California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 23 - Standards for Universal Waste Management › Article 1 - General › Section 66273.9 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
When used in this chapter, the terms listed in this section
					 have the meanings given below. Unless otherwise specified, listed terms that
					 cross-reference the definitions of other listed terms refer to the definitions
					 set forth in this section for those other terms. Terms that are also defined in
					 chapter 10 of this division are duplicated here solely for convenience of the
					 regulated community. Terms used in this chapter that are not defined in this
					 section but are defined in chapter 10 of this division and/or chapter 6.5 of
					 division 20 of the Health and Safety Code have the meanings given in those
					 sources.
"Ampule" means an airtight vial made of glass, plastic,
					 metal, or any combination of these materials.
"Battery" means a device consisting of one or more
					 electrically connected electrochemical cells that is designed to receive,
					 store, and deliver electric energy. An electrochemical cell is a system
					 consisting of an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte, plus such connections
					 (electrical and mechanical) as may be needed to allow the cell to deliver or
					 receive electrical energy. The term battery also includes an intact, unbroken
					 battery from which the electrolyte has been removed.
"Cathode ray tube" means a vacuum tube or picture tube used
					 to convert an electrical signal into a visual image.
"Closure" means the act of closing a universal waste
					 handler's facility pursuant to the requirements of article 7 of this
					 chapter.
"CESQUWG" see "Conditionally exempt small quantity
					 universal waste generator."
"CRT" see "Cathode ray tube."
"CRT device" means any electronic device that contains one
					 or more CRTs including, but not limited to, computer monitors, televisions,
					 cash registers and oscilloscopes.
"CRT funnel glass" means any glass separated from CRT panel
					 glass that is derived from the treatment of a CRT and that consists of the neck
					 and funnel section of a CRT, including the frit.
"CRT glass" means any glass released or derived from the
					 treatment or breakage of one or more CRTs or CRT devices. CRT glass includes
					 CRT funnel glass and CRT panel glass.
"CRT panel glass" means any glass separated from CRT funnel
					 glass that is derived from the treatment of a CRT and that consists only of the
					 face plate of a CRT containing a phosphor viewing surface. CRT panel glass does
					 not include the frit.
"CRT panel glass approved landfill" means a composite-lined
					 portion of a unit of a solid waste landfill that meets all requirements
					 applicable to disposal of municipal solid waste in California after October 9,
					 1993, and that is regulated by waste discharge requirements issued pursuant to
					 division 7 (commencing with §
										13000) of the
					 Water Code for discharges of designated waste, as defined in section
					 13173 of the
					 Water Code, or CRT panel glass that is in compliance with section
					 66273.81 of this chapter.
"Current closure cost estimate" means the most recent of
					 the estimates prepared in accordance with article 7 of this chapter.
"Dental amalgam" means dental amalgam chunks, dental
					 amalgam fines, mixtures containing dental amalgam fines, single-use dental
					 amalgam traps that contain dental amalgam, dental amalgam sludge, vacuum pump
					 filters that contain dental amalgam, and extracted teeth with amalgam
					 restorations.
"Destination facility" means a facility that treats,
					 disposes of, or recycles a particular category of universal waste pursuant to
					 section 66273.60. A facility at which a
					 particular category of universal waste is only accumulated is not a destination
					 facility for purposes of managing that category of universal waste.
"Dilators and weighted tubing" means mercury-containing
					 dilators and weighted tubing used in medical procedures. "Dilators and weighted
					 tubing" include, but are not limited to, bougie tubes, Canter tubes, and
					 Miller-Abbot tubes.
"Electronic device" means any electronic device that is
					 identified as hazardous waste because it either exhibits the characteristic of
					 toxicity as specified in article 3 of chapter 11 of this division, and/or is a
					 listed hazardous waste as specified in article 4.1 of chapter 11 of this
					 division. Examples of electronic devices include: computer monitors,
					 televisions, cash registers and oscilloscopes (CRT devices), computers,
					 computer peripherals, telephones, answering machines, radios, stereo equipment,
					 tape players/recorders, phonographs, video cassette players/recorders, compact
					 disc players/recorders, calculators, and some appliances. Electronic device
					 does not mean a major appliance, as defined in Public Resources Code section
					 42166,
					 or other devices which are comprised largely of metals, qualify as "scrap
					 metal" as defined in section
					 66260.10, and are recycled.
"Flame sensor" means a device, usually found in a gas-fired
					 appliance, that uses the expansion and contraction of liquid mercury contained
					 in a probe to open and shut a valve.
"Foreign Destination" means the ultimate recycling,
					 treatment or disposal facility in a receiving country to which universal waste
					 will be sent.
"Frit" means a mixture of chemical solvent and powdered
					 glass that joins the CRT funnel glass to the CRT panel glass.
"Gas flow regulator" means a piece of mercury-containing
					 equipment used to regulate the flow of gas through a gas meter.
"Gauge" see "Pressure or vacuum gauge."
"Generator" means:
(a) Any person, by site, whose act or process
				  produces hazardous waste identified or listed in chapter 11 of this division or
				  whose act first causes a hazardous waste to become subject to
				  regulation.
(b) Any person, by
				  site, whose act or process produces universal waste or whose act first causes a
				  universal waste to become subject to regulation.
"Handler of universal waste" see "Universal waste
					 handler."
"Household" means a single detached residence or a single
					 unit of a multiple residence unit and all appurtenant structures. For the
					 purposes of this section, household does not mean a hotel, motel, bunkhouse,
					 ranger station, crew quarters, campground, picnic ground, or day-use recreation
					 facility.
"Intermediate Facility" means a facility that manages CRTs
					 and/or CRT glass pursuant to article 3 of this chapter or 40 Code of Federal
					 Regulations section 261.4(a)(22) and is not the final destination of the CRTs
					 and/or CRT glass.
"Lamp" means the bulb or tube portion of an electric
					 lighting device. A lamp is specifically designed to produce radiant energy,
					 most often in the ultraviolet, visible, and infra-red regions of the
					 electromagnetic spectrum. Examples of common lamps include, but are not limited
					 to, fluorescent, high intensity discharge, neon, mercury vapor, high pressure
					 sodium, and metal halide lamps.
"Management" means the handling, storage, transportation,
					 processing, treatment, recovery, recycling, transfer and disposal of hazardous
					 waste (including universal waste).
"Mercury-added lamp" means a lamp to which elemental
					 mercury has been added as an essential part of the manufacturing process used
					 to create that lamp. Examples of common mercury-added lamps include, but are
					 not limited to, fluorescent lamps and mercury vapor lamps.
"Mercury-added novelty" means a mercury-added product
					 intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment or adornment. A
					 "mercury-added novelty" includes, but is not limited to, any item intended for
					 use as a practical joke, figurine, adornment, toy, game, card, ornament, yard
					 statue or figure, candle, jewelry, holiday decoration, and item of apparel,
					 including footwear.
"Mercury-containing equipment" means a thermostat, mercury
					 switch, thermometer, dental amalgam, pressure or vacuum gauge, mercury-added
					 novelty, mercury counterweight and damper, dilator and weighted tubing,
					 mercury-containing rubber flooring, and gas flow regulator.
"Mercury-containing motor vehicle light switch" means any
					 light switch found in the hood or in the trunk lid of a motor vehicle, if the
					 light switch contains mercury.
"Mercury-containing motor vehicle switch" means any motor
					 vehicle switch that contains mercury including, but not limited to, a
					 mercury-containing motor vehicle light switch.
"Mercury-containing rubber flooring" means any rubber
					 flooring material formulated with intentionally added mercury.
"Mercury counterweights and dampers" means enclosed devices
					 that use liquid mercury for weight or dampening; "mercury counterweights and
					 dampers" includes, but is not limited to, a mercury bow stabilizer used in
					 archery, a mercury recoil suppressor used in shooting, and a mercury
					 counterweight used in a clock.
"Mercury gas flow regulator" see "Gas flow
					 regulator."
"Mercury switch" means an electrical switch that employs
					 mercury to make an electrical contact. "Mercury switch" includes, but is not
					 limited to, the following mercury-containing switches: mercury-containing motor
					 vehicle switches, tilt switches, vibration-sensing switches, off-balance
					 switches, float switches, silent light switches, and relays.
"Mercury thermometer" see "Thermometer."
"Non-automotive mercury switch" means any mercury switch
					 other than a mercury-containing motor vehicle switch.
"Offsite" means any site which is not onsite.
"Onsite" means the same or geographically contiguous
					 property which may be divided by public or private right-of-way, provided that
					 the entrance and exit between the properties is at a cross-roads intersection,
					 and access is by crossing as opposed to going along the right-of-way.
					 Non-contiguous properties owned by the same person but connected by a
					 right-of-way which the person controls and to which the public does not have
					 access, are also considered onsite property.
"Photovoltaic cell" means a specialized semiconductor diode
					 designed to convert solar radiation into electrical energy. Photovoltaic cells
					 are individual cells that are not electrically connected or an integral part of
					 PV modules that are electrically connected. Photovoltaic cells are also
					 commonly referred to as solar cells. Photovoltaic cells are managed as
					 photovoltaic modules.
"Photovoltaic module" means a device consisting of one or
					 more electrically connected photovoltaic cells that are designed to convert
					 solar radiation into electrical energy. Photovoltaic module includes integrated
					 components that cannot be separated without breaking the photovoltaic module
					 glass. Examples of integrated components include, but not limited to,
					 protective glass, conductive metal contact, metal framing the photovoltaic
					 cells, housing or pocket holding the photovoltaic cells/modules, and top and
					 back layer. Photovoltaic modules are composed of, but are not limited to,
					 monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, cadmium
					 telluride, copper indium gallium selenide, gallium indium phosphide/gallium
					 arsenide/gallium, and perovskite. Photovoltaic modules are also commonly
					 referred to as photovoltaic panels or solar panels. Photovoltaic cells that are
					 not electrically connected are managed as photovoltaic modules.
"Photovoltaic panel" see "photovoltaic module."
"Photovoltaic system" means a set of components consisting
					 of one or more photovoltaic modules and includes any ancillary components that
					 can be manually separated without breaking the photovoltaic module glass such
					 as, but not limited to, metal frames used to support the photovoltaic module,
					 connectors, junction boxes, batteries, inverters, wires, and cables that are
					 connected to the photovoltaic module. Photovoltaic systems are also commonly
					 referred to as solar systems.
"Pressure or vacuum gauge" means any device in which
					 pressure or vacuum is measured using the height of a column of liquid
					 mercury.
"Pressure or vacuum gauge" includes, but is not limited to,
					 barometers, manometers, and sphygmomanometers.
"Producer" see "Generator."
"PV cell" see "photovoltaic cell."
"PV module" see "photovoltaic module."
"PV system" see "photovoltaic system."
"Scrap metal" means
(a) any one or more of the following, except
				  as provided in subsection (b) of this section:
(1) manufactured, solid metal objects and
				  products;
(2) metal workings,
				  including cuttings, trimmings, stampings, grindings, shavings and
				  sandings;
(3) solid metal residues
				  of metal production; or
(4) printed
				  circuit boards that are recycled [except for printed circuit boards referenced
				  in subsec. (b)(7) of this section].