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. Ch. 1247 — waste discharge requirements imposed by a California regional water quality control board and local health departments. (f) To assure that applications of fertilizer material derived from municipal sewage sludge be made at rates that protect public health, the environment, benefit the soil, and do not merely constitute disposal. SEC.2. Section 66784.4 of the Government Code is amended to read: 66784.4. (a) The board may,by regulation,specify classifications of solid waste facilities that shall be exempt from the requirements of Sections 66783.1 and 66784. Any regulation may be adopted only if the board makes all of the following findings: (1) The exemption is not contrary to the public interest. (2) The quantity of solid wastes to be disposed of at each site is insignificant. (3) The nature of the solid wastes poses no significant threat to the public health, the.public safety, or the environment. (b) The application to land of agricultural products derived from municipal sewage sludge for use as a fertilizer material shall, based on a finding by the board that the nature of the solid waste poses no significant threat to the public health, the public safety, or the environment,be exempt from the requirements of Sections 66783.1 and 66784. SEC.3. Division 31 (commencing with Section 5 ) is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: DIVISION 31. WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES 50000. (a) Until a countywide integrated waste management plan of a 'county has been approved by the California Integrated Waste Management Board pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000),no new transfer or processing station or disposal sites approved by a city or county after January 1, 1978, shall be established in a city or county without a finding by the board, at a public meeting, that the protection of the public health, or public need and necessity, require the immediate implementation of the sites. (b) Any site is exempt from this requirement if, prior to August 28, 1974, there is an environmental impact report notice of determination filed with the state or if a use permit or approval has been issued for the site by the city or county. 50001. No person shall establish sites for solid waste disposal, a transfer station, waste processing, or resource recovery not in conformance with the countywide integrated waste management plan approved by, the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Nonprofit private resources recovery or recycling sites for neighborhood or community type activities approved by a local governmental entity,are exempt from this requirement.If the board 94 80