Section 13273.1 Of Article 4. Waste Discharge Requirements From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.
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. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an operator of
a solid waste disposal site may submit a solid waste assessment
questionnaire to the appropriate regional board at least 24 months
prior to the site's solid waste water quality assessment test due
date as established pursuant to Section 13273. The regional board
shall require the operator to submit any additional information, as
needed, or require onsite verification of the solid waste assessment
questionnaire data in order to render a decision pursuant to
subdivision (c).
(b) Any solid waste disposal site which is larger than 50,000
cubic yards or is known or suspected to contain hazardous substances,
other than household hazardous wastes, shall be prohibited from
submitting a solid waste assessment questionnaire under this section.
(c) The regional board shall complete a thorough analysis of each
solid waste assessment questionnaire submitted pursuant to this
section by a date 18 months prior to the solid waste assessment test
due date. Based upon this analysis, the regional board shall
determine whether or not the site has discharged hazardous substances
which will impact the beneficial uses of water. If the regional
board determines that the site has not so discharged hazardous
substances, the regional board shall notify the operator that the
operator is not required to prepare a solid waste water quality
assessment test pursuant to Section 13273.
(d) If the regional board does not make the determination
specified in subdivision (c), the operator shall submit all, or a
portion of, a solid waste water quality assessment test. The regional
board shall notify the operator of this determination and indicate
if all, or what portion of, a solid waste water quality assessment
test shall be required. The operator shall submit the solid waste
water quality assessment test, or a portion thereof, by the date
established pursuant to Section 13273.
(e) The state board shall develop a solid waste assessment
questionnaire and guidelines for submittal no later than three months
after the effective date of this statute adding this section. The
questionnaire shall contain, but not be limited to, a
characterization of the wastes, size of the site, age of the site,
and other appropriate factors.
(f) Those operators of solid waste disposal sites listed by the
state board pursuant to Section 13273 in Rank 3 and seeking an
exemption under this section shall submit their solid waste
assessment questionnaire no later than July 1, 1988. If the regional
board does not make the determination specified in subdivision (c),
the regional board shall require the operator to submit all, or a
portion of, a solid waste water quality assessment test by July 1,
1990.