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 5 - Standards for Universal Waste Transporters › Section 66273.54 - Response to Releases

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A
				  universal waste transporter shall immediately contain all releases of universal
				  wastes and of residues from universal wastes to the environment.
(b) A universal waste transporter shall
				  determine whether any material resulting from such a release is a hazardous
				  waste, and if so, shall manage the hazardous waste in compliance with all
				  applicable requirements of this division. The universal waste transporter is
				  considered the generator of any hazardous waste resulting from the release, and
				  is subject to the requirements of chapter 12.
(c) Hazardous waste consisting only of
				  residue of leaking, broken, or otherwise damaged universal waste may be managed
				  as universal waste provided that the leaking, broken, or otherwise damaged
				  universal waste is repackaged according to the standards of section
				  66273.33 or
				  66273.33.5.
1. New
					 section filed 3-6-2000 as an emergency; operative 3-6-2000 (Register 2000, No.
					 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-5-2000 or
					 emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
2. New section refiled 6-29-2000 as an emergency; operative
					 7-6-2000 (Register 2000, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 11-3-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
3. New section refiled
					 11-1-2000 as an emergency; operative 11-4-2000 (Register 2000, No. 44). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-5-2001 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
4. New section refiled 3-6-2001 as an emergency; operative
					 3-6-2001 (Register 2001, No. 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 7-5-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
5. New section refiled
					 6-26-2001 as an emergency; operative 7-5-2001 (Register 2001, No. 26). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-2-2001 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
6. New section refiled 11-2-2001 as an emergency; operative
					 11-3-2001 (Register 2001, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 3-4-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
7. Certificate of Compliance
					 as to 11-2-2001 order, including new subsection (c), transmitted to OAL
					 12-27-2001 and filed 2-8-2002 (Register 2002, No. 6).
8. Amendment
					 filed 2-4-2009; operative 2-4-2009 (Register 2009, No.
					 6).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25141,
						25150,
						25219.1
						and
						58012,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						25141,
						25150,
						25159.5,
						25219,
						25219.1
						and
						25219.2,
						Health and Safety Code; 40
						CFR Section
						273.54.