Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The following disposal activities do not constitute C&D waste or inert debris operations or facilities for the purposes of this Article and are not required to meet the requirements set forth herein:
(1) Any use (e.g., grading) of gravel, rock, soil, sand and similar, whether processed or not, that has never been used in connection with any structure, road, parking lot, or similar use.
(2) Engineered fill activities which have local permits as required, and are carried out in conjunction with a construction project (e.g., building and other construction, bridge and roadway work, development of pathways or riding trails, etc), and which use uncontaminated concrete and/or fully cured asphalt which has been reduced in particle size to 2" or less as part of a recycling activity and concludes within two years from commencement.
(3) Inert debris engineered fill activities which conclude within one year of commencement and that meet all requirements of section 17388.3 of this Article, except subsections (b) inspections, (c) Plan, (d) State Minimum Standards, (g) final cover, (h) scales and submittal of EA Notification.
(4) Removal and disposal of landslide debris containing no C&D waste by Federal, State and local government public works agencies and their contractors, provided that the material removed from such sites is disposed in accordance with applicable law.
(5) Removal and disposal of sediment which has accumulated within irrigation or flood control facilities and which contains no solid waste, by Federal, State and local government public works agencies and their contractors, provided that the material removed from such sites is disposed or otherwise handled in accordance with applicable law.
(6) The use of fully cured asphalt, uncontaminated concrete (including steel reinforcing rods embedded in the concrete), crushed glass, brick, ceramics, clay and clay products, which may be mixed with rock and soil, in connection with road building, road repair, airport runway construction, bridge and roadway work, levee work, flood control work, and all associated activities by Federal, State and local government public works agencies and their contractors.
(7) Existing C&D waste or inert debris disposal sites from which all waste and debris have been removed (clean closure) within one year after February 24, 2004, provided that the material removed from such sites is disposed in accordance with applicable law. The board may extend the time for clean closure by up to one year upon the applicant's showing of good cause for such extension.
(b) Nothing in this section precludes the EA or the board from inspecting an excluded activity to verify that the activity is being conducted in a manner that qualifies as an excluded activity, or from taking any appropriate enforcement action, including the use of a Notice and Order. The burden of proof shall be on the owner or operator to demonstrate that the activity is excluded pursuant to this section.
1. New section filed 12-26-2003; operative 2-24-2004 (Register 2003, No. 52).
2. Editorial correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2004, No. 2).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502, 43020, 43021 and 48007.5, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 40053, 43020, 43021 and 48007.5, Public Resources Code.
