Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The State Oil and Gas Supervisor shall promptly report to the department and the state board any injection well regulated by the Division of Oil and Gas pursuant to Subpart F of Part 147 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations that is not in compliance with these regulatio…

(a) Any injection well used to inject contaminated groundwater that has been treated and is being reinjected into the same formation from which it was drawn for the purpose of improving the quality of the groundwater in the formation is exempt from this article if this method is …

Any action taken by the department pursuant to this article shall comply with and incorporate any waste discharge requirements issued by the state board or a regional board, and the action shall be consistent with all applicable water quality control plans adopted pursuant to Sec…

(a) In adopting or revising standards and regulations pursuant to this chapter, the department shall, insofar as practicable, make the standards and regulations conform with corresponding regulations adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the federal act. This…

Until the department adopts standards and regulations corresponding to, and equivalent to, or more stringent or extensive than, regulations adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Sections 6922 to 6926, inclusive, of Title 42 of the United States Code, the foll…

The department is authorized to carry out all hazardous waste management responsibilities imposed or authorized by the federal act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.), including any subsequent amendm…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the furnishing of trade secret information to the Environmental Protection Agency to the extent required by law to obtain and maintain interim and final authorization to implement the state hazardous waste program in lieu …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may make available to the Environmental Protection Agency, or any other federal agency, any and all information necessary to be furnished to these agencies in order to comply with the federal act in order to obtain and ma…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Manifest” means a shipping document originated and signed by a generator of hazardous waste that contains all of the information required by the department and that complies with all applicable federal and st…

(a) Electronic manifests that are obtained, completed, and transmitted in accordance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 262.20 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and used in lieu of United States Environmental Protection Agency Forms 8700-22 and 8700-22…

(a) The department shall revise the hazardous waste code identification system established in Appendix XII of Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 66261.1) of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. The revised hazardous waste code identification system sha…

(a) In lieu of the procedures prescribed by Sections 25160 and 25161, transporters and generators of hazardous waste meeting the conditions in this section may use the consolidated manifesting procedure set forth in subdivision (b) to consolidate shipments of waste streams identi…

(a) If a generator submits an incomplete or improperly completed copy of a paper manifest to the department, and the department returns the generator copy of the paper manifest to the person who submitted the manifest, the person to whom it was returned shall, within 30 days from…

An authorized representative of the generator or facility operator that is responsible for loading hazardous waste into a transport vehicle shall, prior to that loading, ensure that the driver of the transport vehicle is in possession of the appropriate class of driver’s license …

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Door-to-door household hazardous waste collection program” or “household hazardous waste residential pickup service” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 25218.1. (2) “Household…

(a) The department may adopt and enforce those regulations, regarding a uniform program for hazardous waste transportation, that are necessary and appropriate to achieve consistency with the findings made by the Federal Highway Administration and the federal Department of Transpo…

(a) A person shall not transport hazardous waste on the highways of this state, or deliver to a railroad or vessel hazardous waste for transport if the final destination of the transported hazardous waste is a domestic facility outside the jurisdiction of the state, unless one of…

A recyclable material that is to be exported to a foreign country is not excluded from classification as a waste pursuant to subdivision (b) or (d) of Section 25143.2, unless the requirements of Sections 25143.2 and 25143.9 are met, and the person exporting the material has compl…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) to (f), inclusive, it is unlawful for a person to carry on, or engage in, the transportation of hazardous waste unless the person holds a valid registration issued by the department, and it is unlawful for a person to trans…

The department shall not adopt any regulations requiring a person hauling hazardous wastes, who is not in the business of hauling hazardous wastes or who is not hauling these wastes as a part of, or incidental to, any business, to obtain the registration specified in subdivision …

A person who initially collects hazardous waste at a remote site and transports that hazardous waste to a consolidation site operated by the generator and who complies with the notification requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 25110.10 shall be exempt from the manifest and …

(a) A hazardous waste transporter’s application for original and renewal registration shall be on a form provided by the department. Any application for an original or renewal registration received on or after January 1, 2002, from a transporter that transports, or intends to tra…

(a) A person who is registered as a hazardous waste transporter may voluntarily surrender a registration by submitting a letter signed and dated by the registered hazardous waste transporter indicating that the transporter no longer wishes to transport hazardous waste. (b) A pers…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, by regulation, provide for the issuance and renewal of a hazardous waste transporter registration on a two-year basis.

This article may be cited and shall be known as the Hazardous Waste Haulers Act. It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting these provisons to preempt or weaken any state or federal law or regulation specifically relating to the handling or transportation of radioactive …

The Legislature finds and declares that increasing quantities of hazardous waste are being produced in this state and that adequate and reasonable safeguards in handling hazardous wastes, particularly in transporting hazardous wastes to disposal sites, are necessary to protect th…

It is the intent of the Legislature that this article preempt all local regulations and all conflicting state regulations concerning the transportation of hazardous waste, including all inspection, licensing, and registration of trucks, trailers, semitrailers, vacuum tanks, cargo…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Vehicle” means a truck, trailer, semitrailer, or cargo tank. “Vehicle” does not include a truck tractor unless it is capable of containing a portion of the cargo. (b) “Container” means a portable t…

The department shall adopt regulations for containers used to transport hazardous waste that are not subject to the federal regulations contained in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(a) Every transporter of hazardous waste shall maintain ability to respond in damages resulting from the operation of that business. The ability to respond in damages includes the ability to respond to public liability, as provided in subdivision (c). For purposes of this section…

Before hazardous waste is transported from an abandoned site to another disposal site, all of the following conditions shall be met: (a) The department shall conduct such tests, or cause such tests to be completed by the responsible party, as are necessary to determine the genera…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Background check” means a criminal history background check obtained from fingerprint images submitted by the person or persons identified in the disclosure statement, pursuant to Section 25112.5. The backg…

(a) On or before July 1, 2003, the department shall adopt by regulation, and revise as appropriate, a list of hazardous wastes of concern and, for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 25169.7, the minimum quantity of the hazardous waste of concern that is required to be reporte…

Except as specified otherwise in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2003, all of the following requirements, including any regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 25169.8, shall apply to any person handling any hazardous waste of concern: (a) (1) If a hazardo…

(a) On or before July 1, 2003, the department shall adopt emergency regulations to implement this article, with the concurrence of the California Highway Patrol. (b) The regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this section shall be adopted as emergency regulations in ac…

(a) The department shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice for any person applying for registration as a hazardous waste transporter who will transport hazardous waste of concern and submits a disc…

The department, in performing its duties under this chapter, shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate research and development regarding methods of hazardous waste handling, storage, use, processing, and disposal and may conduct appropriate studies relating to hazardous wast…

The department shall enter into contracts or agreements with educational, professional, or trade associations, using a competitive bidding process, to establish specialized training programs with a statewide focus to instruct businesses and other entities on compliance with statu…

The department shall establish procedures to ensure that trade secrets used by a person regarding methods of hazardous waste handling and disposal are utilized by the director, the department, or any authorized representative of the department only in connection with the responsi…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the legislative body of a city or county may impose and enforce a tax, for general purposes, or may impose a user fee on the operation of an offsite, multiuser hazardous waste facility located within the jurisdiction of the city or count…

(a) There is in the General Fund the Toxic Substances Control Account, which shall be administered by the director. In addition to any other money that may be appropriated by the Legislature to the Toxic Substances Control Account, all of the following shall be deposited in the a…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds deposited in the Toxic Substances Control Account shall be appropriated in the annual Budget Act each year in the following manner: (1) An amount sufficient to pay for the estimated costs identified by the department in the repor…

(a) There is in the General Fund the Hazardous Waste Control Account, which shall be administered by the director. In addition to any other money that may be deposited into the Hazardous Waste Control Account, pursuant to statute, all of the following amounts shall be deposited i…

(a) The Hazardous Waste Facilities Account is established within the Hazardous Waste Control Account and shall be administered by the director. In addition to any other money that may be deposited in the Hazardous Waste Facilities Account pursuant to this chapter, all of the foll…

(a) Notwithstanding this chapter, or Part 22 (commencing with Section 43001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, for any fees, surcharges, fines, penalties, and funds that are required to be deposited into the Hazardous Waste Control Account, the Hazardous Waste Facil…

(a) The fee provided for in Section 25205.5 does not apply to any of the following: (1) (A) Hazardous waste that results when a governmental agency takes a removal, remedial, or corrective action to address a release of a hazardous substance caused by a person other than the gove…

The Hazardous Waste Control Account is the successor fund of the Federal Receipts Account that was established pursuant to Section 25174.8, as that section read on January 1, 1999. All assets, liabilities, and surplus of the Federal Receipts Account shall, as of June 30, 1999, be…

(a) (1) The department shall prepare and adopt, by regulation, a list, and on or before January 1, 2002, and when appropriate thereafter, shall revise, by regulation, that list, of specified hazardous wastes that the department finds are economically and technologically feasible …

The department may report findings and results of an investigation which the department undertakes pertaining to subject matter governed by this chapter, except for trade secrets as provided in Section 25173. The department may distribute such information as it considers necessar…

On or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the department shall post on its internet website, at a minimum, all of the following: (a) The status of the regulatory and program developments required pursuant to legislative mandates. (b) (1) The status of the hazardous waste …