Article 5 - Standards

California Health and Safety Code — §§ 25150-25158.1

Sections (24)

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 343, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.

(a)The department shall adopt, and revise when appropriate, standards and regulations for the management of hazardous wastes to protect against hazards to the public health, to domestic livestock, to wildlife, or to the environment.

(b)The department and the local officers and agencies authorized to enforce this chapter pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180 shall apply the standards and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to the management of hazardous

waste.

(c)Except as provided in subdivision (d), the department may limit the application of the standards and regulations adopted or revised pursuant to subdivision (a) at facilities operating pursuant to a hazardous waste facilities permit or other grant of authorization issued by the department in any manner that the department determines to be appropriate, including, but not limited to, requiring these facilities to apply for, and receive, a permit modification prior to the application of the standards and regulations.

(d)The department shall not adopt or revise standards and regulations which result in the imposition of any requirement for the management of a RCRA waste that is less stringent than a corresponding requirement adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the federal act.

(e)The department shall adopt, and revise when appropriate, regulations for the recycling of hazardous waste to protect against hazards to the public health, domestic livestock, wildlife, or to the environment, and to encourage the best use of natural resources.

(f)Before the adoption of regulations, the department shall notify all agencies of interested local governments, including, but not limited to, certified unified program agencies, local governing bodies, local planning agencies, local health authorities, local building inspection departments, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Division of Industrial Safety, the State Air Resources Board, the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Fire Marshal, regional water quality control boards, the State Building Standards Commission, the Office

of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

§ 25150.1

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 42, Sec. 2. Effective July 7, 2003.

The requirements in Sections 25290.1, 25290.2, 25291, and 25292 apply to the construction, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and testing of underground storage tanks, as defined in subdivision (y) of Section 25281, that are required to obtain hazardous waste facilities permits from the department. The department shall adopt regulations implementing the requirements of Sections 25290.1, 25290.2, 25291, and 25292, for regulating the construction, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and testing of underground storage tanks used for the storage of hazardous

wastes that are necessary to protect against hazards to the public health, domestic livestock, wildlife, or the environment.

§ 25150.2

Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 288, Sec. 1.

(a)The department shall adopt regulations, consistent with federal law, concerning the transportation of hazardous waste from this state across international boundaries. These regulations shall include, but are not limited to, both of the following:

(1)All applicable federal regulations adopted pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.).

(2)Procedures to carry out Section 25160 for the purpose of monitoring international transboundary

shipments of hazardous waste.

(b)The department shall adopt procedures for the purpose of receiving information collected by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 262.50 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations concerning the transportation of hazardous waste across international boundaries.

§ 25150.3

Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 216, Sec. 66.

The department shall adopt emergency regulations pursuant to Section 11346.1 of the Government Code which ensure protection for the public and the environment concerning hazardous waste held or handled at transfer facilities.

§ 25150.4

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 704, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.

Not later than July 1, 1994, the administrator for oil spill response in the Department of Fish and Game and the Director of Toxic Substances Control shall jointly develop a preincident process for the handling and transport of materials used or recovered during an oil spill response. The preincident process shall ensure, through advance approvals or other suitable advance procedures, that materials can be expeditiously removed from cleanup areas consistent with existing law. The process shall provide for, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a)Transport of materials to destinations where they may be utilized in the manufacture of petroleum or other products.

(b)Transport of materials to locations which have already been permitted for hazardous waste storage, treatment, transfer, resource recovery, or disposal so that material categorization and destination can be expeditiously determined.

(c)Transport of recyclable materials to appropriate locations in a timely manner.

(d)Preapproved procedures for the temporary storage of materials.

§ 25150.5

Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 630, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.

On or before July 1, 1995, the department shall revise any standard or regulation it has adopted that requires the preparation of a contingency plan, as that term is defined in Section 66260.10 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, to allow the person preparing the contingency plan to use the format adopted pursuant to Section 25503.4, if that person elects to use that format.

§ 25150.65

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 544, Sec. 3. (SB 1458) Effective January 1, 2015.

Any regulation that was adopted prior to January 1, 2008, pursuant to former Section 25150.6, exempting a hazardous waste management activity from one or more of the requirements of this chapter, shall remain valid unless repealed.

§ 25150.82

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 756, Sec. 3. (SB 1249) Effective January 1, 2015.

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that this section is intended to address the unique circumstances associated with the operation of metal shredding facilities, and the generation and management of wastes generated by metal shredding facilities. The Legislature further declares that this section does not set a precedent applicable to the management, including disposal, of other hazardous wastes.

(b)For purposes of this section, “metal shredding facility” means an operation that uses a shredding technique to process end-of-life vehicles, appliances, and other forms of scrap metal to facilitate the separation and sorting of ferrous metals, nonferrous metals, and other recyclable materials from nonrecyclable materials that are components of the end-of-life vehicles, appliances, and other forms of scrap metal. “Metal shredding facility” does not include a feeder yard, a metal crusher, or a metal baler, if that facility does not otherwise conduct metal shredding operations.

(c)The department, in consultation with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the State Water Resources Control Board, and affected local air quality management districts, may adopt regulations establishing management standards for metal shredding facilities for hazardous waste management activities within the department’s jurisdiction as an

alternative to the requirements specified in this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, if the department does all of the following:

(1)Prepares an analysis of the activities to which the alternative management standards will apply pursuant to subdivision (d). The department shall first prepare the analysis as a preliminary analysis and make it available to the public at the same time that the department gives notice, pursuant to Section 11346.4 of the Government Code, that it proposes to adopt the alternative management standards. The department shall include in the notice a statement that the department has prepared a preliminary analysis and a statement concerning where a copy of the preliminary analysis can be obtained. The information in the preliminary analysis shall be updated and the department shall make the analysis available to the public as a final analysis not less than 10 working days before the date that

the regulation is adopted.

(2)Demonstrates at least one of the conclusions set forth in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (e).

(3)Imposes, as may be necessary, conditions and limitations as part of the alternative management standards that ensure that the hazardous waste management activity to which the alternative management standards will apply will not pose a significant potential hazard to human health or safety or to the environment.

(d)Before the department gives notice of a proposal to adopt the alternative management standards pursuant to subdivision (c), and before the department adopts the regulation, the department shall do all of the following:

(1)Evaluate the operative environmental and public health regulatory oversight

of metal shredding facilities, identifying activities that need to be addressed by the alternative management standards, or other advisable regulatory or statutory changes.

(2)Evaluate the hazardous waste management activities.

(3)Prepare, as required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), an analysis that addresses all of the following aspects of the activity, to the extent that the alternative management standards can affect these aspects of the activity:

(A)The types of hazardous waste and the estimated amounts of each hazardous waste that are managed as part of the activity and the hazards to human health or safety or to the environment posed by reasonably foreseeable mismanagement of those hazardous wastes and their hazardous constituents. The estimate of the amounts of each hazardous waste that are managed as

part of the activity shall be based upon information reasonably available to the department.

(B)The complexity of the activity, and the amount and complexity of operator training, equipment installation and maintenance, and monitoring that are required to ensure that the activity is conducted in a manner that safely and effectively manages each hazardous waste.

(C)The chemical or physical hazards that are associated with the activity and the degree to which those hazards are similar to, or different from, the chemical or physical hazards that are associated with the production processes that are carried out in the facilities that produce the hazardous waste that is managed as part of the activity.

(D)The types of accidents that might reasonably be foreseen to occur during the management of particular types of

hazardous waste streams as part of the activity, the likely consequences of those accidents, and the reasonably available actual accident history associated with the activity.

(E)The types of locations where hazardous waste management activities associated with metal shredding and management of treated metal shredder waste may be carried out and the types of hazards or risks that may be posed by proximity to the land uses described in Section 25227. The estimate of the number of locations where the activity may be carried out shall be based upon information reasonably available to the department.

(e)The department shall not give notice proposing the adoption of, and the department shall not adopt, a regulation pursuant to subdivision (c) unless it first demonstrates at least one of the following, using the information developed in the analysis prepared pursuant to subdivision

(d)and any other information available to the department:

(1)The requirements that the alternative management standards replace are not significant or important in either of the following situations:

(A)Preventing or mitigating potential hazards to human health or safety or to the environment posed by the activity.

(B)Ensuring that the activity is conducted in compliance with other applicable requirements of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(2)A requirement is imposed and enforced by another public agency that provides protection of human health and safety and the environment that is as effective as, and equivalent to, the protection provided by the requirement, or requirements, that the alternative management

standards replace.

(3)Conditions or limitations imposed as part of the alternative management standards will provide protection of human health and safety and the environment equivalent to the requirement, or requirements, that the alternative management standards replace.

(4)Conditions or limitations imposed as part of the alternative management standards accomplish the same regulatory purpose as the requirement, or requirements, that the alternative management standards replace, but at less cost or with greater administrative convenience, and without increasing potential risks to human health or safety or to the environment.

(f)The department shall not adopt alternative management standards pursuant to this section if those standards are less stringent than the standards that would otherwise apply under the

federal act.

(g)Nothing in the alternative management standards authorized by this section is intended to duplicate or conflict with other laws, rules, or regulations adopted by other state agencies or affected local air quality management districts. The department shall, as much as possible, align the alternative management standards with the laws, rules, and regulations of other state agencies or affected local air quality management districts.

(h)The owner or operator of a metal shredding facility, or solid waste disposal facility that has accepted treated metal shredder waste, that may be subject to the alternative management standards shall provide to the department all information and data determined by the department to be relevant to the evaluation and preparation of the analysis required by subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of paragraph (3) of subdivision (d).

(i)The alternative management standards adopted by the department pursuant to this section may, to the extent it is consistent with the standards that would otherwise apply under the federal act, allow for treated metal shredder waste to be classified and managed as nonhazardous waste, provided that the analysis prepared pursuant to subdivision (d) demonstrates that classification and management as hazardous waste is not necessary to prevent or mitigate potential hazards to human health or safety or to the environment posed by the treated metal shredder waste.

(j)(1) The disposal of treated metal shredder waste shall be regulated pursuant to this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, unless alternative management standards are adopted by the department pursuant to this section.

(2)If the alternative management standards adopted by the department pursuant to this section result in treated metal shredder waste being classified as nonhazardous waste, the material may be managed in either of the following manners:

(A)It may be used at a unit described in subparagraph (B) as alternative daily cover or for beneficial reuse pursuant to Section 41781.3 of the Public Resources Code and the regulations adopted to implement that section.

(B)It may be placed in a unit that meets the waste discharge requirements issued pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code that allow for discharges of designated waste, as defined in Section 13173 of the Water Code, or of treated metal shredder waste.

(3)This section does not limit the disposal or use of treated metal

shredder waste as alternative daily cover pursuant to Section 41781.3 of the Public Resources Code and the regulations adopted to implement that section, or for other authorized beneficial uses if that disposal or use is at a facility meeting the requirements of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2), is made under the authority of the hazardous waste determinations governing metal shredder waste issued by the department before January 1, 2014, and is made before the department does either of the following:

(A)Rescinds, in accordance with applicable law, the conditional nonhazardous waste classifications issued pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 66260.200 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations with regard to treated metal shredder waste.

(B)Completes the adoption of alternative management standards pursuant to this section.

(k)The department shall complete the analysis described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) and subsequent regulatory action before January 1, 2018. All hazardous waste classifications and policies, procedures, or guidance issued by the department before January 1, 2014, governing or related to the generation, treatment, and management of metal shredder waste or treated metal shredder waste shall be inoperative and have no further effect on January 1, 2018, if the department completes its analysis pursuant to subdivision (c) and takes one of the following actions:

(1)Rescinds the conditional nonhazardous waste classifications issued pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 66260.200 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations with regard to that waste.

(2)Adopts alternative management standards pursuant to this

section.

(l)The authority of the department to adopt original regulations pursuant to this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that date. This subdivision does not invalidate any regulation adopted pursuant to this section before the expiration of the department’s authority.

(m)A regulation adopted pursuant to this section on or before January 1, 2018, shall continue in force and effect after that date, until repealed or revised by the department.

§ 25150.84

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 743, Sec. 1. (AB 2851) Effective January 1, 2025.

(a)The department shall collect an annual fee from all metal shredding facilities that are subject to the requirements of this chapter or to the alternative management standards adopted pursuant to Section 25150.82. The department shall establish and adopt regulations necessary to administer this fee and to establish a fee schedule that is set at a rate sufficient to reimburse the costs of the department and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to implement this chapter and Section 41514.6, as applicable to metal shredding facilities. The fee schedule established by the department may be updated periodically as necessary and shall provide for the assessment of no more than the reasonable and necessary costs of the department and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to implement this chapter and

Section 41514.6, as applicable to metal shredding facilities.

(b)The Controller shall establish a separate subaccount in the Hazardous Waste Control Account. The fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the subaccount and be available for expenditure by the department or Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment upon appropriation by the Legislature.

(c)A regulation adopted pursuant to this section may be adopted as an emergency regulation in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and for the purposes of that chapter, including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption of these regulations is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general

welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, an emergency regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this section shall be filed with, but not be repealed by, the Office of Administrative Law and shall remain in effect for a period of two years or until revised by the department, whichever occurs sooner.

(d)(1) A metal shredding facility paying an annual fee in accordance with this section shall be exempt from the following fees as the fees pertain to metal shredding activities and the generation, handling, management, transportation, and disposal of metal shredder waste:

(A) A fee imposed pursuant to Section 25205.7.

(B) A disposal fee imposed pursuant to Section 25174.1 until July 1, 2022.

(D) A fee imposed pursuant to Section 25205.5.

(E) A transportable treatment unit fee imposed pursuant to Section 25205.14 until July 1, 2022, and Section 25205.2 on and after July 1, 2022.

(2)A metal shredding facility is not exempt from the fees listed in paragraph (1) for any other hazardous waste the metal shredding facility generates and handles.

§ 25150.86

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 756, Sec. 5. (SB 1249) Effective January 1, 2015.

Treated metal shredder waste that is managed in accordance with the alternative management standards adopted by the department pursuant to Section 25180.82 and that is accepted by a solid waste landfill or other authorized location for disposal or for use as alternative daily cover or other beneficial use shall thereafter be deemed to be a solid waste for purposes of this chapter and Section 40191 of the Public Resources Code.

§ 25150.87

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 743, Sec. 2. (AB 2851) Effective January 1, 2025.

(a)(1) The department shall require metal shredding facilities to do both of the following:

(A) Monitor hazardous waste constituents requested by the department.

(B) Report the results of the monitoring required pursuant to subparagraph (A) to the department. The facilities may also report those results to the local public health department.

(2)The department shall collect and analyze light fibrous material at the fence lines to determine the potential for release of hazardous waste.

(b)All metal shredding facilities subject to

this section shall implement the facilitywide fence-line hazardous waste constituent monitoring requirements developed pursuant to this section.

(c)On or before July 1, 2027, the department shall develop a procedure for community notification of the public for the area in which the metal shredding facility is located, if monitoring pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) indicates any release of light fibrous material.

(d)On or before January 1, 2027, the department shall develop regulations to implement, interpret, or make specific this section.

(e)The department shall oversee and enforce the implementation of subdivision (a) pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 25180).

(f)Any reasonable regulatory costs incurred by the department in

implementing this section may be reimbursed by the fee on metal shredding facilities imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25150.84.

§ 25151

Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 89, Sec. 9. Effective March 2, 1982.

The department may adopt varying regulations pursuant to Section 25150, other than building standards for different areas of the state depending on population density, climate, geology, types and volumes of hazardous waste generated in the area, types of waste treatment technology available in the area, and other factors relevant to hazardous waste handling, processing, storing, recycling, and disposal.

§ 25152

Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 89, Sec. 10. Effective March 2, 1982.

Before adopting building standards or adopting or revising other standards and regulations for the handling, processing, storing, use, recycling, and disposal of hazardous and extremely hazardous wastes, the department shall hold at least one public hearing in Sacramento, or in a city within the area of the state to be affected by the proposed regulations. Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt the proposed regulations after making changes or additions that are appropriate in view of the evidence and testimony presented at the public hearing or hearings.

§ 25152.5

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 241) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 258, Sec. 40. (AB 2327) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 130 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 258.

(a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1)“Unusual circumstances” means only the following:

(A)The need to search for and collect the requested records from field facilities or other establishments that are separate from the office processing the request.

(B)The need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records that are demanded in a single request.

(C)The need to consult with another agency having a substantial interest in the determination of whether to respond to the request.

(2)“Public records” means any public record, as defined in Section 7920.530 of the Government Code, of the department relating to this chapter, Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280), or Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45. “Public records” includes unprinted information relating to this chapter, Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280), or Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45 that is stored in data or word processing equipment either owned by an employee and located on premises under control of the department or owned

by the department.

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall not limit the hours during the normal working day or limit the number of working days during which public records are open for inspection.

(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall make public records that are not exempt from disclosure by law, including Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code, promptly available to any person, within the time limits specified in subdivision (a) of Section 7922.535 of the Government Code, upon payment of a fee established by the department to cover the direct costs of duplication, as specified in subdivision (f). In addition, a person requesting copies by mail may be required to pay the mailing costs.

(2)If any portion of a record is exempt from disclosure, the part that is not exempt shall be provided as prescribed in this section.

(d)Any person may request access to, or copies of, public records of the department in person or by mail. A request shall reasonably describe an identifiable record or information to be produced therefrom.

(e)If the department determines that an unusual circumstance exists, the department shall comply with the notification procedures and the time limits specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 7922.535 of the Government Code.

(f)The department shall, upon request, provide any person with the facts upon which it bases its determination of the direct costs of copying for each page that is requested. The department shall not impose a minimum fee for a copy of a

public record that is greater than its direct per page copying costs and the department shall not impose limits on the types or amounts of public records that the department will provide to persons requesting these records, upon payment of any fees covering the direct costs of duplication by the department.

(g)This section does not authorize the department, or any employee of the department, to delay access for purposes of inspecting or obtaining copies of public records, unless there are unusual circumstances.

(h)Any denial of a request for records shall set forth in writing the reasons for the denial and the names and titles or positions of each person responsible for the denial. This written response shall be provided to the requester within five working days of the denial.

§ 25153

Repealed and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1145, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.

The offsite storage, treatment, transportation, and disposal of extremely hazardous waste is subject to the same requirements specified in this chapter that are applicable to hazardous waste and the department shall not require any special or additional permits for the offsite handling or management of extremely hazardous waste.

§ 25153.6

Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1686, Sec. 7.

(a)Any person generating or managing a RCRA hazardous waste shall comply with subsection (a) of Section 3010 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6930(a)).

(b)Any person generating or managing a non-RCRA hazardous waste shall comply with any notification requirements for non-RCRA hazardous waste which the department adopts by regulation.

§ 25154

Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631, Sec. 18.

It shall be unlawful for any person to manage any hazardous waste except as provided for in this chapter or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter.

§ 25155

Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1039.

No extremely hazardous waste may be disposed of without prior processing to remove its harmful properties or as specified by the regulations of the department for the handling and disposal of the particular extremely hazardous waste.

§ 25155.8

Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1338, Sec. 7.

(a)The operator of a landfill, land farm, or surface impoundment, which is used for disposing or treating hazardous waste which contains volatile organic compounds in concentrations of more than 1 percent by weight, shall do both of the following:

(1)Monitor air emissions from the facility and report the monitoring results semiannually to the department.

(2)Unless the department adopts regulations specifying monitoring procedures and requirements, comply with the regulations adopted by the

Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 6924(n) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(b)If the operator makes the reports specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and complies with the federal regulations specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), the operator is in compliance with subdivision (a).

§ 25155.10

Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1387, Sec. 1.

(a)The owner or operator of every commercial offsite multiuser hazardous waste disposal facility shall develop a proposed monitoring plan, in writing, for the monitoring of the ambient air downwind and upwind from the facility. The plan shall include all of the following:

(1)An identification of the constituents of hazardous wastes accepted in the past and present which will be monitored. These constituents shall be selected on the basis of pertinent factors, which may include degree of toxicity, relative and absolute volume, the potential for the constituent to

volatilize or otherwise become airborne, and the method by which the constituent is or was handled, treated, and disposed.

(2)The type, procedures, and location of air sampling equipment and the type and procedures of analytical equipment.

(3)The duration of each sampling period in hours, and the number and time of sampling periods over a 12-month period.

(b)The proposed monitoring plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted to the department on or before October 1, 1987, and shall be updated as required by the department.

(c)The department, in consultation with the applicable air pollution control district or air quality management district, shall review and approve or require modification of the proposed monitoring plan

submitted pursuant to this section. The department shall provide, in writing, a notice of any deficiencies in the plan to the person who submitted the plan, who shall revise the plan to address the noted deficiencies within 60 days after receiving the department’s comments.

(d)If the department determines that a hazardous waste facility which is required to develop a plan pursuant to subdivision (a) is the source of a substance in the ambient air which poses a significant threat to the public health or affects the quality of the environment in such a way that could significantly threaten public health, the department shall, pursuant to Section 25187, require the facility operator to do both of the following:

(1)Develop a corrective action plan and submit the plan to the department for approval or modification, within a schedule specified by the department.

(2)Implement the corrective action plan, as approved by the department, within the period specified by the department.

§ 25156

Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1736, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1984.

The department shall develop and adopt regulations and standards to implement Article 11 (commencing with Section 25220), including, but not limited to, regulations which specify appropriate procedural requirements for the hearings conducted pursuant to that article. The department shall seek recommendations of the hazardous waste technical advisory committee on the wording of proposed regulations.

§ 25157

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 89, Sec. 11. Effective March 2, 1982.

Regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter may require the treatment of extremely hazardous waste at the site of production prior to any transportation, if the director determines that treatment is necessary to provide safe transportation of the extremely hazardous waste. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to require disposal of hazardous waste at the site of production, provided, that the transportation of the extremely hazardous waste conforms to all applicable regulations.

§ 25158

Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 639, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1996.

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (f), any person generating hazardous waste, or owning or operating a facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste, shall file with the director, or the director’s designee, on a form provided by the director, or the director’s designee, a hazardous waste notification statement. An amended statement shall be filed with the department whenever there has been a substantial change in the information provided on the previously filed notification statement. A person shall not generate,

treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste, unless the person files a notification statement with the director pursuant to this section, unless exempted pursuant to subdivision (f).

(b)A hazardous waste notification statement shall include all of the following information:

(1)The name and address of the person owning the facility or conducting the activity specified in subdivision (a).

(2)The address and location of the activity or facility, including the city and county.

(3)The name and 24-hour telephone number of the contact person in the event of an emergency involving the facility or activity.

(4)The quantities of hazardous waste annually handled pursuant to the

activity or at the facility.

(5)A description of the hazardous waste activity being conducted, such as generation, treatment, storage, or disposal.

(6)A general description of the hazardous waste being handled.

(c)The department shall prepare and distribute the hazardous waste notification statement forms. The form shall include a statement which clearly states who is required to file the form. The form shall also include a statement that the form is not a substitute for the federal notification required by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 6930 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(d)Any person who is required to submit a hazardous waste notification statement to the director pursuant to subdivision

(a)and who fails to do so is subject to a civil penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day for which the department does not receive a statement. Any person who knowingly submits false information to the department is subject to a civil penalty of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each day that the false information goes uncorrected.

(e)The director shall compile and organize the statements by the city and county within which each activity and facility are located, and shall transmit the compiled statements to the appropriate regional offices, the California regional water quality control boards, and the officers and agencies authorized to enforce this chapter pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180.

(f)Subdivision (a) does not apply to any of

the following:

(1)A person who has filed notification with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 6930 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(2)A person who only produces household hazardous waste, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 25218.1.

(3)Any person who owns property on which a cleanup of, or other removal of, or remedial action to, a hazardous waste site is taking place, or who is engaged in any of those activities on a hazardous waste site.

§ 25158.1

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 452, Sec. 1. (SB 612) Effective January 1, 2016.

(a)When making the quantity determinations for purposes of Section 66262.34 of Title 22 of Division 4.5 of the California Code of Regulations, as it may be amended consistent with this code, a generator shall include all hazardous waste that it has generated in any month, except for universal wastes managed pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 66273.1) of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

(b)By December 1, 2016, the department shall adopt regulations incorporating the instructions to hazardous waste generators in subdivision (a) into its implementing regulations.