(a) This Article sets forth permitting requirements and minimum operating standards for operations and facilities that handle and/or dispose of nonhazardous ash, as specified. This Article is not applicable to Class II or III landfills that handle and/or dispose of other waste types in addition to nonhazardous ash.

(b) This Article is adopted pursuant to and for the purpose of implementing the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Act) commencing with section 40000 of the Public Resources Code, as amended. These regulations should be read together with the Act.

(c) This Article implements those provisions of the Act relating to the handling and/or disposal of nonhazardous ash. Nothing in this Article is intended to limit the power of any federal, state, or local agency to enforce any provision of law that it is authorized or required to enforce or administer.

(d) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as relieving any owner, operator, or designee from the obligation of obtaining all required permits, licenses, or other clearances and complying with all orders, laws, regulations, reports, or other requirements of other regulatory or enforcement agencies, including but not limited to, local health entities, regional water quality control boards, air quality management districts or air pollution control districts, local land use authorities, and fire authorities.

(e) These regulations are intended to provide a sufficient level of information and oversight to ensure that the transfer and processing, or monofilling of nonhazardous ash will be conducted in a manner which meets the purposes of the Act while protecting public health, safety and the environment. Materials that may otherwise be disposed to landfills may be, among other things, processed to reduce, reuse, and recycle the material to the maximum extent feasible in an efficient and cost-effective manner to conserve water, energy and other natural resources.

(f) Operations and facilities subject to this Article shall be in compliance with the provisions of this Article within 90 days after the effective date of this Article.