Code Section

25200.  

(a) The department shall issue a hazardous waste facilities permit to use and operate one or more hazardous waste management units at a hazardous waste facility that, in the judgment of the department, meet the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to hazardous waste facilities and the other standards and requirements adopted pursuant to this chapter. The department shall impose conditions on a hazardous waste facilities permit specifying the types of hazardous wastes that may be accepted for transfer, storage, treatment, or disposal. The department may impose any other conditions on a hazardous waste facilities permit that are consistent with the intent of this chapter.

(b) The department may impose, as a condition of a hazardous waste facilities permit, a requirement that the owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility that receives hazardous waste from more than one producer comply with any order of the director that prohibits the hazardous waste facility operator from refusing to accept a hazardous waste based on geographical origin that is authorized to be accepted and may be accepted by the facility without extraordinary hazard.

(c) (1) (A) A hazardous waste facilities permit issued by the department, including a standardized permit issued pursuant to Section 25201.6, shall be for a fixed term, which shall not exceed 10 years.

(B) To the extent not inconsistent with the federal act, if, before the end of a hazardous waste facilities permit’s fixed term, a Part A and Part B application for the renewal of an existing hazardous waste facilities permit has been deemed complete, as specified in paragraph (4), a signed written cost reimbursement agreement and the 25-percent advance payment required pursuant to Section 25205.7, if applicable, have been submitted to and received by the department, and any other information requested by the department has been submitted to and received by the department, the hazardous waste facilities permit shall be deemed extended until either of the following:

(i) The department approves the hazardous waste facilities permit renewal application and the new hazardous waste facilities permit is effective.

(ii) The department denies the hazardous waste facilities permit renewal application and all parties have exhausted all applicable rights of appeal.

(C) (i) An owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility with a hazardous waste facilities permit that expires before January 1, 2025, seeking to renew that hazardous waste facilities permit shall submit a Part A and Part B application to the department at least 180 days before the end of the hazardous waste facilities permit’s fixed term.

(ii) The department shall post on its internet website, and update on at least a monthly basis, the estimated date for a permit decision for all hazardous waste facilities permits subject to this subparagraph.

(iii) The department shall issue a decision on a hazardous waste facilities permit renewal application for a hazardous waste facility subject to this subparagraph within three years of the effective date of this section or within three years after the end of the hazardous waste facilities permit’s fixed term, whichever is later.

(D) (i) An owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility with a hazardous waste facilities permit that expires on or after January 1, 2025, seeking to renew that hazardous waste facilities permit shall submit a Part A and Part B application at least two years before the end of the hazardous waste facilities permit’s fixed term.

(ii) The department shall post on its internet website, and update on at least a monthly basis, the estimated date for a permit decision for all hazardous waste facilities permits subject to this subparagraph.

(iii) The department shall issue a decision on a hazardous waste facilities permit for a hazardous waste facility subject to this subparagraph no later than one year after the end of the hazardous waste facilities permit’s fixed term.

(E) This subdivision does not limit or restrict the department’s authority to impose any additional or different conditions on an extended hazardous waste facilities permit that are necessary to protect human health and the environment.

(F) In adopting new conditions for an extended hazardous waste facilities permit, the department shall follow the applicable permit modification procedures specified in this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(G) When prioritizing pending hazardous waste facilities permit renewal applications for processing and in determining the need for any new conditions on an extended hazardous waste facilities permit, the department shall consider any input received from the public.

(2) The department shall review each hazardous waste facilities permit for a land disposal facility five years after the date of issuance or reissuance, and shall modify the permit, as necessary, to ensure that the land disposal facility continues to comply with the currently applicable requirements of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(3) This subdivision does not prohibit the department from reviewing, modifying, or revoking a hazardous waste facilities permit at any time during its term.

(4) For purposes of this subdivision, an application for the renewal of an existing hazardous waste facilities permit shall be deemed complete when the department has notified the applicant in writing that the application is complete in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 66271.2 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

(d) (1) When reviewing an application for renewal of a hazardous waste facilities’ permit, the department shall consider improvements in the state of control and measurement technology, as well as changes in applicable regulations.

(2) A hazardous waste facilities permit issued or renewed under this section shall contain any terms and conditions that the department deems necessary to protect human health and the environment.

(e) A permit issued pursuant to the federal act by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to a hazardous waste facility in the state for which no state hazardous waste facilities permit has been issued by the department shall be deemed to be a state hazardous waste facilities permit and enforceable by the department until a state hazardous waste facilities permit is issued. In addition to complying with the terms and conditions specified in the federal permit deemed to be a state hazardous waste facilities permit pursuant to this subdivision, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility who holds that federal permit shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and the regulations adopted by the department to implement this chapter.