§ 66264.16. Personnel Training.

(a)(1) Facility personnel shall successfully complete a program of classroom instruction or on-the-job training that teaches them to perform their duties in a way that ensures the facility's compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The owner or operator shall ensure that this program includes all the elements described in the document required under subsection (d)(3) of this section.

(2) This program shall be directed by a person trained in hazardous waste management procedures, and shall include instruction which teaches facility personnel hazardous waste management procedures (including contingency plan implementation) relevant to the positions in which they are employed.

(3) At a minimum, the training program shall be designed to ensure that facility personnel are able to respond effectively to emergencies by familiarizing them with emergency procedures, emergency equipment, and emergency systems, including, where applicable:

(A) procedures for using, inspecting, repairing, and replacing facility emergency and monitoring equipment;

(B) key parameters for automatic waste feed cut-off systems;

(C) communications or alarm systems;

(D) response to fires or explosions;

(E) response to groundwater contamination incidents; and

(F) shutdown of operations.

(b) Facility personnel shall successfully complete the program required in subsection (a) of this section within six months after the date of their employment or assignment to a facility, or to a new position at a facility. Employees hired after the effective date of these regulations shall not work in unsupervised positions until they have completed the training requirements of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Facility personnel shall take part in an annual review of the initial training required in subsection (a) of this section.

(d) The owner or operator shall maintain the following documents and records at the facility:

(1) the job title for each position at the facility related to hazardous waste management, and the name of the employee filling each job;

(2) a written job description for each position listed under subsection (d)(1) of this section. This description may be consistent in its degree of specificity with descriptions for other similar positions in the same company location or bargaining unit, but shall include the requisite skill, education, or other qualifications, and duties of employees assigned to each position;

(3) a written description of the type and amount of both introductory and continuing training that will be given to each person filling a position listed under paragraph (d)(1) of this section;

(4) records that document that the training or job experience required under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section has been given to, and completed by, facility personnel.

(e) Training records on current personnel shall be kept until closure of the facility; training records on former employees shall be kept for at least three years from the date the employee last worked at the facility. Personnel training records may accompany personnel transferred within the same company.

HISTORY

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

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Section 264.16.