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4( Approved by OAL 6/30/95 Composting Operations Regulatory Requirements 1 June 30, 1995 2 3 Article 2 . Regulatory Tiers for Composting Operations and Facilities 4 v "Section 17855 . Ekcluded- Activities:` " 5 (a) The activities listed in this Section do not constitute 6 composting operations or facilities for the purposes of this Chapter and are not required to meet the requirements set forth 7 herein. Nothing in this Section. precludes the enforcement agency or the board from inspecting an excluded activity to verify that 8 the activity is being conducted in a manner that qualifies as an excluded activity or from taking any appropriate enforcement 9 action. (1) Residences, parks, community gardens, homeowner 10 associations, universities, schools, hospitals, golf courses, industrial parks, and other similar entities are excluded 11 activities if less than 504 cubic-yards of any combination of green material feedstock, animal material feedstock, and active 12 compost is on-site at any one time . f)- _n. activity is excluded if it composts green material or' 13 animal material, derived_ from. agricu.1tural commodities, ands returns a similar amount of the compost produced-to that same- 14 tagricultural source, or an agricultural source owned or leased by the owner, parent, or subsidiary of. the composting activity.. .,,No,' 15 °more than an incidental amount of up to 2, 500 cubic yards ofT 'compost product may. be given away or sold, annually. p 16 (3 ) Chipping and grinding is an excluded activity. (4) Biomass conversion, as defined in Section 40106 of the 17 Public. Resources Code, is an excluded activity. (5) Vermicomposting is an excluded activity. 18 NOTE : Authority cited: Sections 40502 , 43020 , and 43021 of the 19 Public Resources Code. Reference : Sections 43020 and 43021 of the .Public Resources Code. 20 Section 17856 . Agricultural Material Composting Operations. 21 (a) All agricultural material composting operations shall 22 comply with the Enforcement Agency Notification requirements set forth in Title 14, Division 7, Chapter 5 . 0 , Article 3 . 0 23 (commencing with Section 18100) of the California Code of Regulations, except as otherwise provided by this Chapter. 24 (b) Compost produced by an agricultural material composting 25 operation which uses only agricultural commodities may be sold or given away without restriction. 26 (1) Agricultural material composting operations that compost only agricultural commodities shall be inspected by the 27 enforcement agency at least once every three (3) months, during periods of active composting. 28 Page 7