Section 25244.18 Of Article 11.9. Pollution Prevention And Hazardous Waste Source Reduction And Management Review Act From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 11.9.
25244.18
. (a) The department or the unified program agency may
request from any generator, and the generator shall provide within 30
days from the date of the request, a copy of the generator's review
and plan or report conducted and completed pursuant to Section
25244.19 or 25244.20. The department or the unified program agency
may evaluate any of those documents submitted to the department or
the unified program agency to determine whether it satisfies the
requirements of this article.
(b) (1) If the department or the unified program agency
determines that a generator has not completed the review and plan in
the manner required by Section 25244.19, or the report in the manner
required by Section 25244.20, the department or the unified program
agency shall provide the generator with a notice of noncompliance,
specifying the deficiencies in the review and plan or report
identified by the department. If the department or the unified
program agency finds that the review and plan does not comply with
Section 25244.19, the department or the unified program agency shall
consider the review and plan to be incomplete. A generator shall file
a revised review and plan or report correcting the deficiencies
identified by the department or the unified program agency within 60
days from the date of the receipt of the notice. The department or
the unified program agency may grant, in response to a written
request from the generator, an extension of the 60-day deadline, for
cause, except that the department or the unified program agency shall
not grant that extension for more than an additional 60 days.
(2) If a generator fails to submit a revised review and plan or
report complying with the requirements of this article within the
required period, or if the department or unified program agency
determines that a generator has failed to implement the measures
included in the generator's review and plan for reducing the
generator's hazardous waste, in accordance with Section 25244.19, the
department or the unified program agency may impose civil penalties
pursuant to Section 25187, in an amount not to exceed one thousand
dollars ($1,000) for each day the violation of this article
continues, notwithstanding Section 25189.2, seek an order directing
compliance pursuant to Section 25181, or enter into a consent
agreement or a compliance schedule with the generator.
(c) If a generator fails to implement a measure specified in the
review and plan pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of
Section 25244.19, the generator shall not be deemed to be in
violation of Section 25244.19 for not implementing the selected
measure if the generator does both of the following:
(1) The generator finds that, upon further analysis or as a result
of unexpected consequences, the selected measure is not technically
feasible or economically practicable, or if the selected approach has
resulted in any of the following:
(A) An increase in the generation of hazardous waste.
(B) An increase in the release of hazardous chemical contaminants
to other media.
(C) Adverse impacts on product quality.
(D) A significant increase in the risk of an adverse impact to
human health or the environment.
(2) The generator revises the review and plan to comply with the
requirements of Section 25244.19.
(d) When taking enforcement action pursuant to this article, the
department or the unified program agency shall not judge the
appropriateness of any decisions or proposed measures contained in a
review and plan or report, but shall only determine whether the
review and plan or report is complete, prepared, and implemented in
accordance with this article.
(e) In addition to the unified program agency, an appropriate
local agency that has jurisdiction over a generator's site may
request from the generator, and the generator shall provide within 30
days from the date of that request, a copy of the generator's
current review and plan and report.
(f) In carrying out this article, the department shall not
disseminate information determined to be a trade secret pursuant to
Section 25244.23.