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Environmental Compliance Review Report H.M. Holloway Landfill December 2017 waters under any of these programs may be required to apply for a permit. The SWRCB Industrial General Permit (IGP) regulates industrial storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water discharges from industrial facilities in California. The IGP is called a general permit because many industrial facilities are covered by the same permit but comply with its requirements at their individual industrial facilities. The SWRCB and Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCB) implement and enforce the Industrial General Permit. An individual permit is a permit specifically tailored to an individual facility. After receipt of a complete application, the permitting authority develops a permit for a particular facility based on the information contained in the application(e.g., type of activity, nature of discharge, receiving water quality). The RWQCB issues majority of the individual permits in California. The Central Valley (5F) RWQCB has jurisdiction in Kern County. The SWRCB developed an internet-accessible database called"Geotracker"which archives compliance data from authorized or unauthorized discharges of waste to the land, or unauthorized releases of hazardous substances from underground storage tanks. 3.4 KERN COUNTY The Kern County Public Health Services Department is the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) for cities and unincorporated areas within Kern County. The CUPA inspects businesses that handle or store hazardous materials; generate hazardous waste, and own or operate underground/above ground storage tanks. Businesses shall prepare a Hazardous Materials Business Plan(HMBP) if that business uses, handles, or stores a hazardous material (including hazardous waste) or an extremely hazardous material in quantities greater than or equal to the following: • 500 pounds of a solid substance • 55 gallons of a liquid • 200 cubic feet of compressed gas • Extremely hazardous substances in threshold planning quantities 3.5 HAZARDOUS WASTE The CalEPA Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is the agency responsible for enforcing hazardous waste laws, reducing hazardous waste generation, and encouraging the manufacture of chemically safer products. In this role, DTSC tracks the volume of hazardous waste disposed by both small and large generators,based on the information provided on the manifest forms required for every offsite shipment of hazardous waste. Generators must apply for and receive, a Generator ID number issued either by the EPA(U.S. EPA ID Number) or by DTSC (California ID Number), to be used for manifest recordkeeping and reporting. The DTSC has a hazardous waste tracking system(HWTS) database on their website that can be searched by a number of variables. The database reveals if the business has an ID number, 5