Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) The owner or operator of a facility that has a hazardous waste facilities permit issued pursuant to Section 25200 or 25201.6 may change facility structures or equipment without modifying the facility’s hazardous waste facilities permit, if either of the following apply: (1) T…

(a) The department may administratively convert the hazardous waste facilities permit or grant of interim status of a hazardous waste management unit authorized pursuant to such a permit or grant of interim status to authorization to operate under a permit-by-rule, pursuant to th…

(a) Upon petition, the department may, by regulation, add new treatment activities to the list of activities eligible for operation pursuant to a permit-by-rule, under the regulations adopted by the department, or eligible for authorization under a grant of conditional authorizat…

(a) A hazardous waste facility that obtains a hazardous waste facilities permit to receive hazardous wastes from offsite locations may conduct bulk, packaged, or containerized hazardous waste unloading operations in accordance with the requirements of this section, except to the …

(a) The department shall develop a permitting process for transportable hazardous waste treatment units for treating hazardous waste in accordance with the federal act and in accordance with this chapter for hazardous wastes that are not otherwise subject to the federal act. The …

On or before January 1, 2018, the department shall adopt regulations establishing or updating criteria used for the issuance of a new or modified permit or renewal of a permit, which may include criteria for the denial or suspension of a permit. In addition to any other criteria …

On or before July 1, 2018, the department shall develop and implement programmatic reforms designed to improve the protectiveness, timeliness, legal defensibility, and enforceability of the department’s permitting program, including strengthening environmental justice safeguards,…

(a) If a final hazardous waste facilities permit decision has not been issued by the department by the applicable hazardous waste facilities permit decision deadline pursuant to Section 25200 or 25201.6, the department shall issue a report, which shall be released to the public, …

(a) After the issuance of a report required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25200.25, the department shall do all of the following: (1) Request that the board schedule a hearing for the department to present the report. (2) Present to the board a proposed schedule for issu…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Laboratory” means a workplace where relatively small quantities of hazardous chemicals are handled or used in a manner that meets all of the following criteria: (A) Chemical reactions, transfers, and handling…

(a) Any application for a hazardous waste facilities permit or other grant of authorization to use and operate a hazardous waste facility made pursuant to this article, except for an application made by a federal, state, or local agency, shall include a disclosure statement, as d…

(a) Except as provided in Sections 25200.7 and 25200.9, any person who desires to continue the use or operation of a hazardous waste facility which was in existence on November 19, 1980, or which was in existence on the effective date of any statute or regulation which subjected …

(a) The department shall not issue a hazardous waste facilities permit for an injection well or for the discharge of hazardous waste into an injection well unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) A hydrogeological assessment report has been approved pursuant to Sectio…

(a) On or before December 31, 2015, the department shall issue a final permit decision on an application for a hazardous waste facilities permit submitted to the department by a facility operating under a grant of interim status pursuant to Section 25200.5 on or before January 1,…

Any applicant for a final hazardous waste facilities permit pursuant to Section 25200 who receives a notice of deficiency from the department concerning the permit application shall submit the information specified in the notice of deficiency by the date specified in the notice o…

The department shall not grant interim status for any hazardous waste facility pursuant to Section 25200.5, unless either of the following applies: (a) The hazardous waste management activities at the facility were not subject to the hazardous waste facilities permit requirements…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), no owner or operator of a storage facility, treatment facility, transfer facility, resource recovery facility, or disposal site shall accept, treat, store, or dispose of a hazardous waste at the facility, area, or site, unless t…

(a) A solid waste facility, as defined in Section 40194 of the Public Resources Code, or any recycling facility, that accepts and processes empty aerosol cans and de minimis quantities of nonempty aerosol cans collected as an incidental part of the collection of empty cans for re…

Any information that a generator is required to provide to the department or to a local agency pursuant to Section 25200.3, 25200.14, or 25201.5 or to regulations adopted by the department related to operation under a permit-by-rule shall be available to the public pursuant to th…

(a) Copyright protection and all other rights and privileges provided pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code are available to the department to the fullest extent authorized by law, and the department may sell, lease, or license for commercial or noncommercial use any wor…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hazardous waste facilities permit or other grant of authorization from the department, and payment of any fee imposed pursuant to Article 9.1 (commencing with Section 25205.1), are not required for a facility, with regard to the facil…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that demineralization of water is a standard industrial water purification process used by utilities and industry. The regeneration and recycling of ion exchange media used to demineralize water is a continuous, onsite, totally enclos…

(a) To the extent consistent with the federal act, the following activities are exempt from this article, including the requirements of obtaining a hazardous waste facilities permit or other grant of authorization from the department, if the activity is conducted at the site wher…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meaning: (1) “Biotechnology manufacturing or biotechnology process development activities” means activities conducted in SIC Code subgroups 283, 2833, 2834, 2835, 2836, 8731, 8732, and 8733, including ma…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Aerosol can” means a nonrefillable receptacle containing a gas compressed, liquefied, or dissolved under pressure, the sole purpose of which is to expel a liquid, paste, or powder and fitted w…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Pharmaceutical manufacturing or pharmaceutical process development activities” means activities conducted in North American Industry Classification System Code subgroups 325411 and 325412, to …

(a) A local agency shall not deem any of the following generators performing any of the following treatment activities to be a hazardous waste treatment facility for purposes of making a land use decision, and the department shall not require any of the following generators or fa…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person subject to the notification requirements of Sections 25110.10, 25123.3, 25144.6, 25200.3, 25201.5, or 25201.14 shall only be required to submit the required notification to the CUPA, or, in those jurisdictions where there is n…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a hazardous waste facilities permit is not required for a generator who treats hazardous waste of a total weight of not more than 500 pounds, or a total volume of not more than 55 gallons, in any calendar month, if both of the following conditio…

The department shall seek a determination from the United States Environmental Protection Agency as to the conditions, if any, under which the department may authorize a storage facility that is authorized under Section 25201.6 to transfer bulk liquids to and from railcars, to st…

The department shall, upon request of a facility subject to the regulations concerning operation under a permit-by-rule for treatment of wastes which are hazardous solely due to the presence of inorganic metals listed in paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of Section 66261.24 of Title…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a generator of effluent hazardous waste from dry cleaning operations who treats the waste onsite is not a hazardous waste facility, and is exempt from the hazardous waste facilities permit requirements imposed pursuant to this chapt…

(a) Upon the written request of any person, the department may enter into an agreement with that person pursuant to which the department will perform consultative services for the purpose of providing assistance to the person, or any facility owned or operated by the person, in c…

(a) The owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility who holds a hazardous waste facilities permit or a grant of interim status shall comply with the conditions of the hazardous waste facilities permit or interim status document, the requirements of this chapter, and with the …

(a) With respect to any hazardous waste facility permitted pursuant to Section 25200 or granted interim status pursuant to Section 25200.5, the department may do either of the following: (1) Enter into an agreement with the owner of the hazardous waste facility that requires the …

The owner of land subject to an easement, covenant, restriction, or servitude, required by the department pursuant to Section 25202.5, may make a written request of the department to remove the easement, covenant, restriction, or servitude. Upon receipt of such a request and supp…

Any decision of the department pursuant to either Section 25202.5 or Section 25202.6 shall be subject to review by a court of competent jurisdiction as provided in Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure and shall be upheld if the court finds the decision is supported by su…

The department shall require, as a permit condition when issuing a permit for an onsite hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility that the generator of the hazardous waste annually certify all of the following information to the department and the unified program a…

It is unlawful for any person to dispose of a hazardous waste except at a disposal site or facility of an owner or operator who holds a valid hazardous waste facilities permit or other grant of authorization from the department to use and operate the site or facility.

(a) For purposes of this section, “residuals repository” means a hazardous waste facility, or an operational unit at a hazardous waste facility, which meets all of the following requirements: (1) It is sited, designed and constructed, operated, and maintained, in accordance with …

Any action taken by the department pursuant to this article shall be consistent with all applicable regulations adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board, all applicable water quality control plans adopted pursuant to Section 13170 of the Water Code and Article 3 (commen…

(a) On or before January 1, 1995, the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall develop a hazardous waste facility regulation and permitting consolidation program, after holding an appropriate number of public hearings throughout the state. The program shall be developed in cl…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a generator conducting a treatment activity that is eligible for operation under a permit-by-rule pursuant to the department’s regulations, a grant of conditional authorization, or a grant of conditional exemption pursuant to this chapter, and w…

(a) Except as provided in Section 25245.4, the department shall not issue or renew a permit to operate a hazardous waste facility pursuant to Section 25200 or 25201.6 unless the owner or operator of the facility establishes and maintains the financial assurances required pursuant…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the State Board of Equalization. (b) “Facility” means any units or other structures, and all contiguous land, used for the treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling of hazardous waste, for which a p…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, for the 1993 reporting period, the deadline for submitting permit-by-rule fixed treatment unit facility-specific notifications and unit-specific notifications is April 1, 1993, or 60 days prior to commencing the first …

(a) The department shall establish an identification number certification system to annually verify the accuracy of information related to generators, transporters, and facilities authorized to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste. Each entity issued an identification numb…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no facility for any reporting period prior to 1994 shall be a “disposal facility” for purposes of the annual facility fee if that facility had a permit or interim status document issued by the department which designated that facility o…

(a) If a facility has a permit or an interim status document which sets forth the facility’s allowable capacity for treatment or storage, the facility’s size for purposes of the annual facility fee pursuant to Section 25205.2 shall be based upon that capacity, except as provided …

(a) If a facility has a permit or an interim status document which sets forth the facility’s type, pursuant to Section 25205.1, as either treatment, storage, or disposal, the facility’s type for purposes of the annual facility fee pursuant to Section 25205.2 shall be rebuttably p…