California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4 - Environmental Health › Chapter 21 - Minimum Standards for Permitting Medical Waste Facilities › Article 3 - Medical Waste Treatment Facility Permits › Section 65623 - Requirements Applicable to All Permits

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The permittee shall comply with all
				  requirements of this article and any specific conditions of the
				  permit.
(b) No permittee shall
				  continue an activity regulated by a medical waste facility permit after the
				  expiration date of the permit. If the permittee fails to make a timely
				  application for renewal, the medical waste permit shall expire on the
				  expiration date.
(c) In an
				  enforcement action, it shall not be a defense for a permittee to state or show
				  that reducing or ceasing of the permitted activity would have been necessary in
				  order to maintain compliance with the requirements of this article.
(d) The permittee shall take all reasonable
				  steps to minimize or correct any adverse impact on the environment resulting
				  from noncompliance with the conditions of the permit.
(e) The permittee shall at all times properly
				  operate and maintain all facilities and systems of treatment and control (and
				  related appurtenances) which are installed or used by the permittee to achieve
				  compliance with the specific conditions of the permit and requirements of this
				  article. Proper operation and maintenance shall include but not be limited to
				  effective performance, adequate funding, adequate operator staffing and
				  training, and adequate laboratory and process controls, including appropriate
				  quality assurance procedures. Backup or auxiliary facilities or similar systems
				  shall be operated only when necessary to achieve compliance with the
				  requirements of this article.
(f)
				  The permittee shall furnish to the enforcement agency any relevant information
				  which the enforcement agency may request to determine whether cause exists for
				  modifying, revoking and reissuing, or terminating the permit, or to determine
				  compliance with the permit. The permittee shall also furnish to the enforcement
				  agency upon request copies of records required to be kept by the permit. Such
				  information shall be furnished within 30 days or as otherwise set by the
				  enforcement agency if a longer duration is required.
(g) The permittee shall allow an authorized
				  representative of the enforcement agency to:
(1) Enter, at reasonable times, the
				  permittee's premises where a regulated facility or activity is located or
				  conducted, or where records must be kept under the conditions of the
				  permit;
(2) Have access to and
				  copy, at reasonable times, any records that must be kept under the conditions
				  of the permit;
(3) Inspect, at
				  reasonable times, any facilities, equipment (including monitoring and control
				  equipment), practices, or operations regulated or required under the permit;
				  and
(4) Sample or monitor, at
				  reasonable times, for the purposes of assuring permit compliance or as
				  otherwise authorized by law, any substances or parameters at any
				  location.