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State of California — Environmental Protection Agency Department of Toxic Substances Control 2. Small quantity generators whose businesses are long distances (200 miles or farther) away from their waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities may accumulate their waste onsite for up to 270 days if all of the following apply: The quantity of hazardous waste accumulated onsite never exceeds 6,000 kg. The generator does not hold acutely hazardous waste or extremely hazardous waste in an amount greater than one kg for more than 90 days. The generator complies with the requirements of subdivisions (d), (e) and (f) of Section 262.34 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 3. Satellite accumulation: A generator may also hold, at an accumulation area, up to 55 gallons of hazardous waste for more than 180 days if all of the following requirements are met with respect to the 55 gallons or one quart of acutely or extremely hazardous waste: The generator must not hold the accumulated waste onsite for more than one year from the initial date of accumulation; The generator may only accumulate the waste in containers, not tanks. The waste must be at or near the area where the waste is generated and which is under the control of the operator of the process generating the waste; The generator must label the containers used for accumulating the hazardous waste with the words "Hazardous Waste". Labels must also include information on the composition and physical state of the waste, the hazardous properties of the waste, the name and address of person producing the waste and the generator's ID number, plus the initial date; The generator must comply with the requirements of Sections 66265.171, 66265.172, 66265.173(a), Title 22, CCR; Within 3 days of reaching the 55 gallon/one quart quantity limitation, the generator must: Date the holding container with the date on which the limit was reached. Move the waste to the "90/180 -day" accumulation area or offsite, and; Comply with the requirements of Chapter 12, Article 3, Section 66262.34(a), Title 22, CCR and other applicable provisions. For those facilities that remove their hazardous waste directly from the accumulation area within the three days allowed, this provision does not apply. RULES FOR SHIPPING HAZARDOUS WASTE In some cases your waste could be exempt from manifest requirements. Briefly, those include: Universal waste shipments (see information and link below), some photographic and silver waste and some self-transported waste (50 pounds or five (02/16) STATEPKT Page 5