California Administrative Code

All biological treatment unit processes shall be provided with one of the following reliability features: (a) Alarm and multiple biological treatment units capable of producing oxidized wastewater with one unit not in operation. (b) Alarm, short-term retention or disposal provisi…

The Department may require generators to furnish additional reports concerning the quantities and disposition of wastes identified or listed in chapter 11 of this division.

§ 66274.3. Definitions. [Repealed] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/IA3AECCF05B6111EC9451000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.D…

(a) Pathogen control treatment trains described in section 60632 are exempt from the requirements of this section. (b) Alternatives to pathogen control treatment trains, as authorized pursuant to section 60634, must be field verified during the commissioning period to confirm tha…

(a) Except for spray grounds without standing water, the pool operator shall ensure that the following safety and first aid equipment is provided and maintained readily visible and available for use at the public pool at all times: (1) A 17-inch-minimum (exterior diameter) life r…

(a) The provisions of Section 53251 notwithstanding, the prepaid health plan may obtain reinsurance for the cost of providing covered services, subject to the following conditions: (1) Reinsurance shall not reduce plan liability below $5,000 per member for any one 12-month period…

For a new medical waste facility, the permittee may not commence treatment or storage of medical waste; and for a facility being modified, the permittee may not treat or store medical waste in the modified portion of the facility until the permittee has submitted evidence of succ…

(a) Coverage for sudden accidental occurrences. An owner or operator of a hazardous waste transfer, treatment, storage, or disposal facility, or a group of such facilities, shall demonstrate to the Department financial responsibility for bodily injury and property damage to third…

“Recycling plant” means an arrangement of devices, structures, equipment, processes and controls which produce recycled water.

“Compliance cycle” means the nine-year calendar year cycle during which public water systems shall monitor. Each compliance cycle consists of three three-year compliance periods. The first calendar year cycle began January 1, 1993 and ends December 31, 2001; the second begins Jan…

(a) Each valve in gas/vapor or light liquid service shall be monitored monthly to detect leaks by the methods specified in Section 66264.1063(b) and shall comply with subsections (c) and shall comply with (d) and (e) of this section, except as provided in subsections (f), (g), an…

“Restricted recreational impoundment” means an impoundment of recycled water in which recreation is limited to fishing, boating, and other non-body-contact water recreational activities.

(a) A waste shall be classified a hazardous waste if it meets the definition of a hazardous waste in section 66261.3. (b) No person shall deviate from the provisions of this chapter in the management of a hazardous waste, except as provided for in section 66260.200(f) or section …

(a) The owner or operator of surface impoundment units subject to section 66264.221(c) or (f) shall have an approved response action plan before receipt of waste. The response action plan shall set forth the actions to be taken if the action leakage rate has been exceeded. At a m…

“Water treatment facility” means a group or assemblage of structures, equipment, and processes that treat or condition a water supply, affecting the physical, chemical, or bacteriological quality of water distributed or otherwise offered to the public for domestic use by a public…

Ignitable or reactive waste shall not be placed in a waste pile unless: the waste and waste pile satisfy all applicable requirements of chapter 18 of this division, and: (a) the waste is treated, rendered, or mixed before or immediately after placement in the pile so that: (1) th…

(a) An applicant who has had a certificate revoked, and not reinstated, for any reason other than failure to meet renewal requirements pursuant to section 63840 shall not be eligible for distribution operator examination at any grade level. (b) In order to be eligible for taking …

Service site means the location designated by a PCCM plan at which members shall receive health care services.

Facilities shall be located, designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to minimize the possibility of a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water which could threaten huma…

A person who generates a waste, as defined in section 66261.2, shall determine if that waste is a hazardous waste using the following method: (a) the generator shall first determine if the waste is excluded from regulation under section 66261.4 or section 25143.2 of the Health an…

“Level 1 assessment” means an evaluation to identify the possible presence of sanitary defects, defects in distribution system coliform monitoring practices, and (when possible) the likely reason that the system triggered the assessment.

(a) Effective February 2, 1985, the placement of bulk or non-containerized liquid hazardous waste or hazardous waste containing free liquids (whether or not sorbents have been added) in any landfill is prohibited. (b) To demonstrate the absence or presence of free liquids in eith…

“Locational running annual average” or “LRAA” means the average of sample analytical results for samples taken at a particular monitoring location during the previous four calendar quarters.

(a) The hearing officer may render a proposed decision based on the record if all of the parties have waived their right to oral hearing. (b) The hearing officer shall make a record of the relevant written evidence and argument. The parties, within the time limit specified by the…

(a) The hearing officer shall schedule the matter for hearing upon the timely application of any party, or upon the hearing officer's own motion. Notice of hearing shall be served upon all parties at least 15 days prior to the date of the hearing unless the parties: (1) Consent t…

“Fluoridation” means the addition of fluoride to drinking water to achieve an optimal level, pursuant to Section 64433.2, that protects and maintains dental health.

(a) Each PCCM plan shall provide information to members on obtaining medical services on a 24-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week basis in the event of an emergency as defined in section 51056(a). (b) Written procedures shall be developed and followed by the PCCM plan regarding care un…

“IOC” means inorganic chemical.

(a) Each POE must: (1) be independently certified in accordance with an American National Standard Institute (ANSI) standard that is applicable to the specific type of proposed POE and that adequately addresses a California drinking water standard; or (2) be approved by the State…

(a) No person shall create, manufacture, or produce from a hazardous waste, a product which poses a hazard to health, safety or the environment under the circumstances of its intended use.

(a) The hearing officer may be assisted by a medical consultant employed by the Department. The medical consultant shall have expertise or qualifications appropriate to the subject matter of the dispute, when possible. (b) The medical consultant shall: (1) Investigate and review …

“Water source” means an individual groundwater source or an individual surface water intake. Sources which have not been designated as standby sources shall be deemed to be water sources.

“Acute Risk” means the potential for a contaminant or disinfectant residual to cause acute health effects, i.e., death, damage or illness, as a result of a single period of exposure of a duration measured in seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

(a) Each owner or operator shall have a contingency plan for the facility. The contingency plan shall be designed to minimize hazards to human health or the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste con…

(a) Whenever there is an imminent or actual emergency situation, the emergency coordinator (or the emergency coordinator's designee when the emergency coordinator is on call) shall immediately: (1) Activate internal facility alarms or communication systems, where applicable, to n…

(a) For the purpose of implementing corrective action under this article, Health and Safety Code sections 25200.10, 25187, or 25200.14, or section 25358.9 where as provided for under the provisions of that section the Department has excluded the removal or corrective action at a …

(a) Each PCCM plan shall designate a primary care physician to supervise and coordinate each member's health care. Any member dissatisfied with the primary care physician shall be allowed to select another if more than one is available. Any PCCM plan physician dissatisfied with t…

(a) The hearing officer, prior to issuance of a proposed decision in the matter, may continue or reopen a hearing: (1) On the hearing officer's own initiative. (2) At the request of any party only upon a showing of good cause. (b) Notice of the time and place of the continued hea…

“Consecutive system” means a public water system that receives some or all of its finished water from one or more wholesale systems. Delivery may be through a direct connection or through the distribution system of one or more consecutive systems.

(a) An applicant who has had a certificate revoked, and not reinstated, for any reason other than failure to meet renewal requirements pursuant to section 63840 shall not be eligible for water treatment operator examination at any grade level. (b) In order to be eligible for taki…

“Too numerous to count” means that the total number of bacterial colonies exceeds 200 on a 47-mm diameter membrane filter used for coliform detection.

“VOC” means volatile organic chemical.

(a) All records, including plans, required under this chapter shall be furnished upon request, and made available at all reasonable times for inspection, by any officer, employee, or representative of EPA who is duly designated by the USEPA Administrator, the Department, the Stat…

“Possible contaminating activity (PCA)” means a human activity that is an actual or potential origin of contamination for a drinking water source and includes sources of both microbiological and chemical contaminants that could have adverse effects upon human health.

Any public water system that is fluoridating shall comply with the temperature-appropriate fluoride levels in Table 64433.2-A. The system shall determine, and submit to the State Board, its annual average of maximum daily air temperatures based on the five calendar years immediat…

Each plan in a designated region shall obtain written departmental approval prior to making any substantial change in the availability or location of services to be provided under the contract, except in the case of a natural disaster or emergency circumstances. A proposal to cha…

(a) An owner or operator subject to this article shall conduct a monitoring and response program for each regulated unit at the facility as follows: (1) the owner or operator shall institute a detection monitoring program under section 66264.98 except as required under subsection…

(a) A complete application for operator certification shall contain the following: (1) The applicant's full name, social security number (pursuant to the authority found in sections 100275 and 106910 of the Health and Safety Code and as required by section 17520 of the Family Cod…

“Final plans” means those documents required by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) and the Office of the State Architect which have been submitted to the OSHPD with Form OSH-FD 121 entitled “Application for Building Permit” as specified in the Califor…

“Routine sample” means a bacteriological sample the water supplier is required to collect on a regular basis, or one which the supplier is required to collect for a system not in compliance with Sections 64650 through 64666 when treated water turbidity exceeds 1 nephelometric tur…