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“Acute oral LD50” means the dose of a substance or mixture of substances, in milligrams per kilogram of test animal body weight,
<br />which, when administered orally as a single dose, produces death within 14 days in half of a group of 10 or more laboratory white
<br />rats which have fasted for 24 hours immediately prior to administration of the dose, and which weigh between 200 and 300 grams
<br />each.
<br />“Acute toxicity” Means the ability of a substance or mixture of substances to cause injury, illness or damage to humans, animals or
<br />other living organisms by a single exposure of a duration measured in seconds, minutes, hours or days or, in the case of oral
<br />ingestion, by a single dose.
<br />“Acute hazardous waste” see “Acutely hazardous waste.”
<br />“Acutely hazardous waste” or “Acute hazardous waste” means any hazardous waste classified as an acutely hazardous waste in
<br />article 4 of chapter 11 of this division.
<br />“Administrator” see “USEPA Administrator.”
<br />“Admitted carrier” means an insurance company entitled to transact the business of insurance in this state, having complied with the
<br />laws imposing conditions precedent to transactions of such business.
<br />“AES filing compliance date” means the date that U.S. EPA announces in the Federal Register, on or after which exporters of
<br />hazardous waste and exporters of cathode ray tubes for recycling are required to file U.S. EPA information in the Automated Export
<br />System or its successor system, under the International Trade Data System (ITDS) platform.
<br />“Affected medium” means any medium (e.g., ground water, surface water or the unsaturated zone) that has been affected by a
<br />release from a regulated unit.
<br />For the purposes of chapters 14 and 15, “Air stripping operation” is a desorption operation employed to transfer one or more volatile
<br />components from a liquid mixture into a gas (air) either with or without the application of heat to the liquid. Packed towers, spray
<br />towers, and bubble-cap, sieve, or valve-type plate towers are among the process configurations used for contacting the air and a
<br />liquid.
<br />“Ancillary equipment” means any device including, but not limited to, such devices as piping, fittings, flanges, valves and pumps, that
<br />is used to distribute, meter or control the flow of hazardous waste from its point of generation to a storage or treatment tank(s),
<br />between hazardous waste storage and treatment tanks to a point of disposal onsite, or to a point of shipment for disposal offsite.
<br />“Applicant” means a person who applies to the Department or to the USEPA for a permit, registration, certification or permission to
<br />take specified action, pursuant to the provisions of this division.
<br />“Application” means (a) the USEPA standard national forms for applying for a permit (Form EPA 8700-23, Revised 1/90) and the
<br />information required by the Department under sections 66270.14 through 66270.29 (contents of Part B of the application); or (b) the
<br />forms approved by the Department for applying for registration as a hazardous waste hauler. These forms are:
<br />Form DTSC 187, revised 2/92: Hazardous Waste Hauler Application
<br />Form DTSC 8025, revised 2/92: Application for Vehicle/container inspection
<br />Form DTSC 8038, revised 2/93: Certificate of insurance
<br />Form DHS 8430, revised 3/89: Disclosure Statement
<br />“Aquifer” means a geologic formation, group of formations or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant amount of ground
<br />water to wells or springs.
<br />“Assets” means all existing and all probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity.
<br />“Authorized agency” means, in a jurisdiction where there is no CUPA, the agency authorized to continue its role, responsibilities and
<br />authority pursuant to section 25404.3 of the Health and Safety Code to implement and enforce the requirements identified in
<br />paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of section 25404 of the Health and Safety Code. In those instances when the Department is the
<br />authorized agency, the Department is not limited from exercising any authority it otherwise has under the Health and Safety Code
<br />and Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
<br />“Authorized representative” means the person responsible for the overall operation of a facility or an operational unit (i.e., part of a
<br />facility), e.g., the plant manager, superintendent or person of equivalent responsibility.
<br />“Average volatile organic concentration” or “average VO concentration” means the mass-weighted average volatile organic
<br />concentration of a hazardous waste as determined in accordance with the requirements of section 66265.1084.
<br />“Background monitoring point” means a well, device or location specified in the facility permit at which monitoring for background
<br />water, soil, air or soil-vapor quality is conducted.
<br />“Bioaccumulative toxic substance” means a toxic substance that concentrates in living organisms through direct assimilation or food
<br />chain accumulation.
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