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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTES co-it.! <br /> and Sac-• e S*e-es <br /> TIC-ar.s aliv . <br /> 'laza, :,Us waste Cr 11:xture 0; nazarjous <br /> if exposure s-ould occu,. ma., likeiv <br /> e dea'h. disa"'k-1 <br /> n2 iptis n I <br /> liriess causes Hazardous Or -,!Xt UIC- of <br /> aZ8'C-;, ­aijsec� 7� <br /> - _;c,iant 0,cne!l"cal O. a'ac-e!­S-1i Cs <br /> Nurnero,js _,Jerai e a S 'eg_ hazard " Of Se-:ices S —e Air Reso -.icess <br /> Board ;ARS, c: Resc-.,-ces Co­ i.SVRC5 y :) <br /> ­nae <br /> invol,,,ed. Soard <br /> yes and the AF- c" <br /> a 3::_- ------ <br /> Of Small =rain V <br /> Waste Generation of Cas.fornia estimates:hat approximateiy 10 niiii- <br /> v <br /> vas�es a,e in the state. Over 65 , of the total hazardous vase S generate:: <br /> industries associated vii,itn the manufacturing of chemical and related products- oetrcileum_ products. <br /> and in the extraction of oil and gas. The remaining 355of the total hazardous :ViFs-a generated in the <br /> state is from sources other than industries vivnich include household and small-scale generators. <br /> Household aeneraVon of hazardous viasie ,such as Paints. disinfectants. degreasers. oven cleaners. <br /> and shampoos)is an area of hazardous:waste generation that has been argeiv ignored. Other than <br /> dumping the chemicals into the weekly *,rash. it is ver.l difficult. if not impossible, for the averaae <br /> nouseho;d to dispose of these wastes orooelv_ These household hazardous wastes when disposed <br /> into landfill S!tes. begin to decompose to form toxic substances as ha—­,4.to public health as c'"emicai <br /> hazardous viasies generated by indus*lr;. Thie County-,eeds to address _zz 'ssue by increasing public <br /> av,areress and developing alternative collection and disposal facilities. <br /> The DOHS esimates that within San Joaquin County aporc, --atek" 33.270 tons per -'sa, of <br /> _aZazr'CLJS:vast_are generated. Approximately 17.780 tons c-' total s managed on-site. that is.in <br /> treatment. s, or disposal facilities located on the orope j,.. 7.- , <br /> to r-. ; ie_3,rier 15.490 tons is managed off <br /> the :\= <br /> p,0-� I <br /> I -- a'-azardous .taste faclit es. <br /> Treatment. Storage and Disposal Practices. 'Vilaste management involves some form of treatment <br /> :0 render V <br /> e"Cer ;ess tox.c. .0� to substantially reduce its volume. On-site management <br /> 'Yp!--all} involves discharge of dilute effluent, Zo sewer systerri. solar evaporation <br /> r-roound-ne-its-chemical treatment. recycling.incineration.and land disposal, in surface <br /> Put)Fc Heaith and Safel-y <br /> July 1992 <br /> M.E-5 <br />