ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties of the Board [43300. - 43310.1.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.
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Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43300. Section 43300.

The board, when acting in its capacity as an enforcement agency, may enforce all provisions of this division, and the regulations adopted thereto, for the protection of the environment and the public health and safety, and from nuisance.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43300.5. Section 43300.5.

The enforcement policies of this division shall be applied equally and without distinction to publicly owned or operated, and to privately owned or operated, solid waste facilities.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43302. Section 43302.

The board may request enforcement by appropriate federal, state, and local agencies of their respective laws governing solid waste storage, handling, and disposal.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43304. Section 43304.

The board shall adopt an enforcement program consisting of regulations necessary to implement this division and the standards adopted pursuant thereto. The enforcement program shall include a description for carrying out the permit and inspection program pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 44001).

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43305. Section 43305.

The board may, as it deems necessary, establish specific local standards for solid waste handling and disposal after consultation with the local governing body. However, the standards shall be consistent with this division and all regulations adopted by the board.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43306. Section 43306.

The board shall keep and maintain records of its inspection, enforcement, training, and regulatory programs and of any other official action in accordance with regulations adopted by the board.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43307. Section 43307.

The board shall consult with the appropriate local health agency concerning all actions which involve health standards. The consultation shall include granting the health agency adequate notice and opportunity to conduct and report any evaluation that it reasonably deems appropriate.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43308. Section 43308.

For those facilities that accept only hazardous wastes and to which Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code applies, or that accept only low-level radioactive wastes and to which Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 114960) of Part 9 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code applies, or for those facilities that accept both, the board shall have no enforcement or regulatory authority. Except as otherwise provided in Section 40052, all enforcement activities for those facilities relative to the control of hazardous wastes shall be performed by the Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 25180) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, and all enforcement activities for those facilities relative to low-level radioactive wastes shall be performed by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 114960) of Part 9 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43309. Section 43309.

The board may adopt regulations specifying the operations subject to the exception in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 40200. The regulations shall prohibit the storing of more than 90 cubic yards of waste in covered containers during any 72-hour period and the transfer of uncontainerized refuse from smaller refuse hauling motor vehicles to larger refuse transfer motor vehicles for transport to the point of ultimate disposal.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 43310.1. Section 43310.1.

(a) If the board becomes the enforcement agency, on or after January 1, 1995, the local governing body and the board shall enter into an agreement which shall identify the jurisdictional boundaries of the enforcement agency; address the powers and duties to be performed by the board as the enforcement agency, and identify an estimated workload and anticipated costs to the board. The agreement shall also identify the cost recovery procedures to be followed by the board pursuant to Section 43310. (b) If, after a good faith effort by the board and the local governing body, no agreement is reached between the local governing body and the board within the 90-day period specified in Section 43216, or within 90 days after a local governing body notifies the board of its intent not to designate an enforcement agency pursuant to Section 43203, the board shall make the determinations specified in subdivision (a) that would have been the subject of the agreement. (c) If the board becomes the enforcement agency for Stanislaus County or Santa Cruz County, the board shall impose fees authorized pursuant to this section directly on the solid waste facilities in those counties, and shall not require the local governing body to impose or collect those fees.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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