“Board” means and is the California Integrated Waste Management Board in the Resources Agency of the state of California. (Ord. 91-0100 § 1, 1991: Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 301, 1979.)

“Chipping and grinding operations” means an operation which does not produce compost, and which mechanically reduces the size or otherwise engages in the handling of compostable material, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17852(a)(10), and which receives up to two hundred (200) tons per day of material that may be handled by a green material composting operation. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 69, 2011.)

“Compostable material handling operations” means an operation which processes, transfers, or stores any compostable material, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17852(a)(11), that when accumulated may become active compost, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17852(a)(1). Handling of compostable materials results in controlled biological decomposition. Handling includes composting, screening, chipping and grinding, and storage activities related to the production of compost, compost feedstock, and chipped and ground materials. Compostable materials handling operation does not include activities excluded from regulation in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17855. Compostable materials handling operation also includes the following, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17852 (a)(6), (a)(10), (a)(21) and (a)(34):
A. Agricultural material composting operations;
B. Chipping and grinding operations and facilities;
C. Green material composting operations and facilities; and
D. Research composting operations. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 70, 2011.)

“Construction and demolition wood debris chipping and grinding operations” means a site which conducts chipping and grinding activities to produce construction and demolition mulch, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17381(f). Authorized chipping and grinding activities do not produce active compost, but mechanically reduce the size of lumber and other wood material to produce construction and demolition mulch. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 71, 2011.)

“Contaminated soil transfer/processing operations” means an operation which handles only contaminated soil, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17361 (b)(1)(2), for purposes of treatment, storage, or transfer. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 72, 2011.)

“Conversion technology” means the processing of solid waste through noncombustion thermal, chemical or biological processes, other than composting. “Conversion technology” does not include biomass conversion, as defined in Section 40106 of the Public Resources Code, or transformation. (Ord. 2008-0056 § 1, 2008.)

“Disposal site” means the place, location, tract of land, area or premises in use, intended to be used, or which has been used for the disposal of solid waste. “Disposal site” includes a solid waste landfill, as defined in Section 40195.1 of the Public Resources Code, and includes a transformation facility. (Ord. 2008-0056 § 2, 2008: Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 302, 1979.)

“Enforcement agency” means and is the health officer, who is designated by the board of supervisors to enforce the State Solid Waste Standards in accordance with Sections 66795 et seq. of the Government Code and Sections 40000 et seq. of the Public Resources Code. (Ord. 91-0100 § 2, 1991: Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 303, 1979.)

“Green material composting operations” means an operation which composts green material, additives, and/or amendments. A green material composting operation may also handle manure and paper products. An operation which handles a feedstock that is not green material, manure, or paper products, shall not be considered a green material composting operation. A green material composting operation may have up to twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) cubic yards of feedstock, compost, or chipped and ground material on site at any one time. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 73, 2011.)

“High Desert Area” means all those unincorporated areas of the county of Los Angeles shown on the Land Use Policy Map of the Antelope Valley Area Plan, dated December 4, 1986, on file at the office of the county of Los Angeles department of regional planning, except that “High Desert Area” shall not include those areas within Edwards Air Force Base and those areas within the Angeles National Forest south of the City of Palmdale’s southerly and westerly boundaries. (Ord. 2007-0002 § 3, 2007.)

“Intermodal cargo processing” means an activity which processes, transfers, or stores municipal solid waste into intermodal cargo containers for transportation by rail to a sanitary landfill. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 74, 2011.)

“Inert debris engineered fill operations” means a disposal activity exceeding one (1) year in duration in which fully cured asphalt, uncontaminated concrete (including steel reinforcing rods embedded in the concrete), brick, ceramics, clay and clay products, which may be mixed with rock and soil, are spread on land in lifts and compacted under controlled conditions to achieve a uniform and dense mass which is capable of supporting structural loading as necessary, and having other characteristics appropriate for an end use approved by all governmental agencies having jurisdiction, such as roads, building sites, or other improvements, where an engineered fill is required to facilitate productive use of the land. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 75, 2011.)

“Operator” means any person to whom the approval to operate a disposal site, transfer/processing station, or collection system is granted. (Ord. 2007-0002 § 2, 2007; Ord. 91-0100 § 3, 1991.)

“Inert debris type A processing operations” means a site which receives less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) tons per operating day of only type A inert debris for storage, handling, transfer, or processing, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17381(o). (Ord. 2011-0042 § 76, 2011.)

“Limited volume transfer operations” means an operation which receives less than sixty (60) cubic-yards, or fifteen (15) tons of solid waste per operating day for the purpose of storing the waste prior to transferring the waste to another solid waste operation, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17402(9). (Ord. 2011-0042 § 77, 2011.)

“Permit” means a permit issued pursuant to this Division 4 of Title 20. (Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 304, 1979.)

“Person” means and includes an individual, firm, association, copartnership, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever. (Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 305, 1979.)

“Research composting operations” means a composting operation that is operated for the purpose of gathering research information on composting. An operator conducting research composting operations shall not have more than five thousand (5,000) cubic-yards of feedstock, additives, amendments, chipped and ground material, and compost on-site at any one time, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17862. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 78, 2011.)

“Sealed container transfer operations” means a transfer operation which meets the following requirements, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17402(26).
A. Handles only solid waste which has previously been placed within containers that have either a latched, hard top or other impermeable cover which is closed tightly enough to:
1. Prevent liquid from infiltrating into or leaking out of the container; and
2. Prevent the propagation and migration of vectors.
B. The solid waste remains within the unopened containers at all times while on-site; and,
C. The containers are not stored on-site for more than ninety-six (96) hours. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 79, 2011.)

“Self-hauler” means any person who transports, conveys, hauls, and/or disposes of any rubbish, garbage, or any other solid waste accumulated or stored on property owned or occupied by such person to another location for transfer, salvage, reclamation, or disposal. (Ord. 2007-0002 § 4, 2007.)

“Small volume construction and demolition/inert (CDI) debris processing operations” means a site which receives less than twenty-five (25) tons of any combination of construction and demolition debris as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17381(cc) and type A inert debris as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17388(1) per operating day for the purposes of storage, handling, transfer, or processing construction and demolition debris. (Ord. 2011-0042 § 80, 2011.)

“Small volume construction and demolition wood debris chipping and grinding operations” means a site which receives less than two hundred (200) tons per operating day of construction and demolition mulch feedstock for purposes of processing it into construction and demolition mulch, as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 17381(bb). (Ord. 2011-0042 § 81, 2011.)

“Solid waste” or “wastes” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semisolid and liquid wastes, such as trash, refuse, garbage, rubbish, paper, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes. “Solid waste” includes dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste. “Solid waste” does not include any of the following:
A. Liquid sewage collected and treated in a municipal or regional sewerage system;
B. Materials or substances that are salvaged for reuse, recycling or resale and that are not disposed;
C. Hazardous waste as defined in Section 40141 of the Public Resources Code;
D. Radioactive waste regulated pursuant to the Radiation Control Law, Section 114960 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code; or
E. Medical waste that is regulated pursuant to the Medical Waste Management Act, Section 117600 et seq., of the Health and Safety Code, and that is not deemed to be solid waste pursuant to Section 40191(b)(3) of the Public Resources Code. (Ord. 2008-0056 § 3, 2008: Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 306, 1979.)

“Solid-waste facility” means and includes a disposal facility, disposal site and a solid-waste transfer/processing station. (Ord. 92-0078 § 8, 1992: Ord. 11886 Art 3 § 307, 1979.)

“Solid-waste management” means and includes a planned program for effectively controlling the generation, storage, collection, transportation, processing and refuse conversion or disposal of solid wastes in a safe, sanitary, aesthetically acceptable, environmentally sound and economical manner. It includes all administrative, financial, environmental, legal and planning functions as well as the operational aspects of solid-waste handling, disposal and resource recovery systems necessary to achieve established objectives. (Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 308, 1979.)

“Transfer/processing station” or “station” means a facility utilized to receive solid wastes and temporarily store, separate, convert or otherwise process the materials in the solid wastes; or to transfer the solid wastes directly from smaller to larger vehicles or from vehicles to containers for transport. “Transfer/processing station” or “station” does not include any facility the principal function of which is to receive, store, separate, convert or otherwise process, in accordance with state minimum standards, manure; nor does it include any facility, the principal function of which is to receive, store, convert or otherwise process wastes that have already been separated for reuse and are not intended for disposal. (Ord. 2008-0056 § 4, 2008: Ord. 92-0078 § 9, 1992: Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 309, 1979.)

“Transformation” means incineration. Transformation does not include conversion technology. (Ord. 2008-0056 § 5, 2008.)

“Transformation facility” means a facility whose principal function is to receive and manage solid waste through a transformation process. (Ord. 2008-0056 § 6, 2008.)

“Waste-collection vehicle” means any truck, trailer, semi-trailer, conveyance or vehicle used by a waste collector to collect, haul or transport garbage, rubbish or any other solid waste across public highways within the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County. (Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 311, 1979.)

“Waste collector” means any person operating one or more vehicles in the business of collecting, transporting, conveying, hauling and/or disposing of any rubbish, garbage or any other solid waste from the property where such materials originate to another location for transfer, salvage, reclamation, or disposal. (Ord. 2007-0002 § 5, 2007: Ord. 92-0078 § 10, 1992: Ord. 11886 Art. 3 § 310, 1979.)