[Amended by Ord. No. 1204-21, eff. January 6, 2022]
As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
be defined as follows:
A facility owned and operated by the City or its designee
which is certified to receive and dispose of hazardous materials.
A hazardous waste transporter registered pursuant to Health
and Safety Code § 25165 who uses the consolidated manifesting
procedures set forth in Health and Safety Code § 25160.2.
Either of the following:
The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking,
or placing of any waste so that the waste or any constituent of the
waste is or may be emitted into the air or discharged into or on any
land or waters, including groundwaters, or may otherwise enter the
environment.
The abandonment of any waste.
Any hazardous or toxic substance, material, or waste which
is or becomes subject to regulation as such by any California state
agency or the United States and includes any material or substance
that is any of the following:
A hazardous substance, as defined in § 25316 of the
Health and Safety Code.
Hazardous material, as defined in subdivision (j) of § 25501
of the Health and Safety Code.
Acutely Hazardous Material, as defined in subdivision (a) of
§ 25532 of the Health and Safety Code.
Hazardous Waste, as defined in § 25117 of the Health
and Safety Code.
Extremely hazardous waste, as defined in § 25115 of
the Health and Safety Code.
Petroleum.
Asbestos.
Designated as a hazardous substance for purposes of § 311
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Hazardous waste, as defined by subsection (5) of § 1004 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.
A hazardous substance, as defined by subsection (14) of § 101 of the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
A regulated substance, as defined by subsection (2) of § 9001 of the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1204-21, eff. January 6, 2022]
It shall be unlawful to dispose of any hazardous material except
by deposit with an authorized agent at a certified hazardous waste
facility or by delivery to a consolidated transporter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1204-21, eff. January 6, 2022]
Violations of any provision of this article by any person or
entity, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, shall
be prosecuted as an infraction or a misdemeanor in the discretion
of the prosecuting authority.
