California Code of Regulations
Title 23 - Waters
Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards
Chapter 15 - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land
Article 3 - Waste Management Unit Classification and Siting
Table 3.1 - Geologic and Siting Criteria for Class I Waste Management Units
Universal Citation: 23 CA Code of Regs 3.1
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
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Waste Management Unit Classification |
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| Site Charac teristics | New Class I |
Reclassification of Existing Class I1 |
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| I | I1 | II-I | T/S | REC | EX | |||||||||||
| Geologic Setting | Maximum attainable isolation from ground water; see Section 2531(b) of this article. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| Flooding | Outside of 100-year floodplain.4 | Yes | No5 | No5 | No5 | No5 | No5 | |||||||||
| Ground Rupture | 2001 setback from known Holocene fault. | Yes | Yes | No5 | No5 | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| Rapid Geologic Change | Outside subject area (potential to impair containment)4 | Yes | Yes | No5 | No5 | No5 | Yes | |||||||||
| Tidal Waves6 | Outside subject coastal areas.4 | No siting restriction5 | ||||||||||||||
| "Yes" means the unit shall comply with requirements for new Class I facilities. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 This category is defined in Subsection 2531(a) of this article. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 [Reserved.] | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 [Reserved.] | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 Waste management units used only for treatment and storage may be located within prescribed areas, provided that exemption from applicable siting criteria is conditioned on protection of treatment and storage from geologic or environmental hazards involved. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 Exemption from siting criteria does not release dischargers from the obligation to protect waste management units from the geologic or environmental hazards involved. Exemption is conditions on such protection. | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 "Tidal waves" includes tsunamis, seiches, and surge condition. | ||||||||||||||||
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