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5 <br /> WHO IS AFFECTED BY CHANGES? • "Silver-only" hazardous wastes will be identified as <br /> hazardous due to their silver content according to the <br /> ■ Businesses that generate "silver-only" hazardous federal RCRA regulatory level of 5 milligrams/liter <br /> wastes, such as: (mg/1), using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching <br /> Procedure (TCLP) [40 CFR 261.24]. <br /> Photoprocessors (includes photography printing and <br /> X-ray development wastes); • If the waste is identified as hazardous for any other <br /> Dental offices/clinics reason (i.e., corrosivity, reactivity, ignitability, or <br /> Hospitals listed as hazardous) or constituent (i.e., toxicity <br /> Medical professional offices/clinics characteristic other than silver), using the California <br /> Chiropractic offices hazardous waste criteria, then the waste remains <br /> Veterinary hospitals/clinics subject to California hazardous waste requirements. <br /> Police <br /> Schools with industrial labs • Changes apply exclusively to wastes that are <br /> Government agencies hazardous for silver only. Wastes that are hazardous <br /> Microfilm labs for constituents other than silver are not included. <br /> Motion picture labs Examples of wastes not included are: <br /> Minilabs/One-hour photo shops - RCRA listed wastes, such as electroplating <br /> Professional/photofinishers wastewater treatment sludges (17006 listed waste); <br /> Printer, graphic arts, commercial services labs -dental amalgam(if it contains mercury or any other <br /> metal that would cause it to exhibit a characteristic <br /> Jewelers and jewelry manufacturers of hazardous waste); and <br /> -corrosive cleaning/etching solution wastes <br /> Electrical and electronics (generally hazardous due to corrosivity, as well a, <br /> other metals). <br /> ■ Businesses that transport "silver-only" hazardous <br /> wastes. • Sludges generated by the treatment of silver-rich <br /> solutions and wastewaters, which are hazardous only <br /> ■ Businesses that reclaim metals from "silver-only" for their silver content, will not be considered solid <br /> hazardous waste. waste, and therefore not hazardous waste, when <br /> reclaimed [40 CFR 261.2(c)(3)]. <br /> ■ Environmental regulatory agencies. <br /> • Treatment of photoimaging solutions and wastewaters <br /> to remove silver will be regulated only to the extent it <br /> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT is regulated under RCRA, and not require California <br /> POINTS TO CONSIDER? Tiered Permitting authorization. Any other treatment <br /> of "silver-only" RCRA hazardous waste remains <br /> • Requirements established under laws other than subject to regulation under California hazardous waste <br /> California's Hazardous Waste Control Law are laws. <br /> not affected by the provisions of SB 2111. <br /> Examples of requirements not affected include POTW • Businesses generating less than 100 kilograms <br /> pretreatment requirements for discharges to the sewer, (approximately 27 gallons) per month exclusively of <br /> as well as waste discharge requirements established "silver-only" hazardous waste may be exempt from <br /> under the federal Clean Water Act or California's most generator requirements as Conditionally Exempt <br /> Porter Cologne Water Quality Control Act. Small Quantity Generators (CESQGs) [40 CFP -,, <br /> 261.5]. <br /> Page 2 <br />