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5.14 WASTE MANAGEMENT <br /> comprehensive"cradle-to-grave' system of hazardous waste management techniques and <br /> requirements. It applies to all states and to all hazardous waste generators (above certain <br /> levels of waste produced). LEC will conform to this law in its generation, storage,transport, <br /> and disposal of any hazardous waste generated at the facility. EPA has delegated its <br /> authority for implementing the law to the State of California. <br /> 5.14.5.2 State LORS <br /> Wastewater is regulated by the State and Regional Water Quality Control Boards under the <br /> Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. Nonhazardous solid waste is regulated by the <br /> CIWMA of 1989,found in Public Resources Code Section 40000,et seq. This law provides an <br /> integrated statewide system of solid waste management by coordinating state and local <br /> efforts in source reduction,recycling, and land disposal safety. Counties are required to <br /> submit Integrated Waste Management Plans to the state. This law directly affects San <br /> Joaquin County and the solid waste hauler and disposer that will collect LEC solid waste. It <br /> also affects the LEC to the extent that hazardous wastes are not to be disposed of along with <br /> solid waste. <br /> RCRA allows states to develop their own programs to regulate hazardous waste. The <br /> programs must be at least as stringent as RCRA. California has developed its own program <br /> in the California HWCL (Health and Safety Code Section 25100,et seq.). Because California <br /> has elected to develop its own program,the HWCL performs essentially the same <br /> regulatory functions as RCRA and is the law that will regulate hazardous waste at the LEC. <br /> However,the HWCL includes hazardous wastes that are not classified as hazardous waste <br /> under RCRA. Because hazardous wastes will be generated at the LEC facility during <br /> construction and operation,the HWCL will require the Applicant to adhere to storage, <br /> recordkeeping,reporting, and training requirements for these wastes. <br /> 5.14.5.3 Local LORS <br /> The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department is certified by CIWMB as the <br /> LEA for solid waste facilities within the unincorporated area of San Joaquin County and all <br /> of the incorporated cities except the City of Stockton. The San Joaquin County <br /> Environmental Health Department will be responsible for administering and enforcing <br /> the CIWMA for solid,nonhazardous waste for the LEC. The purpose of this program is to <br /> protect the public health and the environment from the effects of improper storage, <br /> collection,transportation, and disposal of solid waste. Activities include monthly <br /> inspections of landfill sites and transfer stations. Annual inspections are performed on <br /> refuse vehicles,cannery waste disposal,animal feeding, and other permitted solid waste <br /> sites. <br /> The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department was approved by the State as <br /> the CUPA for San Joaquin County in January 1997. The San Joaquin County Environmental <br /> Health Department administers the Hazardous Waste Generator,Hazardous Waste Onsite <br /> Treatment (Tiered Permitting) and Underground Storage Tank programs. The San Joaquin <br /> County Office of Emergency Services is a Participating Agency (PA) assisting the CUPA and <br /> administering the Hazardous Material Release Response Plan and Inventories and the <br /> California Accidental Release Program(CaIARP) programs (Foley,2008). <br /> 5.14-18 SAC/371322/082330007(LEC_5.14_WASTE MANAGEMENT.DOC) <br />