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IVIVIiYn�r v•.•• . <br /> rB <br /> AFFECTED BY CHANGES? • "Silver-only" hazardous wastes will be identified as <br /> hazardous due to their silver content according to the <br /> es that generate"silver-only"hazardous federal RCRA regulatory level of 5 milligrams(liter <br /> uch as: (mg/l), using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching <br /> Procedure(TCLP) [40 CFR 261.24]. <br /> ors(includes nhotogruby-printing_and <br /> X.Ixdevelopme"t�astesl: • if the waste is identified as hazardous for any other <br /> Dental offices/clinics reason (i.e., cormsivity, reactivity, iguttability, or <br /> Hospitals listed as hazardous) or constituent (i.e., toxicity <br /> Medical professional offices/clinics characteristic other than silver),using the California <br /> Chiropractic offices hazardous wash criteria, then the waste remains <br /> Veterinary hospitals/clinics . subject to California hazardous waste requirements- <br /> Police <br /> Schools with industrial labs • Changes apply exclusively to wastes that are <br /> Government agencies hazardous for silver only. Wastes that are hazardous <br /> Microfilm labs for constituents other than silver are not included <br /> Motion picture labs Examples of waste not included are: <br /> Minilsbs/One-hour photo shops RCRA listed wastes,such as electroplating <br /> Professionallphotofinishers wastewater vestment sludges(F006 listed waste); <br /> Printer,graphic arts,commercial services labs dental amalgam(if it contains mercury or any other <br /> metal that would cause it to exhibit a characteristic <br /> Jewelers and Jm3mlrr manufacturers of hazardous waste);and <br /> corrosive cleaning/etching solution wastes <br /> Electric and electronics (generally hazardous due to coitosivity,as well as <br /> other metals). <br /> ■Businesses that transport "silver-only -hazardous <br /> wastes. • Treatment of phowunaging solutions and wastewaters <br /> to remove silver will be regulated only to the extent it <br /> Businesses that reclaim metals from "silver-only" is regulated under RCRA,and not require California <br /> hazardous waste. Tiered Permitting authorization. Any other treatment <br /> of "silver_only' RCRA hazardous waste remains <br /> ■ Environmental regulatory agencies. subject to regulation under California hazardous waste <br /> laws and may require treatment authorization. <br /> • Businesses generating no more than 100 kilogram <br /> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT (approximately 27 gallons)per month exclusively of <br /> POINTS TO CONSIDER? silver-only hazardous waste may be exempt from <br /> most generator requirements as Conditionally Exempt <br /> • Requirements established under laws other than Small Quantity Genctamrs (CESQGs) (40 CFR <br /> California's Hazardous Waste Control Law are 261.5]. <br /> not affected by the provisions of SB 2111. <br /> Examples ofrequirements not affected include POTW • Although subject to reduced waste management <br /> pretreatment requirements for discharges to the sewer, requirements,CESQGs must <br /> as well as waste discharge requirements established -determine whether their waste is"silver-only" <br /> under the federal Clean Water Act or California's hazardous or not using tests or knowledge of the <br /> Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. waste[40 CFR 261.5(g)(0]; <br /> Pap 2 <br /> NOV 27 100 12:47 530 e96 0669 PPCE.04 <br />