California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 9 - Planning Guidelines and Procedures for Preparing and Revising Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plans
Article 9.2 - Disposal Reporting System
Section 18809.6 - Frequency of Origin Surveys

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 18809.6

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

(a) At all permitted stations, origin surveys shall be conducted continuously, each day of station operation, for every load, except as described in subsections (b), (c), and (d).

(b) An operator of a station located in a rural city or county, as defined in sections 40183 and 40184 of the Public Resources Code, may conduct origin surveys as specified in subsection (a) or may conduct origin surveys during the following standard survey weeks each year: March 8 through March 14, June 8 through June 14, September 8 through September 14, and December 8 through December 14 (unless an agency has received Board approval to use alternative weeks pursuant to sections 18812.6 [e] and [f]). During the standard origin survey weeks, every load of solid waste shall be surveyed to determine jurisdiction of origin.

(c) At all permitted stations, origin surveys of each uncompacted load of waste with a volume of 12 cubic yards or less may be conducted as specified in subsection (a) or may be conducted during the following standard survey weeks each year: March 8 through March 14, June 8 through June 14, September 8 through September 14, and December 8 through December 14 (unless an agency has received Board approval to use alternative weeks pursuant to sections 18812.6 [e] and [f]). Daily origin surveys shall be conducted for all other loads as specified in subsection (a).

(d) Origin surveys are not required if:

(1) a facility is located in a Board-approved region, the region has authorized the operator to assign all waste tonnage to the region, and the Board does not otherwise require the region to assign waste to the individual cities or unincorporated counties of the region, or

(2) a city or county in which a station is located authorizes the station operator to assign all waste tonnage to that city or county.

(e) Nothing in this Article shall prevent an operator from collecting additional information as part of its operation. Nothing in this Article shall prevent an agency from requiring an operator to conduct origin surveys more frequently or to collect additional information, based upon its own authority to impose requirements on that operator.

1. New section filed 9-21-2005; operative 1-1-2006 (Register 2005, No. 38).

Note: Authority cited: Section 40502, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 41821.5, Public Resources Code.

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