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Ash, AML MW TIERED PERMITTING FACT SHEET 1772D E > Ar 01 4 J �r A T %4 % Permit by Rule for Fixed Treatment Unit Operators October 1996 California • r. • Departmentof • Substances Control(DTsc) ABOUT TIERED PERMITTING hazardous waste facility permit under federal law. This fact sheet describes the requirements for fixed If you are not sure which tier or tiers apply to your treatment units operating under the Permit by Rule operations, you should refer to Department of Toxic (PBR)Tier. It is designed to assist you in determining Substances Control (DTSC) Onsite Hazardous if this status applies to your operation. It is also de- Waste Treatment Notification Form or DTSC Onsite signed to assist you in understanding the various ad- Tiered Permitting Flow Chart, which graphically dis- ministrative and technical operating requirements that plays the eligible wastestreams and treatment pro- you must meet in order to operate under PBR. cesses by tier. The Wright-Po Ianco-Lempert Hazardous Waste After reviewing this fact sheet, if you still have Treatment Permit Reform Act of 1992 (Assembly Bill questions regarding the applicability of these tiers to 1772) established a five-tiered program for authohz- your operation, please call the DTSC Regional Of- ing hazardous waste treatment and/or storage at fice nearest you at the phone numbers shown on businesses required to have State authorization to the map on back page. treat or store hazardous waste but do not require a D • A Fixed Treatment Unit (FTU) is: A Transportable Treatment Unit (TTU) is: • any equipment which performs hazardous waste • any mobile equipment that performs treatment, is treatment that is permanently stationed at a single transported onto a facility to perform treatment, and facility regardless of the period or frequency of treat- Js not permanently stationed at a single facility. ment. A Certified Unified Program Agency (COPA) is: Treatment is: - SS 1082 (1993) established a local Certified Uni- • any process or method designed to change the fied Program Agency (CUPA) to consolidate six pro- character or composition of a hazardous waste.' gram elements at the local level, including hazardous *[This revised definition is effective January 1,1997 and was amended by Assembly waste generator and onsite treaters, hazardous ma- Bill 2776(Chapter 999,Statutes of 1996. The previous definition did not require that terial inventory and business laps, and above and the process be designed to change the waste in order to constitute treatment] ry P underground tanks. By January 1, 1997, most of A Unit is: DTSC's responsibilities to implement the generator and onsite treatment programs will be transferred to • a combination of tanks or tank systems and/or con- the CUPAs. tainers located together that are used in sequence to treat one or more compatible hazardous IN THIS FACT SHEET: wastestreams. The devices are either plumbed to- gether or otherwise linked so as to form one treat- Definitions ment system. Operating Requirements • Eligibility Note: Legal citations reading 66XXX.XX or 67XXX.XX and references to chapters Notification/Application and articles refer to sections within Title 22,California Code of Regulations(CCR), Fees Division 4.5. Legal citations reading 25XXX.X refer to Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code(HSC).