§ 18984.5. Container Contamination Minimization.
14 CA ADC § 18984.5Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
14 CCR § 18984.5
§ 18984.5. Container Contamination Minimization.
(a) A generator shall not place prohibited container contaminants in a collection container. A jurisdiction shall monitor the containers provided to generators using a three-container or two-container organic waste collection service pursuant to Section 18984.1 or 18984.2 to minimize prohibited container contaminants in a manner that complies with either the provisions of Subdivision (b) or the provisions of Subdivision (c) of this section.
(b) A jurisdiction may meet its container contamination minimization requirements by conducting a route review for prohibited container contaminants on containers in a manner that results in all hauler routes being reviewed annually. Containers may be randomly selected along a hauler route. This section should not be construed to require that every container on a hauler route must be sampled annually.
(F) All of the material collected for sampling must be transported to a sorting area at a permitted solid waste facility where the presence of prohibited container contaminants for each container type is measured to determine the ratio of prohibited container contaminants present in each container type by weight. To determine the ratio of prohibited container contaminants the jurisdiction shall use the following protocol:
(A) Notify all generators on the sampled hauler routes of their requirement to properly separate materials into the appropriate containers. The jurisdiction may provide this information by placing a notice on the generator's container, gate, or door, and/or by mail, e-mail, or electronic message to the generator.
(B) Perform a targeted route review of containers on the routes sampled for waste evaluations to determine the sources of contamination and notify those generators of their obligation to properly separate materials. The jurisdiction may provide this information to these generators by placing a notice on the generator's container gate, or door, and/or by mail, e-mail, or electronic message to the applicable generators.
(d) A jurisdiction that implements a performance-based source separated collection service pursuant to Section 18998.1 shall notify the department within 30 days of finding prohibited container contaminants in the gray container collection stream that exceed 25 percent of the measured sample by weight in each of two consecutive waste evaluations performed on gray containers pursuant to the requirements of Subdivision (c), above.
(1) A jurisdiction that implements a performance-based source separated collection service pursuant to Section 18998.1 that exceeds an annual average of 25 percent by weight of prohibited container contaminants in the gray container collection shall be subject to the process described in Section 18998.1(c).
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502, 43020, 43021 and 42652.5, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 42652.5, Public Resources Code; and Section 39730.6, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. New section filed 11-3-2020; operative 1-1-2022 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 42652.2(a)(6) (Register 2020, No. 45).
This database is current through 5/3/24 Register 2024, No. 18.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 18984.5, 14 CA ADC § 18984.5
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