Pursuant to Section 4006(b) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580, 42 USC Section 6946 and Section 66793 of the Government Code, the following responsible agencies are identified for solid waste management in California:
(a) Within each of the counties in California, the Boards of Supervisors are responsible, with the approval of a majority of the cities within the county which contain a majority of the population of the incorporated area of the county, for local planning and implementation of solid waste management in accordance with Section 66780 of the Government Code with the following exceptions: (1) Within the County of Alameda, the Alameda County Solid Waste Management Authority is responsible for solid waste planning and implementation;(2) Within the County of Merced, the Merced County Solid Waste Advisory Board is responsible for solid waste planning and implementation;(3) Within the County of Santa Clara, the Solid Waste Planning Committee is responsible for solid waste planning and implementation;(4) Within the County of Ventura, the Ventura Regional County Sanitation District is responsible for solid waste planning and implementation with the approval of a majority of the cities within the county which contain a majority of the population of the incorporated area of the county;(5) Within the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee is the responsible countywide agency for solid waste planning. Implementation shall be accomplished by those responsible agencies identified in the Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Plan.(b) Regional issues will be determined by the State Solid Waste Management Board with the advice of the affected counties and regional agencies.(c) For regional planning, the following agencies are identified: (1) The Association of Bay Area Governments is responsible for regional issues for solid waste management planning within the boundaries of the area including the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma;(2) The Sacramento Regional Area Planning Commission is responsible for regional issues for solid waste management planning within the boundaries of the area including the Counties of Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba, and the City of Roseville;(3) The Southern California Association of Governments is responsible for regional issues for solid waste management planning within the boundaries of the area including the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino.(4) The California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is responsible for regional issues for solid waste management planning within the boundaries of the area including that part of Lake Tahoe within the jurisdiction of the State of California, the adjacent parts of the Counties of El Dorado and Placer lying within the Tahoe Basin in the State of California, and that additional and adjacent part of the County of Placer outside of the Tahoe Basin in the State of California which lies southward and eastward of a line starting at the intersection of the basin crestline and the north boundary of Section 1, thence west to the northwest corner of Section 3, thence south to the intersection of the basin crestline and the west boundary of Section 10; all sections referring to Township 15, North, Range 16 East, M.D.B.&M.(d) For statewide solid waste management planning and implementation the following are identified: (1) The State Solid Waste Management Board is responsible for solid waste management planning and implementation within the boundaries of the State of California;(2) The State Department of Health is responsible for hazardous waste management planning and implementation within the boundaries of the State of California. Comment: The State Solid Waste Management Board widely distributed to the interested public a request for nominations of agencies. Based on the nominations received, a proposed regulation was drafted and circulated for comment prior to two public hearings; one on April 4, 1978 in the State Building, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 1200, San Francisco, California, and the other on April 5, 1978 in the Inglewood City Hall, One Manchester Boulevard, Community Room, Inglewood, California. This regulation was finally considered at a regularly scheduled public State Solid Waste Management Board Meeting on April 21, 1978, and was adopted at that time as amended.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 17032
1. New section filed 4-27-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 17). Note: Authority cited: Section 66790, Government Code, Section 6946, 42 United States Code and Section 4006, 90 Stat. 2816, P.L. 94-580, Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. Reference: Section 66793, Government Code.
1. New section filed 4-27-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 17).