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 7 - Authorization Requirements for Universal Waste Handlers Who Treat Universal Wastes › Section 66273.75 - Treatment (Processing) Standards

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A universal waste handler who treats electronic devices,
					 residual printed circuit boards, CRTs, and/or PV modules pursuant to section
					 66273.73 shall comply with the
					 following standards:
(a) Treatment.
The universal waste handler shall:
(1) Utilize only treatment methods identified
				  in section
				  66273.73, subsection (d) for
				  electronic devices, residual printed circuit boards, CRTs, an/or PV
				  modules;
(2) Ensure that all
				  mercury-containing lamps, PCB capacitors, and other components containing
				  fluids (i.e., liquids or gases) that would be identified as hazardous wastes,
				  are removed prior to treatment methods that may release the fluids such as
				  cutting, sawing, breaking, shredding, crushing, grinding, screening, sieving,
				  acceleration, or compacting;
(3)
				  Conduct treatment activities over, or in, a containment device (e.g., a tray, a
				  box, a workbench, a table, or an enclosed machine) sufficient in size and
				  construction to contain any materials that might be released to the environment
				  under reasonably foreseeable conditions.
(4) Ensure that all hazardous wastes
				  generated from treatment activities and sent offsite for disposal are managed
				  (i.e., manifested) in accordance with the applicable requirements of article 2
				  of chapter 12 of this division.
(5)
				  Comply with the requirements of sections
				  66265.18 and
				  66265.25 of chapter 15 of this
				  division to the extent that those requirements apply to facility location and
				  design standards.
(6) Ensure that
				  all treatment is conducted in compliance with all applicable state and local
				  air pollution control laws and regulations.
(7) Treat electronic devices that are not CRT
				  devices and/or residual printed circuit boards only for the purpose of
				  recycling one or more of their components.
(8) Treat CRTs only for the purpose of
				  recycling one or more types of CRT glass at a CRT glass manufacturer or at a
				  primary or secondary lead smelter; for disposal; or for the management of CRT
				  panel glass according to section
				  25143.2.5
				  of the Health and Safety Code.
(9)
				  For disposal of CRT panel glass at a CRT panel glass approved landfill pursuant
				  to this section and article 8 of this chapter:
(A) Separate CRT panel glass from CRT funnel
				  glass; and
(B) Remove all phosphor
				  powders from the CRT panel glass.
(10) Not accept for treatment, any electronic
				  devices, PV modules, or CRTs that are managed, or that are required to be
				  managed, as hazardous wastes pursuant to chapters 10 through 16, 18, 20 and 22
				  of this division, unless authorized to do so pursuant to a hazardous waste
				  facility permit or other authorization granted by the Department pursuant to
				  those chapters.