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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br />CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 96-031 <br />CONDITIONAL WAIVER OF WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR <br />COMPOSTING OPERATIONS <br />WHEREAS, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, <br />(hereafter Board) has a statutory obligation to prescribe waste discharge requirements except <br />where a waiver is not against public interest; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 13260 (a) of the California Water Code (CWC) requires that any <br />person discharging waste or proposing to discharge waste within any region, other than to a <br />community sewer system, that could affect the quality of the waters of the State, shall file a <br />Report of Waste Discharge (RWD); and <br />WHEREAS, CWC Section 13269 authorizes the Board to waive waste discharge <br />AMNIL requirements ( Rs) for a specific discharge or for a specific type of discharge. Such waiver is <br />conditional: it may be terminated for any type of discharge at any time, does not authorize any <br />discharge that is otherwise prohibited or regulated, does not preclude the need for permits which <br />may be required by other local or governmental agencies, and does not preclude the Board from <br />taking enforcement actions for violations of the terms and conditions set forth in this Order or for <br />any discharges that cause or threaten to cause violation of provisions of the Basin Plan or that <br />create or threaten to create a condition of pollution or nuisance; and <br />WHEREAS, Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations (23 CCR) Section 2200 <br />authorizes the Board to require the discharger to submit a fee of $750 to the Board to cover staff <br />review of the RWD. Pursuant to 23 CCR Section 2200.4, the Board will calculate.any refund <br />using a rate of $50 per hour. Any unused fee funds will be refunded to the discharger; and <br />WHEREAS, the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) has adopted <br />regulations governing the composting of green material, animal material, sewage sludge and <br />municipal solid waste under Title 14, Division 30, Chapter 3.1. There are significant differences <br />in the scope, authority and focus of the CIWMB's regulations governing composting and the <br />Title 23 regulations governing discharges of waste to land; and <br />WHEREAS, "green waste" consists of or contains waste from plants, including leaves, <br />clippings, cuttings, trimmings of grass, weeds, shrubbery, bushes, or trees, residential or <br />community garden wastes, and untreated wood wastes; and <br />