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'Title 22 fignmental Health
<br />Keep Out" may be used if the legend on the sign indicates that only autho-
<br />rized personnel are allowed to enter the active portion, and that entry onto
<br />the active portion can be dangerous.
<br />NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code.
<br />Reference: Sections 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Section
<br />265.14.
<br />HISTORY
<br />1. New section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22).
<br />§ 66265.15. General Inspection Requirements.
<br />(a) The owner or operator shall inspect the facility for malfunctions
<br />and deterioration, operator errors, and discharges which may be causing
<br />or may lead to: (1) release of hazardous waste constituents to the environ-
<br />ment; or (2) a threat to human health. The owner or operator shall conduct
<br />these inspections often enough to identify problems in time to correct
<br />them before they harm human health or the environment.
<br />(b)(1) The owner or operator shall develop and follow a written sched-
<br />ule for inspecting all monitoring equipment, safety and emergency
<br />equipment, security devices, and operating and structural equipment
<br />(such as dikes and sump pumps) that are important to preventing, detect-
<br />ing, or responding to environmental or human health hazards.
<br />(2) The owner or operator shall keep this schedule at the faci :,Ly.
<br />(3) The schedule shall identify the types of problems (e.g., malfunc-
<br />tions or deterioration) which are to be looked for during the inspection
<br />(e.g., inoperative sump pump, leaking fitting, eroding dike, etc.).
<br />(4) The frequency of inspection may vary for the items on the sched-
<br />ule. However, it should be based on the rate of possible deterioration of
<br />the equipment and the probability of an environmental or human health
<br />incident if the deterioration, or malfunction, or any operator error goes
<br />undetected between inspections. Areas subject to spills, such as loading
<br />and unloading areas, shall be inspected daily when in use. At a minimum,
<br />the inspection schedule shall include the items and frequencies called for
<br />in sections 66265.174, 66265.193, 66265.195, 66265.226, 66265.260,
<br />66265.278, 66265.304, 66265.347, 66265.377, 66265.403, 66265.103 3,
<br />66265.105 2, 66265.105 3, 66265.105 8, 66265.1084 through 66265.1090
<br />of this chapter, where applicable.
<br />(c) The owner or operator shall remedy any deterioration or malfunc-
<br />tion of equipment or structures which the inspection reveals on a sched-
<br />ule which ensures that the problem does not lead to an environmental or
<br />human health hazard. Where a hazard is imminent or has already oc-
<br />curred, remedial action shall be taken immediately.
<br />(d) The owner or operator shall record inspections in an inspection log
<br />or summary. The owner or operator shall keep these records for at least
<br />three years from the date of inspection. At a minimum, these records shall
<br />include the date and time of the inspection, the name of the inspector, a
<br />notation of the observations made, and the date and nature of any repairs
<br />or other remedial actions.
<br />NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5, 25245 and 58012, Health
<br />and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and
<br />Safety Code; and 40 CFR Section 265.15.
<br />HISTORY
<br />1. New section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22).
<br />2. Amendment of subsection (b)(4) and NOTE filed 12-23-92; operative 1-22-93
<br />(Register 93, No. 1).
<br />3. Amendment of subsection (b)(4) and NOTE filed 7-19-95; operative 8-18-95
<br />(Register 95, No. 29).
<br />4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)(4) and NoTE filed
<br />6-11-99 pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25159.1 (Register 99, No.
<br />24).
<br />§ 66265.16. Personnel Training.
<br />(a)(1) Facility personnel shall successfully complete a program of
<br />classroom instruction or on-the-job training that teaches them to per-
<br />form their duties in a way that ensures the facility's compliance with the
<br />requirements of this chapter. The owner or operator shall ensure that this
<br />program includes all the elements described in the document required un-
<br />der subsection (d)(3) of this section.
<br />(2) This program shall be directed by a person trained in hazardous
<br />waste management procedures, and shall include instruction which
<br />teaches facility personnel hazardous waste management procedures (in-
<br />§ 66265.17
<br />eluding contingency plan implementation) relevant to the positions in
<br />which they are employed.
<br />(3) At a minimum, the training program shall be designed to ensure
<br />that facility personnel are able to respond effectively to emergencies by
<br />familiarizing them with emergency procedures, emergency equipment,
<br />and emergency systems, including where applicable:
<br />(A) procedures for using, inspecting, repairing, and replacing facility
<br />emergency and monitoring equipment;
<br />(B) key parameters for automatic waste feed cut-off systems;
<br />(C) communications or alarm systems;
<br />(D) response to fires or explosions;
<br />(E) response to ground -water contamination incidents; and
<br />(F) shutdown of operations.
<br />(b) Facility personnel shall successfully complete the program re-
<br />quired in subsection (a) of this section within six months after the date
<br />of their employment or assignment to a facility, or to a new position at
<br />a facility. Employees hired after the effective date of these regulations
<br />shall not work in unsupervised positions until they have completed the
<br />training requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
<br />(c) Facility personnel shall take part in an annual review of the initial
<br />training required in subsection (a) of this section.
<br />. (d) The owner or operator shall maintain the following documents and
<br />records at the facility:
<br />(1) the job title for each position at the facility related to hazardous
<br />waste management, and the name of the employee filling each job;
<br />(2) a written job description for each position listed under subsection
<br />(d)(1) of this section. This description may be consistent in its degree of
<br />specificity with descriptions for other similar positions in the same com-
<br />pany location or bargaining unit, but shall include the requisite skill, edu-
<br />cation, or other qualifications, and duties of facility personnel assigned
<br />to each position;
<br />(3) a written description of the type and amount of both introductory
<br />and continuing training that will be given to each person filling a position
<br />listed under subsection (d)(1) of this section;
<br />(4) records that document that the training or job experience required
<br />under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section has been given to, and
<br />completed by, facility personnel.
<br />(e) Training records on current personnel shall be kept until closure of
<br />the facility. Training records on former employees shall be kept for at
<br />least three years from the date the employee last worked at the facility.
<br />Personnel training records may accompany personnel transferred within
<br />` the same company.
<br />NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code.
<br />Reference: Sections 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Section
<br />265.16.
<br />HISTORY
<br />New section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22).
<br />§ 66265.17. General Requirements for Ignitable, Reactive,
<br />or Incompatible Wastes.
<br />(a) The owner or operator shall take precautions to prevent accidental
<br />ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste. This waste shall be sep-
<br />arated and protected from sources of ignition or reaction including but
<br />not limited to: Open flames, smoking, cutting and welding, hot surfaces,
<br />frictional heat, sparks (static, electrical, or mechanical), spontaneous ig-
<br />nition (e.g., from heat -producing chemical reactions), and radiant heat.
<br />While ignitable or reactive waste is being handled, the owner or operator
<br />shall confine smoking and open flame to specially designated locations.
<br />"No Smoking" signs shall be conspicuously placed wherever there is a
<br />hazard from ignitable or reactive waste.
<br />(b) Where specifically required by other sections of this chapter, the
<br />transfer, treatment, storage, or disposal of ignitable or reactive waste, and
<br />the mixture or commingling of incompatible wastes, or incompatible
<br />wastes and materials, shall be conducted so that it does not:
<br />(1) generate extreme heat or pressure, fire or explosion, or violent
<br />reaction;
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