California Health and Safety Code

§ 25212

HSC § 25212 Effective Jan 1, 2005Div. 20 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 10.1

Statute text

(a)Materials that require special handling that are contained in major appliances shall not be disposed of at a solid waste facility and shall be removed from major appliances in which they are contained prior to the appliance being crushed, baled, shredded, sawed or sheared apart, disposed of, or otherwise processed in a manner that could result in the release or prevent the removal of materials that require special handling.

(b)A person who, pursuant to subdivision (a), removes from a major appliance any material that requires special handling, that is a hazardous waste under this chapter, is a hazardous waste generator and shall comply with all provisions of this chapter applicable to generators of hazardous waste.

(c)All materials that require special handling that have been removed from a major appliance pursuant to subdivision (a), and that are hazardous wastes, shall be managed in accordance with this chapter.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 880, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2005.