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 8 - Agricultural Solid Waste Management Standards
STORAGE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL
Section 17823.2 - Vegetable or Fruit Crop Field Residues

(H) Vegetable or fruit crop field residues which can be a source of excessive vectors or other conditions that adversely affect the public health/well-being shall be incorporated into the soil when conditions of soil moisture permit, completely consumed by livestock, removed from the field prior to the development of such conditions or managed by other appropriate measures to suppress the adverse effect.

After removal from the field, crop residue wastes shall be stored, processed or disposed of so as to prevent the creation of conditions adverse to the public health/well-being.