Section 25209.1 Of Article 9.6. Land Treatment Units From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 9.6.
25209.1
. For purposes of this article, the following definitions
apply:
(a) "Discharge" means to place or dispose hazardous wastes in a
land treatment unit.
(b) "Facility" has the meaning specified in Section 25117.1.
(c) "Hazardous constituent" has the meaning specified in
regulations adopted by the department.
(d) "Hazardous waste" means a hazardous waste, as defined in
Section 25117 and "non-RCRA hazardous waste" has the same meaning as
defined in Section 25117. 9.
(e) "Land treatment unit" means a facility or part of a facility
at which hazardous waste is applied onto or incorporated into the
soil surface so that hazardous constituents are degraded,
transformed, or immobilized within the treatment zone. A land
treatment unit is a disposal unit if the waste will remain after
closure.
(f) "Potential source of drinking water" has the meaning specified
in subdivision (s) of Section 25208.2.
(g) "Treatment zone" means the portion of a land treatment unit
including the soil surface, within which hazardous constituents are
degraded, transformed, or immobilized. A treatment zone may not
extend more than five feet from the initial soil surface and the base
of the treatment zone shall be a minimum of five feet above the
highest anticipated elevation of the water table.
(h) "Vadose zone" means the unsaturated zone outside the treatment
zone and between the land surface and the water table.
(i) "Waste management unit" has the meaning specified in the
regulations adopted by the department.