California Administrative Code

Owners or operators of all MSWLF's must ensure that the units do not violate any applicable requirements developed under a State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved or promulgated by the Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to section 110 of the C…

(a) Location (1) Perimeter subsurface monitoring wells shall be installed around the waste disposal footprint but not within refuse. In some cases the installation of monitoring wells may not be necessary around the entire perimeter of the disposal site permitted facility boundar…

(a) To ensure that the requirements of § 20923(a)(1) are met, the monitoring network design shall include provisions for monitoring all structures within the disposal site permitted facility boundary, including but not limited to, buildings, subsurface vaults, utilities, or any o…

(a) At a minimum, quarterly monitoring is required. (1) The EA may require more frequent monitoring based upon site specific factors, including those noted in § 20923(a)(2), or as needed to protect public health or safety or the environment. (2) More frequent monitoring may also …

(a) Review & Notification--For landfills, the RWQCB shall review the emergency response plan, in coordination with the Enforcement Agency (EA), to assure that no proposed response to a foreseeable emergency will result in a threat, or increased threat, to beneficial uses of water…

(a) Sign(s) shall be posted at all points of access to a site sixty (60) days prior to the last receipt of waste at the site and for a period of not less than one hundred eighty (180) days after the facility has received the final shipment of waste stating the intended date of la…

(a) The final cover shall function with minimum maintenance and provide waste containment to protect public health and safety by controlling at a minimum, vectors, fire, odor, litter and landfill gas migration. The final cover shall also be compatible with postclosure land use. (…

(a) Notification Of Interested Parties--To ensure adequate public participation in any RWQCB proceeding relating to land disposal of wastes, the following persons and entities shall receive individual notice of any public hearing or board meeting either involving the classificati…

(a) The operator shall ensure the integrity of final slopes under both static and dynamic conditions to protect public health and safety and prevent damage to postclosure land uses, roads, structures, utilities, gas monitoring and control systems, leachate collection and control …

(a) The operator shall implement and maintain landfill gas control and prevent leachate contact with the public or animals according to the requirements of this section. (b) Gas monitoring and control shall be conducted during the closure and postclosure maintenance period pursua…

An applicant must file with the EA information containing applicable sections of a Report of Facility Information/Joint Technical Document (RFI/JTD) to establish that an exemption should be granted.

Regulations in this section were promulgated by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), are administered by the appropriate Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) through the issuance of waste discharge requirements (WDRs) or other enforceable orders, and are appli…

The JTD shall describe how the facility will comply with Section 20070 of Chapter 1 of this Division, if applicable, and include the specific variance(s) in criteria requested; project research goals; environmental monitoring, contingency and mitigation measures to be implemented…

(a) If a permit has been suspended, it is reinstated without further action on the date specified in the suspension or upon completion of specified acts. A suspended permit shall be due for review five years after its original issuance or last review or revision, including the pe…

Within 20 days of receipt of the notification pursuant to § 21630, the CIWMB shall provide a written determination of the adequacy of the financial assurances and operating liability.

(a) Operators of a solid waste landfills shall submit a Status Impact Report (SIR) to CalRecycle that provides an analysis of the potential impacts to the landfill resulting from the implementation of the organic disposal reduction requirements of Public Resources Code Section 42…

(a) ROWD To Include--Dischargers shall provide in the report of waste discharge (“ROWD,” including any such report that is integrated into a Joint Technical Document, pursuant to § 21750) the following information about the characteristics of wastes to be discharged at each waste…

(a) Each submittal shall be certified by a registered civil engineer or a certified engineering geologist. Each submittal shall include: (1) The preliminary or final closure and postclosure maintenance plans containing all of the elements specified under § 21790 through § 21840, …

(a) Closure and postclosure maintenance plans shall be submitted every time a review or revision of the SWFP is conducted. If there have been no changes requiring an amendment under the ¶(c) criteria, a statement certified by a registered civil engineer or certified engineering g…

(a) Closure Plan implementation shall adhere to the schedules specified in §§ 21800 and 21810. (b) Closure, partial final closure, and partial closure activities shall not commence until there is an approved closure and postclosure maintenance plan for the solid waste landfill. (…

(a) The operator shall submit to CalRecycle, the EA, and the RWQCB for approval a certification, under penalty of perjury, that the solid waste landfill has been closed in accordance with the approved final closure plan. (1) The certification submittal shall also include the as-b…

(a) Subject to the limitations and conditions of ¶(b) through ¶(l), an operator shall use any one, or any combination of mechanisms as described in Article 2 of this Subchapter: (1) § 22240, Trust Fund; (2) § 22241, Enterprise Fund; (3) § 22242, Government Securities; (4) § 22243…

(a) Water release corrective action cost estimate The operator shall provide a cost estimate for initiating and completing corrective action for all known or reasonably foreseeable releases from the solid waste landfill to water in accordance with the program required by the SWRC…

(a) A corrective action plan submitted to comply with § 22101(b)(2) must include: (1) An evaluation of the known or reasonably foreseeable non-water release corrective action needed as a result of each known or reasonably foreseeable causal event; (2) Cost estimates, prepared pur…

(a) Except as provided in ¶(b), and § 22228, an operator using a trust fund or an enterprise fund to demonstrate financial responsibility for closure and/or postclosure maintenance and/or reasonably foreseeable corrective action costs shall maintain a fund balance equal to or exc…

(a) An operator may substitute any alternate financial assurance mechanism(s) acceptable to the CIWMB as specified in this Subchapter, provided that at all times the operator maintains an effective mechanism or a combination of effective mechanisms that satisfies the applicable r…

(a) The institution issuing a letter of credit shall have the authority to issue letters of credit and its letter-of-credit operations shall be regulated and examined by a federal or state agency. (b) The letter of credit shall be worded and completed, with appropriate amendments…

(a) The guarantor shall be a local government which meets the requirements of the Local Government Financial Test under § 22249 of this Article based on the guarantor's audited year-end financial statements. (b) The guarantee shall be worded and completed as specified by form Cal…

(a) A federal entity which is responsible for closure or postclosure maintenance of one or more solid waste landfills located in California may, in lieu of using the other financial mechanisms provided in this Article, provide a Federal Certification for each solid waste landfill…

Any aggrieved person may appeal a Notice and Order by the CIWMB, according to Public Resources Code, sections 45017 and 45030.

(a) General--This article applies to all discharges of mining wastes. No SWRCB-promulgated parts of this subdivision except those in this article, Article 1 of Chapter 1 (i.e., § 20080 et seq.), and such provisions of the other articles of this subdivision as specifically are ref…

(a) Definition--Mining waste is waste from the mining and processing of ores and mineral commodities. Mining waste includes: (1) overburden; (2) natural geologic material which have been removed or relocated but have not been processed (waste rock); and (3) the solid residues, sl…

(a) Proximity to Faults--New Mining Units: (1) for Group A and B wastes, shall not be located on Holocene faults. Units for Group C wastes may be located on Holocene faults if displacement will not allow escape of wastes or cause irreparable damage to containment structures; (2) …

(a) General--New and existing Group A and B Mining Units shall comply with the monitoring provisions contained in § 20385 through § 20430. (b) Monitoring Mandatory--If a waste pile containing Group A or B mining wastes is granted exemption from construction requirements pursuant …

(a) Closure Performance Standard--New and existing Mining Units shall be closed so that they no longer pose a threat to water quality. No post-closure land uses shall be permitted that might impair the integrity of containment structures. (b) Plan--Mining Units shall be closed ac…

(a) Design Storm (for Run-On/Run-Off Control)--Confined animal facilities shall be designed and constructed to retain all facility wastewater generated, together with all precipitation on, and drainage through, manured areas during a 25-year, 24-hour storm. (b) Manured Area Run-O…

(a) Pursuant to section 25249.8(b) of the Act, a chemical is known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity if the lead agency determines that an authoritative body has formally identified the chemical as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity, as specified in this …

(a) Whenever a person otherwise responsible for the discharge or release receives water containing a listed chemical from: (1) a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code (1997); (2) a commercial supplier of drinking water; or (3) a source of…

(a) For a discharge or release of a listed chemical from a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility licensed pursuant to section 114960 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code, a solid waste “disposal facility” as defined in Public Resources Code Section 40121 (1990) or a haza…

(a) Unless otherwise specified in Section 25607 et seq., a consumer product exposure warning meets the requirements of this subarticle if it complies with the content requirements in Section 25603 and is provided using one or more of the following methods: (1) A product-specific …

(a) Unless otherwise specified in Section 25607 et seq., a warning meets the requirements of this subarticle if it is provided using one or more of the methods required in Section 25602 and includes all the following elements: (1) A symbol consisting of a black exclamation point …

(a) A warning for consumer product exposures from furniture meets the requirements of this subarticle if it is provided using the combination of methods required in Section 25607.12 and it includes all the following elements: (1) A warning on a label printed on or affixed to a fu…

(a) A warning for a consumer product exposure to diesel engine exhaust from equipment other than passenger vehicle engines meets the requirements of this subarticle if it complies with the content requirements in Section 25607.15 and is provided using the following combination of…

(a) A warning for a consumer product exposure to diesel engine exhaust from products other than passenger vehicle engines meets the requirements of this subarticle if it is provided using the combination of methods required in Section 25607.14 and includes all the following eleme…

(a) A warning for environmental exposures from a designated smoking area meets the requirements of this subarticle if it is provided using the method described in Section 25607.28 and includes all the following elements: (1) The symbol described in Section 25603(a)(1). (2) The wo…

(a) For purposes of this section, “hotel” includes any type of transient lodging establishment, including but not limited to, hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns, resorts, spas, ski resorts, guest ranches, agricultural “homestays”, tourist homes, condominiums, timeshares, vaca…

(a) A warning for exposures to listed chemicals that occur during the operation of a rental vehicle meets the requirements of this subarticle if it is provided using one or more of the methods required in Section 25607.36 and includes all the following elements: (1) The word “WAR…

(a) A warning for an exposure to cannabis (marijuana) smoke and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) from a cannabis product intended to be smoked meets the requirements of this subarticle if it complies with the content requirements in Section 25607.39 and is provided usin…

(a) Pursuant to Section 25249.8(a) of the Act, a chemical or substance shall be included on the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer if it is a chemical or substance identified by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(b)(1) as causing cancer. (b) A chemical or subs…

(a) A warning for environmental exposures to cannabis (marijuana) smoke or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC), in ambient air in designated smoking, vaping, or dabbing areas meets the requirements of this subarticle if it is provided using the method required in Section 2…