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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Nonhazardous Petroleum Contaminated Soil Regulatory Requirements Approved by Office of Administrative Law - March 25, 1996 Effective April 24, 1996 Page 1 Chapter 3. Minimum Standards for Solid Waste Handling and Disposal Article 5.6. Nonhazardous Petroleum Contaminated Soil Operations and Facilities Regulatory Requirements Section 17360. Authority and Scope. (a) This Article sets forth permitting requirements and minimum operating standards for operations that handle only nonhazardous petroleum contaminated soil, as specified. This Article is not applicable to Class II or III landfills that handle other waste types in addition to contaminated soil. (b) This Article is adopted pursuant to and for the purpose of implementing the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Act) commencing with section 40000 of the Public Resources Code, as amended. These regulations should be read together with the Act. (c) This Article implements those provisions of the Act relating to the handling of nonhazardous petroleum contaminated soil. Nothing in this Article is intended to limit the power of any federal, state, or local agency to enforce any provision of law that it is authorized or required to enforce or administer. (d) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as relieving any owner, operator, or designee from the obligation of obtaining all required permits, licenses, or other clearances and complying with all orders, laws, regulations, or reports, or other requirements of other regulatory or enforcement agencies, including but not limited to, local health entities, regional water quality control boards and air quality management districts or air pollution control districts, local land use authorities, and fire authorities. (e) Nothing in this Article is intended to require the owner or operator of a contaminated soil transfer/processing operation or disposal facility to comply with the Enforcement Agency Notification requirements or to obtain a tiered solid waste facilities permit pursuant to this Article if that owner or operator already has a valid full solid waste facilities permit pursuant to section 44001 of the Public Resources Code. (f) Operations and facilities subject to this Article shall be in compliance with the provisions of this Article within 90 days after effective date. NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 40502, 43020, and 43021 of the Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 43020 and 43021 of the Public Resources Code. Section 17361. Definitions. For the purposes of this Article: (a) "Air District" means Air Pollution Control District or Air Quality Management District. (b) "Contaminated Soil' means soil that: (1) contains designated or nonhazardous concentrations, as set forth in Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 1, section 2510 et seq. of the California Code of Regulations, of petroleum hydrocarbons, such as gasoline and its components (benzene, toluene, xylene, and ethylbenzene), diesel and its components (benzene), virgin oil, motor oil, or aviation fuel, and lead as an associated metal; and, (2) has been determined pursuant to section 13263(a) of the Water Code to be a waste that requires regulation by the RWQCB or Local Oversight Agency.