California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 3.5 - Standards for Handling and Disposal of Asbestos Containing Waste
Article 2 - Standards
Section 17897.20 - Inspection Requirements
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
The owner or operator of a solid waste facility that disposes of asbestos containing waste shall inspect the facility. This inspection shall include but not be limited to the designated asbestos waste containing area for deterioration, operator errors, problems with cover, leakage and discharges that may be causing or may lead to:
(1) releases to the environment; or
(2) a threat to human health. The owner or operator shall maintain an inspection schedule that identifies the items to be inspected, the frequency of the inspection and identify the types of problems that are to be looked for during the inspection. The owner or operator shall conduct these inspections often enough to identify problems in time to correct them before they harm human health or the environment but at a minimum of once each operating day. The owner or operator must remedy any deterioration or malfunction of equipment or structures which the inspection reveals on a schedule which ensures that the problem does not lead to an environmental or human health hazard. Remedial action must be taken immediately where a hazard is imminent or has already occurred. The owner or operator shall maintain a record of these inspections. Notwithstanding section 17897.19(b)(2)(B), the reports resulting from these inspections need only be kept for three years from the date of the inspection.
1. New section filed 8-1-96 as an emergency; operative 8-1-96 (Register 96, No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-29-96 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 8-1-96 order transmitted to OAL 11-27-96 and filed 1-13-97 (Register 97, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Section 44820, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 25143.7, Health and Safety Code.
