Local Enforcement Agency Permit Toolbox: Permit Types/Tiers

Standardized Solid Waste Facility Permits

This page provides information on the process of obtaining or processing a standardized solid waste facility permit.

• What is a standardized permit?
• Types of facilities that need a standardized permit.
• Standardized permit application processing requirements.
• Permit requirements unique to the standardized permit tier.
• Resources (regulations, advisories, tools, forms, and links).

Please note that other local, State, or federal agencies may also have regulatory authority over solid waste facilities. Also, all statutory citations refer to the California Code of Regulations (CCR) unless otherwise indicated.

What is a standardized permit?

Until the Board's tiered regulatory structure became effective in 1994, there was a "one-size-fits-all" permit applied to all facilities. There are now five tiers, including the standardized tier which provides a higher level of review and oversight than the other tiers but not as much as the full permit. Permit tiers include:

• Full
• Standardized
• Registration
• Notification
• Excluded

Also see the fact sheet, Who Needs a Permit.

Types of facilities required to obtain a standardized permit:

Only 2 types of facilities now qualify for the standardized tier:

• Contaminated Soil Disposal Facilities
• Nonhazardous Ash Disposal/Monofill Facilities

Effective April 4, 2003, there are no longer any compost facilities in the standardized permit tier. Title 14, Section 17855.4 describes the process and time-lines for operators with pre-existing standardized permits to apply for the proper tier.

Scroll down the fourth column of Permit Tier Placement Chart for a full list of facilities that qualify for the standardized tier.

Standardized  permit application processing requirements

• The standardized permit requirements are described in Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Section 18105.

Permit requirements unique to the standardized permit tier

• Unlike full permits, the standardized permit application process is described in Title 14, rather than Title 27.
• Unlike full permits, Standardized Permits do not contain LEA terms and conditions.
• The processing timelines are shorter than a full permit.
• Less information is required with the application.
• The Tier/Task Chart  illustrates the major differences between the full, standardized, registration, and notification tiers.

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Resources

• Title 14, Section 18105 - Standardized Permit Requirements
• Standardized Permit Application Form (Word 6.0/95, 27 KB)
• Standardized Composting Solid Waste Facility Permit (Word 6.0/95, 20 KB)
• Standardized Nonhazardous Ash Solid Waste Facility Permit (Title 14)
• Standardized Contaminated Soil Solid Waste Facilities Permit (Title 14)
• Permit Application Review Chart (A tool that lets you compare site parameters in the various elements of the permit package)
• Permit Tier/Task Chart (Which types if permits require which types of documentation?)
• Permit Tier Placement Chart (Which types of facilities require which type of permit?)
• LEA Advisory No. 39 - Issuance of Multiple (Tiered) Permits

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Last updated: November 25, 2008