California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 20 - The Hazardous Waste Permit Program › Article 6.5 - Standardized Permits › Section 66270.69.4 - Financial Responsibility for Facilities Operating Under a Standardized Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The owner or operator of a facility that operates pursuant
					 to a standardized permit issued pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
					 25201.6
					 shall comply with chapter 14, article 8, except as follows:
(a) Series A facilities, as defined by Health
				  and Safety Code section
				  25201.6(a)(1),
				  shall have and maintain liability coverage for sudden accidental occurrences in
				  the amount of at least $1 million per occurrence with an annual aggregate of at
				  least $2 million, exclusive of legal defense costs.
(b) Series B facilities, as defined by Health
				  and Safety Code section
				  25201.6(a)(2),
				  Series C facilities, as defined by Health and Safety Code section
				  25201.6(a)(3),
				  that treat or store reactive, ignitable or extremely hazardous waste and Series
				  C facilities that treat solvents in accordance with Health and Safety Code
				  section
				  25201.6(g)(2)
				  shall have and maintain liability coverage for sudden accidental occurrences in
				  the amount of at least $500,000 per occurrence with an annual aggregate of at
				  least $1 million, exclusive of legal defense costs.
(c) Series C facilities, as defined by Health
				  and Safety Code section
				  25201.6(a)(3),
				  shall have and maintain liability coverage for sudden accidental occurrences in
				  the amount of at least $300,000 per occurrence with an annual aggregate of at
				  least $600,000, exclusive of legal defense costs.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of this
				  section, Series C facilities that treat no more than 1,500 gallons of liquid
				  hazardous waste or 3,000 pounds of solid hazardous waste in any calendar month,
				  or have a maximum storage capacity of no more than 15,000 gallons of liquid
				  hazardous waste or 30,000 pounds of solid hazardous waste, shall have and
				  maintain liability coverage for sudden accidental occurrences in the amount of
				  at least $100,000 per occurrence with an annual aggregate of at least $200,000,
				  exclusive of legal defense costs.
(e) An owner or operator of more than one
				  facility that operates pursuant to a standardized permit may meet the liability
				  coverage requirements of this section by having and maintaining liability
				  coverage at the level required for the facility that is regulated at the
				  highest standardized permit series.
(f) An owner or operator of one or more
				  facilities that operate pursuant to a standardized permit, who also owns or
				  operates one or more facilities regulated pursuant to a hazardous waste
				  facility permit, may meet the liability coverage requirements of this section
				  by having and maintaining sudden liability coverage as required by section
				  66264.147(a).
(g) An owner or operator of one or more
				  facilities that operate pursuant to a standardized permit, who also owns or
				  operates one or more facilities that operates pursuant to interim status
				  granted pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
				  25200.5
				  may meet the liability coverage requirements of this section by having and
				  maintaining liability coverage as required by section
				  66265.147(a).
1.
					 Renumbering of former section
					 67800.5 to new section
					 66270.69.4 filed 9-6-2007;
					 operative 10-6-2007 (Register 2007, No. 36).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25143.13,
						25150,
						25200.1,
						25201.6,
						25245,
						58004
						and
						58012,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						25143.13,
						25150,
						25200.1,
						25200.5,
						25200.9
						and
						25201.6,
						Health and Safety Code.