Section 25200.19 Of Article 9. Permitting Of Facilities From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 9.
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 unloading operations in accordance with the requirements of
this section, except to the extent that the facility is subject to
conditions and limitations in the permit concerning the receipt and
unloading of hazardous wastes from offsite locations.
(b) A hazardous waste facility that has a hazardous waste
facilities permit may conduct bulk, packaged, or containerized
hazardous waste loading operations in accordance with the
requirements of this section, except to the extent that the facility
is subject to conditions and limitations in the permit concerning the
shipment and loading for shipment of hazardous wastes to offsite
locations.
(c) Unloading and loading operations subject to subdivisions (a)
and (b) shall be conducted in accordance with all of the following
requirements, unless otherwise specified in the hazardous waste
facilities permit:
(1) As part of a loading or unloading operation conducted within
the boundary of a hazardous waste facility, the hazardous waste shall
not be held longer than 10 days outside of an authorized unit at the
facility. The hazardous waste shall be moved directly between the
authorized unit and the transport vehicle and shall not be held for
any time off the transport vehicle outside of the authorized unit,
except for that incidental period of time that is necessary to safely
and effectively move the waste from the transport vehicle to the
authorized unit or from the authorized unit to the transport vehicle.
(2) All loading and unloading operations shall be conducted within
the boundary of the hazardous waste facility.
(3) There shall be adequate capacity within an authorized unit at
the hazardous waste facility for all hazardous waste being loaded or
unloaded in accordance with this section. Hazardous waste may not be
held on any transport vehicle which, if unloaded, would exceed the
permitted capacity of the originating or receiving unit at the
hazardous waste facility, unless the waste is held on the transport
vehicle as part of an authorized transfer operation.
(4) (A) The loading or unloading of bulk hazardous waste shall be
conducted within the hazardous waste facility with a containment
device or other system capable of collecting and containing leaks and
spills that may reasonably be anticipated to occur during loading
and unloading operations until the leaked or spilled material is
removed, unless otherwise approved by the department in a regulation
or permit.
(B) The department may establish specific secondary containment
regulations for bulk transfer areas to effectuate the purposes of
subparagraph (A). In addition to, or in lieu of, these regulations,
the department may specify secondary containment requirements for
bulk transfer areas in individual facility permits. Those regulations
and permit conditions shall be designed to allow the practical use
of trucks and railcars. The standards may include the use of movable
containment devices or other systems meeting this criteria.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Loading" means activities associated with removing packaged
or containerized hazardous waste from an authorized unit or removing
bulk hazardous waste from an authorized container, tank, or unit
within a permitted hazardous waste facility, placing it on a
transport vehicle within the facility, and shipping the waste offsite
to another location in accordance with this chapter.
(2) "Transport vehicle" means a device, including a trailer, to
propel, move or draw hazardous wastes by air, rail, highway, or water
that is operated pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
(3) "Unloading" means activities associated with the receipt of
bulk, packaged, or containerized hazardous waste at a permitted
hazardous waste facility from an offsite location, by means of a
transport vehicle, and placing that packaged or containerized
hazardous waste into an authorized unit or placing that bulk
hazardous waste into an authorized container, tank, or unit within
the facility in accordance with this chapter.
(e) The requirements of this section do not apply to hazardous
waste being held or transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 25123.3.