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17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 25159.10 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Specific state laws and regulations have been enacted to prevent leaks and hazardous waste discharges to land, such as those from un
• § 25159.11 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Toxic Injection Well Control Act of 1985.
• § 25159.12 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Annulus” means the space between the outside edge of the injection tube and the well casing.
• § 25159.15 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after January 1, 1986, a person shall not discharge hazardous waste into an injection well which commences operation on or after January 1, 1986,
• § 25159.16 — (a) If the department or regional board determines that there is migration of hazardous waste constituents, or a threat of migration of hazardous waste constituents, from an injection well into any st
• § 25159.17 — (a) The department shall make an inspection at least once each year of all facilities with injection wells into which hazardous waste is discharged.
• § 25159.18 — Any person who applies to the department for a hazardous waste facilities permit, or for the renewal or revision of a hazardous waste facilities permit, for the discharge of hazardous wastes into an i
• § 25159.19 — (a) On or before July 1, 1986, the department shall, by emergency regulation, adopt a fee schedule that assesses a fee upon any person discharging any hazardous wastes into an injection well.
• § 25159.20 — (a) The department shall specify, for purposes of paragraph (4) of Section 25200.
• § 25159.21 — (a) The state board, a regional board, or the department may enter and inspect a facility for determining compliance with this article, including, for this purpose, inspecting, at a reasonable time, r
• § 25159.22 — This article shall not be construed to limit or abridge the powers and duties granted to the department pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45 or
• § 25159.23 — 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 o
• § 25159.24 — (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
• § 25159.25 — 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 co
• § 25159.5 — (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
• § 25159.6 — 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 S
• § 25159.7 — 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 Liab
• § 25159.8 — 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
• § 25159.9 — 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
• § 25160 — (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
• § 25160.01 — (a) Electronic manifests that are obtained, completed, and transmitted in accordance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 262.
• § 25160.1 — (a) The department shall revise the hazardous waste code identification system established in Appendix XII of Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 66261.
• § 25160.2 — (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 procedu
• § 25160.5 — (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 submi
• § 25160.7 — 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
• § 25160.8 — (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 t
• § 25161 — (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
• § 25162 — (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 w
• § 25162.1 — 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.
• § 25163 — (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
• § 25163.1 — 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 i
• § 25163.3 — 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 requiremen
• § 25165 — (a) A hazardous waste transporter’s application for original and renewal registration shall be on a form provided by the department.
• § 25166 — (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 indicatin
• § 25166.5 — 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.
• § 25167.1 — This article may be cited and shall be known as the Hazardous Waste Haulers Act.
• § 25167.2 — 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
• § 25167.3 — 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, li
• § 25167.4 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Vehicle” means a truck, trailer, semitrailer, or cargo tank.
• § 25168.1 — 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.
• § 25169 — (a) Every transporter of hazardous waste shall maintain ability to respond in damages resulting from the operation of that business.
• § 25169.3 — 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
• § 25169.5 — 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 person
• § 25169.6 — (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.
• § 25169.7 — 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.
• § 25169.8 — (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.
• § 25169.9 — (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 wa
• § 25170 — 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, process
• § 25172.6 — 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 st
• § 25173 — 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
• § 25173.5 — (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, multius
• § 25173.6 — (a) There is in the General Fund the Toxic Substances Control Account, which shall be administered by the director.
• § 25173.7 — (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 suf
• § 25174 — (a) There is in the General Fund the Hazardous Waste Control Account, which shall be administered by the director.
• § 25174.01 — (a) The Hazardous Waste Facilities Account is established within the Hazardous Waste Control Account and shall be administered by the director.
• § 25174.02 — (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
• § 25174.8 — (a) The fee provided for in Section 25205.
• § 25174.8.1 — (a) The fee provided for in Section 25205.
• § 25174.9 — The Hazardous Waste Control Account is the successor fund of the Federal Receipts Account that was established pursuant to Section 25174.
• § 25175 — (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
• § 25177 — 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 Sectio
• § 25178 — 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 requi
• § 25178.1 — (a) The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration shall provide quarterly reports to the Legislature on the fees collected pursuant to Sections 25205.
• § 25178.3 — (a) The director shall notify the Republic of Mexico and every state which is contiguous to this state whenever any of the following occurs: (1) Any hazardous wastes listed pursuant to Section 25140 i
• § 25179 — (a) A city or county or an agency or entity established by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code may enter into
• § 25179.1 — (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Hazardous Waste Treatment Reform Act of 1995.
• § 25179.10 — (a) The department may grant an exemption from the requirements of Section 25179.
• § 25179.11 — (a) A person discharging a hazardous waste into a surface impoundment that was constructed before July 1, 1986, and for which an application for waste discharge requirements was submitted on or before
• § 25179.12 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a person operating a land treatment facility is exempt from the requirements of Sections 25179.
• § 25179.2 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agricultural drainage water” means subsurface water or perched groundwater which is drained from beneath agricultural lands and whic
• § 25179.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in Section 26179.
• § 25179.4 — In developing new programs and carrying out this chapter, the department shall promote the following waste management practices in order of priority: (a) Reduction of hazardous waste generated.
• § 25179.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in this article, any hazardous waste restricted from land disposal by the federal act, or by the Environmental Protection Agency purs
• § 25179.6 — (a) (1) A land disposal restriction, treatment standard, or land disposal criteria adopted by the department pursuant to former Article 7.
• § 25179.7 — (a) The department may, upon receipt of a petition, designate treatment technologies certified pursuant to Section 25200.
• § 25179.8 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the department may grant a variance from the requirements of Sections 25179.
• § 25179.9 — Lab packs which contain hazardous waste that has not been restricted or prohibited by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 3004 of the federal act, are exempt from the requirements
• § 25180 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the standards in this chapter and the regulations adopted by the department to implement this chapter shall be enforced by the department, and by any local
• § 25180.1 — For purposes of this chapter, “permit” includes matters deemed to be permits pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25198.
• § 25180.2 — The department shall prioritize an enforcement action authorized by this chapter affecting communities that have been identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency as being the most imp
• § 25180.5 — (a) The department, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the California regional water quality control boards shall notify the local health officer and director of environmental health of a co
• § 25180.7 — (a) Within the meaning of this section, a “designated government employee” is any person defined as a “designated employee” by Government Code Section 82019, as amended.
• § 25181 — (a) If the department determines that a person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a violation of this chapter, or any rule
• § 25181.5 — A registered waste transporter transporting medical waste who is not subject to Section 25097 shall be subject to penalties for violations pursuant to this article.
• § 25182 — Every civil action brought under this chapter at the request of the department or a unified program agency shall be brought by the city attorney, the county counsel, the district attorney, or the Atto
• § 25183 — Any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter shall be brought in the county in which the processing or disposal of hazardous waste is made or proposed to be made, the county in which the principa
• § 25184 — In any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter in which a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction is sought, it shall not be necessary to allege or prove at
• § 25184.1 — If any administrative order or decision that imposes a penalty is issued pursuant to this chapter or Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45, the administrative order or decision has bec
• § 25185 — (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, any authorized representative of the department or the local officer or agency authorized to enforce this chapter pursuant to subdivision (a) of
• § 25185.5 — For a property that is designated as a hazardous waste property or border zone property pursuant to the former Article 11 (commencing with Section 25220), an authorized representative of the departmen
• § 25185.6 — (a) (1) The department or a local officer or agency authorized to enforce this chapter pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180, in connection with any action authorized by this chapter, may requi
• § 25186 — The department may deny, suspend, or revoke any permit, registration, or certificate applied for, or issued, pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the procedures specified in Sections 25186.
• § 25186.05 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “violation” and “noncompliance” mean only the following: (1) A violation or noncompliance pursuant to Section 25186 that creates a significant risk of harm to the
• § 25186.1 — (a) Except as specified in Section 25186.
• § 25186.2 — The department may temporarily suspend any permit, registration, or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter prior to any hearing if the department determines that conditions may present an imminen
• § 25186.2.5 — The department may temporarily suspend the operation of a facility operating under an expired permit that has been extended pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section
• § 25186.3 — (a) The department shall prepare a written report pursuant to subdivision (b) whenever the department proposes to issue a hazardous waste facilities permit applied for pursuant to Section 25200 and th
• § 25186.5 — (a) In making a determination pursuant to Section 25186, the director may contact the district attorney, local agencies, the Attorney General, the United States Department of Justice, the Environmenta
• § 25186.6 — (a) In any case filed in any court or administrative tribunal, including, but not limited to, the Office of Administrative Hearings, which alleges any violations of this chapter or any statute, regula
• § 25186.7 — The department may suspend or revoke any grant of authorization to operate pursuant to a permit-by-rule or authorization to conduct treatment pursuant to subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 25201.
• § 25187 — (a) (1) The department or a unified program agency, in accordance with subdivision ( l ), may issue an order requiring that the violation be corrected and imposing an administrative penalty, for any v
• § 25187.1 — (a) (1) If the department or a unified program agency authorized pursuant to paragraph (2) determines, upon receipt of any information, that the presence of any hazardous waste at a facility or site a
• § 25187.2 — If an order or agreement issued by the department pursuant to Section 25187 to a potentially responsible party requires a person to take corrective action with respect to a release of hazardous waste
• § 25187.3 — (a) An owner or operator of a facility for which corrective action under department oversight is required shall include a corrective action cost estimate in any corrective measures study submitted to
• § 25187.5 — (a) If corrective action is not taken on or before the date specified in an order issued pursuant to Section 25187, or if in the judgment of the department immediate corrective action is necessary to
• § 25187.6 — (a) If an authorized agent of the department has probable cause to believe that any hazardous waste, or any material which the authorized agent reasonably believes to be a hazardous waste, is stored,
• § 25187.8 — (a) An authorized representative of the department or local officer or agency authorized to enforce this chapter pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180, who, in the course of conducting an inspe
• § 25188 — A person subject to an order issued pursuant to Section 25187 who does not comply with that order shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) for each day o
• § 25189 — (a) A person who intentionally or negligently makes a false statement or representation in an application, label, manifest, record, report, permit, or other document filed, maintained, or used for pur
• § 25189.1 — (a) In addition to liability under any other provision of law, any person who is liable for a civil penalty pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 25189 or subdivision (c) of Section 25189.
• § 25189.2 — (a) A person who makes a false statement or representation in an application, label, manifest, record, report, permit, or other document filed, maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with this
• § 25189.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, the term “permit” means a hazardous waste facilities permit, interim status authorization, or standardized permit.
• § 25189.4 — (a) In addition to any penalty imposed under any other law, a person who is subject to the imposition of civil or criminal penalties pursuant to the provisions specified in subdivision (b) shall also
• § 25189.5 — (a) The disposal of any hazardous waste, or the causing thereof, is prohibited when the disposal is at a facility which does not have a permit from the department issued pursuant to this chapter, or a
• § 25189.6 — (a) Any person who knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the risk, treats, handles, transports, disposes, or stores any hazardous waste in a manner which causes any unreasonable risk of fire, expl
• § 25189.7 — (a) The burning or incineration of any hazardous waste, or the causing thereof, is prohibited when the burning or incineration is at a facility which does not have a permit from the department issued
• § 25190 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 25185.
• § 25191 — (a) (1) Any person who knowingly does any of the acts specified in subdivision (b) shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more than twenty-five
• § 25191.2 — Actions pursuant to Sections 25189.
• § 25191.7 — (a) A person who provides information that materially contributes to the imposition of a civil penalty or criminal fine against a person for violating this chapter shall be paid a reward pursuant to r
• § 25192 — (a) All civil and criminal penalties collected pursuant to this chapter shall be apportioned in the following manner: (1) Fifty percent shall be deposited in the Toxic Substances Control Account in th
• § 25193 — The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative, and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the benefit of any party, and no judgment unde
• § 25194 — Any action brought pursuant to this chapter against a person shall not abate by reason of a sale or other transfer of ownership, except with the express written consent of the director.
• § 25194.5 — (a) The withdrawal of an application for a permit, registration, or certificate, after it has been filed with the department shall not, unless the department consents in writing to the withdrawal, dep
• § 25195 — It is a misdemeanor for any person to do any of the following: (a) Willfully prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way the work of any duly authorized representative of the department,
• § 25196 — A person who knowingly violates a provision of subdivision (a) of former Section 25221 as that section read on January 1, 2012, and who violated that provision prior to the effective date of Chapter 3
• § 25196.1 — (a) A person who generates or has generated hazardous waste that fails to provide information to the department as required pursuant to this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter is
• § 25197 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) The United States Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that 90 percent of the 9 to 10 million metric tons of hazardous waste prod
• § 25197.1 — (a) The director shall establish a Hazardous Waste Enforcement Unit within the department and shall appoint an enforcement coordinator to administer that unit and carry out the duties specified in sub
• § 25197.2 — (a) The department shall establish a statewide Hazardous Waste Strike Force which shall consist of a representative from each of the following agencies: (1) The Department of Transportation.
• § 25197.3 — This article shall be funded from the department’s existing resources.
• § 25198 — (a) For purposes of this section, “state department” means the State Department of Health Services.
• § 25198.1 — As used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) “Indian country” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 1151 of Title 18 of the Unit
• § 25198.2 — (a) Upon receipt of a written request from any tribe considering a proposal to construct each hazardous waste facility in that tribe’s Indian country within this state, the secretary shall convene neg
• § 25198.3 — (a) The secretary may enter into any cooperative agreement which meets the requirements of this article.
• § 25198.4 — (a) A tribe shall be eligible for technical assistance to the extent feasible, from the agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 25198.
• § 25198.5 — (a) Each cooperative agreement shall require the public agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 25198.
• § 25198.6 — (a) Nothing in this article shall limit or expand, or be construed to limit or expand, the jurisdiction of any state agency specified in subdivision (b) of Section 25198.
• § 25198.7 — (a) The cooperative agreement shall provide that the state or tribe may bring an appropriate civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the cooperative agreement as a co
• § 25198.8 — A cooperative agreement executed pursuant to this article shall be executed for the express benefit of the citizens of this state.
• § 25198.9 — Any person may commence a civil action on the person’s own behalf against any of the public agencies specified in subdivision (b) of Section 25198.
• § 25199 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Existing laws require numerous permits before a hazardous waste facility can be constructed and operated.
• § 25199.1 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Appeal board” means an appeal board established pursuant to Section 25199.
• § 25199.10 — (a) If an appeal is filed pursuant to subdivision (b), (d), or (e) of Section 25199.
• § 25199.11 — (a) An appeal board convened by the Governor or the Governor’s designee to hear an appeal pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 25199.
• § 25199.13 — (a) An appeal board convened by the Governor or the Governor’s designee to hear an appeal pursuant to subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 25199.
• § 25199.14 — The final decision of the appeal board concerning an appeal authorized pursuant to Section 25199.
• § 25199.2 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, Chapter 4.
• § 25199.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an applicant for a hazardous waste facility project may submit applications for a land use decision and for one or more permits to the appropriate publi
• § 25199.5 — (a) At the request of an applicant, the legislative body of a local agency shall, within 60 calendar days after the local agency has determined that an application for a land use decision for a hazard
• § 25199.6 — (a) Section 65943 of the Government Code does not apply to the department’s review of applications for a hazardous waste facilities permit.
• § 25199.7 — (a) At least 90 days before filing an application for a land use decision for a specified hazardous waste facility project with a local agency, the proponent shall file a notice of intent to make the
• § 25199.8 — (a) If an action or proceeding has been commenced in any court to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the acts or decisions of a lead agency for a specified hazardous waste facility project on t
• § 25199.9 — (a) A proponent may file an appeal of a land use decision made by a local agency for a specified hazardous waste facility project with the Governor or the Governor’s designee pursuant to subdivision (
• § 25200 — (a) The department shall issue a hazardous waste facilities permit to use and operate one or more hazardous waste management units at a hazardous waste facility that, in the judgment of the department
• § 25200.01 — (a) The department shall, consistent with subdivision (d) of Section 25112.
• § 25200.05 — (a) No later than 90 days after receiving an application for a hazardous waste facilities permit pursuant to Section 25200 or 25201.
• § 25200.1 — Notwithstanding Section 25200, the department shall not issue a hazardous waste facility permit to a facility which commences operation on or after January 1, 1987, unless the department determines th
• § 25200.1.5 — (a) The department may establish an administrative process to certify hazardous waste environmental technologies that it determines will not pose a significant potential hazard to human health and saf
• § 25200.10 — (a) For purposes of this section, “facility” means the entire site that is under the control of the owner or operator seeking a hazardous waste facilities permit.
• § 25200.11 — (a) On or before July 1, 1993, the department shall take final action on each application for a hazardous waste facilities permit to be issued pursuant to Section 25200 for an offsite hazardous waste
• § 25200.12 — A modification to an offsite facility operating under interim status pursuant to Section 25200.
• § 25200.13 — For purposes of Sections 25200.
• § 25200.14 — (a) For purposes of this section, “phase I environmental assessment” means a preliminary site assessment based on reasonably available knowledge of the facility, including, but not limited to, histori
• § 25200.14.1 — (a) On or before July 1, 1997, the department shall complete an evaluation of the phase I environmental assessment requirement specified by Section 25200.
• § 25200.15 — (a) The owner or operator of a facility that has a hazardous waste facilities permit issued pursuant to Section 25200 or 25201.
• § 25200.16 — (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 i
• § 25200.17 — (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 d
• § 25200.19 — (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 unloadin
• § 25200.2 — (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 chap
• § 25200.21 — 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 crite
• § 25200.23 — 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
• § 25200.25 — (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
• § 25200.27 — (a) After the issuance of a report required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25200.
• § 25200.3 — (a) A generator who uses the following methods for treating RCRA or non-RCRA hazardous waste in tanks or containers, which is generated onsite, and which do not require a hazardous waste facilities pe
• § 25200.3.1 — (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 meet
• § 25200.4 — (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
• § 25200.5 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 25200.
• § 25200.6 — (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 m
• § 25200.7 — (a) On or before November 8, 1988, the department shall take final action on each application for a hazardous waste facilities permit submitted to the department before January 1, 1988, by either issu
• § 25200.7.5 — (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 und
• § 25200.8 — 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 informa
• § 25200.9 — The department shall not grant interim status for any hazardous waste facility pursuant to Section 25200.
• § 25201 — (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,
• § 25201.1 — (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 aer
• § 25201.10 — Any information that a generator is required to provide to the department or to a local agency pursuant to Section 25200.
• § 25201.11 — (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 de
• § 25201.12 — 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.
• § 25201.13 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that demineralization of water is a standard industrial water purification process used by utilities and industry.
• § 25201.14 — (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
• § 25201.15 — (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 SI
• § 25201.16 — (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 pressur
• § 25201.17 — (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 Nor
• § 25201.3 — (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 deci
• § 25201.4 — (a) (1) The unified program agency shall develop and implement a program to inspect persons operating pursuant to a permit-by-rule, conditional authorization, or conditional exemption, pursuant to thi
• § 25201.4.1 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person subject to the notification requirements of Sections 25110.
• § 25201.5 — (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 no
• § 25201.6 — (a) For purposes of this section and Section 25205.
• § 25201.6.1 — 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 autho
• § 25201.7 — 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 inorga