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October 2006
<br />.� Managing Hazardous Wastes
<br />Department of at Transfer Facilities
<br />Toxic Substances
<br />Control
<br />In the context of hazardous waste management, the term "transfer,"2 means the
<br />loading, unloading, pumping or packaging of hazardous waste. A transfer facility3 is
<br />any hazardous waste facility4 that is not an on site facility, i.e. an offsite facility,5 that
<br />is related to the transportation of hazardous waste, including but not limited to,
<br />loading docks, parking areas, storage areas, and other similar areas where
<br />shipments of hazardous waste are held during the normal course of transportation.
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<br />A hazardous waste facility means all contiguous land and structures, other
<br />appurtenances and improvements on the land for the treatment, transfer, storage,
<br />State of California: resource recovery, disposal or recycling of hazardous waste. The operator of a
<br />facility that accepts hazardous waste for storage, repackaging or bulking must obtain
<br />formal authorization for those activities through the hazardous waste permit process.
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<br />The California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances
<br />Control (DTSC) prepared this fact sheet to provide transporters and treatment, stor-
<br />Preventing
<br />age and disposal facilities (TSDFs) guidance on federal and state laws and regula-
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<br />tions that apply to transfer facilities.
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<br />Activities related to the transportation of hazardous wastes in California are regu-
<br />Protection Agency
<br />lated by:
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<br />• Health and Safety Code (Health & Saf. Code),
<br />hazardous waste,
<br />• Vehicle Code,
<br />• California Code of Regulations (Cal. Code Regs.), title 22, chapter 13, and
<br />and restoring
<br />Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), title 40, part 263.
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<br />In developing its regulations, DTSC and the United States (U.S.) Environmental
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<br />Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) adopted by reference the U.S. Department of Trans-
<br />portation's (DOT) Hazardous Materials Transportation Act regulations (49 CFR sec-
<br />tions 171-179). DTSC's and U.S. EPA's regulations are consistent with each other,
<br />Californians.
<br />but they do not include all of the provisions contained in DOT's regulations. As
<br />such, transporters must ensure that their operations comply with all applicable state
<br />and federal regulations.
<br />This fact sheet clarifies terms that are defined in law associated with hazardous
<br />waste transportation and explains the waste transfer activities that are allowed by
<br />the persons who handle these wastes while in transit. Hazardous waste "handling"'
<br />is defined as the transportation or transfer from one place to another, pumping,
<br />processing, storing or packaging of hazardous waste.
<br />Transfer Facilities Defined
<br />In the context of hazardous waste management, the term "transfer,"2 means the
<br />loading, unloading, pumping or packaging of hazardous waste. A transfer facility3 is
<br />any hazardous waste facility4 that is not an on site facility, i.e. an offsite facility,5 that
<br />is related to the transportation of hazardous waste, including but not limited to,
<br />loading docks, parking areas, storage areas, and other similar areas where
<br />shipments of hazardous waste are held during the normal course of transportation.
<br />• r
<br />A hazardous waste facility means all contiguous land and structures, other
<br />appurtenances and improvements on the land for the treatment, transfer, storage,
<br />State of California: resource recovery, disposal or recycling of hazardous waste. The operator of a
<br />facility that accepts hazardous waste for storage, repackaging or bulking must obtain
<br />formal authorization for those activities through the hazardous waste permit process.
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<br />Cal. Code Regs., title 22, section 66260.10._....
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<br />Protection Agency
<br />6 Health & Saf. Code section 25123.3(a)(3)
<br />6 Transportation related facilities conduct transfer of waste containers between transport vehicles and /or modes of
<br />transportation. A transfer facility under RCRA is strictly an intermediate temporary facility operated by a transporter
<br />(68 Fed. Reg. 61906 (10/30/2003)).
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