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f Mr. Robert McClellon -2- UNIVERSAL WASTE REGULATORY CHANGES 3. A Certified Appliance Recycler (CAR) has been contracted to remove materials that require special handling from major appliances; 4. Following the removal of the materials that require special handling, the County's CAR will complete DTSC form 1430 and provide it to metals recyclers who transport and recycle appliances received at the site; and, 5. Records demonstrating compliance with the applicable requirements will be retained at the FSL each facility for a minimum of three years and will be made available for inspection upon request. Universal Waste Rec "lin ling In addition, the Universal Waste (UW) Exemption for household and conditionally exempt small quantity generators (CESQG's) expired on February 9, 2006. As a result, homeowners and CESQG's will no longer be allowed to dispose of universal waste - batteries, thermostats, lamps, and consumer electronic devices — through a curbside collection program or in a landfill. In order to reduce the potential illegal dumping impacts of this increased regulation, our department has elected to continue to accept the listed UWs at no additional charge to the customer Our department banned the disposal of the above items in the trash at all our solid waste facilities, including the FSL, on February 9, 2006. Prohibited Universal Waste electronic devices are those which have been tested by DTSC and found to be hazardous - VCR's, CPU's, printers, cell phones, telephones, answering machines and radios. If additional electronic devices are found to be hazardous, they will be immediately added to this list. In keeping with past practice, Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) and Liquid Crystal Devices (LCDs) will continue to be removed from the solid waste stream. To implement this ban, the County and Foothill Inc. have taken the following steps to prevent the inadvertent disposal of the materials in the County solid waste stream, and to educate consumers and businesses as to proper management procedures: 1. FSL staff were trained on February 23, 2006, to identify and properly manage Universal Wastes as part of the existing load check training program. The procedure requires that each customer passing through the scale house be queried about any Appliances and Universal Waste in their loads; new signage has been posted explaining the waste ban and instructing the customer to declare the items to the cashiering staff. Load checkers are instructed to focus on preventing the banned wastes from hitting the ground at the working face. Banned waste intermingled with the refuse at the working face will be removed only if it's safe and practical to do so. 2. All electronic and universal wastes collected at the site will be placed in a roll -off container provided by the County. Once the container is full, FSL staff will contact County staff to transport the container to a CAR. FSL staff will retain the necessary paperwork to track the amounts of electronic and universal wastes collected at the site.