Riverside County Municipal Code Ch. 8.24 County Solid Waste Facilities

The words used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as the words as the definitions provided in Public Resources Code 40100 et seq., and as they may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 1, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 1, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 1, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 1, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 1, 5-19-2020)

Subject to control of the board of supervisors, the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources may designate and operate or control by contract county owned, leased, or contracted sites for public transfer, processing or disposal of solid waste.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 2, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 2, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 2, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 2, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 2, 5-19-2020)

Unless so authorized in writing by the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources or his designated representative, under general policies adopted by the board, no person shall place, deposit, or dump, or cause to be placed, deposited, or dumped, in or upon any county owned, leased, or contracted transfer station or disposal site in the county, any solid waste originating outside of the County of Riverside, provided however, the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources has discretion to accept incidental amounts of refuse from outside of Riverside County and near county borders for disposal at county landfills when payment is made according to Appendix A for such incidental refuse.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 3, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 3, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 3, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 3, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 3, 5-19-2020)

All county owned leased, or contracted transfer stations and disposal sites in the county should be under the supervision of the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources who shall have the power and the duty to prescribe reasonable regulations regulating the use by the public and the operation of such sites. Such rules shall include, but need not be limited to, the following subjects:

A. Days and hours of use.

B. Charges for use of sites at times other than regular hours, which shall be sufficient to reimburse the county for equipment, personnel and overhead costs.

C. Maximum size of articles and objects dumped.

D. Allocation of various types of waste to specific sites and the placement of waste within any site.

E. Prohibition or conditional acceptance of harmful, dangerous or difficult to handle materials, if allowed under the state operating permit, including a reasonable charge for their acceptance, unique handling requirements or assured destruction.

F. Prohibition of persons from entering the site for reasons including, but not limited to: unauthorized salvaging of waste and recyclables, attempting to dispose of hazardous waste, loitering, intoxication and other forms of conduct that reduce operational efficiencies and/or increase risk of injury to department employees and the public.

Except for short-term emergencies, any regulation fixing days or hours of operation shall be submitted to the board of supervisors for approval before taking effect. All regulations prescribed by the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources shall be filed in his or her office and shall be available for public inspection.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 4, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 4, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 4, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 4, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 4, 5-19-2020)

All landfills and transfer stations in the county shall implement and maintain a hazardous waste load checking program at each of their solid waste facilities as required by California law (pursuant to Titles 14 and 27, California Code of Regulations); and which program shall also meet the minimum requirements outlined in this chapter.

A. Each solid waste facility operator shall perform random load checks across all load types including self-haul residential, business and industrial waste loads, franchise hauler waste loads (including residential, commercial and industrial) to detect hazardous waste before such incoming waste is transferred to, and/or disposed at, the landfill. Such program shall have the objectives of: 1) preventing hazardous waste from being placed in a landfill not permitted to receive such waste and 2) educating and discouraging both facility self-haul customers and franchise waste hauler customers from bringing or sending in such material. The minimum number of load checks performed at each solid waste facility shall comply with the following schedule:

Landfill/Transfer Station Random Load Check Schedule

B. An inspection form (which shall be certified for completeness and accuracy by the load check inspector on duty) shall be filled out in its entirety at the time of each load check performed at the solid waste facility. The inspection form shall include the following information, to be filled out at the time of inspection:

1. Date and time of inspection;

2. Load check inspector name, (certification);

3. Load type (residential, commercial, industrial);

4. Hauler/company name/customer name;

5. Driver name;

6. Vehicle type (e.g. hand unload, dump truck, side loader, front end loader, or roll off);

7. License plate number;

8. Whether or not the load contained prohibited waste;

C. When prohibited waste is found, forms shall include the following:

1. Load origin (jurisdiction or route number for side loaders and front end loader vehicles, customer/store name and address where picked up for all other vehicle types);

2. Hazardous waste found (type/name, class, container size/quantity, volume/weight, unit of gallons or pounds);

3. Disposition of material (e.g. picked up by responsible party, returned with customer at time of inspection, solid waste facility assumed responsibility of the material, etc.).

D. Management shall review completed forms at a frequency sufficient to ensure forms are filled out completely and correctly.

E. The general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources or his designated representative and/or a representative of the enforcement agency shall have the right to enter the solid waste facilities at any time to audit their load check program's compliance with these standards. These audits shall be limited to four times in any twelve-month period and may include three days in which department of waste resources personnel perform load checks at the facility and one day in which department of waste resources staff review the facility's written load check program, hazardous waste and universal waste shipping records, facility personnel training records, hazardous waste storage areas, and load checking procedures in order to audit the solid waste facility load checking program and/or assist the operator in making its load checking program successful.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 5, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 5, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 5, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 5, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 5, 5-19-2020)

Subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, salvage operations of reusable waste materials at all county owned, leased, or contracted transfer stations and disposal sites in the county may be conducted only by such persons as are authorized to do so and upon such terms and conditions as are imposed by the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 6, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 6, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 6, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 6, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 6, 5-19-2020)

A. Tipping fees at scaled urban sites: Pursuant to the authority of Government Code Section 25823, fees for the disposal of solid waste and disposal of liquid waste at enumerated landfills shall be as established by the board of supervisors following a duly noticed public hearing. The fees so established shall be in an amount sufficient to cover all costs including but not limited to the following: closure/postclosure (including past unfunded costs), remediation, environmental mitigation, state mandated and other pass-through fees, and general operations. Such fees and the landfills to which they shall apply appear as Appendix A to this chapter. The board of supervisors may establish different rates through contractual agreements when the terms of said agreements help stabilize revenues and system rates over a long-term period.

B. Fees for disposal at rural sites: Pursuant to the authority of Government Code Section 25823, fees for the disposal of solid waste at landfills and transfer stations, formerly in a land use assessment area, shall be as established by the board of supervisors following a duly noticed public hearing. The fees so established shall be calculated to recover a fair share of the estimated costs for these facilities. Cards permitting entrance into these landfills and transfer stations shall be offered for sale to residents and businesses (only in the local areas surrounding these sites as shown on maps in Exhibit 1) at rates set by the board of supervisors. No access to these facilities will be allowed without a card, except in cases where permitted waste haulers or other large commercial users have negotiated separate contracts with the county. Waste from outside these areas shall not be accepted at the rural sites providing, however, waste from unincorporated areas outside of, but near the borders of these service areas may be accepted under the same terms and conditions herein set forth, if it is determined by the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources that this is the most practical way to provide disposal service to these customers. Such rates and the landfills and transfer stations to which they apply shall appear in Appendices B and C to this chapter.

C. Miscellaneous fees. A schedule of miscellaneous fees is attached as Appendix D.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 7, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 7, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 7, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 7, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 7, 5-19-2020)

No person shall violate any regulation prescribed by the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources regulating the use of a county disposal site or transfer station, or fail to obey any sign giving notice of any regulation, maintained at any such site or facility by the general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources. Violation of any such regulation shall be a violation of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 8, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 8, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 8, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 8, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 8, 5-19-2020)

The general manager-chief engineer of the department of waste resources reserves the right to deny entrance to an individual for an appropriate time span when said individual is deemed to pose a safety risk and/or is disruptive to the normal workflow of the landfill or transfer station operations. A letter of notification specifying the dates and location(s) of restriction will be mailed to the individual and be on hand at the gate fee booth(s).

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter. Any person violating any provision of this chapter may be deemed guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor as hereinafter specified. Such persons shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day, or portion thereof, during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed or continued. Any person so convicted shall be: (1) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation; (2) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation. The third and any additional violations shall constitute a misdemeanor offense and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00). Notwithstanding the above, a first offense may be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Payment of any penalty herein shall not relieve a person from the responsibility for correcting the violation.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 9, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 9, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 9, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 9, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 9, 5-19-2020)

If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this chapter (including its appendices) or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of the provisions of this chapter (and its appendices) which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this chapter (and its appendices) are hereby declared to be severable.

(Ord. No. 779.17, § 10, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, § 10, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, § 10, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 9, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 10, 5-19-2020)

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(Ord. No. 779.22, § 1, 5-11-2021; Ord. No. 779.23, § 1, 5-24-2022; Ord. No. 779.24, § 1, 5-9-2023)

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(Ord. No. 779.22, § 1, 5-11-2021; Ord. No. 779.23, § 1, 5-24-2022; Ord. No. 779.24, § 1, 5-9-2023)

APPENDIX A

Schedule of Waste Disposal Fees

for Riverside County Department of Waste Resources

Effective July 1, 2025

The following gate fees will be applicable at Badlands, Blythe, Lamb Canyon, and El Sobrante Landfills and Idyllwild Grinding Facility:

Notes:

1. Rate for transfer trucks determined by individual contracts.

2. Due to health and safety risks in the vast open canal system in the area, loads of dead sheep or small calves from the Blythe service area separated from other waste will be received at no charge at the Blythe Landfill (daily from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.).

3. Certified loads of illegally dumped nonhazardous municipal solid waste retrieved along open flowing irrigation canals, which are delivered by the agency responsible for maintaining the canals shall be received at no charge at the Blythe Landfill.

4. The general manager-chief engineer is authorized to recoup costs associated with the segregation of unauthorized waste commingled with routine refuse.

* Cash customers prorated to the nearest $0.25.

** Flat rate fees founded to nearest $1.00.

***Exception—El Sobrante Landfill. Incidental out-of-county (OOC) rate established by Waste Management, Inc.

(Ord. No. 779.17, App. A, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, App. A, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, App. A, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 11(App. A), 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 11(App. A), 5-19-2020; Ord. No. 779.22, § 1, 5-11-2021; Ord. No. 779.23, § 1, 5-24-2022; Ord. No. 779.24, § 1, 5-9-2023; Ord. No. 779.25, § 1, 2-25-2025)

APPENDIX B

Residential Self-Haul Cards and Other Fees - Oasis Landfill

for Riverside County Department of Waste Resources Effective July 1, 2025

The residential self-haul card shall be necessary for admittance to the Oasis Landfills for all residential haulers. For use by residents of Oasis, Mecca, North Shore, and Thermal only. Residential address and proof of residency must be provided at time of residential self-haul card purchase.

RESIDENTIAL CARD REGULATIONS:

Authority: Riverside County Ordinance No. 745 requires that, "Every tenant, occupier, operator, or owner of a residence … not less than once a week all solid waste created, produced or brought upon the property shall be moved to an approved disposal facility."

1. Number of Uses—Monthly residential self-haul card allows up to 4—400 lb. standard load uses per month.

2. Expiration Date—The expiration date for the yearly card is the last day of the fiscal year, June 30th. The expiration date for monthly cards is the last day of the month. Any unused punches in a month will expire on the last day of that month.

3. No Refunds—There will be no refunds on partially used cards.

4. Standard Load—The maximum load allowed access to the landfill with one use of the residential self-haul card will be four hundred (400) pounds, which is equivalent to one punch on the card. If the gate services assistant judges a load to be over this standard load limit, two or more punches will be made to the card.

5. Cost—The residential self-haul card discounted rate is nineteen dollars and fifty-four cents ($19.54) per month.

6. Payment for Card—Residential cards may only be purchased at the landfill. Acceptable forms of payment include money order or cashier's check in the exact amount of purchase, and credit/debit card. Credit/debit card payments include a processing fee of 1.5% of the transaction amount.

7. Payment Options—Cards may be purchased:

8. Lost Cards—Lost cards are to be reported immediately. The customer will not be responsible for unauthorized use of a card after if it is reported lost to the waste resources business office located at 14310 Frederick Street, Moreno Valley, CA 92553, (951) 486-3200.

9. Uncovered/Unsecured Load Fee—A fee of $10.00 will be assessed per uncovered/unsecured load of refuse which has exposed material which in the opinion of the General Manager-Chief Engineer or his/her designee may litter roadways to the landfill or along landfill roads to the dumping pad. Load must arrive to the pay window covered and/or tied/strapped down.

10. Passenger/Light Duty Tires—Limited to five tires per residential customer per day. No semi tires. $6.00/fee per tire.

11. Restrictions on Use of Card—Household hazardous waste, other hard-to-handle waste, or commercial business waste will not be accepted on this card. Card may only be used by persons residing at the purchaser's address on file.

12. Alternative Riverside County Landfill Usage—In the event that the rural landfill is unable to accept waste on a normal operating day, customers will be directed to a scaled Riverside County landfill and may use their residential self-haul card.

(Ord. No. 779.17, App. B, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, App. B, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779-19, App. B, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 11(App. B), 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 11(App. B), 5-19-2020; Ord. No. 779.22, § 1, 5-11-2021; Ord. No. 779.23, § 1, 5-24-2022; Ord. No. 779.24, § 1, 5-9-2023; Ord. No. 779.25, § 1, 2-25-2025)

APPENDIX C

Rural Site Access — Commercial Cards - Oasis Landfill

for Riverside County Department of Waste Resources

Effective July 1, 2025

The rural site access commercial card shall be necessary for admittance to the Oasis Landfill for all non-permitted/contracted entities hauling commercial waste. For use by commercial entities of Oasis, Mecca, North Shore, and Thermal. Business address must be provided at time of commercial card purchase.

COMMERCIAL CARD REGULATIONS:

A rural site access commercial card provides for disposal of commercial waste generated within the remote service areas and is required unless a permitted waste hauler or other large commercial users have negotiated a separate contract for disposal access to rural landfills with the county.

1. Number of Uses—The commercial card will have twenty-four (24) ½-ton available uses.

2. Expiration Date—There is no expiration date for the commercial card.

3. No Refunds—There are no refunds on partially used cards. If a commercial operator goes out of business, there shall be no refund for the unused card punches.

4. Cost—The commercial card fee is six hundred fourteen dollars and seven cents ($614.07).

5. Payment for Card—The card shall be purchased in advance of usage. Cards may be purchased at any time of the year. Acceptable forms of payment at the landfill include money order, cashier's check, and credit/debit card. Credit/debit card payments include a processing fee of 1.5% of the transaction amount. Additional forms of payment, including cash and personal/business checks, are accepted at the department's business office.

6. Lost Cards—Lost cards are to be reported immediately. The customer will not be responsible for unauthorized use of a card after it is reported lost to the waste resources business office located at 14310 Frederick St., Moreno Valley, CA (951) 486-3200.

7. Uncovered/Unsecured Load Fee—A fee of $10.00 will be assessed per uncovered/unsecured load of refuse which has exposed material which in the opinion of the General Manager/Chief Engineer or his/her designee may litter roadways to the landfill or along landfill roads to the dumping pad. Load must arrive at the pay window covered and/or tied/strapped down.

8. Restrictions on Use of Card—Hazardous waste, tires, or other hard-to-handle waste will not be accepted at the Oasis landfill from commercial haulers.

9. Alternative Riverside County Landfill Usage—In the event that the Oasis landfill is unable to accept waste on a normal operating day, customers will be directed to a scaled Riverside County landfill and may use their rural site commercial card.

(Ord. No. 779.17, App. C, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, App. C, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, App. C, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 11(App. C), 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779-21, § 11(App. C), 5-19-2020; Ord. No. 779.22, § 1, 5-11-2021; Ord. No. 779.23, § 1, 5-24-2022; Ord. No. 779.24, § 1, 5-9-2023; Ord. No. 779.25, § 1, 2-25-2025)

APPENDIX D

Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees

for Riverside County Department of Waste Resources

Effective July 1, 2025

FEES FOR DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER FEES

(Ord. No. 779.17, App. D, 5-24-2016; Ord. No. 779.18, App. D, 5-23-2017; Ord. No. 779.19, App. D, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 779.20, § 11(App. D), 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 779.21, § 11(App. D), 5-19-2020; Ord. No. 779.22, § 1, 5-11-2021; Ord. No. 779.23, § 1, 5-24-2022; Ord. No. 779.24, § 1, 5-9-2023; Ord. No. 779.25, § 1, 2-25-2025)