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19% TIERED PERMITTING UPDATE , - New legislation changed generator and onsite treatment tier requirements, which are summarized below. In response, DTSC has revised the Onsite Treatment Notification Form (DTSC 1772) and is updating past factsheets for each of the onsite tiers, which should be available in March 1996. The factsheet text will also be available on the Cal/EPA Bulletin Board. Copies of the form and factsheets can be ordered by calling your Regional Office (see attached map). New documents will not be automatically mailed to onsite notifrers. Generators: There were three legislative changes to hazardous waste generator standards: Senate Bill (SB) 1135 eliminated some of the permit requirements for storing large volumes of liquid hazardous waste and increased generator accumulation time for generators of less than 1,000 kg/month under certain circumstances. Assembly Bill (AB) 1060 allowed generators to hold non-RCRA contaminated soils from site cleanup projects in waste piles without obtaining a hazardous waste facility permit. TANK REGULATORY RELIEF: Emergency regulations, adopted on June 19, 1995, provided significant relief for operators using tanks. The rulemaking delays tank secondary containment dates for many generators and onsite treaters with non-RCRA regulated waste and federally exempt treatment activities. Integrity testing was delayed until January 1, 1997 and installation of full secondary containment was delayed until January 1, 1998. Onsite Treatment Facilities: ELIGIBILrrY CHANGES: AB 483 added a new category within the Conditionally Exempt Tier-known as Conditionally Exempt Limited (CEL), with a one-time only fee. It authorized: • Aerosol can treatment, when using DTSC certified equipment and recycling the crushed cans, • Certain oil/water separators, hazardous only due to the oil, when the recovered oil is recycled using an authorized offsite facility. This category does not include groundwater and most water contaminated with fuel (no more than two percent (2%) diesel fuel and no measurable amount of gasoline). • Totally enclosed treatment units, but only after DTSC adopts regulations. SB 1291 fully exempts food industry elementary neutralization from permitting, adds the curing of resins to Conditionally Exempt Specified Wastestream (CESW), and allows DTSC to add new treatment to the onsite tiers by regulation. AB 1966 extends the sunset date for copper cleansers to January 1, 1998, continuing it in Conditional Authorization (CA). OTHER ONSITE TREATMENT CHANGES: SB 1291 eliminated PBR third party liability requirements, postponed closure financial assurance until October 1, 1996, and -2-