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§21565. CIWMB-- Exemptions from Requirement of a Permit. (T14:§18215) (a)After a public hearing the EA may grant an exemption from the requirement that the operator of a facility obtain a permit. Such an exemption may be granted if the facility falls within one of the classifications and all of the following findings are made: (1)The exemption is not against the public interest. (2)The quantity of solid wastes is insignificant. (3)The nature of the solid wastes poses no significant threat to health, safety, or the environment. (b)Classifications of solid waste facilities that may be exempted are: (1)Facilities or portions thereof doing research funded primarily by government grants; (2)Construction disposal sites for short-term use(less that 90 days), in which only inert wastes are to be placed by city, county, or state agencies; (3)Drilling mud disposal sumps for short-term use(less than one year) if significant quantities of hazardous or toxic materials are not present in the mud, fluids and cuttings from drilling and associated operations; [Note: currently, on-site sumps are exempted under T23§2511(g) & in§2Q(8) of this subdivision] (4)Unclassified waste management units as defined by the State Water Resources Control Board(SWRCB); (5)Farm or ranch disposal sites for one-or two-family use; (6)Resource Recovery facilities intended only for demonstration purposes and not for profit; (7)Disposal sites to be used exclusively for one of the following: for spreading of either cannery wastes or oily wastes,mine tailings,ashes and residues, agricultural wastes, street sweepings, dirt from excavations, slag if disposed of on site, or waste water treatment sludge if disposed of on site or to specified agricultural lands; and (8)Evaporation ponds for disposing of salts from oil and geothermal drilling operations. (c)All exemptions shall be forwarded to the CIWMB within seven days after the decision is issued.[Comment:In exemptingfacilities, the E-A should recognize that onlyfacilities which are solid waste facilities, as defined in Public Resources Code section 40194, must obtain either a permit or an exemption. The following are examples of facilities that need not apply for an exemption or a permit:1. A facilitysolely engaged in purchase or sale of salvaged separated materials.2. Scrap metal, glass, cardboard and fiber brokers and manufacturing firms, which utilize salvaged materials.3. Recycling centers that only handle salvaged separated materials for reuse 4. Salvaged separated material collection, storage, or processing activities.]N()11, Authority cited: Section 40502,Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 43020, 43021 and 43103,Public Resources Code.I I is i()i?)