This training program will offer a comparison of RCRA and California hazardous waste characterization. It will detail the enactment of the California Hazardous Waste Control Law in 1972 before RCRA in 1976. The course will also discuss permits required to treat most hazardous wastes that would be exempt from permitting under RCRA.
These national and international corporations did not know they were doing anything wrong because, under RCRA, most of these offenses would not be violations, and rarely are the relatively modest offenses so harshly enforced. However, due to widely-varying resources and competence, there are large gaps in compliance assurance, which inevitably leads to intervention by the state DTSC or even U.S. EPA Region 9, usually resulting in substantial penalties.
Attend the webinar to understand the differences between federal and most other states hazardous waste management requirements and California’s rules to avoiding such harsh consequences by internalizing compliance assurance.
Why Should You Attend:
California has unique hazardous waste regulations that include, but substantially exceed requirements of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations generally in effect in other states. It is also hard to navigate California’s hazardous waste requirements because of the dramatic differences in substantive requirements, enforced by pervasive local city and county agencies deputized as Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs) and result in surprising violations and onerous penalties.These national and international corporations did not know they were doing anything wrong because, under RCRA, most of these offenses would not be violations, and rarely are the relatively modest offenses so harshly enforced. However, due to widely-varying resources and competence, there are large gaps in compliance assurance, which inevitably leads to intervention by the state DTSC or even U.S. EPA Region 9, usually resulting in substantial penalties.
Attend the webinar to understand the differences between federal and most other states hazardous waste management requirements and California’s rules to avoiding such harsh consequences by internalizing compliance assurance.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- Enactment of the California Hazardous Waste Control Law in 1972 before RCRA in 1976; there was no federal model.
- Understand the universe of hazardous waste which is much more expensive in California.
- Comparison of RCRA and California hazardous waste characterization.
- Conditional Small Quantity Generator exemption in California.
- Point-of-generation requirements in California vs under RCRA.
- Satellite accumulation rules differ and is limited to 1 year in California.
- Large quantity generators (LQGs) - requirements for training, emergency response, and contingency plan documentation.
- No sewer exclusion in California, unlike RCRA, more pre-treatment and hazardous waste tank compliance.
- Permits are required to treat most hazardous wastes that would be exempt from permitting under RCRA.
- There are more universal wastes regulated in California.
- Handout Materials:
- The webinar will include various tables that summarize differences between California and federal penalties and standards, as well as links to regulations/standards and sources of information.
Who Will Benefit:
The webinar is designed to be sufficiently basic that non-environmental professionals and lawyers, like managers, facility managers, and others assigned to handle environmental safety and health matters will benefit. Environmental professionals, consultants, and attorneys who practice in these areas will find nuances of California law and updates on recent changes in law/regulation useful- Management
- EH&S
- Facility management personnel
- Operations personnel with responsibility for environmental compliance in California, or with multi-state responsibility that includes this state.
- For recent transfers to California in positions with environmental oversight or responsibilities, this webinar is a “must attend.”
Course Provider
James T. Dufour,
