California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 25110.
  Unless expressly incorporated by reference by another statute, the definitions in this article govern only the construction of this chapter. Until terms used in this...
• Section 25110.02.
  “Acutely hazardous waste” means any hazardous waste classified as an acutely hazardous waste in regulations adopted by the department.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631, Sec.
• Section 25110.1.
  “Applicant” means any person seeking an original hazardous waste facilities permit, or an original hazardous waste hauler’s registration from the department to generate, transport, treat,...
• Section 25110.2.
  “Authorized local health officer” means a local health officer authorized by the department pursuant to Section 25187.7.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 886, Sec. 2.)
• Section 25110.3.
  “Buffer zone” means an area of land which surrounds a hazardous waste facility and on which certain land uses and activities are restricted to protect...
• Section 25110.5.
  “Business” means the conduct of activity and is not limited to a commercial or proprietary activity.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1039.)
• Section 25110.8.
  “Business concern” means any sole proprietorship, corporation, association, firm, partnership, trust, or other form of commercial organization.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1304, Sec. 3.)
• Section 25110.8.5.
  “Class I violation” means any of the following:(a)  A deviation from the requirements of this chapter, or any regulation, standard, requirement, or permit or interim...
• Section 25110.9.
  (a)  “Conditionally exempt small quantity treatment” means the operations of a generator conditionally exempted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25201.5. (b)  “Conditionally exempt specified...
• Section 25110.9.1.
  (a)  “Conditional authorization” means a provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, Section 25200.3, which provides that a person or activity is deemed...
• Section 25110.9.3.
  For purposes of this chapter, “consolidated manifest” means a hazardous waste manifest used by a milk run transporter to combine hazardous waste shipments from multiple...
• Section 25110.10.a.
  (a)  “Consolidation site” means a site to which hazardous waste initially collected at a remote site, as defined in Section 25121.3, is transported. (b)  Hazardous...
• Section 25110.10.1.
  For purposes of this chapter, “consolidated transporter” means a hazardous waste transporter registered pursuant to Section 25165 and the regulations adopted by the department who...
• Section 25110.11.
  (a) “Contained gaseous material,” for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 25124 or any other provision of this chapter, means any gas that is contained in...
• Section 25111.
  “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 343, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
• Section 25111.1.
  “Designated local public officer” means a local public officer designated by the director pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 343,...
• Section 25112.
  “Director” means the Director of Toxic Substances Control.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 343, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
• Section 25112.5.
  (a)  “Disclosure statement” means a statement submitted to the department by an applicant, signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury, which includes all of...
• Section 25113.
  (a)  “Disposal” means either of the following: (1)  The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any waste so that the waste or...
• Section 25114.
  “Disposal site” means the location where any final deposition of hazardous waste occurs.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1039.)
• Section 25114.5.
  “Environmental assessor” means an environmental professional as defined in Section 312.10 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Notwithstanding Section 25110, this definition...
• Section 25115.
  “Extremely hazardous waste” means any hazardous waste or mixture of hazardous wastes which, if human exposure should occur, may likely result in death, disabling personal...
• Section 25115.1.
  “Federal act” means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.).(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1061, Sec.
• Section 25116.
  “Handling” means the transporting or transferring from one place to another, or pumping, processing, storing, or packaging of hazardous waste, but does not include the...
• Section 25116.5.
  (a)  “Intermediate manufacturing process stream” means a material, or combination of materials, that meets all of the following conditions: (1)  It is produced as part...
• Section 25117.
  (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (d), “hazardous waste” means a waste that meets any of the criteria for the identification of a hazardous waste...
• Section 25117.1.
  “Hazardous waste facility” means all contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the treatment, transfer, storage, resource recovery, disposal,...
• Section 25117.2.
  “Hazardous waste management” or “management” means the transportation, transfer, recycling, recovery, disposal, handling, processing, storage, and treatment of hazardous waste.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1632,...
• Section 25117.4.1.
  (a) “Local health officer” means county health officers, city health officers, and district health officers, as defined in this code.(b) “Local officer” means a local public officer...
• Section 25117.5.
  (a)  Waste that is hazardous only because it is medical waste, as defined in the Medical Waste Management Act (Part 14 (commencing with Section 117600)...
• Section 25117.6.
  (a)  “Minor violation” means a deviation from the requirements of this chapter, or any regulation, standard, requirement, or permit or interim status document condition adopted...
• Section 25117.8.
  “Natural resources” includes, but is not limited to, disposal site capacity and substances which are hazardous waste, or which are in hazardous waste, the reuse...
• Section 25117.9.
  “Non-RCRA hazardous waste” means all hazardous waste regulated in the state, other than RCRA hazardous waste, as defined in Section 25120.2. A hazardous waste regulated...
• Section 25117.9.1.
  “Notice to comply” means a written method of alleging a minor violation which is in compliance with all of the following requirements:(a)  The notice to...
• Section 25117.10.a.
  “License” includes, but is not limited to any, permit, registration, or certification issued by any local, state, or federal agency for the generation, transportation, treatment,...
• Section 25117.11.
  “Offsite facility” means a hazardous waste facility that is not an onsite facility.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1121, Sec. 2.)
• Section 25117.12.
  “Onsite facility” means a hazardous waste facility at which a hazardous waste is produced and which is owned by, leased to, or under the control...
• Section 25117.13.
  “Land use restriction” means any limitation regarding the uses of property which may be provided by, but is not limited to, a written instrument which...
• Section 25117.14.
  “Permit-by-rule” means a provision of the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter stating that a facility or activity is deemed to have a hazardous waste...
• Section 25118.
  “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, business concern, partnership, limited liability company, association, and corporation, including, but not limited to, a government...
• Section 25119.
  “Processing” means treatment, as defined in Section 25123.5.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 878.)
• Section 25120.
  “Producer” means any person who generates a waste material.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 496, Sec. 1. Effective July 12, 1982.)
• Section 25120.2.
  “RCRA hazardous waste” means all waste identified as a hazardous waste in Part 261 (commencing with Section 261.1) of Subchapter I of Chapter 1 of...
• Section 25120.5.
  “Recyclable material” means a hazardous waste that is capable of being recycled, including, but not limited to, any of the following:(a)  A residue. (b)  A...
• Section 25120.55.
  (a)  Used or spent etchants, stripping solutions, and plating solutions are spent, contaminated, or used material for purposes of this chapter. (b)  Used or spent...
• Section 25121.
  (a)  “Recycled material” means a recyclable material which has been used or reused, or reclaimed. (b)  “Recycled material” does not include an intermediate manufacturing process...
• Section 25121.1.
  (a)  “Recycling” means using, reusing, or reclaiming a recyclable material. (b)  Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for purposes of the fees, taxes, and charges imposed pursuant to...
• Section 25121.3.
  (a) “Remote site” means a site operated by the generator where hazardous waste is initially collected, at which generator staff, other than security staff, is not...
• Section 25121.5.
  (a)  “Retrograde material” means any hazardous material which is not to be used, sold, or distributed for use in an originally intended or prescribed manner...
• Section 25122.7.
  “Restricted hazardous waste” includes both of the following:(a)  Any hazardous waste subject to land disposal restrictions pursuant to Section 25179.6 and the regulations adopted by...
• Section 25122.8.
  “State operational costs” means the costs to the state of overseeing removal and remedial action, as defined in Sections 25322 and 25323, to releases of...
• Section 25122.9.
  “Secretary” means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 639, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
• Section 25123.
  “Storage” means the holding of hazardous wastes, for a temporary period.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1632, Sec. 9.)
• Section 25123.3.
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Liquid hazardous waste” means a hazardous waste that meets the definition of free liquids,...
• Section 25123.4.
  “Transportable hazardous waste treatment unit” or “transportable treatment unit” means mobile equipment which performs treatment, is transported onto a facility to perform treatment, and is...
• Section 25123.5.
  (a)  Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), “treatment” means any method, technique, or process which is not otherwise excluded from the definition of...
• Section 25123.6.
  “Volatile organic compound” means a compound which is a volatile organic compound according to Method No. 8240 in the Environmental Protection Agency Document No. Solid...
• Section 25123.7.
  (a)  “Unified Program Facility” means all contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land which are subject to the requirements of paragraph...
• Section 25123.8.
  “Universal waste” means a hazardous waste identified as a universal waste in Section 66273.9 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, or as...
• Section 25124.
  (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (c), “waste” means any solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous discarded material that is not excluded by this chapter...

Last modified: October 22, 2018