California STATE INFORMATION SHEET

California Information Sheet

CA Mission:

The mission of DTSC is to protect California’s people and environment from harmful effects of toxic substances by restoring contaminated properties, enforcing hazardous waste law, reducing hazardous waste generation, and encouraging the manufacture of chemically safer products.

- Comment from DTSC:

“Operators who violate the state’s hazardous waste laws will be held accountable for their actions and brought into compliance,” said DTSC Acting Director Meredith Williams. “Enforcing hazardous waste laws through actions like this is fundamental to protecting the public and the environment.”

Example:

Link to Adopting the Generator Improvement Rule in California

- Site speaks of -

DTSC Enforcement Action Results in $495,000 in Penalties for Illegal Storage and Treatment of Hazardous Waste
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PressRoom/upload/News_Release_T-1-19.pdf

- Regulatory assistance link -
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/ContactDTSC/Regulatory-Assistance-Officers.cfm

- link to hazardous waste definition and also site where definition and breakdown given for Generators, transporters, TSDF’s, CUPA’s can be found.

https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/Index.cfm

CUPA site in which one can find:

Frequently asked questions and answers
Common failures in inspections and how to avoid
Various permits, inspection and check lists Example:
Hazardous Waste Generator CUPA Inspection Report, (Small Quantity
Generator, SQG Sample) rev. 03/2010
Hazardous Waste Generator CUPA Inspection Report, (Large Quantity
Generator, LQG Sample)
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/CertifiedUnifiedProgramAgencies.cfm

CA Hazardous Waste 2018:
https://hwts.dtsc.ca.gov/hwts_Reports/ReportPages/Report07.aspx?year=2018&NbrRecs=All&sort=TOTAL_TONS&city=NULL&county=NULL&cupa=ALL

CA Hazardous Waste 2019 so far as of April 3, 2019:
https://hwts.dtsc.ca.gov/hwts_Reports/ReportPages/Report07.aspx?year=2019&NbrRecs=All&sort=TOTAL_TONS&city=NULL&county=NULL&cupa=ALL

DO you need a CA State Hazardous Waste ID number? DO you need a Federal ID number? Check the guidelines at this link:
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/IDManifest/index.cfm

Temporary ID Number:
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/iDManifest/TempHWID.cfm

Permanent ID Number:
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/iDManifest/PERMHWID.cfm

Forms and Publications:
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/IDManifest/HWIDForms.cfm

CA Standards for Universal Waste Handlers:
https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Browse/Home/California/CaliforniaCodeofRegulations?guid=I459EA010D4BB11DE8879F88E8B0DAAAE&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)

Marking and Labeling:
https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I469F6E40D4BB11DE8879F88E8B0DAAAE?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)

Personnel Training Requirements:
https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I02EC8CB05F7A11DFBF84F211BF18441D?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)

CA Code of Regulations – Title 22, Division 4.5
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/lawsRegsPolicies/Title22/index.cfm