California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 14 - Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Transfer, Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities › Article 1 - General › Section 66264.1 - Purpose, Scope and Applicability

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to
				  establish minimum standards which define the acceptable management of hazardous
				  waste.
(b) The standards in this
				  chapter apply to owners and operators of all facilities which transfer, treat,
				  store, or dispose of hazardous waste, except as specifically provided otherwise
				  in this chapter or chapters 11, 12 or 13 of this division.
(c) The requirements of this chapter apply to
				  a person disposing of hazardous waste by means of ocean disposal subject to a
				  permit issued under the Federal Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
				  Act (33 U.S.C. section
				  1401, et seq.) only to the extent they are
				  included in a permit by rule granted to such a person under chapter 20 of this
				  division. Such person shall comply with the requirements of chapter 14 of this
				  division when transferring, treating or storing hazardous waste before it is
				  loaded onto an ocean vessel for incineration or disposal at sea.
(d) The standards in this chapter apply to
				  owners and operators of all destination facilities, as defined in section
				  66273.9, that transfer, treat,
				  store, or dispose of universal waste listed in section
				  66261.9, except as specifically
				  provided otherwise in section
				  66273.60, subsections (b) and
				  (c).
(e) The requirements of this
				  chapter apply to the owner or operator of a POTW which transfers, treats,
				  stores, or disposes of hazardous waste only to the extent they are included in
				  a permit by rule granted to such a person under chapter 20 of this
				  division.
(f) (Reserved)
(g) The requirements of this chapter do not
				  apply to:
(1) (reserved);
(2) the owner or operator of a facility
				  managing recyclable materials described in section
				  66261.6(a)(2)(B)
				  of this division (except to the extent they are referred to in article 8 of
				  chapter 16 of this division);
(3) a
				  generator accumulating waste on-site in compliance with section 66262.15,
				  66262.16 or 66262.17 of this division;
(4) a farmer disposing of waste pesticides
				  from the farmer's own use in compliance with section
				  66262.70 of this
				  division;
(5) (reserved);
(6) (reserved);
(7) (reserved);
(8)
(A)
				  except as provided in subsection (g)(8)(B) of this section, a person engaged in
				  treatment or containment activities during immediate response to any of the
				  following situations:
1. a discharge of a
				  hazardous waste;
2. an imminent and
				  substantial threat of a discharge of hazardous waste;
3. a discharge of a material which, when
				  discharged, becomes a hazardous waste;
(B) an owner or operator of a facility
				  otherwise regulated by this chapter shall comply with all applicable
				  requirements of articles 3 and 4 of this chapter;
(C) any person who is covered by subsection
				  (g)(8)(A) of this section and who continues or initiates hazardous waste
				  treatment or containment activities after the immediate response is over is
				  subject to all applicable requirements of this chapter and chapter 21 of this
				  division for those activities;
(D)
				  In the case of emergencies involving military munitions, the responding
				  military emergency response specialist's organizational unit shall retain
				  records for three years identifying the dates of the response, the responsible
				  persons responding, the type and description of material addressed, and its
				  disposition. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "military munitions"
				  is as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 260.10. The
				  requirements of this subsection apply only to military munitions that are
				  regulated under the federal act, as defined in Health and Safety Code section
				  25115.1;
(9) a transporter storing
				  manifested shipments of hazardous waste in containers at a transfer facility,
				  or a transfer facility storing manifested shipments of hazardous waste in
				  containers, for six days or less, or 10 days or less for transfer facilities in
				  areas zoned industrial by the local planning authority, and meeting the
				  requirements of sections
				  66262.30 and
				  66263.18;
(10) the addition of absorbent material to
				  waste in a container (as defined in section
				  66260.10 of this division) or the
				  addition of waste to absorbent material in a container, provided that these
				  actions occur at the time waste is first placed in the container; and sections
				  66264.17(b),
				  66264.171, and
				  66264.172 are complied
				  with;
(11) persons managing
				  hazardous waste in a hazardous waste management unit not subject to 40 Code of
				  Federal Regulations Part 264 (incorporated by reference in section
				  66260.11 of this division)
				  pursuant to an exemption in 40 Code of Federal Regulations Section 264.1(g), if
				  the waste managed in that unit is identified as a hazardous waste solely
				  because it exhibits the characteristic of toxicity set forth in section
				  66261.24(a)(1) of
				  this division.
(12) universal waste
				  handlers and universal waste transporters, as defined in chapter 23 of this
				  division, who manage universal waste as listed in section
				  66261.9. These universal waste
				  handlers and universal waste transporters are subject to regulation under
				  chapter 23 when managing universal wastes listed in section
				  66261.9 of this
				  division.