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California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9 - Waste Discharge Reports and Requirements › Article 6 - Bay Protection Toxic Cleanup Program › Section 2236 - Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Annual Fees

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(a) All
				  point and nonpoint dischargers who discharge directly into enclosed bays, as
				  defined in Water Code Section
				  13391.5(a),
				  estuaries, as defined in Water Code Section
				  13391.5(b),
				  or adjacent waters in the contiguous zone or the ocean, as defined in Section
				  502 of the Federal Clean Water Act
				  (33 U.S.C. Sec.
				  1362), shall be subject to an annual fee
				  pursuant to Section
				  13396.5 of the
				  Water Code. This fee is in addition to the fees required in Title 23, Section
				  2200, California Code of
				  Regulations.
(b) Dischargers for
				  whom National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits or waste
				  discharge requirements have been prescribed except as noted in Subsection (c)
				  below, who discharge into waters described in Subsection (a), shall be subject
				  to an annual fee in accordance with the following schedule:
BAY PROTECTION AND TOXIC CLEANUP ANNUAL FEE SCHEDULE
					 NPDES PERMIT AND NON-CHAPTER 15 WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS
Rating
Fee
I-a
$11,000
I-b
$ 8,000
I-c
$ 5,000
II-a
$ 4,000
II-b
$ 2,000
II-c
$ 1,000
III-a
$ 500
III-b
$ 400
III-c
$ 300
(1) Rating is
				  based on the relative threat of the discharge to water quality and complexity,
				  as defined in Title 23, Section
				  2200(a)(2),
				  California Code of Regulations.
(2)
				  Discharges from public and private educational institutions resulting from the
				  use of seawater to maintain marine organisms for educational and research
				  purposes that are rated III-c, shall be subject to an annual fee of
				  $0.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2240 - When Issued. [Repealed]

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1. New
					 Subchapter 9.1 (§§
											2240 through
					 2245) filed 12-3-70; effective
					 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 70, No. 49).
2. Amendment of
					 title in subchapter 9.1 filed 11-21-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter
					 (Register 78, No. 47).
3. Repealer filed 1-9-97; operative 2-8-97
					 (Register 97, No. 2).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						185 and
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Section
						13283 and Chapters 4, 5 and 8 of
						Division 7, Water Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2241 - Compliance Requirements. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
					 filed 12-7-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 50).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2242 - Threatened Violations of Time Schedules. [Repealed]

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1. Amendment
					 filed 12-7-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
					 50).
2. Repealer filed 1-9-97; operative 2-8-97 (Register 97, No.
					 2).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						185 and
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Section
						13300, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2243 - Time Schedules

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(a) A
				  time schedule should always be included in a cease and desist order unless
				  there is a lack of information upon which to base a schedule in which case the
				  discharger should be instructed to comply forthwith. "Forthwith" means as soon
				  as is reasonably possible.
(b) Time
				  schedules should be periodically reviewed and updated to assure compliance at
				  the earliest possible date.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2244 - Prohibitions or Restrictions on Additional Discharges to Community Sewer Systems

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(a) The
				  purpose of prohibitions or restrictions on additional discharges is to prevent
				  an increase in violation or likelihood of violation of waste discharge
				  requirements during a period of violation or threatened violation of
				  requirements and thereby prevent an increase in unreasonable impairment of
				  water quality or an increase in nuisance.
(b) Prohibitions or appropriate restrictions
				  on additional discharges should be included in a cease and desist order if the
				  further addition in volume, type, or concentration of waste entering the sewer
				  system would cause an increase in violation of waste discharge requirements or
				  increase the likelihood of violation of requirements.
(c) Additional discharges should not be
				  restricted or prohibited when violation of requirements can be immediately
				  corrected.
(d) Prohibitions or
				  restrictions are not to be used as a punitive measure for past failure to
				  comply.
(e) Prohibitions or
				  restrictions, when adopted, should include but not be limited to new
				  residential, commercial, industrial, and/or governmental connections as deemed
				  appropriate.
(f) Upon adoption of
				  any cease and desist order which contains a prohibition or restriction on
				  additional discharges, the regional board shall send written notification to
				  all appropriate local agencies.
1. Amendment
					 filed 3-13-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No. 12).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2244.1 - Exclusions from Prohibitions and Restrictions on Additional Discharges to Community Sewer Systems

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(a)
				  Orders prohibiting or restricting additional discharges should expressly
				  exclude structures with building permits already issued at the time the notice
				  of the cease and desist hearing to consider the proposed prohibition or
				  restriction was given unless special circumstances justify inclusion of such
				  structures.
Where the governmental entity with jurisdiction normally
					 does not issue a document called a "building permit" but uses another term to
					 refer to the document which constitutes its final approval of construction, an
					 order prohibiting or restricting additional discharges should expressly exclude
					 such structure if this document has been issued. In the event a structure does
					 not normally require a building permit (e.g., where a government building is
					 exempted from the permit process) an order prohibiting or restricting
					 additional discharges should expressly exclude such structures if construction
					 has commenced.
(b) The
				  following should also be excluded from prohibitions and restrictions:
(1) Discharges from existing dwellings not
				  connected to the sewer system which have methods of waste disposal which are
				  causing more severe water quality problems than those caused by the community
				  sewer system.
(2) Discharges which,
				  by reason of special circumstances, if not allowed to connect to the community
				  sewer system would result in extreme public hardship or a public health hazard.
				  This is not intended to mean that economic loss to a community as a whole or to
				  any public agency or private person within the community is by itself cause for
				  not prohibiting additional connections because such loss is the rule rather
				  than the exception and cannot outweigh the need to prevent an increase in water
				  quality impairment which is the basic reason for the
				  prohibition.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2244.2 - Means of Obtaining Exclusions Provided for by Section 2244.1(b)

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(a)
				  Persons wishing to obtain an exclusion from a prohibition or restriction as
				  provided for in Section
				  2244.1(b) shall
				  make such request, in writing, to the regional board.
(b) A request for exclusion under Section
				  2244.1(b) may be
				  made by any person or public agency.
(c) The board or the executive officer shall
				  act promptly upon all requests for an exclusion and in any event within sixty
				  (60) days of its receipt.
(d)
				  Exclusions may be determined by the executive officer under an appropriate
				  delegation order adopted by the regional board pursuant to Water Code Section
				  13223.
1. New
					 section filed 3-13-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No.
					 12).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2244.3 - Removal of Prohibitions and Restrictions on Additional Discharges to Community Sewer Systems

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(a)
				  Prohibitions or restrictions on additional discharges shall not be removed
				  until the violations of requirements which were the basis for imposing the
				  prohibitions or restrictions have ceased and consistent compliance with those
				  requirements has been achieved.
(b)
				  As an exception to (a), prohibitions or restrictions on additional discharges
				  may be removed, at the discretion of the Board, if the Board finds (1) that
				  consistent compliance with requirements can be achieved only by construction of
				  a facility which will take a substantial period of time to complete, and (2)
				  that the discharger has the capacity, authority, and financial resources to
				  complete the corrective measures necessary to achieve compliance and is
				  currently proceeding with such corrective measures, and (3) that the corrective
				  measures necessary to achieve compliance with requirements will be completed
				  and placed into operation by the discharger in the shortest practicable time,
				  and (4) that all practicable interim repairs and improvements to the treatment
				  process of the discharges which can be made have been made, and (5) that during
				  the interim period of time until compliance with requirements can be fully
				  achieved the treatment process of the discharges will be so managed, operated,
				  maintained and repaired as to reduce to a minimum the violations which resulted
				  in the imposition of the prohibitions or restrictions, and that such minimum
				  violations for the interim period of time involved will not significantly
				  impair water quality or beneficial uses.
(c) Prohibitions or restrictions, if removed
				  under subsection (b) hereof, shall be reimposed if the Board finds that the
				  discharger is in violation of any of the conditions of subsection (b) hereof
				  prior to the time that consistent compliance with requirements has been
				  achieved.
(d) Removal of the
				  prohibition or restriction may be total or by volume, type, or concentration of
				  waste as improvements to the treatment and disposal facilities are placed in
				  operation.
1. New
					 section filed 3-13-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No.
					 12).
2. Amendment filed 2-5-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter
					 (Register 73, No. 6).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.1 - Enforcement Procedures › Article 1 - Cease and Desist Orders › Section 2245 - Immediate Corrective Measures

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(a)
				  Each discharger should be expected to construct emergency facilities or modify
				  existing plant operation to achieve rapid compliance.
(b) Emergency facilities which should be
				  constructed immediately include chemical treatment, additional disinfection,
				  ponding with or without aeration, receiving water mixing, aeration, and any
				  other steps which can be immediately implemented.
(c) Extra cost of such facilities is not a
				  reasonable excuse for failure to construct them.
(d) If necessary emergency facilities are not
				  immediately provided, the board should consider further action against the
				  discharger.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.2 - Reportable Quantities and Reporting Requirements › Section 2250 - Reportable Quantity for Sewage

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(a) For the
				purposes of Section
				13271 of the
				Water Code, a reportable quantity for sewage is defined to be any unauthorized
				discharge of 1,000 gallons or more.
(b) For the purposes of Section
				13271, an unauthorized discharge
				is defined to be a discharge, not regulated by waste discharge requirements, of
				treated, partially treated, or untreated wastewater resulting from the
				intentional or unintentional diversion of wastewater from a collection,
				treatment or disposal systems.
1. New section
				  filed 5-22-89; operative 6-21-89 (Register 89, No. 34). For history of former
				  Section 2250, see Register 81, No.
				  50.
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 1058, Water
					 Code. Reference: Section
					 13271, Water
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.2 - Reportable Quantities and Reporting Requirements › Section 2251 - Reportable Quantities for Hazardous Wastes or Hazardous Substances

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For the purposes of Section
				  13271 of the
				  Water Code, the reportable quantities for hazardous substances developed by the
				  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Comprehensive
				  Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as contained in
				  40 CFR Part 302 dated July 1, 1987 shall be in effect.
1. New section
				  filed 5-22-89; operative 6-21-89 (Register 89, No. 34). For history of former
				  Section 2251, see Register 81, No.
				  50.
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 1058, Water
					 Code. Reference: Section
					 13050, Water
					 Code; and Section
					 13271, Water
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 9.2 - Reportable Quantities and Reporting Requirements › Article 2 - Reporting Requirements › Section 2260 - Reporting Requirements

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Any person responsible for a discharge in excess of the
					 reportable quantities of this subchapter that could affect the waters of the
					 State shall immediately report the discharge in accordance with Section
					 13271 of the
					 Water Code.
The reporting of discharges in excess of the reportable
					 quantities of this subchapter shall not apply to discharges in compliance with
					 waste discharge requirements, conditions of waiver of waste discharge
					 requirements, or other provisions of Division 7 of the Water Code.
1. New
					 section filed 5-22-89; operative 6-21-89 (Register 89, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Section
						13271, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 10 - Licensing and Regulation of Use of Oil Spill Cleanup Agents [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Change
				without regulatory effect repealing chapter 10 (articles 1-3, sections
				2300-2336) filed 2-22-96 pursuant
				to section
				100, title 1, California Code of
				Regulations (Register 96, No. 8). For prior history of sections
				2300,
				2301,
				2302,
				2303 and
				2311.1, see Register 81, No. 50;
				for prior history of sections
				2320 and
				2321, see Register 71, No.
				1.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 11 - Certification of Conformance with Water Quality Standards [Repealed]

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1. Repealer of
				Subchapter 11 (Section
				2340-2348) filed 9-2-81; effective
				thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 36). For prior history see Registers
				79, No. 34; 78, No. 31; 73, No. 9; and 72, No. 20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
				  185 and
				  1058, Water
				  Code. Reference: Section
				  13160, Water
				  Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 12 - Certification Under Section 169 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as Amended [Repealed]

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1. Repealer of
				Subchapter 12 (Sections
				2360-2367) filed 9-2-81; effective
				thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 36). For prior history see Registers
				72, No. 24, and 71, No. 3.
Note: Authority cited: Section
				  185, Water
				  Code. Reference: Sections
				  13160 and
				  13320, Water
				  Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 13 - Registration and Regulation of Liquid Waste Haulers [Repealed]

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1. Repealer of
				Subchapter 13 (Articles 1-5, Sections
				2400-2441, not consecutive) filed
				2-8-80 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 80, No. 6). For prior
				history see Registers 70, No. 51; 71, No. 13; 72, No. 7; and 75, No. 21. A
				Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAH within 120 days or
				emergency language will be repealed on 6-8-80.
Note: Authority cited: Section
				  1058, Water
				  Code. Reference: Stats. 1979, Chapter 753.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 14 - Classification of Wastewater Treatment Plants and Operator Certification [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer of
				Subchapter 14 (Articles 1-6, Sections
				2450-2485, not consecutive) filed
				12-7-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 50). For prior
				history, see Registers 79, No. 41; 77, No. 20; 75, No. 48; 75, No. 37; 75, No.
				35; 75, No. 21; 74, No. 34; 74, No. 30; 74, No. 19; 73, No. 30; and 71, No. 15.
				Also refer to Chapter 4, Subchapter 14 (Sections
				3670-3705, not
				consecutive).
2. Editorial correction renumbering Sections
				2456,
				2460,
				2465,
				2467,
				2468,
				2474,
				2480 and
				2481 to Sections
				3676,
				3680,
				3685-3687,
				3692,
				3700 and
				3701 of Chapter 4 filed 3-25-82;
				designated effective 1-6-82 pursuant to Government Code Section
				11346.2(d)
				(Register 82, No. 13).
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 1 - General › Section 2510 - Applicability

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(a) The
				  regulations in this chapter pertain to water quality aspects of waste discharge
				  to land. The regulations in this chapter establish waste and site
				  classifications and waste management requirements for waste treatment, storage,
				  or disposal in landfills, surface impoundments, waste piles, and land treatment
				  facilities. Requirements in this chapter are minimum standards for proper
				  management of each waste category. Regional boards may impose more stringent
				  requirements to accommodate regional and site-specific conditions. In addition,
				  the requirements of this chapter apply to cleanup and abatement actions for
				  unregulated discharges to land of hazardous waste (e.g., spills), taken
				  pursuant to ¶III.F.2. of SWRCB Resolution No. 92-49 (Section
				  2907, Title 23, of this code); the
				  SWRCB-promulgated sections of Subdivision
				  1, Division 2, Title 27 of this
				  code apply in a corresponding fashion to unregulated discharges to land of
				  solid waste.
(b) Unless otherwise
				  specified, alternatives to construction or prescriptive standards contained in
				  this chapter may be considered. Alternatives shall only be approved where the
				  discharger demonstrates that:
(1) the
				  construction or prescriptive standard is not feasible as provided in subsection
				  (c) of this section, and
(2) there
				  is a specific engineered alternative that
(A)
				  is consistent with the performance goal addressed by the particular
				  construction or prescriptive standard; and
(B) affords equivalent protection against
				  water quality impairment.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 1 - General › Section 2511 - Exemptions

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The following activities shall be exempt from the
					 provisions of this chapter.
(a)
				  Discharges of domestic sewage or treated effluent which are regulated by waste
				  discharge requirements issued pursuant to Article 9 of this chapter, or for
				  which waste discharge requirements have been waived, and which are consistent
				  with applicable water quality objectives, and treatment or storage facilities
				  associated with municipal wastewater treatment plants, provided that residual
				  sludges or solid waste from wastewater treatment facilities shall be discharged
				  only in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
(b) Discharges of wastewater to land,
				  including but not limited to evaporation ponds, percolation ponds, or
				  subsurface leachfields if the following conditions are met:
(1) the applicable regional board has issued
				  waste discharge requirements, reclamation requirements, or waived such
				  issuance;
(2) the discharge is in
				  compliance with the applicable water quality control plan; and
(3) the wastewater does not need to be
				  managed according to Chapter 30 of Division 4 of Title 22 of this code as a
				  hazardous waste.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 2 - Waste Classification and Management › Section 2520 - Applicability and Classification Criteria

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(a)
				  This article contains a waste classification system which applies to wastes
				  that cannot be discharged directly or indirectly to waters of the state and
				  which therefore must be discharged to land for treatment, storage, or disposal
				  in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter. Wastes which can be
				  discharged directly or indirectly to waters of the state are regulated under
				  waste discharge requirements which implement applicable water quality control
				  plans and are not subject to the provisions of this subchapter. This waste
				  classification system shall provide the basis for determining which wastes may
				  be discharged at each class of waste management unit. Waste classifications are
				  based on an assessment of the potential risk of water quality degradation
				  associated with each category of waste.
(1)
				  The waste classifications in this article shall determine where the waste may
				  be discharged unless the discharger establishes, to the satisfaction of the
				  regional board, that a particular waste constituent or combination of
				  constituents presents a lower risk of water quality degradation than indicated
				  by classification according to this article.
(2) Discharges of wastes identified in
				  Sections 2521,
				  2522, or
				  2523 of this article shall be
				  permitted only at waste management units which have been approved and
				  classified by the appropriate regional board in accordance with the criteria
				  established in Article 3 of this subchapter, and for which waste discharge
				  requirements have been prescribed or waived pursuant to Article 9 of this
				  subchapter. Table 2.1 presents a summary of discharge options for each waste
				  category.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 2 - Waste Classification and Management › Table 2.1 - Summary of Waste Management Strategies for Discharges of Waste to Land

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TABLE 2.1. SUMMARY OF WASTE
								MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR DISCHARGES OF WASTE TO
								LAND1
Waste Category2,
								3
Waste Management Strategy
							 Unit Class
Waste Management Unit
							 Type
Primary
							 Containment4
Siting and Geologic
							 Criteria5
Liquid
							 Hazardous6
Full
							 Containment
I
Surface Impoundment
Double
							 Liners7
(a) Natural features
							 capable of containing waste and leachate as backup to primary containment.
Solid
							 Hazardous6
Full
							 Containment
I
Landfill
Double
							 Liners7
Dry Solid
Full
							 Containment
I
Waste Pile
Double Liners7,
								8
(b) Not located in areas of unacceptable
							 risk from Hazardous 6 geologic or environmental hazards.
Hazardous6
Liquid Designated (including undewatered
							 sludge)
Full Containment
II
Surface
							 Impoundment
Double Liners7, 9
(a) Natural features capable of containing waste and leachate may
							 satisfy primary containment requirements.
Solid Designated
Full
							 Containment
II
Landfill
Single
Dry Solid Designated
Full
							 Containment
II
Waste Pile
Single Liner10,
								11
(b) May be located in most areas except
							 high risk areas.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste (including de-watered sludge
							 and acceptable incinerator ash)
Protect Beneficial
							 Uses
III
Landfill
None12
(a) Consideration of factors listed in Subsection
							 2533(b)12
(b) May be located in most areas except high risk areas.
1 See Sec.
							 2510 for applicability to existing
							 facilities.
2 Waste in
							 any category may be discharged at waste management units with higher levels of
							 containment ability.
3 Wastes
							 suitable for land treatment in any category may be discharged at land treatment
							 facilities.
4 See Article
							 4 of this subchapter.
5 See Article
							 3 of this subchapter.
6 Certain
							 hazardous wastes may be discharged at Class II waste management units, see Sec.
							 2522(a)(2).
7 Leachate
							 collection and removal system (LCRS) required.
8 Single
							 liner may be acceptable, see Table 4.1.
9 Suitable
							 natural features may satisfy requirements for outer liner where double liners
							 are needed. Single replaceable clay liner (no LCRS) also acceptable.
10 Suitable
							 natural features may satisfy primary containment requirement.
11 LCRS
							 required as appropriate.
12 Units at
							 sites not meeting sitting and geologic criteria must have a single liner and
							 LCRS.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 2 - Waste Classification and Management › Section 2521 - Hazardous Waste

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(a)
				  Hazardous waste is any waste which, under Section
				  66261.3 of Title 22 of this code,
				  is required to be managed according to Chapter 11 of Division 4.5 of Title 22
				  of this code.
(b) Hazardous wastes
				  shall be discharged only at Class I waste management units which comply with
				  the applicable provisions of this chapter unless wastes qualify for a variance
				  under Section
				  66260.210 of Title 22 of this
				  code.
(c) Wastes which fall under
				  the restrictions of Chapter 18 of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of this code (§
										66268.1 et seq.) shall not be
				  discharged for treatment, storage, or disposal except as provided in that
				  chapter.
1. Amendment
					 of subsections (a), (b) and (c), and repealer of subsections (c)(1)-(3) filed
					 6-18-97; operative 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
2. Change without
					 regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 4-1-2003 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2003, No. 14).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Sections
						13050 and
						13172, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 2 - Waste Classification and Management › Section 2522 - Designated Waste. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
					 filed 6-18-97; operative 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Section
						13172, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 2 - Waste Classification and Management › Section 2523 - Nonhazardous Solid Waste. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
					 filed 6-18-97; operative 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Section
						13172, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 2 - Waste Classification and Management › Section 2524 - Inert Waste. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
					 filed 6-18-97; operative 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Section
						13172, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 3 - Waste Management Unit Classification and Siting › Section 2530 - Classification and Siting Criteria

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(a)
				  Waste management units shall be classified according to their ability to
				  contain wastes. Containment shall be determined by geology, hydrology,
				  topography, climatology, and other factors relating to the ability of the waste
				  management unit to protect water quality. A waste management facility may
				  consist of several waste management units each with a different classification.
[Note: for Units that receive only solid waste, see §
											20200 -§
											20260, Subdivision
				  1, Division 2, Title 27 of this
				  Code].
Classification of waste management units for hazardous waste
				  shall be based on the criteria contained in this article, on field inspections
				  by RWOCB and State Water Resources Control Board staffs, and on other pertinent
				  information. Information used to classify waste management units shall be
				  submitted according to the provisions of Article 9 of this chapter. Classified
				  waste management units shall comply with appropriate waste discharge
				  requirements.
(b) Existing waste
				  management units for, or that contain, hazardous waste shall be reclassified
				  according to applicable criteria in this article, provided that such units:
(1) comply with siting criteria for each
				  category of existing units in Section
				  2531 of this article, and
				  summarized in Table 3.1 of this article; and
(2) are operating in compliance with
				  Subsection
				  2510(d) of this
				  chapter.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 3 - Waste Management Unit Classification and Siting › Section 2531 - Class I: Waste Management Units for Hazardous Waste

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(a)
				  Class I disposal units shall be located where natural geologic features provide
				  optimum conditions for isolation of wastes from waters of the state. The
				  classification criteria for new disposal units in this section shall be applied
				  to new treatment and storage units, and shall be used for reclassification of
				  existing waste management units according to the following categories:
(1) existing units at disposal sites approved
				  as Class I under previous regulations and any expansion or reconstruction
				  thereof (designated as "I" in Table 3.1);
(2) existing units at disposal sites approved
				  as limited Class I ("I") or Class II-1 ("II-1") under previous
				  regulations;
(3) existing units
				  used for treatment or storage of hazardous wastes ("T/S"), whether or not
				  classified under previous regulations; and
(4) reconstruction ("REC") or Expansion
				  ("EX") of existing units described in subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this
				  section.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 3 - Waste Management Unit Classification and Siting › Table 3.1 - Geologic and Siting Criteria for Class I Waste Management Units

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Waste Management Unit
								Classification
Site Charac
							 teristics
New Class
							 I
Reclassification of Existing Class
								I1
I
I1
II-I
T/S
REC
EX
Geologic Setting
Maximum attainable isolation
							 from ground water; see Section
							 2531(b) of this
							 article.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Flooding
Outside of 100-year
							 floodplain.4
Yes
No5
No5
No5
No5
No5
Ground
							 Rupture
2001 setback from known Holocene
							 fault.
Yes
Yes
No5
No5
Yes
Yes
Rapid Geologic Change
Outside subject area
							 (potential to impair
							 containment)4
Yes
Yes
No5
No5
No5
Yes
Tidal
							 Waves6
Outside subject coastal
							 areas.4
No siting
							 restriction5
"Yes" means the unit shall comply with
							 requirements for new Class I facilities.
1 This
							 category is defined in Subsection
							 2531(a) of this
							 article.
2
							 [Reserved.]
3
							 [Reserved.]
4 Waste
							 management units used only for treatment and storage may be located within
							 prescribed areas, provided that exemption from applicable siting criteria is
							 conditioned on protection of treatment and storage from geologic or
							 environmental hazards involved.
5 Exemption
							 from siting criteria does not release dischargers from the obligation to
							 protect waste management units from the geologic or environmental hazards
							 involved. Exemption is conditions on such protection.
6 "Tidal
							 waves" includes tsunamis, seiches, and surge condition.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 3 - Waste Management Unit Classification and Siting › Section 2532 - Class II: Waste Management Units for Designated Waste. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
					 filed 6-18-97; operative 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Sections
						13172 and
						13360, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 3 - Waste Management Unit Classification and Siting › Section 2533 - Class III: Landfills for Nonhazardous Solid Waste. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
					 filed 6-18-97; operative 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Sections
						13172 and
						13360, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 4 - Construction Standards for Class I Units › Section 2540 - General Construction Criteria

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(a)
				  Class I waste management units shall be designed and constructed to prevent
				  migration of wastes from the waste management units to adjacent geologic
				  materials, ground water, or surface water, during disposal operations, closure,
				  and the post-closure maintenance period.
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) New Class I landfills, waste piles, and
				  surface impoundments shall comply with the requirements of this article.
				  Existing Class I waste piles and surface impoundments shall be fitted with
				  liners and leachate collection and removal systems as described in Sections
				  2542 and
				  2543 of this article as feasible.
				  Existing Class I landfills and waste piles shall have interim cover as
				  described in Section
				  2544 of this article. Existing
				  Class I landfills, waste piles, and surface impoundments shall be fitted with
				  subsurface barriers as described in Section
				  2545 of this article as needed and
				  feasible, and shall have precipitation and drainage control facilities as
				  described in Section
				  2546 of this article. Existing
				  Class I surface impoundments shall comply with Section
				  2548 of this article. New and
				  existing Class I land treatment units shall comply with Section
				  2549 of this article. All existing
				  Class I waste management units shall comply with the seismic design criteria in
				  Section 2547 of this article.
(e) Containment structures shall be designed
				  by and construction shall be supervised and certified by a registered civil
				  engineer or a certified engineering geologist. Facilities shall receive a final
				  inspection and approval of the construction by regional board or State Board
				  staff before use of the facility commences.
(f) The integrity of containment structures
				  shall be maintained. Excavations made as part of discharge operations shall not
				  result in removal of any portion of a containment structure.
1. Amendment
					 of article heading and subsections (a)-(d) filed 6-18-97; operative 7-18-97
					 (Register 97, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Sections
						13172 and
						13360, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 4 - Construction Standards for Class I Units › Section 2541 - General Criteria for Containment Structures

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(a)
				  Materials used in containment structures shall have appropriate chemical and
				  physical properties to ensure that such structures do not fail to contain waste
				  because of pressure gradients (including hydraulic head and external
				  hydrogeologic forces), physical contact with the waste or leachate, chemical
				  reactions with soil and rock, climatic conditions, the stress of installation,
				  and the stress of daily operation.
(b) Permeabilities specified for containment
				  structures other than cover shall be relative to the fluids, including waste
				  and leachate, to be contained. Permeabilities specified for final cover shall
				  be relative to water.
(c)
				  Permeabilities shall be determined primarily by appropriate field test methods
				  in accordance with accepted civil engineering practice. The results of
				  laboratory tests with both water and leachate, and field tests with water,
				  shall be compared to evaluate how the field permeabilities will be affected by
				  leachate. Appropriate compaction tests may be used in conjunction with
				  laboratory permeability tests to determine field permeabilities as long as a
				  reasonable number of field permeability tests are also conducted. One
				  acceptable method for testing the compatibility of leachate and clay liners
				  (including the permeability of the liner to leachate) is given in Appendix
				  I.
(d) Earthen materials used in
				  containment structures other than cutoff walls and grout curtains shall consist
				  of a mixture of clay and other suitable fine-grained soils which have the
				  following characteristics, and which, in combination, can be compacted to
				  attain the required permeability when installed. Liners made of such materials
				  are referred to as "clay liners" in this chapter.
(1) At least 30 percent of the material, by
				  weight, shall pass a No. 200 U. S. Standard sieve.
(2) The materials shall be fine-grained soils
				  with a significant clay content and without organic matter, in the "SC" (clayey
				  sand), "CL" (clay, sandy or silty clay), or "CH" (clay, sandy clay) classes of
				  the Unified Soil Classification system.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 4 - Construction Standards for Class I Units › Section 2542 - Liners

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(a)
				  Liners shall be designed and constructed to contain the fluid, including waste
				  and leachate, as required by Article 3 of this chapter.
(b) Clay liners for a Class I waste
				  management unit shall be a minimum of 2 feet thick and shall be installed at a
				  relative compaction of at least 90 percent.
(c) Synthetic liners shall have a minimum
				  thickness of 40 mils.
(d) Liners
				  shall be installed to cover all natural geologic materials at a waste
				  management unit likely to be in contact with waste or leachate.
1. Amendment
					 of subsections (a)-(c) and repealer of subsection (e) filed 6-18-97; operative
					 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Sections
						13172 and
						13360, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 4 - Construction Standards for Class I Units › Section 2544 - Interim Cover

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(a)
				  Interim cover at landfills is daily cover and intermediate cover as defined by
				  the California Waste Management Board.
(b) Interim cover over wastes discharged to a
				  landfill shall be designed and constructed to minimize percolation of
				  precipitation through wastes.
(c)
				  Class I waste piles shall be covered as necessary to prevent percolation of
				  precipitation through wastes.
1. Amendment
					 of subsection (c) and repealer of subsection (d) filed 6-18-97; operative
					 7-18-97 (Register 97, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1058, Water
						Code. Reference: Sections
						13172 and
						13360, Water
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land › Article 4 - Construction Standards for Class I Units › Section 2545 - Subsurface Barriers

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(a)
				  Subsurface barriers are cutoff walls or grout curtains which are used in
				  conjunction with natural geologic materials to assure that lateral permeability
				  standards specified in Article 3 of this chapter are satisfied. Subsections (b)
				  and (c) specify conditions under which cutoff walls and grout curtains are
				  used.
(b) Cutoff walls
(1) Cutoff walls are required at Class I
				  waste management units where there is potential for lateral movement of fluid,
				  including waste or leachate.
(2)
				  Cutoff walls shall be:
(A) a minimum of two
				  feet thick for clay materials; or
(B) a minimum of 40 mils thick for synthetic
				  materials; and
(C) keyed a minimum
				  of five feet into natural geologic material which satisfies the applicable
				  permeability requirements in Article 3 of this chapter.
(3) If cutoff walls are used, excavations for
				  waste management units shall be keyed into natural geologic materials which
				  satisfy applicable permeability requirements in Article 3 of this
				  chapter.
(4) At closure of a waste
				  pile or surface impoundment, all contaminated natural geologic materials
				  present between the cutoff wall(s) and the waste shall be removed and disposed
				  of at an authorized location, or the waste management unit shall be closed as a
				  landfill.
(5) Cutoff walls shall
				  have fluid collection systems installed upgradient of the structure. The
				  systems shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to prevent the
				  buildup of hydraulic head against the structure. The collection system shall be
				  inspected regularly, and accumulated fluid shall be
				  removed.