§ 66263.43. Specific Requirements for Emergency Response Incident Operations.

(a) A transporter operating in accordance with this section shall be a state, local or county governmental agency emergency response incident unit.

(b) There shall be no restriction on the types of hazardous waste transported by the transporter specified in subsection (a).

(c) The total quantity shall not exceed five 85-gallon drums of hazardous waste from any incident site transported to the transporter's central collection facility.

(d) The transporter is exempt from the requirements of section 66263.13 regarding the vehicles and containers used to transport the hazardous wastes pursuant to this section.

(e) The transporter is exempt from the requirements of sections 66263.20 and 66263.21 regarding the use of the manifest. In lieu of the manifest, the transporter shall use a shipping paper which contains all the information required pursuant to 49 CFR, Part 172, Subpart C. The shipping paper must accompany the hazardous waste when transported from the incident site to the transporter's central collection facility.

(f) Transportation of the hazardous waste from the transporter's central collection facility to a hazardous waste facility shall be performed by a registered hazardous waste transporter using certified vehicles and/or containers. The hazardous waste shall be delivered to a permitted facility or to a facility which has been granted interim status, or to a facility which has been otherwise authorized to receive hazardous waste pursuant to Health and Safety Code, division 20, chapter 6.5, and their implementing regulations. The hazardous waste shall be properly manifested in accordance with the requirements of this chapter on the use of the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest.

(g) In addition to the information required in the application submitted pursuant to section 66263.41(d), the transporter shall provide the location of the central collection facility.

(h) Hazardous waste at the transporter's central collection facility shall be stored for no longer than 90 days and managed in accordance with section 66262.34.

(i) The transporter shall keep records of the types and quantities of hazardous wastes handled under this section at the central collection facility on an annual basis. These records shall be retained for a period of three years from the date the record was completed.

(j) The period of retention referred to in this section is extended automatically during the course of any unresolved enforcement action regarding the regulated activity or as requested by the Department.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 5-24-91; effective 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22).

2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (d)-(g) and Note filed 7-13-2012 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2012, No. 28).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 25143, 25150, 25159 and 25161, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25143, 25160, 25168.1 and 25169, Health and Safety Code.