California

Public Resources Code - PRC

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

• § 43209 — The enforcement agency, within its jurisdiction and consistent with its certification by the board, shall do all of the following: (a) Enforce applicable provisions of this part, regulations adopted u
• § 43209.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if an enforcement agency receives a complaint, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 41705 of the Health and Safety Code, from an air pollution control
• § 43210 — For those facilities that accept only hazardous wastes, or accept only low-level radioactive wastes, or facilities that accept only both, and to which Chapter 6.
• § 43211 — (a) For those facilities that accept both hazardous wastes and other solid wastes, the Department of Toxic Substances Control shall exercise enforcement and regulatory powers relating to the control o
• § 43212 — (a) If the board is the enforcement agency, the board may impose fees to recover its costs of operation on the local governing body, a solid waste facility operator, or a solid waste enterprise that o
• § 43212.1 — If the board is the enforcement agency, the local governing body and the board shall enter into an agreement which shall identify the jurisdictional boundaries of the enforcement agency; address the p
• § 43213 — The enforcement agency may, upon a majority vote of its local governing body, prescribe, revise, and collect fees or other charges from each operator of a solid waste facility or from any person who c
• § 43214 — (a) The board shall develop performance standards for evaluating certified local enforcement agencies and shall periodically review each certified enforcement agency and its implementation of the perm
• § 43215 — (a) If the board, in conducting the inspection and performance review required pursuant to Section 43214 or this section, finds that the enforcement agency is not fulfilling one or more of its respons
• § 43215.1 — The board may, upon the written request of an enforcement agency, provide legal counsel for purposes of compliance with this part.
• § 43216 — If the board withdraws its approval of the designation of an enforcement agency, another enforcement agency shall be designated pursuant to Section 43203 within 90 days and approved by the board.
• § 43216.5 — In addition to the procedures for board withdrawal of its approval of a local enforcement agency’s designation pursuant to Sections 43214, 43215, and 43216, the board may take any actions which are de
• § 43217 — The board shall provide ongoing training, technical assistance, and guidance to local enforcement agencies to assist in their decisionmaking processes.
• § 43218 — Each enforcement agency shall inspect each solid waste facility within its jurisdiction at least one time each month and shall file, within 30 days of the inspection, a written report in a format pres
• § 43219 — (a) The board may, at its discretion, conduct inspections and investigations of solid waste facilities in order to evaluate the local enforcement agency and to ensure that state minimum standards are
• § 43220 — The board, in conjunction with an inspection conducted by the local enforcement agency, shall conduct at least one inspection every 18 months of each solid waste landfill and transformation facility i
• § 43222 — Any fees or charges imposed pursuant to this part by any enforcement agency shall bear a direct relationship to the reasonable and necessary cost, as determined by the enforcement agency, of providing
• § 43230 — The board shall expend funds from the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the making of grants to local enforcement agencies to carry out the solid waste facilities permit and inspecti
• § 43231 — The board shall adopt regulations for the implementation of this article.
• § 43232 — All expenses which are incurred by the board in carrying out this article are payable solely from the account.
• § 43300 — The board, when acting in its capacity as an enforcement agency, may enforce all provisions of this division, and the regulations adopted thereto, for the protection of the environment and the public
• § 43300.5 — The enforcement policies of this division shall be applied equally and without distinction to publicly owned or operated, and to privately owned or operated, solid waste facilities.
• § 43301 — The board shall coordinate action in solid waste handling and disposal with other federal, state, and local agencies and private persons.
• § 43302 — The board may request enforcement by appropriate federal, state, and local agencies of their respective laws governing solid waste storage, handling, and disposal.
• § 43303 — The board shall develop, implement, and maintain inspection, enforcement, and training programs.
• § 43304 — The board shall adopt an enforcement program consisting of regulations necessary to implement this division and the standards adopted pursuant thereto.
• § 43305 — The board may, as it deems necessary, establish specific local standards for solid waste handling and disposal after consultation with the local governing body.
• § 43306 — The board shall keep and maintain records of its inspection, enforcement, training, and regulatory programs and of any other official action in accordance with regulations adopted by the board.
• § 43307 — The board shall consult with the appropriate local health agency concerning all actions which involve health standards.
• § 43308 — For those facilities that accept only hazardous wastes and to which Chapter 6.
• § 43309 — The board may adopt regulations specifying the operations subject to the exception in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 40200.
• § 4331 — Except at the places or during the period of time designated by regulations adopted pursuant to the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, a person shall not smoke or build a
• § 43310 — If the board becomes the enforcement agency, it may charge reasonable fees to the local governing body to recover operation costs.
• § 43310.1 — (a) If the board becomes the enforcement agency, on or after January 1, 1995, the local governing body and the board shall enter into an agreement which shall identify the jurisdictional boundaries of
• § 4332 — Whenever it is necessary in the interests of public peace or safety, the director, with the consent of the Governor, may order closed to camping, hunting, trapping, or the use of firearms, any area in
• § 4333 — Any order which is issued pursuant to Section 4332 shall be published twice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in any county that is affected by the order.
• § 43500 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the long-term protection of air, water, and land from pollution due to the disposal of solid waste is best achieved by requiring financial assurances of
• § 43501 — (a) A person owning or operating a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.
• § 43501.5 — (a) In addition to the requirements of this article, and Section 21780 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, a person who is required to file a final closure plan shall also file with the
• § 43502 — All documentation relating to the preparation of the closure and postclosure maintenance costs shall be retained by the owner or operator and shall be available for inspection by the board or the enfo
• § 43503 — The closure plan and the postclosure maintenance plan shall be submitted not later than the first date after July 1, 1990, that the solid waste facilities permit is required to be reviewed or revised
• § 43504 — Pursuant to the procedural requirements in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 44001), the enforcement agency or the board may suspend or revoke a permit if the applicant fails within a reasonable peri
• § 43505 — The closure plan and the postclosure maintenance plan may be revised only upon the filing of a written application therefor by the owner or operator, and the approval, or amendment and approval, by th
• § 43506 — (a) After receiving a complete closure plan and postclosure maintenance plan, the regional water board shall approve or disapprove the plans pursuant to the authority and time schedules specified in D
• § 43507 — The owner and operator shall, regardless of any changes occurring during the continued operation of the landfill, close and maintain the landfill during postclosure in accordance with the most recent
• § 43508 — The board or the enforcement agency may recover any costs incurred in meeting the requirements of this article by charging a fee pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 41900) of Part 2.
• § 43509 — (a) The board, in consultation with the state water board and in compliance with Section 40055, shall adopt and amend regulations specifying closure plan and postclosure maintenance plan adoption proc
• § 43510 — (a) The regulations adopted by the board pursuant to this article and Article 4 (commencing with Section 43600) shall not duplicate or conflict with the regulations imposing closure and postclosure ma
• § 43600 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), any person owning or operating a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.
• § 43601 — (a) The evidence of financial ability shall be sufficient to meet the closure and postclosure maintenance costs when needed.
• § 43601.2 — (a) On or before January 1, 2017, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall submit to the Legislature a report on the use of the mechanisms pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (e)
• § 43601.5 — (a) On or before March 1, 1994, the board shall review and revise regulations affecting solid waste landfill closure and postclosure financial assurances adopted in accordance with this article to mak
• § 43602 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), evidence of financial ability required of an owner or operator of a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.
• § 43603 — The board shall not require an owner or operator of a disposal site to revise or amend a closure plan submitted pursuant to this section or former Section 66796.
• § 43604 — (a) During the closure and postclosure maintenance period, a solid waste landfill owner or operator shall maintain evidence of financial ability sufficient to pay postclosure maintenance costs, except
• § 43605 — Nothing in this division affects the authority of the State Water Resources Control Board to impose closure and postclosure maintenance requirements on disposal sites.
• § 43606 — (a) Except for financial arrangements approved by the board pursuant to this article, no indemnification, hold harmless, or similar agreement or conveyance is effective to transfer from the owner or o
• § 43610 — (a) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 43500) or this article, a small city which operates a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.
• § 43610.1 — A disposal site owner or operator who meets the requirements of this article and its implementing regulations shall be deemed to have satisfactorily complied with all state requirements for financial
• § 4371 — The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 4372 — A person shall maintain any solid waste facility outside of the exterior boundaries of any city in strict accordance with the terms and conditions prescribed by Sections 4373 and 4374.
• § 4373 — Any solid waste facility, for which a permit is required pursuant to Section 66796.
• § 4374 — Any solid waste facility, for which a permit is not required pursuant to Section 66796.
• § 4376 — A person who maintains a solid waste facility in violation of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished for a first conviction by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500),
• § 44000.5 — (a) With respect only to solid waste disposed of in this state, a person shall not dispose of solid waste, cause solid waste to be disposed of, arrange for the disposal of solid waste, transport solid
• § 44001 — Any person who proposes to become an operator of a solid waste facility shall file with the enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the facility, or the board if there is no designated and certifi
• § 44002 — (a) (1) No person shall operate a solid waste facility without a solid waste facilities permit if that facility is required to have a permit pursuant to this division.
• § 44003 — When the operator of the disposal site is not the disposal site owner, the disposal site operator’s application for a solid waste facilities permit shall contain any information that the enforcement a
• § 44004 — (a) An operator of a solid waste facility shall not make a significant change in the design or operation of the solid waste facility that is not authorized by the existing permit, unless the change is
• § 44005 — (a) Any owner or operator of a solid waste facility who plans to encumber, sell, transfer, or convey the ownership or operations of a solid waste facility or disposal site to a new owner or operator,
• § 44006 — (a) Each report or application filed under this article shall be submitted under oath or under penalty of perjury.
• § 44007 — The enforcement agency shall not issue or revise a solid waste facilities permit unless it has, at least 65 days in advance, provided the board and the applicant with a copy of the proposed permit, wh
• § 44008 — (a) A decision to issue or not issue the permit shall be made by the enforcement agency within 120 days from the date that the application is deemed complete pursuant to Chapter 4.
• § 44009 — (a) (1) The board shall, in writing, concur or object to the issuance, modification, or revision of any solid waste facilities permit within 60 days from the date of the board’s receipt of any propose
• § 44010 — The enforcement agency shall issue the permit only if it finds that the proposed solid waste facilities permit is consistent with the standards adopted by the board.
• § 44012 — (a) When issuing or revising a solid waste facilities permit, the enforcement agency shall ensure that primary consideration is given to protecting public health and safety and preventing environmenta
• § 44014 — (a) Upon compliance with Sections 44007, 44008, and 44009, and after any necessary hearing, the local enforcement agency shall issue, modify, or revise a solid waste facilities permit if the board has
• § 44015 — A solid waste facilities permit issued or revised under this chapter shall be reviewed and, if necessary, revised at least once every five years.
• § 44016 — (a) The enforcement agency may, in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 44300), suspend or revoke the permit of any solid waste facility designed to convert solid waste from offsite sour
• § 44017 — The enforcement agency shall include, in the permit of any solid waste facility designed to convert solid waste into energy or synthetic fuels, a provision which requires the use of operating procedur
• § 44018 — The board shall establish, by regulation, a program to be implemented by the board and by local enforcement agencies that provides for the expedited review of permits issued pursuant to this article.
• § 44019 — (a) For purposes of this section, all of the following shall apply: (1) “Agricultural byproduct material” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (4.
• § 44100 — (a) The enforcement agency, in issuing or reviewing a solid waste facilities permit or in connection with an action relating to a solid waste facilities permit or as otherwise authorized by this divis
• § 44101 — (a) In the investigation, the enforcement agency may inspect the facility, equipment, or vehicle used for storage, collection, transportation, processing, or disposal of solid waste, as necessary to e
• § 44103 — (a) For those facilities that accept only hazardous wastes, or that accept only low-level radioactive wastes, or that accept both, a solid waste facilities permit issued by the enforcement agency is n
• § 44104 — (a) The board shall maintain an inventory of solid waste facilities which violate state minimum standards.
• § 44106 — (a) The enforcement agency shall develop a compliance schedule for a solid waste facility included in the inventory prepared pursuant to Section 44104.
• § 44107 — (a) A solid waste facility, as defined in Section 40194, sending materials to a biomass conversion facility, shall ensure that the materials are limited to those listed in subdivision (a) of Section 4
• § 4411 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 4412 — “Incinerator” means any device constructed of nonflammable materials for the purpose of burning therein trash, debris, and other flammable materials, excluding those devices regulated by Section 4438
• § 4412.5 — “Campfire” has the same meaning as defined in Section 4103.
• § 4413 — “Zone A” includes Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial Counties.
• § 4414 — “Zone B” includes any county and portion of any county which is not included in Zone A.
• § 4414.5 — “Residue” means flammable wood fiber byproducts or waste, including, but not limited to, sawdust, bark, chips, slabs, trimmings, and hogged particles from a sawmill or plant engaged in processing or c
• § 4415 — This chapter does not apply to the setting of fire on lands within any municipal corporation.
• § 44150 — (a) The enforcement agency shall not issue or revise a solid waste facilities permit for any proposed project which proposes to use transformation, as defined in Section 40201, unless the project comp
• § 44151 — Any solid waste facility, located outside of any city, shall be maintained in compliance with the flammable clearance provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 4371) of Part 2 of Division 4.
• § 44152 — No enforcement agency shall issue or revise a permit for a solid waste facility which exclusively uses transformation until the board has concluded in writing that the proposed permit is consistent wi
• § 4416 — This chapter does not authorize a county firewarden, a firefighter, or a county officer to obligate the state for the payment of any money.
• § 4417 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a reward of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be paid out of any state funds which are made available to the department for fire protection t
• § 4417.5 — (a) For the purpose of obtaining information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who willfully and maliciously set fire to, or who attempt to willfully and maliciously set fire to, any pro
• § 4418 — Peace officers designated by the director may expend funds the director deems necessary to purchase evidence and to employ operators to obtain evidence in cases of arson to any property within a state
• § 44201 — As used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) “Indian country” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 1151 of Title 18 of the Unit
• § 44202 — (a) Upon receipt of a written request from any tribe considering a proposal to construct each solid waste facility in that tribe’s Indian country within this state, the secretary shall convene negotia
• § 44203 — (a) The secretary may enter into any cooperative agreement which meets the requirements of this article.
• § 44204 — (a) A tribe shall be eligible for technical assistance to the extent feasible, from the agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203, for the design, establishment, and implementation of a p
• § 44205 — (a) Each cooperative agreement shall require the public agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203 to review any draft tribal permit and any applicable federal permit to determine whether
• § 44206 — (a) Nothing in this article shall limit or expand, or be construed to limit or expand, the jurisdiction of any state agency specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203 or any tribal agency with resp
• § 44207 — (a) The cooperative agreement shall provide that the state or tribe may bring an appropriate civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the cooperative agreement as a co
• § 44208 — A cooperative agreement executed pursuant to this article shall be executed for the express benefit of the citizens of this state.
• § 44209 — Any person may commence a civil action on the person’s own behalf against any of the public agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 44203, or against the secretary, who is alleged to have app
• § 4421 — A person shall not set fire or cause fire to be set to a forest, brush, or other flammable material that is on land that is not the person’s own land, or under the person’s legal control, without the
• § 44210 — Notwithstanding this article, a cocomposting facility located in Indian country with a memorandum of agreement adopted November 29, 1989, with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colo
• § 4422 — A person shall not do either of the following: (a) Willfully or knowingly allow fire to burn uncontrolled on land that the person owns or controls, or to escape to the lands of any person other than t
• § 4423 — A person shall not burn any brush, stumps, logs, fallen timber, fallows, slash, grass-covered land, brush-covered land, forest-covered land, or other flammable material, in any state responsibility ar
• § 4423.1 — (a) Burning under permit by a person on public or private lands, except within incorporated cities, may be suspended, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by proclamation.
• § 4423.2 — (a) Whenever the burning under permit has been suspended , restricted, or prohibited by proclamation pursuant to Section 4423.
• § 4423.3 — The use of a campfire is not restricted or prohibited by a proclamation issued pursuant to Section 4423.
• § 4423.4 — Outdoor smoking is not restricted or prohibited by a proclamation issued pursuant to Section 4423.
• § 4423.5 — Use of open fire or burning under permit within an area closed by proclamation pursuant to the provisions of Section 4423.
• § 4425 — Any violation of the terms of a burning permit issued pursuant to Section 4423, a restricted temporary burning permit issued pursuant to Section 4423.
• § 4426 — A person shall not set a backfire, or cause a backfire to be set, except under the direct supervision or permission of a state or federal forest officer, unless it can be established that the setting
• § 4427 — During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, no person shall use or operate any motor, engine, boiler, stationary equipment, welding equipment, cu
• § 4428 — No person, except any member of an emergency crew or except the driver or owner of any service vehicle owned or operated by or for, or operated under contract with, a publicly or privately owned utili
• § 4429 — During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, at any camp maintained in such area for the residence of employees, or at any local headquarters in s
• § 4430 — During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, a person, copartnership, firm, corporation or company, shall not use or operate in such area any stea
• § 44300 — An enforcement agency may, after holding a public hearing before a hearing panel or a hearing officer appointed pursuant to Section 44308 or 44309, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Secti
• § 44305 — (a) An enforcement agency may, after holding a public hearing before a hearing panel or a hearing officer appointed pursuant to Section 44308 or 44309, in accordance with the procedures set forth in S
• § 44306 — The enforcement agency may, after holding a hearing in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 44310, revoke a solid waste facilities permit if the enforcement agency determines any of the
• § 44307 — From the date of issuance of a permit that imposes conditions that are inappropriate, as contended by the applicant, or after the taking of any enforcement action pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with S
• § 44308 — (a) All hearings conducted pursuant to this chapter by the enforcement agency shall be conducted by a hearing officer appointed pursuant to subdivision (d) or a hearing panel appointed pursuant to eit
• § 44309 — All hearings conducted by the board acting as the enforcement agency pursuant to Section 43205 shall be conducted by a hearing panel of three board members appointed by the chairperson of the board.
• § 4431 — During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, no person shall use or operate or cause to be operated in the area any portable saw, auger, drill, ta
• § 44310 — All hearings conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be based on the following procedures: (a) (1) The hearing shall be initiated by the filing of a written request for a hearing with a statement of
• § 4432 — (a) A person shall not leave a campfire, kindled or attended by that person, burning or unextinguished unless one of the following requirements is satisfied: (1) The person leaves some other person in
• § 4433 — (a) A person shall not light, maintain, or use a campfire upon brush-covered land, grass-covered land, or forest-covered land that is the property of another person unless the person first obtains a w
• § 4434 — The escape of any campfire from the control of any person who is maintaining the campfire is prima facie evidence that such person was negligent in maintaining the campfire.
• § 4435 — If any fire originates from the operation or use of any engine, machine, barbecue, incinerator, railroad rolling stock, chimney, or any other device which may kindle a fire, the occurrence of the fire
• § 4436 — A person shall not refuse or fail to render assistance in combating a forest, brush, or grass fire at the summons of the department, or its authorized agent who is charged with the prevention or suppr
• § 4437 — (a) Outside the exterior boundaries of cities, every processor of forest products shall exercise due diligence in the disposal of flammable material incident to the processing, so that the material do
• § 4438 — Flammable forest product waste material may be disposed of by means of fire in an enclosed device effective in preventing the spread of sparks or fire, situated in an area cleared of grass, grain, bru
• § 4439 — (a) Flammable forest product waste material may be disposed of by means of fire in an area which is cleared of grass, grain, brush, slash, litter, snags and forest cover for a distance of 121.
• § 4440 — (a) Flammable forest product residue may be accumulated in piles, within any state responsibility area, within any area receiving fire protection by the director by contract, or upon federal lands adm
• § 4441 — Any person who permits or allows accumulation of waste material or residue in violation of the provisions of Sections 4437 to 4440, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished for a fi
• § 4442 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall use, operate, or allow to be used or operated, any internal combustion engine which uses hydrocarbon fuels on any forest-covered land,
• § 4442.5 — No person shall sell, offer for sale, lease, or rent to any person any internal combustion engine subject to Section 4442 or 4443, and not subject to Section 13005 of the Health and Safety Code, unles
• § 4442.6 — (a) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, lease, or rent to a person any equipment that is powered by an internal combustion engine subject to Section 4442 or 4443, and not subject to Section 13005
• § 4443 — No person shall use, operate, or cause to be operated on any forest-covered land, brush-covered land, or grass-covered land any handheld portable, multiposition, internal-combustion engine manufacture
• § 4445 — A person shall not fire or cause to be fired from any rifle or other device capable of discharging ammunition, any bullet, projectile, or other ammunition which contains the components of thermite, ma
• § 4446 — Every person shall exercise reasonable care in the disposal of flammable material so that the material does not cause the inception of or spread of uncontrolled fire.
• § 4461 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Management Act of 1978.
• § 4462 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) There has been an increase in the number of uncontrolled fires on the wildlands of this state, resulting in destruction of valuable timber and
• § 4464 — Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Hazardous fuel reduction” means the application of practices to wild lands, the p
• § 4464.5 — The Legislature finds that, due to the absence of significant forest resources, lands in the Sutter Buttes in the County of Sutter are not likely to become eligible for classification as a state respo
• § 4465 — The department shall conduct an experimental program of wildland resources management through prescribed burning and other methods in two areas of wildlands.
• § 4466 — (a) The department shall prepare two model plans for the initial development and implementation of a program for wildland resources management through prescribed burning and other methods, one of whic
• § 4467 — (a) Each plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, elements regarding wildland fuel management and reduction, air and water quality, water conservation and watershed improvement, soil conservat
• § 4468 — During the prescribed burning season, the department shall maintain at least two prescribed burn crews, one each in northern and southern California, for the purpose of providing prescribed burn back-
• § 4470 — The department shall furnish a prescribed burn crew, and assume all costs thereof, to any person or group of persons who own or control land in a wildland area for which a plan has been approved pursu
• § 4471 — No person applying for a brush-burning permit pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 4491) of this chapter, applying for a slash-burning permit pursuant to Section 4423, or conducting timber o
• § 4475 — (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 boar
• § 4476 — 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 f
• § 4477 — (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 progr
• § 4479 — (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 pur
• § 4480 — 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
• § 44820 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the board shall adopt, by regulation, a permitting, inspection, and enforcement program for the disposal of asbestos containing waste, as specified in Sectio
• § 4483 — (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 env
• § 4491 — (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
• § 4492 — 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 com
• § 4493 — (a) 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
• § 4494 — (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 pr
• § 4495 — In coordination with local air pollution control and air quality management districts, the department and the State Air Resources Board shall develop and fund a program, upon appropriation by the Legi
• § 4497 — The director may enter into an agreement with the owner or any other person who has legal control of any property, any public agency with regulatory or natural resource management authority over any p
• § 4497.2 — To be considered for the public interest and beneficial to the state, each prescribed burn, pursuant to Section 4497, shall be for any of the following purposes or any combination of the following pur
• § 4500 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Burn boss” means either of the following: (A) A person certified pursuant to Section 4477 to conduct prescribed
• § 45000 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the enforcement agency or the board may issue an administrative order requiring the owner or operator of a solid waste facility or disposal site or a person
• § 45001 — Nothing in this division affects the authority of the state water board or a regional water board to issue enforcement orders or take corrective actions with regard to solid waste facilities.
• § 45002 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an order issued pursuant to this part or Part 4 (commencing with Section 43000) shall provide the person subject to that order with a notice of that person’s
• § 45003 — (a) (1) An authorized representative of the enforcement agency or board who, in the course of conducting an inspection, detects a minor violation, shall take an enforcement action as to the minor viol
• § 45005 — An enforcement agency or the board may issue a cease and desist order to any of the following: (a) A person who is operating, has operated, or proposes to operate a solid waste facility or operates a
• § 45010 — (a) The board and enforcement agencies shall impose civil penalties on the operators of solid waste facilities in a judicious manner and shall impose those penalties only after all reasonable efforts
• § 45010.1 — (a) The board or an enforcement agency may issue an order imposing a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation, for each day that the violation continues, to a p
• § 45010.2 — Before the board or enforcement agency issues an order under this chapter, except for a notice to comply pursuant to Section 45003, the board or enforcement agency shall do both of the following: (a)
• § 45011 — If an enforcement agency or the board determines that a solid waste facility or disposal site is in violation of this division, a regulation adopted pursuant to this division, the terms or conditions
• § 45012 — (a) If an enforcement agency, despite having made a good faith effort pursuant to its enforcement authority or any other authority, is unable to correct a violation, and the board, acting through its
• § 45013 — The board shall make available guidance and assistance to the enforcement agency regarding the inspection, investigation, enforcement, and remediation of illegal, abandoned, inactive, or closed dispos
• § 45014 — (a) Upon the failure of a person to comply with a final order issued by a local enforcement agency or the board, the Attorney General, upon request of the board, shall petition the superior court for
• § 45015 — Remedies under this part are in addition to, and do not supersede or limit, any other applicable remedies provided by law.
• § 45016 — In making a determination regarding the allegations in, and the amount of any liability that may be imposed pursuant to, an order, petition, or complaint and determining the appropriate outcome, and w
• § 45017 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), all orders and determinations issued pursuant to this part or Part 4 (commencing with Section 43000) shall take effect immediately upon service.
• § 45018 — The payment of civil liability assessed in any order issued under this chapter shall be made within 30 days of the date the order becomes final.
• § 45019 — At least 10 days prior to the date of issuance of an enforcement order which is not for an emergency, or within five days from the date of issuance of an enforcement order for an emergency, or within
• § 45020 — (a) Within 30 days from the date of receipt of a notice of the issuance of, or the proposal to issue, an enforcement order pursuant to Section 45022, the regional water board, the enforcement agency,
• § 45021 — If any board or agency specified in Section 45019 receives a complaint concerning a solid waste facility or disposal site and the board or agency determines that it is not authorized to take action co
• § 45022 — If any agency or board specified in Section 45019 receives a complaint concerning a solid waste facility or disposal site that the agency or board does not refer to another state agency pursuant to Se
• § 45022.5 — An enforcement agency shall maintain a record of, and take any action that the enforcement agency is authorized to take regarding, a complaint, referral, or inspection relating to the operation of a s
• § 45023 — A civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may be imposed upon a person who for each day the violation or operation occurs: (a) Owns or operates a solid waste facility or disposal
• § 45024 — Any attorney authorized to act on behalf of the board or a local enforcement agency may petition the superior court to impose, assess, and recover the civil penalties authorized by Section 45023.
• § 45025 — (a) (1) A violation of Part 4 (commencing with Section 43000) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for ea
• § 4503 — This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2028, deletes or extends that date.