Land Disposal Program

The Central Coast Water Board regulates landfills, surface impoundments, and other waste disposal to land operations including compost operations. This includes both active and closed facilities. The primary concern is to assure that wastes contained in these facilities do not impact surface or groundwaters. Regulation consists of design standards for liners, working surfaces, and covers as well as require environmental monitoring and corrective actions when necessary.

Regulations

California Code of Regulations, title 27
Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part 258

Active Landfills

General Order for Active Class III Landfills in the Central Coast Region
Application/Report of Waste Discharge Requirements for Waste Discharge Permits for new permit applications or contact updates for existing facilities

Central Coast Region Active Class III Landfills

Landfill	GeoTracker Global ID	Staff Contact
Camp Roberts South Unit	L10005723390	Jordan Haserot
Chicago Grade	L10005543257	Jordan Haserot
Cold Canyon	L10009479187	Jordan Haserot
Lompoc Solid Waste Site	L10008948495	Jordan Haserot
Paso Robles	L10005965610	Jordan Haserot
Tajiguas	L10005252570	Jordan Haserot
Buena Vista	L10008111979	Martin Fletcher
City of Santa Cruz	L10003334990	Martin Fletcher
City of Santa Maria	L10008198797	Martin Fletcher
City of Watsonville	L10006622590	Martin Fletcher
Johnson Canyon	L10004488988	Martin Fletcher
Los Flores	T10000003494	Martin Fletcher
John Smith Road	L10008478954	Nick Smaira
Monterey Peninsula	L10005501051	Nick Smaira

Composting Operations

Composting operations that receive, process, and store at least 500 cubic yards of material at any given time are required to meet the permit conditions listed in the General Waste Discharge Requirements for Commercial Composting Operations Order WQ 2020-0012-DWQ. Please see the permit for exemptions.
Information about required permits for composting operations can be found at the State Water Resources Control Board's Regulation of Composting Operations webpage
Documents related to composting operations can be found on GeoTracker by searching for the name of the permitted facility or by searching for a site specific GeoTracker Global ID. Associated Central Coast Water Board Staff are listed on the top of each project specific GeoTracker Page.

Helpful Links

State Water Resources Control Board's Land Disposal Program webpage
General Waste Discharge Requirements for Disaster-Related Wastes
Region 3 email subscriptions webpage
Information about biosolids
Information about water quality fees
CalRecycle’s solid waste information system (SWIS) database on solid waste facilities, operations, and disposal sites throughout California