Cal. FAC § 16151
This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 16151, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.
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Official statutory text
It is unlawful for any person to throw, discharge, deposit, remove, or carry garbage, or cause, suffer, or procure garbage to be thrown, discharged, deposited, removed, or carried, from any vessel, aircraft, or any other vehicle into any territorial waters, or onto land within the state, except for any of the following:
(a) Immediate burning in incinerators.
(b) Approved treatment or approved disposal under the supervision and pursuant to the regulations of the director.
(c) Delivery to a garbage collector that, for the purpose of accepting garbage, is licensed by the director or by the federal government.
(a) Immediate burning in incinerators.
(b) Approved treatment or approved disposal under the supervision and pursuant to the regulations of the director.
(c) Delivery to a garbage collector that, for the purpose of accepting garbage, is licensed by the director or by the federal government.
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