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0 BR/©CESTonE Bridgestone Retail Operations California Environmental Management SOP To provide Store Managers, Area Managers and Regional Managers located in the State of California with a procedure for assessing and handling state specific environmental management issues. This SOP is in addition to all other Environmental SOP's and is not meant to replace the other SOP's, but is additional guidance for State specific requirements. Environmental management is an important compliance issue for all retail stores. However, stores located within the state of California must comply with stricter regulations than stores found in other states. Store Managers must be familiar with these state specific requirements to ensure that their stores remain in compliance. In Scope: • Proper management of waste in the State of California. • State specific accumulation requirements for California. • Recordkeeping requirements specific to the State of California. • Self inspection requirements specific to the State of California. • California specific training requirements. Out of Scope: Federal environmental requirements. • Local environmental ordinances. SEP 1 5 2015 • Container — Approved device to hold hazardous materials or hazardous waste (i.e. drums, tanks, used oil dollies). • Empty— Container where all wastes have been removed using common practices to remove materials (i.e. pouring, pumping, aspirating) and less than 1" of non -pourable material remains. • Label —Self adhesive marking with blank fields for federal or state required information. • Start Accumulation Date— Date waste was first added to an individual container. • Accumulation —Consolidation and storage of waste in a container. Duration depends on volume and type of waste. • Recordkeeping— Management of paperwork documenting a wastes disposal (i.e. manifest), inspections or training records. • Inspection —The act of physically/visually checking items in question and documenting them on the required form. • Regulator— Federal, state or local government environmental inspector. • Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) — This California specific plan contains detailed information on the storage of hazardous materials at the store. The purpose of the HMBP is to prevent or minimize damage to public health, safety, and the environment, from a release or threatened release of a hazardous material. The HMBP also provides emergency response personnel with adequate information to help them better prepare and respond to chemical -related incidents at regulated facilities. California Environmental Requirements Date Created Date Revised issuing Department Author 05/18/15 07/29/2015 Environmental ESJ/DJH # of Pages: 9 1 1 P a g e Updated 8/3/2015. Do not duplicate or distribute without authorization. © Property of Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC.