Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) All permitted disposal facilities shall report each quarter to the Department. In their report to the Department, a disposal facility shall provide the following information for all tons disposed, with the exception of tires and biomass that have been separated from other solid waste prior to receipt by an EMSW conversion facility, using the methods in section 18815.9 of this article:
(1) For all tons received for disposal from a transfer/processor, report the tons of each stream disposed, including solid waste, disaster debris, and designated waste from each transfer/processor, and their contact information and RDRS number, if applicable.
(2) For all direct-hauled material, report the total aggregated tons of each of the following streams: solid waste, disaster debris, and designated waste.
(A) Report the tons of solid waste disposed from each jurisdiction of origin.
(B) Report an estimate of the aggregated solid waste tons, or overall percentage, from each source sector, using methods described in section 18815.9(c) of this article.
(C) For direct-hauled disaster debris not commingled with other solid waste, report the tons disposed.
(D) For direct-hauled designated waste not commingled with other solid waste, report the tons disposed.
(E) Include accepted residuals generated by a recycling or composting facility or operation that is reporting under the same RDRS number as a disposal facility, pursuant to section 18815.3(d)(6) of this article, in the total tons accepted as direct-hauled, assigning the tons to a jurisdiction of origin determined pursuant to section 18815.9(b) (2.4) of this article.
(b) In their report to the Department, a disposal facility shall provide the following information for all tons sent off-site, using the methods in section 18815.9 of this article. If materials are created, separated, or recovered as a result of on-site activities, then they are considered as having been generated by the disposal facility. If a disposal facility receives and directly transfers material that is not solid waste, designated waste, disaster debris, or material for potential beneficial reuse to another reporting entity inside or outside California, then that material is considered as having been generated by the disposal facility.
(1) For solid waste and material for potential beneficial reuse generated on-site and sent to a disposal facility or transfer/processor inside or outside California, report the tons sent for disposal or potential beneficial reuse to each facility by material type, pursuant to section 18815.9(a) of this article, and the facility's contact information and RDRS number, if applicable.
(2) For material generated by the disposal facility, report pursuant to section 18815.9 of this article for tons sent:
(A) To each recycling or composting facility or operation with a different RDRS number, or for recycling at each transfer/processor with a different RDRS number inside California, by material type, pursuant to section 18815.9(a) of this article, and their contact information and RDRS number, if applicable.
(B) To an end user, by each end user category by region, pursuant to section 18815.3(k) of this article, and by material type, pursuant to section 18815.9(a)(2) of this article.
(C) To a broker or transporter:
(i) In cases where the final destination of the material is determined by the reporting disposal facility, report pursuant to subsections (b)(2)(A) and (b)(2)(B).
(ii) In cases where the final destination of the material is not determined by the reporting disposal facility, and if the broker or transporter receives the material within California, then report tons of each material type, pursuant to section 18815.9(a) of this article, sent to each broker or transporter and their contact information and RDRS number, if applicable.
(iii) In cases where the final destination of the material is not determined by the reporting disposal facility, and if the broker or transporter receives the material outside California, then report tons of each material type, pursuant to section 18815.9(a) of this article, by region.
(D) To a recycling or composting facility or operation with the same RDRS number, report pursuant to section 18815.9(h) of this article.
(E) To a recycling or composting facility or operation outside California, or for recycling at each transfer/processor with a different RDRS number outside California, report the tons of each material type by region.
(3) If a disposal facility receives solid waste, designated waste, disaster debris, or material for potential beneficial reuse and directly transfers that material to a transfer/processor or another disposal facility inside or outside California, then that material is not considered as having been generated on-site, and this section shall not apply to such material. The sending disposal facility shall register as a transfer/processor and follow all requirements for that material as specified for transfer/processors in section 18815.5 of this article.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), commencing with reporting period 1 of 2025, for all tons of mixed plastic waste export, report the tons of each material type sent to each destination region, and report the tons sent from each jurisdiction of origin across all material types and destination regions.
(c) In their report to the Department, a disposal facility shall provide the following information for the total tons accepted for beneficial reuse, using the methods in section 18815.9 of this article:
(1) For waste-derived material accepted for beneficial reuse from a transfer/processor, report the tons of each material accepted for use from each transfer/processor and their contact information and RDRS number, as follows:
(A) Report the tons of each material type accepted for use as ADC.
(B) Report the tons of each material type accepted for use as AIC.
(C) Report the tons of each material type accepted for use in construction.
(D) Report the tons of each material type accepted for use in landscaping and erosion control.
(2) For direct-hauled green material accepted for beneficial reuse:
(A) Report the tons by jurisdiction of origin accepted for use as ADC.
(B) Report the tons by jurisdiction of origin accepted for use as AIC.
(C) Report the tons by jurisdiction of origin accepted for use in construction.
(D) Report the tons by jurisdiction of origin accepted for use in landscaping and erosion control.
(3) For direct-hauled waste-derived material, other than green material, accepted for beneficial reuse:
(A) Report the tons of each material type accepted for use as ADC.
(B) Report the tons of each material type accepted for use as AIC.
(C) Report the tons of each material type accepted for use in construction.
(D) Report the tons of each material type accepted for use in landscaping and erosion control.
(d) A disposal facility shall report to the Department by the following due dates for each reporting period:
(1) Reporting period 1 due June 30,
(2) Reporting period 2 due September 30,
(3) Reporting period 3 due December 31, and
(4) Reporting period 4 due March 31.
(e) With the exception of reporting entities who fail to provide required information, for the purposes of RDRS reporting, the Department shall not require a disposal facility to submit information regarding the identities of individual reporting entities when providing jurisdiction of origin, material type, or source sector information to the Department as part of a quarterly report. The Department shall not require a disposal facility to submit information regarding the identities of individual end users when providing material type or region to the Department as part of their report.
(1) A jurisdiction is not precluded from requiring this information through franchise agreements, contracts, local ordinances, section 41821.5(g) of the Public Resources Code, or other authority it may have.
(2) The Department may require that a disposal facility submit this information in lieu of an audit, or as part of an audit or administrative proceeding.
(f) In their report to the Department, a disposal facility shall provide tons by collection method for all tons accepted for purposes other than disposal or potential beneficial reuse, pursuant to section 18815.9 (l) of this article.
(g) A disposal facility shall provide the following information to a destination facility for tons sent, using the methods in section 18815.9 of this article:
(1) For solid waste and green material for potential beneficial reuse tons sent to a transfer/processor or disposal facility inside California, provide to the destination facility the jurisdiction of origin for those tons, if requested by the destination facility.
(2) For all material sent for recycling or composting to a recycler, composter, transfer/processor, or disposal facility inside California, and for all material sent to a broker or transporter, provide to the destination facility the jurisdiction of origin for those tons, if requested by the destination facility.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), commencing with reporting period 1 of 2025, for all tons of mixed plastic waste sent to each reporting entity, provide the jurisdictions of origin for those tons to the destination facility.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502 and 41821.5, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 41781.4, 41821.5, 41821.6 and 42355.51, Public Resources Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502 and 41821.5, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 41821.5 and 41821.6, Public Resources Code.
