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ION mill which can result from the spillage of oil containing PCBs ranging from a spill on a i6adway to small seepage on a transformer pad.Listed below are the What is California's requirement for the agencies which might become involved or require iisposal of fluorescent light ballasts which notification as a result of a PCB spill: :ontain PCBs' California Office of Emergence Services(OES) Fluorescent light ballasts which contain PCBs are (804)852-7550 considered hazardous waste and must be trans- Spills that we of immediate danger to nearby ported and disposed of as inhabitants or the environment- is no m9=011.91- 111,111,011 xemrnionornumber of Ita_ccc bgf�g. i �� The disposal EPA Region 9 options for fluorescent fight ballasts which contain (415)7441087 PCBs 066 .110 of Tick 22. )are either 1) Assistance with any U.S.EPA reporting require- incineration in an incinerator permitted to burn mens-or PCB-related technical support. PCO -wastes,or 2)placement in lab packs and then disposed in a hazardous waste landfill. NationalResponse Center(NRC) (800)424-8802 What are some of the other waste management All new spills containing more than 50 plan PCB options for PCBs? should be reported to U.S.EPA within 24 hours of spill discovery. All spills involving 10 pounds or Retrofilling and dechlorination we two commer- more of PCBs by weight must be reported to the cially available technologies used for eliminating NRC- ZO PCBs in transformer oil.Several companies that have been operating in California for a number of Department of Toxic Substances Control years and are in compliance.with both State and Regional Offices Federal PCB regulatory requirements offer this Region I — Sacramento (916)255-3545 type of service in California. Essentially,these Region I — Fresno (209)297-3901 technologies either remove or destroy the PCB Region 2 — Berkeley (510)540-2122 molecules in the transformer oil thereby lowering Region 3 — Glendale (8 18)551-2800 the concentration of PCBs to permit-required or Region 4 — Long Beach (310)590-4868 client-desired levels of treatment- Transformer decommissioning is an option that entails a further Spills of any type of hazardous waste should be rinsing and cleaning of the transformer carcass after reported to the neatest DISC regional office. which the carcass is physically disassembled and Depending on the PCB spill location,the regional the different metal sections separated and recovered office might have you contact the local city or for their metal recycling value. county health delmmment to handle any spill reports that might be required- - What is California's requirement for PCB spites' Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment--Proposition 65 Requirements - As a general rule,California uses U.S.EPA's PCB (916)44 Spill Cleanup Policy which is published in 40 CFR, They require notification of PCB spills that may Pan 761.Subpart G,for guidance concerning PCB potentially be released into sources of drinking cleanup levels. There are many different scenarios water. 4