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Section 17855.Excluded Activities. (a)The activities listed in this Section do not constitute composting operations or facilities for the purposes of this Chapter and are not required to meet the requirements set forth herein.Nothing in this Section precludes the enforcement agency or the board from inspecting an excluded activity to verify that the activity is being conducted in a manner that qualifies as an excluded activity or from taking any appropriate enforcement action. r' (1)Reside es,parks,commu ' gardens,h eowner as�edstockivaur atio ; niversit' schools,ho als,golf courses, ' dustrial parks,a)� other simila ntities are excactities i ss than 500 is-yards of any combi ation of green material feedstock, material d ctive compost son-site at any one time. (2)An activity is excluded if it composts green material or animal material,derived from agricultural commodities,and returns a similar amount of the compost produced to that same agricultural source,or an agricultural source owned or leased by the owner,parent,or subsidiary of the composting activity.No more than an incidental amount of up to of compost product may be given away or sold'--- --annually: ._... ....., _ _ ®. (3)C g an g Fnding;-is-mi exc udedactivi if-1; b - III Indstock and chipped and er e t i r`ati ttidtiff'rl'f fc6d oc�C and chipped angro 1 is ss. en 4 ty. (5)Vermicomposting is an excluded activity.The storage of feedstock to be used in the production of growth medium for worms,feedstock which is being processed to produce growth medium,and the storage of growth medium is not an excluded activity and is subject to the requirements of section 17862.2. (6)Storage is an excluded activity if 1,000 cubic yards or less of feedstock,compost,or chipped and ground material is on-site at any one time or any amount of feedstock,compost,or chipped and ground material is stored for 7 days or less. (7)Storage or handling of feedstock,compost or chipped and ground materials which have been sold and removed from the site,bagged for sale,given away for beneficial use and removed from the site,or otherwise beneficially used is an excluded activity.Beneficial use includes,but is not limited to,slope stabilization, weed suppression,and similar uses,as determined by the enforcement agency;land application in accordance with California Department of Food and Agriculture requirements for a beneficial use as authorized by Food and Agricultural Code section 14501 et seq.;and reclamation projects in accordance with the requirements of the Office of Mine Reclamation of the Department of Conservation as authorized by Public Resources Code section 2770 et seq. Section 17856.Agricultural Material Composting Operations. (a)All agricultural material composting operations shall comply with the Enforcement Agency Notification requirements set forth in Title 14,Division 7,Chapter 5.0,Article 3.0(commencing with Section 18 100)of the California Code of Regulations, except as otherwise provided by this Chapter. (b)Compost produced by an agricultural material composting operation which uses only agricultural commodities may be sold or given away without restriction. (1)Agricultural m ri I coin ostin most nl a is e inspecte the"enforce—ent a enc at least once eve three 3 of active composting. .� (c)Compost produced by an agricultural material composting operation which uses agricultural commodities and clean green material,as specified in Section 17852(k),shall not sell or give-away more than 1,000 cubic-yards of compost per year. *`Section 17857.Green Material Composting Operations and Facilities. (a)A green material composting operation that has up to 1,000 cubic yards of feedstock and active compost on-site at any one