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xAHAGEMENT XZXO i e9-8 (REV. 7) <br /> YROGRAx MANAGEMENT MANUAL VOLUMES: 2 AND 4 <br /> TITLE: <br /> Interim Guidance On Variance Determinations, Interim Status Document <br /> Issuance and Enforcement for Facilities Scheduled for Permit by Rule <br /> (PBR) <br /> AFFECTED PROGRAMS: <br /> Permitting <br /> surveillance and Enforcement <br /> CLARIFICATION Or EXISTING POLICY: <br /> This revised memo supersedes the management memo dated <br /> SAptember 9 , 1991 . This revised memo constitutes a change in policy <br /> only for off-sits PSR candidate facilities, based on current plana for <br /> implamentation of PBR. <br /> 13ACKGROUND: <br /> All facilities which treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste are <br /> required to obtain a permit or other authorization to operate pursuant <br /> to California Health and Safety Code (HSC) Section 25201. The <br /> Department of Toxic Substances Control (Department) is increasing its <br /> efforts to bring all California hazardous waste treatment, storage, and <br /> disposal facilities not regulated by the federal Resource Conservation <br /> and Recovery Act (non-RCRA facilities) fully into the Department's <br /> regulatory framework. These non-RCRA facilities were composed largely <br /> of treatment and storage facilities. In order to bring these <br /> facilities into compliance with applicable stats laws and regulations <br /> as quickly as possibler the Department has developed the Permit <br /> Streamlining Program. <br /> The Department intends to regulate most of these facilities through a <br /> PBR approach. The PBR approach is applied based on the waste streams <br /> handled and the process(es) used, and is for those waste streams and <br /> processes which the Department considers to be low risk. These low <br /> risk waste streets and processes do not warrant the full prior permit <br /> review and s+pproval of the normal permit process. The Department has <br /> alread, established• regulatory requirements to allow the operation of <br /> transpertabla treatment units through PDR. Instead of issuing a <br /> permit docvrientr PBR is based on regulations which a facility <br /> owner/6nerator must comply with in order to be deemed to hold a permit <br /> by Tula. EBR expedites the permitting process by notifying all <br />