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San Joauu1n County Environmental Health Depadment ; cUIPA NIEWs Volume 3 Issue 2 August 2003 REMINDER l , SB 14 Plans are due by September 1, 2003 for large hazardous waste generators hK All underground storage tank (UST) spill buckets are required to be tested this year. Upcoming UST Deadline: December 31, 2003 deadline to meet Under -Dispenser Containment (UDC) for Underground Storage Tank (UST) System r ements is right around the corner! All UST systems must have UDC by December 31, 2003*. For inform on the regulatory requirements for UDC design, construction, and monitoring please visit our website t v.swrcb.ca.gov/cwphome/usV and click on "UST Regulations" or call your area inspector for a list of cc tors, time is running out. Call Eric Watkins with the RUST program at (916) 323-9879 for information i interest loans or grants to help pay for this upgrade. I.0J O Ibid you know that one thermostat contains as much mercury as 1000 fluorescent tubes? Recycle universal waste. Visit the new Permanent Household Hazardous Waste Facility! See Below. X NEW UST REGULATIONS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT The new training regulations have been rewritten incorporating the many public comments received. They will be available for review at www.swrcb.ca.gov/ust/ by the time you receive this newsletter. Some of the in- formation in these new regulations include the following: ► Require the owner to identify a "designated operator", a person responsible for the operation and compliance of the underground storage tank facility, by 1/1/04 ► Require the owner to sign a statement that their facility is in compliance with all regulatory requirements and submit it to the local agency. ► Require certification training for all designated operators* by 1/1/05 ► Require certification training for all UST installers by 1/1/05 ► Require on the job employee training by the designated operator with annual updates begi ning 7/1/05 ♦ Require certification training for all UST service technicians by 7/1/05 ♦ Require certification training for all UST compliance inspectors by 9/1/05 Please use this opportunity to review and comment on this new regulation packet . Call (916) 341-5873 (or email bacons@swrcb.ca.gov ) Scott Bacon for more information. 'Check the International Code Council (ICC) website www.iccsafe.org/certification/professional.htm on August 1 for the Cer- tified Designated Operator exam. Be sure to take the California version NOT the federal version. Hurray, it's finally here!! i^- The Permanent Household Hazardous Waste Facility is scheduled to open for business on August 21, 2003 in Stockton. Call Alison Hudson at San Joaquin County Solid Waste Division (209) 468-3066 for details. ■ ■ ■