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Sierra Chemical Co. <br />Hazardous Waste Management Plan <br />J!1111111111111(1111MMMDU <br />1.1 Purpose <br />The Hazardous Waste Management Plan (HWMP) described herein provides information, guidelines, <br />and Sierra Chemical, Co. procedures for the storage, use, and disposal of hazardous materials and <br />wastes throughout the facility. As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the <br />Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), this Plan serves as a guidance document for Sierra <br />Chemical Co. and is intended to outline methods in hazardous waste reduction and minimization. <br />This Plan isnot intended to address the safe handling of chemicals throughout the facility. There are <br />several other Sierra Chemical Co. environmental, health, and safety plans and programs related to the <br />use, management, handling, spill response and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes including the <br />RCRA Contingency Plan, the Emergency Action Plan, and the Emergency Response Plan, Alternative <br />Sierra Chemical Co. plans and standard operating procedures provide specific guidance specific safety <br />and response measures when working around hazardous materials and hazardous wastes and should be <br />referenced in addition to this plan during specific incidents involving hazardous waste or materials. <br />For the purposes <br />of this Plan, <br />and as referenced by the U.S. <br />EPA (40 CFR <br />section 261), a "hazardous <br />material" will be <br />defined as: <br />and referenced by <br />the U.S. DOT (49 <br />CFR section <br />Any physical, <br />biological, <br />or chemical item that has the potential to cause harm <br />to living organisms or the <br />environment. <br />EPA (40 <br />CFR section 261) <br />and referenced by <br />In comparison, a <br />"hazardous <br />waste," <br />as defined <br />by the U.S. <br />EPA (40 <br />CFR section 261) <br />and referenced by <br />the U.S. DOT (49 <br />CFR section <br />171), is <br />defined as: <br />A waste, when not properly handled or disposed of, may present an unreasonable or substantial <br />risk to human health or the environment. A solid waste qualifies as a hazardous waste if it falls <br />under any one of the four (4) categories listed below and does not qualify for any of the <br />exemptions or exclusions listed under Federal and/or State regulations. <br />1) A waste or waste generation process which has been specifically <br />identified <br />by EPA to be <br />"listed" hazardous waste. <br />Included in this category are products in <br />their pure <br />or off -specification <br />form which are discarded <br />and contain specific hazardous constituents. <br />2) Those solid waste and waste generation processes that have not been specifically listed by <br />EPA but exhibit one or more of the four characteristics of hazardous waste irrespective of the <br />manufacturing produces from which it is generated. The four characteristics are: ignitability (1), <br />corrosivity (C), reactivity (R), or toxicity (T). <br />3J It is a mixture of a listed hazardous waste and any other material or is a mixture of a <br />characteristic waste and any other material, provided the mixture still exhibits the characteristic <br />(i.e., mixture rule). <br />4) It is a residue that is "derived from" the treatment storage, or disposal of a listed waste. <br />Under RCRA, each state can enforce stricter hazardous waste management procedures so long as the <br />state's rules encompass all RCRA regulations. Moreover, the California Environmental Protection Agency <br />(Cal/EPA) regulates hazardous waste more strictly that RCRA regulations and has listed certain wastes as <br />Prepared By: <br />Issue date: <br />Replaces: <br />Page: <br />ACT Environmental Services, Inc. <br />March 4, 2016 <br />NA <br />6 of 23 <br />