California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 12 - Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste › Article 1 - Applicability › Section 66262.10 - Purpose, Scope, and Applicability

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) This chapter establishes standards for
				  generators of hazardous waste located in California.
(b) A generator who treats, stores, or
				  disposes of hazardous waste onsite shall comply with the following sections of
				  this chapter with respect to that waste: section
				  66262.11 for determining whether
				  or not the generator has a hazardous waste, section 66262.18 for obtaining an
				  identification number, section 66262.15, 66262.16 or 66262.17 for accumulation
				  of hazardous waste, section
				  66262.40(c) and
				  (d) for recordkeeping, section
				  66262.43 for additional reporting,
				  section 66262.44 for hazardous waste of
				  concern reporting, and if applicable, section
				  66262.70 for farmers.
(c) Any person who imports hazardous waste
				  into the State to a designated facility within the State from outside the
				  United States shall comply with the standards applicable to generators
				  established in this chapter.
(d)
				  Any person who exports or imports hazardous wastes shall comply with 40 Code of
				  Federal Regulations section 262.18, 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 262,
				  subpart H, section 66262.18, and article 8, chapter 12 of this
				  division.
(e) A farmer who
				  generates waste pesticides which are hazardous waste and who complies with all
				  of the requirements of section
				  66262.70 is not required to comply
				  with other standards in this chapter or chapters 14, 15, or 18 of this division
				  with respect to such pesticides.
(f) A person who generates a hazardous waste
				  as defined by chapter 11 of this division is subject to the compliance
				  requirements and penalties prescribed in chapter 6.5 of division 20 of the
				  Health and Safety Code (commencing with section 25100) if the generator does
				  not comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(g) An owner or operator who initiates a
				  shipment of hazardous waste from a treatment, storage, or disposal facility
				  shall comply with the generator standards established in this chapter. The
				  provisions of section 66262.15, 66262.16 or 66262.17 shall be applicable to the
				  on-site accumulation of hazardous waste by generators. Therefore, the
				  provisions of section 66262.15, 66262.16 or 66262.17 shall apply only to owners
				  or operators who are shipping hazardous waste which they generated at that
				  facility.
(h) A generator who
				  treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous waste onsite shall comply with the
				  applicable standards and permit requirements set forth in chapters 14, 15, 16,
				  18 and 20 of this division.
(i)
				  This article does not apply to generators handling only hazardous waste
				  produced incidental to owning and maintaining their own place of
				  residence.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5,
						25179.6 and 58012, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159,
						25159.5, 25169.7 and 58012, Health and Safety Code; and 40 Code of Federal
						Regulations Section 262.10.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25150,
						25159,
						25159.5,
						25179.6
						and
						58012,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						25150,
						25159,
						25159.5,
						25169.7
						and
						58012,
						Health and Safety Code; and 40 Code of Federal Regulations section
						262.10.