Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

Designation guidelines based on the classification goals adopted for the state system of MMAs shall be developed jointly by the appropriate managing agencies in cooperation with the committee on or before January 1, 2002. These guidelines shall be used to provide a general sense …

On or before January 1, 2002, the committee shall establish a standard set of instructions for each classification to guide organizations and individuals in submitting proposals for designating specific sites or networks of sites. On or before January 1, 2003, the relevant site p…

Individuals or organizations may submit a proposal to designate an MMA directly through the committee or an appropriate designating entity. Proposals submitted to a designating entity shall be forwarded to the committee to initiate the review process. Proposals for designating, d…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Methane gas hazards” means collections of biogenic or thermogenic gases identified as hazards in the study conducted by the supervisor pursuant to Article 4.1 (commencing with Section 3240) of Chapter 1. (b) “Eligible jurisdictions” means counties an…

(a) If the board conditionally approves a countywide or regional integrated waste management plan, or any element of the plan, the board shall issue a notice of conditional approval to the city, county, or regional agency which identifies the specific reasons for the conditional …

(a) Any city, county, or regional agency which receives a notice of conditional approval for a countywide or regional integrated waste management plan, or any element of the plan, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 41810, shall, within 60 days from the date of receipt of the …

Within 120 days of receipt of the notice of deficiency issued pursuant to Section 41810, the city or county shall correct the deficiencies, readopt, and resubmit the city source reduction and recycling element or the countywide integrated waste management plan to the board. (Adde…

(a) If the board disapproves an element for which a city, county, or regional agency has received a notification of excluded wastes pursuant to Section 41801.5, the city, county, or regional agency may, concurrent with the procedures specified in Section 41811, submit additional …

If the board determines that the revised city, county, or regional agency source reduction and recycling element or the countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan submitted pursuant to Section 41811 or 41811.5 still fails to meet the requirements of this part,…

(a) After conducting a public hearing pursuant to Section 41812, the board may impose administrative civil penalties of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per day on any city or county, or, pursuant to Section 40974, on any city or county as a member of a regional agenc…

The board shall evaluate current state and federal quality standards for retreaded tires and identify the obstacles for an increased market for retreads. The results of this evaluation and the activities that the board will undertake to increase the use of retreaded tires shall b…

The Department of General Services and the board, in consultation with representatives of the California retreading industry, shall adopt specifications for the purchase of retreaded tires by the State of California. The specifications shall designate the state minimum quality st…

On or before July 1, 1991, and to the extent that existing stock shall be utilized first, all tires for use on state vehicles issued for short-term use through Fleet Administration shall, at the next required installation of tires, be equipped with retreaded tires. (Added by Stat…

Emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the California Vehicle Code are exempt from this provision. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1096, Sec. 2.)

The number of retreaded tires purchased annually by the Department of General Services during each fiscal year shall be tabulated and forwarded to the board by August 31 every year. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1038, Sec. 20. Effective September 29, 1996.)

The board, in consultation with the Department of General Services, shall perform a study to determine if the retreads, procured by the Department of General Services, have met all quality and performance criteria of a new tire. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1038, Sec. 21. Effecti…

On or before July 1, 1991, the board shall, in consultation with the retreading industry, develop a procedure to estimate the number of retreads sold in California. This information, in addition to other facts compiled on the utilization of retread tires, shall be used to evaluat…

(a) The director may enter into an agreement, including a grant agreement, for prescribed burning or other hazardous fuel reduction that is consistent with this chapter and the regulations of the board with any person to conduct prescribed burning operations and joint prescribed …

An agreement that is entered into pursuant to this article shall do all of the following: (a) Vest in the director the final authority to determine the time during which wildland fuel and structural fire hazards may be burned to minimize the risk of escape of a fire set in a pres…

(a) The State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for, or amend into an existing curriculum, a certification program for burn bosses, who, pursuant to Section 4476, possess authority to engage i…

(a) Liability for any costs incurred by the department in suppressing any wildland fire originating or spreading from a prescribed burning operation conducted pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to this article shall be governed by subdivision (c) of Section 13009 of t…

In any area of the state where there are substantially more requests for prescribed burning operations or other hazardous fuel reduction pursuant to this article than can be conducted directly by the department in a single fiscal year, the director may enter into an agreement wit…

(a) To the extent feasible, the board’s Vegetation Treatment Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Report shall serve, in addition to any identified entities in the report, as the programmatic environmental document for prescribed fires initiated by a third party for a public…

Any person who destroys, or who attempts to destroy, the carcass of any dead animal, or the offal from any slaughter pen, corral, or butcher shop by fire within one-fourth of a mile of any city, town, or village, except in a crematory whose construction and operation are satisfac…

The director may award grants to eligible jurisdictions for purposes of planning, equipment purchases, installation, and other measures related to the mitigation of methane gas hazards. Ongoing maintenance and monitoring activities shall not be financed by grants pursuant to this…

Prior to receiving grants under this chapter, each eligible jurisdiction shall submit a report to the director describing how the funds are to be expended. Before submitting the report, each eligible jurisdiction shall provide opportunities for the public to review and comment on…

Prior to receiving any grants pursuant to this chapter, an eligible jurisdiction shall do all of the following: (a) Implement a zoning ordinance for areas containing methane gas hazards that establishes a methane gas hazard overlay and provides mandatory studies and mitigations f…

The department shall adopt rules and regulations implementing the grant program authorized by this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1322, Sec. 3.)

(a) In addition to its authority under Section 41820, the board may, after a public hearing, grant a time extension from the diversion requirements of Section 41780 to a city if both of the following conditions exist: (1) The city was incorporated pursuant to Division 3 (commenci…

(a) In addition to its authority under Section 41820, the board may, after a public hearing, grant a time extension from the requirements of Section 41780 to a city if both of the following conditions exist: (1) The city was incorporated pursuant to Division 3 (commencing with Se…

(a) (1) Each year following the department’s approval of a jurisdiction’s source reduction and recycling element, household hazardous waste element, and nondisposal facility element, the jurisdiction shall submit a report to the department summarizing the jurisdiction’s progress …

(a) Each year following the board’s approval of a county or regional agency’s siting element and summary plan, the county or regional agency shall submit a report to the board summarizing the adequacy of the siting element and summary plan. The report on the siting element shall …

(a) For the purposes of this section, “district” means a community services district, public utility district, or sanitary district that provides solid waste handling services or implements source reduction and recycling programs. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, each district …

(a) For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Inert waste” means only rock, concrete, brick, sand, soil, ceramics, and cured asphalt. “Inert waste” does not include any waste that meets the definition of “designated waste,” as defined in Section…

(a) Commencing August 1, 2017, a county or regional agency shall include, in the annual report required pursuant to Section 41821, the following information: (1) An estimate of the amount of organic waste in cubic yards that will be generated in the county or region over a 15-yea…

(a) Disposal facility operators shall submit information on the disposal tonnages by jurisdiction or region of origin that are disposed of at each disposal facility to the department, and to counties that request the information, in a form prescribed by the department. To enable …

In order to ensure that records required pursuant to this article are properly maintained, in addition to inspecting all relevant records, the department may conduct audits, perform site inspections, observe facility operations, and otherwise investigate the recordkeeping and rep…

(a) The department may issue an administrative complaint to any person on whom civil liability may be imposed pursuant to this article. The complaint shall allege the acts or failures to act that constitute the basis for liability and the amount of the proposed civil liability. T…

(a) Orders setting civil liability issued under this article shall become effective and final upon issuance thereof, and payment shall be made within 30 days of issuance. Copies of these orders shall be served by personal service or by certified mail upon the party served with th…

To assist market development efforts by the department, local agencies, and the private sector, the department shall use existing data resources. (Added by renumbering Section 41821.6 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 746, Sec. 2. (AB 901) Effective January 1, 2016.)

Each city, county, or regional agency shall review its source reduction and recycling element or the countywide integrated waste management plan at least once every five years to correct any deficiencies in the element or plan, to comply with the source reduction and recycling re…

(a) Cooperation by the department, as provided in this article, with a person desiring to use prescribed burning as a means of converting brush-covered lands into forage lands or to help meet wildland management goals, which has as its objective the prevention of high intensity w…

A person, firm, or corporation, or a group or combination of persons, firms, corporations, or groups, that owns or controls brush-covered land, forest lands, woodland, grassland, shrubland, or any combination thereof within a state responsibility area may apply to the department …

(a) (1) Upon receipt of an application, the department shall inspect the land in company with the applicant to determine whether a permit shall be granted, shall prescribe the manner in which the site for the prescribed burning shall be prepared, and shall require any precautions…

(a) Upon the conclusion of the examination provided for in Section 4493, the department may issue to the applicant a burning permit that shall specify the site preparation requirements and required precautions to be exercised before and during the burning. The issuance of a permi…

The Methane Gas Hazard Reduction Account in the General Fund is hereby created. The moneys in the account shall be available for purposes of this chapter upon appropriation therefor by the Legislature. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1322, Sec. 3.)