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x COMMUNITY F U E S Process Hazardous Waste Management stk- EHS- POL-015 . c 6 . 0 SB 14 Waste Minimization Program If you routinely produce more than 12 , 000 kg/yr ( about 13 . 2 tons ) of hazardous waste or 12 kg/yr of extremely hazardous waste the Hazardous Waste Source Reduction and Management Review Act of 1989 ( SB 14 ) [ Health and Safety Code Section 25244 . 12 et . seq . ] requires you to identify your major hazardous waste streams, evaluate source reduction opportunities, and prepare plans and reports to document these efforts . These plans are required to be prepared once every four years . WHO IS AFFECTED ? To determine if your business must comply with the source reduction planning requirements ask yourself the following questions ? 1 ) Did my facility generate 12 , 000 kg/yr or more of hazardous waste or 12 kg/yr or more of extremely hazardous waste ? 2 ) Is this waste routinely generated from ongoing operations ? ( One-time waste streams such as excavated soils from site clean - up are excluded . ) 3 ) Does my business generate aqueous hazardous waste that undergoes on -site treatment prior to discharge to the sewer? ( if you produce more than 3 , 100 gallons per year, you are captured by SB 14 . If you answer yes to questions 1 and 2 , or to question 3 , you are subject to the SB 14 planning requirements . i WASTE STREAM EXEMPTIONS : Tha Department has identified several waste streams that are exempt from the planning requirements . These waste streams include household hazardous waste, motor vehicle fluids and filters, batteries, infectious waste, asbestos, PCBs, site mitigation wastes, demolition wastes, and wastes resulting from laboratory scale research activities . WHAT IS HAZARDOUS WASTE SOURCE REDUCTION ? Hazardous waste source reduction is any action which causes a net reduction in the generation of waste or that results in a lessening of the properties that cause the waste to be classified as hazardous . Source reduction occurs BEFORE a waste is generated . Examples of source reduction include : " input changes - changes in raw materials or feedstocks operational improvements - strategies to improve handling and management production process changes - changes in manufacturing methods or techniques, equipment modifications, or changes in operating conditions ^ product reformulation - changes in the design , composition or specification of final and intermediate products " administrative changes — includes inventory control, employee training, or waste minimization policies Source reduction is not treatment or actions which merely concentrate the constituents of a hazardous waste after it is generated, or that merely transfer the pollutant or risk to another environmental medium ( i . e . , burning a hazardous waste instead of burying it shifts the pollutants from land to air) .