(a) Disposal facility operators shall submit information on the disposal tonnages by jurisdiction or region of origin that are disposed of at each disposal facility to the department, and to counties that request the information, in a form prescribed by the department. To enable disposal facility operators to provide that information, solid waste handlers and transfer station operators shall provide information to disposal facility operators on the origin of the solid waste that they deliver to the disposal facility. (b) (1) Recycling and composting operations and facilities shall submit periodic information to the department on the types and quantities of materials that are disposed of, sold, or transferred to other recycling or composting facilities, end users inside of the state or outside of the state, or exporters, brokers, or transporters for sale inside of the state or outside of the state. (2) Exporters, brokers, self-haulers, and transporters of recyclables or compost shall submit periodic information to the department on the types, quantities, and destinations of materials that are disposed of, sold, or transferred. The department shall develop regulations implementing this section that define âself-haulerâ to include, at a minimum, a person or entity that generates and transports, utilizing its own employees and equipment, more than one cubic yard per week of its own food waste to a location or facility that is not owned and operated by that person or entity. (3) The information in the reports submitted pursuant to this subdivision may be provided to the department on an aggregated facilitywide basis and may exclude financial data, such as contract terms and conditions (including information on pricing, credit terms, volume discounts, and other proprietary business terms), the jurisdiction of the origin of the materials, or information on the entities from which the materials are received. The department may provide this information to jurisdictions, aggregated by company, upon request. The aggregated information, other than that aggregated by company, is public information. (4) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the information in the report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall include the jurisdiction or region of origin for exported materials that are a mixture of plastic wastes. This subparagraph does not apply to plastic waste consisting of only plastic resin 1, 2, or 5, as assigned to resin types under Section 18015, or a mixture of plastic waste consisting only of a combination of those resins. (B) The department shall make publicly available information on the jurisdiction or region of origin and tonnage information for exported materials that are a mixture of plastic wastes. (C) For purposes of this subdivision, âexportâ has the same definition as set forth in Section 41781.4. (5) The reporting requirements imposed pursuant to this section do not apply to materials that are used by facilities defined as end users pursuant to the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this section or that are otherwise exempt pursuant to those regulations. (c) The department shall adopt regulations pursuant to this section requiring practices and procedures that are reasonable and necessary to implement this section, and that provide a representative accounting of solid wastes and recyclable materials that are handled, processed, or disposed. Those regulations approved by the department shall not impose an unreasonable burden on waste and recycling handling, processing, or disposal operations or otherwise interfere with the safe handling, processing, and disposal of solid waste and recyclables. The department shall include in those regulations both of the following: (1) Procedures to ensure that an opportunity to comply is provided prior to initiation of enforcement authorized by Section 41821.7. (2) Factors to be considered in determining penalty amounts that are similar to those provided in Secti
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