, No. 28).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502, 43020 and 43021, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 40053, 43020 and 43021, Public Resources Code.

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