Waste Minimization / Hazardous Waste Source Reduction Program

SB 14 Waste Minimization Plan and Report
Waste Minimization Plans and Reports are due September 1, 2007 and the "Summary Progress Report" must also be submitted to DTSC by September 1, 2007.

Who is affected?
To determine if your operation must comply with the source reduction planning requirements ask yourself the following questions:

1. Did my facility generate 12,000 kg/yr or more of hazardous waste or I2 kg/yr or more of extremely hazardous waste in 2006?
   
   
2. Is this waste routinely generated from ongoing operations? (One-time waste      streams such as demolition debris from decommissioning a production line are excluded.)
   
   
3. Does my business generate aqueous hazardous waste that undergoes on-site      treatment prior to discharge to the sewer? (If you produce over 3,100 gallons/yr      you are captured by SB 14.)

What are the Plan, the Report and the Summary Progress Report?
SB 14 requires the preparation of waste minimization documents every four years for those facilities that meet the waste generation thresholds in the reporting year. Generators are required to prepare three documents. The first document is the Hazardous Waste Source Reduction Evaluation Review and Plan (Plan). The Plan is a forward-looking document in which a generator evaluates potential source reduction/waste minimization measures for each “major” waste stream (waste streams that constitute greater than 5% of the total waste generated). The second document is the Hazardous Waste Management Performance Report (Report) and is a backward-looking document that must assess the effect of each source reduction measure implemented since the baseline year (i.e. 1998) on waste generation. The third document, the Summary Progress Report (SPR), consists of two tables and a comment page that summarizes the results of past waste minimization measures and any new waste minimization opportunities that will be implemented in the next four years.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

The plan, report and summary progress report are required to be completed on or before September 1, 2007.

The summary progress report must be submitted to the DTSC by September 1, 2007.

The applicability of SB 14 is based upon the amount of waste produced in calendar year 2006.

The plan must cover the next 4 years (2007-2010). The report must cover the previous 4 year period and compare 2006 to 2002.

Do not wait until September 1 when the Summary Progress Report is due to be submitted or the CUPA inspectors are at your door asking to review your documents. CDMS is offering discounts for early filers.

The DTSC does have waste generation records based on submitted manifests and does follow up on facilities that failed to file. Don't let one of those failure to file letters end up on your desk.

The evaluation and documentation required by this regulation are not minor. DTSC requires facilities to go through a specific evaluation process EVERY REPORTING YEAR, and document the evaluation. Simply updating a previous year's plan does not meet the requirements.

Click here for a printable PDF document including more information about the SB 14 Waste Minimization requirements.