Section 48007 - Recycled materials and inert waste removed from waste stream not included for purposes of assessing fees(a) Recycled materials and inert waste removed from the waste stream and not disposed of in a solid waste landfill shall not be included for the purpose of assessing fees imposed pursuant to Section 48000.(b) For purposes of this section, and only for the purpose of determining whether fees shall be imposed pursuant to Section 48000, "inert waste removed from the waste stream and not disposed of in solid waste landfills" includes the use, disposal, or placement of solely inert waste on property where surface mining operations, as defined in Section 2735, are being conducted, or have been conducted previously, as long as the use, disposal, or placement is for purposes of reclamation, as defined in Section 2733, pursuant to either of the following: (1) A reclamation plan approved pursuant to Section 2774.(2) For surface mining operations conducted prior to January 1, 1976, an agreement with a city or county, or a permit issued by a city or county, that provides for a fill appropriately engineered for the planned future use of the reclaimed minesite.(c) For purposes of this section, "inert waste" means rock, concrete, brick, sand, soil, and cured asphalt only. In addition, inert waste does not include any waste that meets the definition of "designated waste" as defined in Section 13173 of the Water Code or "hazardous waste" as defined by Section 40141.(d) This section shall remain operative until the operative date of the regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 48007.5 and, as of the January 1 following that operative date, this section is repealed, unless a later enacted statute deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.Ca. Pub. Res. Code § 48007
Amended by Stats 2001 ch 811 (AB 173), s 1, eff. 1/1/2002.Previously Amended October 10, 1999 (Bill Number: SB 515) (Chapter 600).This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.