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c1 <br />*FORNIA/U.S. EPA DIFFERENCES <br />nce DTSC along with the U.S. EPA regulates PCBs, <br />is sometimes causes confusion as to which set of <br />gulations takes precedence. Under Section 18 of the <br />:decal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the <br />ates are given the right to apply more stringent PCB <br />gulations. Listed below are the main differences <br />.tween California and U.S. EPA's PCB regulations: <br />With few exceptions, the U.S. EPA does not <br />regulate liquids with PCB concentrations below SO <br />ppm. In California, however, liquid wastes with <br />PCB concentrations equal to or greater than S ppm <br />are classified as hazardous waste. <br />Under U.S. EPA regulations, drained PCB -con- <br />taminated transformer carcasses are allowed to be <br />disposed in municipal landfills. California has <br />classified drained waste transformer carcasses as <br />hazardous waste if the oil that was drained from the <br />carcass had transformer oil with PCB concentra- <br />tions equal to or greater than S ppm. <br />There is no exemption under California DTSC <br />regulations due to PCB quantity or size of the <br />waste material that contains PCBs. Items such <br />as fluorescent light ballasts with PCB capacitors <br />are covered under California DTSC regulations, <br />whereas. Federal regulations would exempt them <br />under the TSCA small capacitor definition. <br />California, along with the other States, does not <br />have the authority to regulate use of PCBs. There- <br />fore, there are no DTSC regulations that would <br />require removal of an item that contained PCBs <br />such as a transformer or fluorescent light ballast. <br />Generators, however, would still have to comply <br />with appropriate Federal removal requirements, if <br />applicable. DTSC hazardous waste regulations <br />apply only when and if material which contains <br />PCBs becomes a waste. <br />N <br />PCB TREATMENT STANDARDS"' <br />The table on page 3 lists PCB waste categories with <br />their corresponding California DTSC Utau=t <br />standards for land disposal (§66268.110 of Title 22, <br />CCR). It should also be noted that, in addition to <br />these treatment standards. there are other waste <br />management options available for PCB material <br />which would still be in compliance with both Califor- <br />nia and Federal regulations which are not listed in the <br />table below. For a further discussion of the other <br />waste management options for PCB material. see the <br />second question under the Frequently Asked Ques- <br />tions section of this fact sheet. <br />C <br />