As used in this division, the following acronyms and abbreviations have the specified meaning:

“API”

means American Petroleum Institute;

“ASTM”

means American Society for Testing and Materials;

“C”

means RCRA hazard code for corrosive waste and the potential hazardous property of being corrosive;

“CCR”

means California Code of Regulations;

“CEQA”

means the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with section 21000) of the Public Resources Code);

“CERCLA”

means Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. (42 U.S.C. section 9610 et seq.);

“CFR”

means Code of Federal Regulations;

“CUPA”

means the “certified unified program agency” as defined in section 66260.10

“CWA”

means Clean Water Act of 1977, as amended (33 U.S.C. section 1251 et seq.);

“DOT”

means Department of Transportation, Federal;

“EP Toxicity”

means a toxicity characteristic determined pursuant to USEPA Method 1310 from SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, 2nd or 3rd Edition;

“FFDCA”

means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. section 301-392).

“FIA”

means Federal Insurance Administration;

“FR”

means Federal Register;

“H”

means RCRA hazard code for Acute Hazardous Waste;

“HSC”

means Health and Safety Code;

“HWCA”

means Hazardous Waste Control Act (chapter 6.5 (commencing with section 25100) of division 20 of the Health and Safety Code);

“I”

means RCRA hazard code for ignitable waste and the potential hazardous property of being ignitable;

“Kg”

means the unit of measure, kilogram;

“NACE”

means National Association of Corrosion Engineers;

“NFPA”

means National Fire Protection Association;

“NPDES”

means National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System;

“POHC”

means Principal Organic Hazardous Constituent;

“POTW”

means Publicly Owned Treatment Works;

“R”

means RCRA hazard code for reactive waste and the potential hazardous property of being reactive;

“RCRA”

means Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. section 6901 et seq.);

“SAE”

means Society of Automotive Engineers;

“SAE steel”

means a grade or type of steel;

“SDWA”

means Safe Drinking Water Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. section 300 f et seq.);

“SIC”

means Standard Industrial Classification;

“SQG”

means Small Quantity Generator;

“STLC”

means Soluble Threshold Limit Concentration;

“SW-846”

means USEPA “Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods”;

“SWMU”

means Solid Waste Management Unit;

“T”

means RCRA hazard code for Toxic Waste with a constituent or constituents listed in Appendix VIII of chapter 11;

“TC”

means Toxicity Characteristic;

“TCLP”

means Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure;

“TTLC”

means Total Threshold Limit Concentration;

“TTU”

means Transportable Treatment Unit;

“UIC”

means Underground Injection Control;

“U.S.C.”

means United States Code;

“USDW”

means Underground Source of Drinking Water;

“USEPA”

means United States Environmental Protection Agency;

“WET”

means Waste Extraction Test;

“X”

means the potential hazardous property of being toxic by any of the parameters in section 66261.24;

Note: Authority cited: Sections 25141, 25150, 25159, 25201.4 and 58012, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25141, 25159, 25201.4, 25404 and 25404.3, Health and Safety Code.

History

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

2. Amendment adding new definition of “CUPA” and amendment of Note filed 8-6-98; operative 8-6-98 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 98, No. 32).

3. Amendment of definition of “CUPA” filed 1-8-99 as an emergency; operative 1-8-99 (Register 99, No. 2). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-10-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

4. Amendment of definition of “CUPA” refiled 5-7-99 as an emergency; operative 5-7-99 (Register 99, No. 19). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-7-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

5. Amendment of definition of “CUPA” refiled 9-3-99 as an emergency; operative 9-3-99 (Register 99, No. 36). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-3-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

6. Amendment of definition of “CUPA” refiled 12-29-99 as an emergency; operative 1-3-2000 (Register 99, No. 53). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-2-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

7. Amendment adding new definition of “FFDCA” and amendment of Note filed 3-6-2000 as an emergency; operative 3-6-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-5-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

8. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-29-99 order transmitted to OAL 2-29-2000 and filed 4-11-2000 (Register 2000, No. 15).

9. Amendment adding new definition of “FFDCA” and amendment of Note refiled 6-29-2000 as an emergency; operative 7-6-2000 (Register 2000, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-3-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

10. Amendment adding new definition of “FFDCA” and amendment of Note refiled 11-1-2000 as an emergency; operative 11-4-2000 (Register 2000, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-5-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

11. Amendment adding new definition of “FFDCA” and amendment of Note refiled 3-6-2001 as an emergency; operative 3-6-2001 (Register 2001, No. 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-5-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

12. Amendment adding new definition of “FFDCA” and amendment of Note refiled 6-26-2001 as an emergency; operative 7-5-2001 (Register 2001, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-2-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

13. Amendment adding new definition of “FFDCA” and amendment of Note refiled 11-2-2001 as an emergency; operative 11-3-2001 (Register 2001, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-4-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

14. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 11-21-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 47).