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Generators W at is a Generator? A generator is any person,by sitd7 w ose act or process produces hazardous w ste identified or listed in Chapter 11 of the hazardous a w ste regulations oh w ose act first causes a hazardous w ste to becom subject to regulation. VM en determ ning if the generator regulations(Chapter 12-Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Va ste)apply to you, there are 3 inp ortant tem used in the definition to consider: • "person"(defined in regulation)includes any entity involved in the process of producing a hazardous w ste(e.g.,an individual, trust,firm joint stock corm any,business concern,corporation,a city or county) • "by site"(not defined in regulation)refers th w ere the hazardous w ste is generated.Hazardous w ste generation is tracked on a site-specific basis through unique EPA Identification(ID)nurb ers.Hazardous w ste generation should be evaluated collectively on a single piece of property for any activities occurring under the control of theimw er or operator.For exanp le,if a corp any has three facilities operating on the sane piece of property,only one EPA ID nurb er is required.How ver,if a corp any has three facilities operating on separate non-contiguous properties,then three separate and distinct EPA ID numb ers ra st be used. • "act"(not defined in regulation)clarifies that to be a generator,a"person"does not necessarily have to produce the hazardous a w ste.For exanp le,if a cleaning service renin ves residues from a product storage tank excluded in§66261.4(c),the person renin ving the residues is a generator,as they cause the w ste to becom subject to regulation.But the imw er of the storage tank is also considered the generator,since they produced the w ste.By ra tual agreene nt,theseatw parties ra y determine h w o is responsible for the hazardous w ste.For nm re inform tion,see Federal Register 10/30/1980,Part XI and RCRA O line #13280. Generators are responsible for properly characterizing(or identifying)all their hazardous w stes.The steps set forth to m ke such a determination are found in section 66262.11n O ce a generator determ nes thein w ste m ets the definition of a hazardous w ste,the requirem nts that apply to them depends on the arm unt(or volum )generated.The Defining Hazardous VM ste w b page provides a good introduction to understanding how to m ke determ nations on youa w ste. In addition,free California Hazardous V4 ste Classification online training is available. Generator Classification In California,generators are divided into 2 categories: • Generators of 1,000 kg or nm re of hazardous w ste per nm nth,excluding universal w stes,and/or rm re than 1 kg of acutely or extrem ly hazardous per no nth(comm my referred to as Large Q antity Generators(RQ s)),or • Generators of less than 1,000 kg of hazardous w ste per no nth,excluding universal w stes,and/or 1 kg or less of acutely or extrene ly hazardous w ste per no nth(defined as Sm U Q antity Generators(SQ s)). If you have P-Listed hazardous w ste,please read this 12/24/2015 letter regarding P-listed hazardous w ste containers at California Healthcare Facilities. Each type of generator na st corp IV w th itsrmw set of requirem nts.For rm re inform tion please see the Generator chart. Does California have a conditional exetp tion forsm Her quantity generators(i.e.,generators of 100 kg or less of hazardouarw ste)? o N .California did not adopt the conditional exerp tion for sm Iler quantity generators in 40 CFR 261.5 including the counting requirem nts found in that section.Therefore,in California generators of 100 kg or less of hazardous w ste per nm nth are regulated as 6Q s and not Conditionally Exenp t Sm U Q antity Generators(CBSQ s)as they w uld be under the federal hazardous w ste m nagem nt program Generators that periodically fall above or below their norma I generation limit If the arrm unt of hazardous w ste produced in a calendar no nth puts a generator in a different category,then they are responsible for corp lying w th the applicable standards for that category of generator for that no nth(e.g.,if a generator produces 500 kg of hazardous in June,they ra st corp fy w th the6Q requirem nts but if they produce 1,200 kg of hazardous w ste in the next no nth they nu st