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<br />(b) The plans specified in su t rasion (a) shall be submitted to the depaRont with the application for a
<br />hazardous waste facilities permit or when otherwise requested by the department. The plans shall be submitted to the
<br />California regional water quality control board with a report of waste discharge submitted in accordance with Section
<br />13260 of the Water Code. An owner or operator who has submitted a request for, or received a hazardous waste
<br />facilities permit prior to, the adoption of the standards and regulations pursuant to Section 25245 shall submit the
<br />plans within 180 days after the department issues a written request for the plans. Prior to actual closure of the facility,
<br />the plans shall be updated if requested by the department. However, no operator shall be required to revise or amend
<br />a closure plan after the department notifies the owner or operator in writing that the closure of the facility has been
<br />completed in accordance with the approved closure plan.
<br />(c) An owner or operator who has not submitted facility closure and postclosure plans shall submit the plans at
<br />least 180 days prior to closure of the hazardous waste facility.
<br />(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631.)
<br />25247. (a) The department shall review each plan submitted pursuant to Section 25246 and shall approve the
<br />plan if it finds that the plan complies with the regulations adopted by the department and complies with all other
<br />applicable state and federal regulations.
<br />(b) The department shall not approve the plan until at least one of the following occurs:
<br />(1) The plan has been approved pursuant to Section 13227 of the Water Code.
<br />(2) Sixty days expire after the owner or operator of an interim status facility complies with Section 25246. If the
<br />department denies approval of a plan for an interim status facility, this 60 -day period shall not begin until the owner
<br />or operator resubmits the plan in compliance with Section 25246.
<br />(3) The director finds that immediate approval of the plan is necessary to protect public health, safety, or the
<br />environment.
<br />(c) Any action taken by the department pursuant to this section is subject to Section 25204.5.
<br />(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631.)
<br />25248. The operator of a facility for which closure and postclosure plans have been approved shall carry out the
<br />plans during the closure and postclosure period required by law.
<br />(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631.)
<br />25249. On the effective date of this article, any operator subject to former Division 7.5 (commencing with Section
<br />14000) of the Water Code shall be subject to this article.
<br />(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 90.)
<br />Article 13. Management of Used Oil
<br />(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 871)
<br />25250. (a) The Legislature finds that almost 100 million gallons of used oil is generated each year in the state,
<br />that this oil is a valuable petroleum resource which can be recycled; and that, in spite of this potential for recycling,
<br />significant quantities of used oil are wastefully disposed of or improperly used by means which pollute the water, land,
<br />and air, and endanger the public health, safety, and welfare.
<br />(b) The Legislature also finds that readily available technologies exist to recycle used oil into useful products and
<br />that used oil should be collected and recycled, to the maximum extent possible, by means which are economically
<br />feasible and environmentally sound, in order to conserve irreplaceable petroleum resources, to protect the environment,
<br />and to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
<br />(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 871.)
<br />25250.1. As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
<br />(a) "Used oil" means any of the following:
<br />(1) Any oil that has been refined from crude oil, and has been used, and, as a result of use, has been contaminated
<br />with physical or chemical impurities.
<br />(2) Any oil that has been refined from crude oil and, as a consequence of extended storage, spillage, or
<br />contamination with nonhazardous impurities such as dirt and water, is no longer useful to the original purchaser.
<br />(3) Spent lubricating fluids which have been removed from an engine crankcase, transmission, gearbox, or
<br />differential of an automobile, bus, truck, vessel, plane, heavy equipment, or machinery powered by an internal
<br />combustion engine.
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