CALGreen Section: 5.408.3 Excavated soil and land clearing debris. 100 percent of trees, stumps, rocks and associated vegetation and soils resulting primarily from land clearing shall be reused or recycled. For a phased project, such material may be stockpiled on site until the storage site is developed.
Exception: Reuse, either on-or off-site, of vegetation or soil contaminated by disease or pest infestation.
Notes:
1. If contamination by disease or pest infestation is suspected, contact the County Agricultural Commissioner and follow its direction for recycling or disposal of the material. (www.cdfa.ca.gov/exec/county/county_contacts.html)
2. For a map of known pest and/or disease quarantine zones, consult with theCalifornia
Department of Food and Agriculture (www.cdfa.ca.gov)
Intent:
The intent of this code provision is to reduce the high volume, bulky land clearing materials from filling up the landfills and to encourage the market for non-hazardous land clearing
debris. It is not meant to apply to clearing of contaminated sites for purposes such as brownfield remediation.
Change for 2012: In response to comment from the building industry, CBSC is proposing to add an exception to exempt certifiably diseased soil and land clearing debris from being reused. This section is also being renumbered to 5.408.3 to coordinate with the format of the previous section and subsections.
Existing Law or Regulation:
There is NO current law or regulation for this code provision. However, there are some local jurisdictions that have ordinances in place that have requirements for this provision.
Compliance Method:
1. Determine if a local construction ordinance is in place in your jurisdiction and comply with the more stringent requirement or as accepted by the local enforcing agency.
2. Look for local markets and salvage opportunity for re-use of clearing debris.
3. For phased developments and other long term projects, the materials may be stored on site until project completion.
Suggestion: The need to salvage or recycle land clearing debris can be reduced by site planning that maintains such features as trees and rocks in the project where feasible.
Enforcement:
Plan Intake: The reviewer and/or plan checker should review the plans and look for the appropriate note on the plans (civil plan), WMP or CWM Worksheet that describes the
method of disposal of land clearing debris.
On-Site Enforcement: The inspector should review the permit set of plans and will verify that the excavated soil and land clearing debris is being reused or recycled as specified on the plans.
CALGreen Section: 5.713.8.3 Excavated soil and land clearing debris. 100 percent of trees, stumps, rocks and associated vegetation and soils resulting primarily from land clearing shall be reused or recycled. For a phased project, such material may be stockpiled on site until the storage site is developed.
Exception: Reuse, either on-or off-site, of vegetation or soil contaminated by disease or pest infestation.
Notes:
3. If contamination by disease or pest infestation is suspected, contact the County Agricultural Commissioner and follow its direction for recycling or disposal of the material. (www.cdfa.ca.gov/exec/county/county_contacts.html)
4. For a map of known pest and/or disease quarantine zones, consult with theCalifornia
Department of Food and Agriculture (www.cdfa.ca.gov)
Intent:
The intent of this code provision is in the event of land clearing for an addition or a renovation, CBSC adopted this section, including an exception to exempt certifiably diseased soil and land
clearing debris from being reused, as for new construction.
Compliance and Enforcement: See § 5.408.4.3 of this guide
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