California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 15 - Interim Status Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Transfer, Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities › Article 2 - General Facility Standards › Section 66265.16 - Personnel Training

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Notwithstanding subsection (g), an owner or operator of a hazardous waste
				  transfer, treatment, storage, or disposal facility shall ensure that facility
				  personnel successfully complete a training program through classroom,
				  computer-based, or electronic instruction or on-the-job training that teaches
				  facility personnel to perform their duties in a way that ensures the facility's
				  compliance with the requirements of this chapter and section
				  5192, subsection (p), of Title 8,
				  California Code of Regulations. Facility personnel engaged in shipping
				  hazardous waste shall be triennially trained commensurate with their
				  responsibilities to meet the requirements in section
				  172.704 of Title 49, Code of
				  Federal Regulations.
(1) The owner or
				  operator shall ensure that the training program includes all the elements
				  specified in this section.
(2)
				  Hazardous waste management training must be directed by a person trained in
				  hazardous waste management procedures, and must include instruction that
				  teaches facility personnel hazardous waste management procedures (including,
				  but not limited to, contingency plan implementation and the identification and
				  segregation of incompatible hazardous waste or product) relevant to the
				  positions in which they are employed.
(3) At a minimum, the emergency response
				  training must be designed to ensure that facility personnel are able to respond
				  effectively to emergencies by familiarizing them with prevention, mitigation,
				  abatement, and notification procedures, emergency equipment, and emergency
				  systems, including all of the following where applicable:
(A) procedures for using, inspecting,
				  repairing, and replacing facility emergency and monitoring equipment;
(B) key parameters for automatic waste feed
				  cut-off systems;
(C) communications
				  or alarm systems;
(D) response to
				  fires or explosions;
(E) response
				  to groundwater contamination incidents;
(F) shutdown of operations;
(G) self-protection measures; and
(H) accident prevention
				  methods.
(4) Effective
				  July 1, 2019, the training program must also be designed to ensure the
				  following every 24 months:
(A) General
				  awareness training. The owner or operator shall ensure all facility personnel
				  successfully complete training that provides a description of the facility, and
				  an overview of the facility and facility operations that are subject to this
				  chapter, including, but not limited to, security and safety considerations;
				  and
(B) Function-specific job
				  training. The owner or operator shall ensure all facility personnel who are
				  involved with hazardous waste management activities successfully complete
				  training concerning the requirements of this chapter and any relevant hazardous
				  waste procedures applicable to job tasks and functions performed by the
				  employee.