California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste
Chapter 11 - Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste
Article 2 - Criteria for Identifying the Characteristics of Hazardous Waste
Section 66261.10 - Criteria for Identifying the Characteristics of Hazardous Waste
Universal Citation: 22 CA Code of Regs 66261.10
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The Department shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste in article 3 of this chapter only upon determining that:
(1) a
waste that exhibits the characteristic may:
(A) cause, or significantly contribute to, an
increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating
reversible, illness; or
(B) pose a
substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
it is improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise
managed; and
(2) the
characteristic can be:
(A) measured by an
available standardized test method which is reasonably within the capability of
generators of waste or private sector laboratories that are certified by the
Department pursuant to Chapter 44 of this division and available to serve
generators of waste; or
(B)
reasonably detected by generators of waste through their knowledge of their
waste.
1. New section filed 5-24-91; effective 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25141 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25117, 25141, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code and 40 CFR Section 261.10.
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