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The EHD recommends you to modify the daily tonnage report so that it clearly states how each category of material was handled, i.e., if the material was disposed, used as ADC, stockpiled or put to beneficial reuse. The EHD recommends you to use waste definitions from the existing regulations when defining waste types received at the facility to the extent possible. For example, there are definitions in the regulation for construction and demolition debris, Construction, Demolition and Inert (CDI) material, Construction and Demolition Waste and Inert Debris. 2. Processed Green Material Used as Alternative Dail- Cover You cited Section 20690(a)(3)(A) of Title 27 of California Code of Regulations (27CCR) in your letter. That section does not exist. 27CCR 20690(b)(3)(A) states "...processed green material means any plant material that is either separated at the point of generation, or separated at a centralized facility that employs methods to minimize contamination. Green material includes, but not limited to, yard trimmings, untreated wood wastes, paper products, and natural fiber products....". Please note that the definition in that section refers to "..plant material.." and that all inclusions mentioned are of plant origin, not animal products, found in food waste, or other municipal solid waste, all of which is referred to as 0 contamination. Title 14 of CCR (14CCR) 17225.30 defines garbage as follows: "garbage includes all kitchen and table food waste, and animal or vegetable waste that attends or results from the storage, preparation, cooking and handling of food stuffs". 14CCR17225.59 defines rubbish as "rubbish includes non-putrescible solid wastes such as ashes, paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, plastics, rubber by-products or litter." 14CCR17225.57 defines residential refuse as "residential refuse includes all types of domestic garbage and rubbish which originate in the residential dwellings." The City of Stockton curbside green waste program encourages resident to deposit food waste (garbage by definition) with the green waste; thus the green waste collected via this program is not separated at the point of generation. Pursuant to the above definitions, that program collected residential refuse, not green waste. 27CCR 20690(a)(1) states "alternative materials of alternative thickness for daily cover (other than at least six inches of earthen material) for municipal solid waste landfill units may be approved by the EA with concurrence by the CIWMB, if the owner or operator demonstrates that the alternative material and thickness control vectors, fires, odors, blowing litter, and scavenging without presenting a threat to human health and the environment." 27CCR 20690(a)(2) states "Alternative daily cover alone, or in combination with compacted earthen material, shall be placed over the entire working face at the end of each operating day or at more frequent intervals to control vectors, fires, odors, blowing litter, and scavenging without presenting a