California

Public Resources Code - PRC

8,181 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 42891 — The Department of General Services shall revise its procedures and procurement specifications for state purchases of products that are made of, or contain components that can be derived from the recyc
• § 42892 — In bids in which the state has reserved the right to make multiple awards, the recycled tire product preference cost shall be applied, to the extent possible, so as to maximize the dollar participatio
• § 42893 — (a) The combined amount of preference granted pursuant to this section shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) each year.
• § 42894 — To encourage the use of recycled tires, the department’s specifications shall require recycled tire product contracts to be awarded to the bidder whose product has the greatest percentage of recycled
• § 42895 — The department may adopt rules and regulations to carry out this article.
• § 4290 — (a) The board shall adopt regulations implementing minimum fire safety standards related to defensible space that are applicable to state responsibility area lands under the authority of the departmen
• § 4290.1 — (a) On or before July 1, 2022, the board shall develop criteria for and maintain a “Fire Risk Reduction Community” list of local agencies located in a state responsibility area or a very high fire haz
• § 4290.5 — (a) On or before July 1, 2021, and every five years thereafter, the board, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, shall survey local governments, including counties, cities, and fire districts,
• § 42900 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act of 1991.
• § 42901 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Cities and counties must divert 50 percent of all solid waste by January 1, 2000, through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities.
• § 42905 — As used in this chapter, “development project” means any of the following: (a) A project for which a building permit will be required for a commercial, industrial, or institutional building, marina, o
• § 4291 — (a) A person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains a building or structure in the state responsibility area shall at all times do all of the following: (1) (A) Maintain defensible space o
• § 4291.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 4021, a violation of Section 4291 is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
• § 4291.3 — (a) Subject to any other applicable law, a state or local fire official, at their discretion, may authorize an owner of property, or the owner’s agent, to construct a firebreak, or implement appropria
• § 4291.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Home hardening” means the replacement or repair of structural features that are affixed to the property with features that are i
• § 4291.6 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of trained volunteers to assist homeowners and fire agencies in achieving compliance with defensible space requirements will provide multiple be
• § 42910 — (a) Not later than March 1, 1993, after holding a public hearing, the board shall adopt a model ordinance for adoption by any local agency relating to adequate areas for collecting and loading recycla
• § 42911 — (a) Each local agency shall adopt an ordinance relating to adequate areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials in development projects.
• § 42912 — (a) Not later than March 1, 2004, after holding a public hearing, the board shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt one or more model ordinances, suitable for modification by a local agency, that the
• § 4292 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 4296, any person that owns, controls, operates, or maintains any electrical transmission or distribution line upon any mountainous land, or forest-covered land,
• § 42920 — (a) On or before February 15, 2000, the board shall adopt a state agency model integrated waste management plan for source reduction, recycling, and composting activities.
• § 42921 — (a) Each state agency and each large state facility shall divert at least 25 percent of all solid waste generated by the state agency by January 1, 2002, through source reduction, recycling, and compo
• § 42921.5 — (a) After January 1, 2009, the board shall determine each state agency’s or a large state facility’s compliance with Section 42921, for each year, commencing with January 1, 2007, by comparing the per
• § 42924 — (a) On or before February 15, 2000, the board shall develop and adopt requirements relating to adequate areas for collecting, storing, and loading recyclable materials in state buildings.
• § 42924.5 — (a) On or before July 1, 2017, the department shall develop guidance for collecting and recycling recyclable materials in office buildings of state agencies and large state facilities.
• § 42925 — (a) Any cost savings realized as a result of the state agency integrated waste management plan shall, to the extent feasible, be redirected to the agency’s integrated waste management plan to fund pla
• § 42926 — (a) In addition to the information provided to the department pursuant to Section 12167.
• § 42927 — (a) A community college district shall give first priority for the expenditure of the revenues derived from the sale of recyclable materials resulting from the implementation of the district’s integra
• § 4293 — Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4294 to 4296, inclusive, any person that owns, controls, operates, or maintains any electrical transmission or distribution line upon any mountainous land, or
• § 4294 — A clearing to obtain line clearance is not required if self-supporting aerial cable is used.
• § 4295 — A person is not required by Section 4292 or 4293 to maintain any clearing on any land if such person does not have the legal right to maintain such clearing, nor do such sections require any person to
• § 4295.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 4295, a person who owns, controls, operates, or maintains an electrical transmission or distribution line may traverse land as necessary, regardles
• § 42950 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agricultural purposes” means the use of waste tires as bumpers on agricultural equipment or as a ballast to maintain covers or struc
• § 42951 — (a) Every person who engages in the transportation of waste or used tires shall hold a valid waste and used tire hauler registration, unless exempt as specified in Section 42954.
• § 42952 — (a) Except as provided in Section 42954, a person engaged in transporting waste or used tires shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The person shall be registered as a waste and use
• § 42953 — Any person who gives, contracts, or arranges with another person to transport waste or used tires shall utilize only a person holding a valid waste and used tire hauler registration from the departmen
• § 42954 — (a) A person who hauls waste or used tires is exempt from registration under this chapter if at least one of the following conditions is met: (1) The person transports fewer than 10 waste or used tire
• § 42955 — An application for a new or renewed waste and used tire hauler registration shall be made on a form approved by the department.
• § 42956 — (a) Upon approval of an application submitted pursuant to Section 42955, the department shall issue a waste and used tire hauler registration to be carried in the vehicle and a waste and used tire hau
• § 42957 — An application for a new or renewed tire broker registration shall be made in a format approved by the department.
• § 42958 — The initial waste and used tire hauler registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid from the date of issuance to January 1 of the subsequent calendar year.
• § 4296 — Sections 4292 and 4293 do not apply if the transmission or distribution line voltage is 750 volts or less.
• § 4296.5 — (a) Any person or corporation operating a railroad on forest, brush, or grass-covered land shall, if ordered by the director or the agency having primary responsibility for fire protection of the area
• § 42960 — (a) The department may suspend, revoke, or deny a waste and used tire hauler registration for a period of up to three years, by serving a statement of issue in accordance with Section 42961, if the ap
• § 42961 — (a) The department shall notify the applicant for, or holder of, the registration of the revocation, suspension, or denial of the registration and the effective date of the suspension and revocation a
• § 42961.1 — A hearing required under this chapter shall be conducted by the director in accordance with the informal hearing requirements specified in Chapter 4.
• § 42961.5 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “California Uniform Waste and Used Tire Manifest” or “manifest” means a shipping record that contains all of the informatio
• § 42961.7 — (a) A tire broker shall submit periodic information to the department on the used or waste tires arranged to be shipped by the tire broker to, from, or through the state.
• § 42962 — (a) Any person who does any of the following shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation of a separate provision or for continuing viola
• § 42962.5 — Any traffic officer, as defined in Section 625 of the Vehicle Code, and any peace officer, as specified in Section 830.
• § 42963 — (a) This chapter, or any regulations adopted pursuant to Section 42966, is not a limitation on the power of a city, county, or district to impose and enforce reasonable land use conditions or restrict
• § 42964 — The department may expend funds from the California Tire Recycling Management Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of implementation of this chapter.
• § 42966 — The department shall administer this chapter.
• § 42967 — (a) The costs of administering this chapter shall be paid from fees deposited in the California Tire Recycling Management Fund pursuant to Section 42889.
• § 42968 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Apprenticeship program” means a program approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for training apprentice an
• § 42968.1 — The department shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 42968.2 — Notwithstanding any other law, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) shall not apply to the requirements of this chapter, including the adoption of a p
• § 42968.20 — (a) To comply with the requirements of this chapter, a producer shall establish and implement a stewardship program as part of a group of producers through membership in the producer responsibility or
• § 42968.21 — (a) The department shall approve a producer responsibility organization if it meets the requirements of this chapter, including all of the following: (1) A governing board consisting of producers that
• § 42968.22 — (a) No later than 180 days after the effective date of this chapter, producers shall provide to the department, in a form and manner established by the department, all the following: (1) The producer’
• § 42968.23 — (a) The producer responsibility organization shall establish a method for fully funding the producer responsibility organization in a manner that equitably distributes the producer responsibility orga
• § 42968.24 — (a) The producer responsibility organization shall conduct a transparent and public consultation process with interested parties that may be impacted by this chapter, including, but not limited to, pr
• § 42968.3 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the ability of a permanent collection site that is a solid waste facility from charging for the disposal of a covered product that is contaminated o
• § 42968.30 — (a) Within 12 months of the effective date of the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 42968.
• § 42968.31 — The producer responsibility organization shall implement the approved producer responsibility plan within 12 months of the department’s approval of the producer responsibility plan.
• § 42968.32 — A producer responsibility plan for covered products shall do all of the following: (a) Be designed to accept and manage all postconsumer covered products.
• § 42968.33 — A producer of a covered product sold, offered for sale, imported, or distributed in or into the state shall achieve the performance standards published by the department pursuant to Section 42968.
• § 42968.34 — (a) The department may establish, review, and may adjust performance standards based on information included in the producer responsibility plan and annual reports, other information provided by the p
• § 42968.35 — (a) The producer responsibility organization shall review its producer responsibility plan at least every five years after approval by the department and determine whether revisions to the producer re
• § 42968.4 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a producer shall publish on its internet website, for each of its covered products, an environmental product declaration that identifies the components and the percenta
• § 42968.40 — (a) No later than January 1, 2029, a person that, as part of the installation of a covered product, removes a covered product from a residence or business shall transport, or contract to transport, al
• § 42968.50 — (a) No later than 90 days before a producer responsibility plan is submitted to the department, the department shall notify the producer responsibility organization of its estimated regulatory costs,
• § 42968.51 — (a) The producer responsibility organization shall pay the department a quarterly administrative fee.
• § 42968.52 — (a) In recognition that the material makeup and construction of a covered product affects the technical and economic recyclability of a covered product, the funding mechanism required pursuant to subd
• § 42968.60 — (a) The producer responsibility organization shall keep board minutes, books, and records that clearly reflect the activities and transactions of the producer responsibility organization.
• § 42968.61 — (a) The producer responsibility organization shall retain an independent public accountant, certified in the United States, to annually audit the accounting books of the producer responsibility organi
• § 42968.62 — On or before July 1 of each year, the producer responsibility organization shall submit in the form and manner determined by the department an annual report and make the report publicly available on t
• § 42968.63 — (a) No later than 120 days after the date the department receives the annual report submitted by the producer responsibility organization pursuant to Section 42968.
• § 42968.70 — (a) Within 24 months of the effective date of regulations pursuant to Section 42968.
• § 42968.71 — (a) An administrative penalty up to the following amounts may be administratively imposed by the department on the producer responsibility organization or a producer who is in violation of any provisi
• § 42968.72 — (a) If the producer responsibility organization violates this chapter three or more times, the department may determine the producer responsibility organization permanently ineligible to act as the pr
• § 42968.73 — (a) A producer responsibility organization, producer, retailer, importer, distributor, and wholesaler shall do both of the following: (1) Upon request, provide the department access to its facilities
• § 42968.74 — After the time for judicial review under Section 11523 of the Government Code has expired, the department may apply to the small claims court or superior court, depending on the jurisdictional amount
• § 42968.80 — (a) An action specified in subdivision (b) that is taken by a producer or producer responsibility organization that relates to any of the following is not a violation of the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2
• § 4297 — Upon the showing of the director that the unrestricted use of any grass-covered land, grain-covered land, brush-covered land, or forest-covered land is, in the judgment of the director, a menace to li
• § 42970 — The purpose of this chapter is to increase the amount of postconsumer carpet that is diverted from landfills and recycled into secondary products or otherwise managed in a manner that is consistent wi
• § 42971 — For purposes of this chapter, and unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Brand” means a name, symbol, word, or mark that identif
• § 42972 — (a) On or before September 30, 2011, a manufacturer of carpets sold in this state shall, individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, submit a carpet stewardship plan to the department t
• § 42972.1 — (a) The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall appoint members to an advisory committee, which shall make recommendations on carpet stewardship plans submitted to the department pursuant t
• § 42972.2 — (a) The Legislature hereby declares that it is the goal of the state to reach a 24-percent recycling rate for postconsumer carpet by January 1, 2020, and to meet or exceed that rate continually therea
• § 42972.3 — (a) The department may audit the carpet stewardship organization or an individual manufacturer annually.
• § 42972.7 — (a) (1) A carpet stewardship organization, as part of its carpet stewardship plan, shall set up a trust fund or an escrow account, into which it shall deposit all unexpended funds and ongoing consumer
• § 42973 — (a) (1) Within 60 days after the department receives a plan submitted pursuant to Section 42972, it shall review the plan, determine whether it complies with Section 42972, and notify the submitter of
• § 42973.5 — A carpet stewardship organization shall provide to the department all data necessary for the department to evaluate the effectiveness of the program as it is described in the carpet stewardship plan a
• § 42973.7 — (a) A carpet stewardship organization shall include nonvoting board members with representation from the following types of entities: (1) A circular economy environmental nongovernmental organization.
• § 42973.9 — A carpet stewardship organization shall be responsible for a carpet stewardship plan and shall make decisions regarding the implementation of a carpet stewardship plan, consistent with this chapter.
• § 42974 — (a) The department shall enforce this chapter.
• § 42975 — (a) In order to achieve compliance with this chapter, a carpet stewardship organization shall, on or before September 1 of each year, demonstrate to the department that it has achieved the amount and
• § 42976 — On or before September 1 of each year, a manufacturer of carpet sold in the state shall, individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, submit to the department a report describing its act
• § 42977 — (a) The carpet stewardship organization submitting a carpet stewardship plan shall pay the department a quarterly administrative fee.
• § 42977.1 — (a) The Carpet Stewardship Account and the Carpet Stewardship Penalty Subaccount are hereby established in the Integrated Waste Management Fund.
• § 42978 — (a) A civil penalty up to the following amounts may be administratively imposed by the department on any person who is in violation of any provision of this chapter: (1) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
• § 42979 — (a) This chapter does not limit, supersede, duplicate, or otherwise conflict with the authority of the Department of Toxic Substances Control under Section 25257.
• § 4298 — The proclamation by the Governor shall be released to the wire news services in the state, and shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county which contains any
• § 42980 — If the department determines that a carpet stewardship organization or manufacturer has not complied with one or more of the requirements of this chapter, the department may, through a public process,
• § 42981 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any action by a carpet stewardship organization or its members that relates to any of the following is not a violation of the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (comm
• § 42982 — The Department of General Services shall, to the extent feasible and within existing resources, take appropriate steps, including, but not limited to, revising relevant procurement rules, to ensure bo
• § 42983 — It is the intent of the Legislature to review any federal law that has the purpose of managing postconsumer carpet in a manner consistent with this chapter and to consider the extent to which the prog
• § 42983.5 — This chapter shall become inoperative when all the following are met: (a) The department has adopted regulations pursuant to Section 42968.
• § 42984 — This act may be known, and shall be cited, as the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024.
• § 42984.05 — (a) The intent of this chapter is to establish a statewide extended producer responsibility program for apparel and textile articles that emphasizes repair and reuse, and minimizes generation of hazar
• § 42984.1 — (a) The purpose of this chapter is to increase the amount of postconsumer apparel and textile articles that are diverted from landfills and reused, repaired, and recycled into secondary products or ot
• § 42984.10 — A plan for covered products shall be designed to accept and manage all postconsumer covered products and shall include all of the following: (a) The names and contact information, including email addr
• § 42984.11 — (a) A producer of a covered product sold, offered for sale, imported, or distributed in or into the state shall achieve the performance standards pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 42984.
• § 42984.12 — (a) A PRO shall review its plan at least every five years after approval by the department and determine whether revisions to the plan are necessary.
• § 42984.13 — (a) Each PRO shall pay all administrative and operational costs associated with establishing and implementing the program in which it participates, including, but not limited to, the cost of collectio
• § 42984.14 — (a) Upon approval of the PRO’s plan, the PRO shall charge each participant producer annual fees that are eco-modulated as described in the plan.
• § 42984.15 — (a) A PRO shall keep board minutes, books, and records that clearly reflect the activities and transactions of the PRO.
• § 42984.16 — (a) A PRO shall retain an independent public accountant, certified in the United States, to annually audit the accounting books of the PRO.
• § 42984.17 — A PRO shall annually submit to the department, in the form and manner and by the date determined by the department, an annual report and make that report publicly available on the PRO’s internet websi
• § 42984.18 — (a) No later than 120 days after the date the department receives the annual report submitted by a PRO pursuant to Section 42984.
• § 42984.19 — After March 1, 2032, the department may establish, review, and may adjust performance standards and the dates by which they are required to be achieved based on information included in the plan and an
• § 42984.2 — The department, acting in accordance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 11340) to Article 8 (commencing with Section 11350), inclusive, of the Administrative Procedure Act, as set forth in Chapte
• § 42984.20 — (a) Within 12 months of the effective date of regulations pursuant to Section 42984.
• § 42984.21 — (a) An administrative civil penalty up to the following amounts may be administratively imposed by the department on any person who is in violation of any provision of this chapter: (1) Ten thousand d
• § 42984.22 — Upon a written finding that a producer, PRO, manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or importer site has not met a material requirement of this chapter, in addition to any other penalties authorized und
• § 42984.23 — (a) A producer, PRO, manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or importer shall do both of the following: (1) Upon request, provide the department with reasonable and timely access, as determined by the d
• § 42984.24 — After the time for judicial review under Section 11523 of the Government Code has expired, the department may apply to the small claims court or superior court, depending on the jurisdictional amount
• § 42984.25 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), an action specified in subdivision (b) that is taken by a PRO that relates to any of the following is not a violation of the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (comme
• § 42984.26 — This chapter does not grant a city, county, city and county, special district, or joint powers authority any new authority over solid waste hauling operations pursuant to a franchise agreement and doe
• § 42984.27 — An online marketplace shall annually do the following in accordance with regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 42984.
• § 42984.3 — (a) (1) “Apparel” means clothing and accessory items intended for regular wear or formal occasions and outdoor activities.
• § 42984.4 — (a) (1) Producers of covered products shall form and join a PRO for the purposes of complying with this chapter.
• § 42984.5 — (a) No later than 30 days after the effective date of the regulations implementing this chapter, individual producers or the PRO shall provide to the department, in a form and manner established by th
• § 42984.6 — (a) (1) A PRO shall prepare the initial statewide needs assessment designed to determine the necessary steps and investment needed for covered products, to achieve the requirements of this chapter.
• § 42984.7 — (a) A PRO shall approve collection sites under its stewardship program that agree to comply with all applicable state, federal, or municipal laws, regulations, and rules and conditions adopted by the
• § 42984.8 — (a) Within 12 months of the effective date of the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 42984.
• § 42984.9 — The PRO shall fully implement the approved plan within 12 months of the department’s approval of the plan pursuant to Section 42984.
• § 42985 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) In order to reduce illegal dumping, increase recycling, and substantially reduce public agency costs for the end-of-life management of
• § 42985.1 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act.
• § 42986 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) (1) “Consumer” means an owner of a mattress, including a person, business, corporation, limited partnership, nonprofit organiza
• § 42987 — (a) (1) A qualified industry association or a successor organization may establish a mattress recycling organization for purposes of this chapter, which shall be composed of manufacturers, renovators,
• § 42987.1 — On or before July 1, 2015, the mattress recycling organization shall develop and submit to the department a plan for recycling used mattresses in the state in an economically efficient and practical m
• § 42987.1.5 — (a) During calendar year 2020, and at least once every five years thereafter, the mattress recycling organization shall review the plan and determine whether amendments to the plan are necessary.
• § 42987.2 — In preparing the plan pursuant to Section 42987.
• § 42987.3 — (a) The department shall review the plan for compliance with this chapter and shall approve, disapprove, or conditionally approve the plan within 90 days of receipt of the plan.
• § 42987.4 — Within 90 days after approval or conditional approval by the department of the plan, the mattress recycling organization shall implement the approved plan.
• § 42987.5 — (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2018, based on methodology contained in the plan and information contained in the first annual report, the department, in consultation with the organization, and after
• § 42988 — On or before July 1 of each year, the mattress recycling organization shall prepare and submit to the department a proposed used mattress recycling program budget for the following calendar year that
• § 42988.1 — (a) Within 90 days of submittal, the department shall conditionally approve, approve, or disapprove a final used mattress recycling program budget.
• § 42988.2 — (a) The department shall notify the mattress recycling organization of the department’s costs that are directly related to implementing and enforcing this chapter relating to the mattress recycling or
• § 42988.3 — (a) On and after January 1, 2021, the mattress recycling organization shall identify strategies in its annual proposed budget to comply, commencing January 1, 2027, with the reserve requirements speci
• § 42989 — (a) The mattress recycling organization shall set the amount of the mattress recycling charge that shall be added to the purchase price of a mattress at the point of sale and include the charge amount
• § 42989.1 — (a) Commencing 90 days after the date the department approves the budget pursuant to Section 42988.
• § 42989.2 — (a) The mattress recycling organization may conduct an audit of the following: (1) Those parties that are required to remit the charge to the mattress recycling organization to verify that the charges
• § 42989.2.1 — (a) Mattresses manufactured by the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority and purchased by the state or its agencies are exempt from collecting and remitting the mattress recycl
• § 42989.3 — (a) The mattress recycling organization shall deposit the charges and other moneys collected by the mattress recycling organization pursuant to this chapter in accounts that are maintained and disburs
• § 42989.4 — The mattress recycling organization shall not expend revenue from the mattress recycling charge to pay a civil penalty imposed on the organization pursuant to Section 42993.
• § 4299 — A person who violates Section 4297 or 4298 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or by impr
• § 42990 — (a) The mattress recycling organization shall keep minutes, books, and records that clearly reflect the activities and transactions of the mattress recycling organization.
• § 42990.1 — On or before July 1 of each year, the mattress recycling organization shall submit to the department and the advisory committee and make publicly available on its internet website a report that includ
• § 42990.2 — (a) No later than 90 days after the date the department receives the annual report, the department shall notify the mattress recycling organization of any deficiencies in the report.
• § 42991 — (a) On or before May 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, a person that is engaged in business as a recycler or renovator shall submit to the department and to the mattress recycling organization a repor
• § 42992 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), on and after July 1, 2014, a retailer shall offer a consumer the option to have a used mattress picked up for recovery at the time of delivery, at no additio
• § 42993 — (a) On or before March 1 of each year, the department shall post on its internet website a list of manufacturers, renovators, and distributors that are in compliance with this chapter.
• § 42993.1 — (a) The department may impose an administrative civil penalty on any manufacturer, mattress recycling organization, distributor, recycler, renovator, or retailer that is in violation of this chapter.
• § 42993.2 — Upon a written finding that a manufacturer, mattress recycling organization, renovator, distributor, recycler, or retailer has not met a material requirement of this chapter, in addition to any other
• § 42993.3 — (a) A manufacturer, renovator, distributor, recycler, retailer, and mattress recycling organization shall do both of the following: (1) Upon request, provide the department with reasonable and timely
• § 42993.4 — (a) (1) The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement this chapter with regard to establishing a process for the submission of the used mattress recovery and recycling plan to the depart
• § 42994 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), an action specified in subdivision (b) that is taken by a mattress recycling organization or its members that relates to any of the following is not a violat
• § 42995 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Loan fund” means the CalRecycle Greenhouse Gas Reduction Revolving Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 42996.
• § 42996 — (a) The CalRecycle Greenhouse Gas Reduction Revolving Loan Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 42997 — (a) The CalRecycle Greenhouse Gas Reduction Revolving Loan Program is hereby established and shall be administered by the department.
• § 42998 — (a) The department may establish and collect fees to fund the costs of administering the revolving loan program, including, but not limited to, an application fee and loan closing points.
• § 42999 — (a) The department shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to promote in-state development of infrastructure, food waste prevention, or
• § 42999.5 — (a) The department shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, establish and administer the Zero-Waste Equity Grant Program as a competitive grant program to support targeted strategies and investme
• § 42999.7 — Within two years of the appropriation by the Legislature for the Zero-Waste Equity Grant Program, the department, in consultation with the California Workforce Development Board and the Department of
• § 43000 — The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Waste management unit” means the area of a solid waste landfill facility in or on which solid wastes are placed for disposal.
• § 43020 — The board shall adopt and revise regulations which set forth minimum standards for solid waste handling, transfer, composting, transformation, and disposal, in accordance with this division, and Secti
• § 43020.1 — (a) As part of the existing regulatory review process for regulations adopted pursuant to this article, the board may consider whether the operational requirements that apply to nonhazardous wood wast
• § 43021 — Regulations shall include standards for the design, operation, maintenance, and ultimate reuse of solid waste facilities, but shall not include aspects of solid waste handling or disposal which are so
• § 43022 — (a) The open burning of solid waste, except for the infrequent burning of agricultural wastes, silvicultural wastes, landclearing debris, diseased trees, or debris from emergency cleanup operations, i
• § 43030 — (a) The board shall adopt regulations that are consistent with Section 40055 governing the monitoring and control of the subsurface migration of landfill gas.
• § 43035 — (a) The board, in cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services, shall develop an integrated waste management disaster plan to provide for the handling, storage, processing, transportation, and di
• § 43040 — (a) The board shall adopt standards and regulations requiring that, as a condition for the issuance, modification, revision, or review of a solid waste facilities permit for a disposal facility, the o
• § 43050 — (a) On or before January 1, 2008, the board shall conduct a study to define the conditions that potentially affect solid waste landfills, including technologies and engineering controls designed to mi
• § 43100 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Solid Waste Disposal Regulatory Reform Act of 1993.
• § 43101 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The board and the state water board have submitted a report entitled Joint Report: Reforming the California Solid Waste Disposal Regulatory Pr
• § 43102 — On or before July 1, 1994, the board and the state water board shall jointly develop a plan to implement the changes made to this division and Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water C
• § 43103 — The board and the state water board shall adopt regulations for the implementation of the changes required by this chapter, and the act adding this chapter.
• § 43200 — (a) The board shall prepare and adopt certification regulations for local enforcement agencies.
• § 43200.5 — (a) An enforcement agency that has been designated by the local governing body and certified by the department pursuant to this chapter has the authority provided, and the duties required, by this par
• § 43201 — After August 1, 1992, no enforcement agency shall be designated pursuant to this article unless the board determines that the agency fully complies with one or more of the certification types specifie
• § 43202 — An enforcement agency may be designated by the local governing body and certified by the board to act to carry out this chapter within each jurisdiction.
• § 43203 — The designation of the enforcement agency shall be made by any one of the following procedures: (a) The board of supervisors of the county may designate the enforcement agency to carry out this chapte
• § 43204 — No enforcement agency may exercise the powers and duties of an enforcement agency until the designation is approved by the board.
• § 43205 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if no enforcement agency is designated and certified, the board shall be the enforcement agency and shall assume all the powers and duties of an enforcement
• § 43206 — A designation made pursuant to this article may be withdrawn in the same manner in which it was made.
• § 43207 — No local governmental department or agency, or any employee thereof, which is the operating unit for a solid waste handling or disposal operation shall be the enforcement agency, or an employee thereo
• § 43208 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in Chapter 6.