California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 3 - Minimum Standards for Solid Waste Handling and Disposal
Article 5.6 - Nonhazardous Petroleum Contaminated Soil Operations and Facilities Regulatory Requirements
Section 17365 - General Record Keeping Requirements

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 17365

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

All contaminated soil/transfer operations and disposal facilities shall meet the following requirements:

(a) All records required by this Article shall be kept by the operator in one location and accessible for five (5) years and shall be available for inspection by authorized representatives of the Department, enforcement agency, local health entity, and other duly authorized regulatory and enforcement agencies during normal working hours.

(b) The operator shall maintain a log of special occurrences encountered during operation and methods used to resolve problems arising from these events, including details of all incidents that required implementing emergency procedures. Special occurrences may include: fires, injury and property damage accidents, explosions, discharge of hazardous or other wastes not permitted, flooding and other unusual occurrences.

(c) The operator shall record any written public complaints received by the operator, including:

(1) the nature of the complaint,

(2) the date the complaint was received,

(3) if available, the name, address, and telephone number of the person or persons making the complaint, and

(4) any actions taken to respond to the complaint.

(d) The operator shall record, as specified by the RWQCB, the types and concentrations of constituents, the date, and quantity of contaminated soil accepted at the operation or facility; and for treatment, transfer, or storage operations, the types and concentrations of constituents, the date, and quantity of contaminated soil and noncontaminated soil leaving the operations. Where no requirements have been specified by the appropriate RWQCB, the operator shall record the same information as provided by generator source. The operator shall also record the name of all transfer, storage, and/or treatment operations where the contaminated soil was located prior to the receipt by the operator and the dates the contaminated soil was received at each of these operations and removed.

(e) Each operator shall maintain records in accordance with Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Division 7, Chapter 9, Article 9.25, Section 18815.1 et seq. The records shall be available for inspections as authorized by that article during normal business hours and retained in the operating record near the site or in an alternative location approved by the Local Enforcement Agency.

1. New section filed 3-25-96; operative 4-24-96 (Register 96, No. 13).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsection (e) filed 3-5-2019; operative 3-5-2019 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2019, No. 10).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 40502, 43020, and 43021 of the Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 43020 and 43021 of the Public Resources Code.

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