(a) Owners or operators of facilities existing on December 6, 1996 and subject to articles 9, 10, and 11 shall meet the following requirements: (1) Install and begin operation of all control equipment or waste management units required to comply with this article and complete modifications of production or treatment processes to satisfy exemption criteria in accordance with section 66265.1083(c) by December 6, 1996, except as provided for in subsection (a)(2) of this section.(2) When control equipment or waste management units required to comply with this article cannot be installed and in operation or modifications of production or treatment processes to satisfy exemption criteria in accordance with section 66265.1083(c) cannot be completed by December 6, 1996, the owner or operator shall: (A) Install and begin operation of the control equipment and waste management units, and complete modifications of production or treatment processes as soon as possible but no later than December 8, 1997.(B) Prepare an implementation schedule that includes the following information: specific calendar dates for award of contracts or issuance of purchase orders for control equipment, waste management units, and production or treatment process modifications; initiation of on-site installation of control equipment or waste management units, and modifications of production or treatment processes; completion of control equipment or waste management unit installation, and production or treatment process modifications; and performance of testing to demonstrate that the installed equipment or waste management units, and modified production or treatment processes meet the applicable standards of this article.(C) For facilities subject to the recordkeeping requirements of section 66265.73, the owner or operator shall enter the implementation schedule specified in subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section in the operating record no later than December 6, 1996.(D) For facilities not subject to section 66265.73, the owner or operator shall enter the implementation schedule specified in subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section in a permanent, readily available file located at the facility no later than December 6, 1996.(b) Owners or operators of facilities and units in existence on the effective date of a statutory or regulatory amendment that renders the facility subject to articles 9, 10, or 11 shall meet the following requirements: (1) Install and begin operation of control equipment or waste management units required to comply with this article, and complete modifications of production or treatment processes to satisfy exemption criteria of section 66265.1083(c) by the effective date of the amendment, except as provided for in subsection (b)(2) of this section.(2) When control equipment or waste management units required to comply with this article cannot be installed and begin operation, or when modifications of production or treatment processes to satisfy exemption criteria of section 66265.1083(c) cannot be completed by the effective date of the amendment, the owner or operator shall: (A) Install and begin operation of the control equipment or waste management unit, and complete modification of production or treatment processes as soon as possible but no later than 30 months after the effective date of the amendment.(B) For facilities subject to the recordkeeping requirements of section 66265.73, enter and maintain the implementation schedule specified in subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section in the operating record no later than the effective date of the amendment, or(C) For facilities not subject to section 66265.73, the owner or operator shall enter and maintain the implementation schedule specified in subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section in a permanent, readily available file located at the facility site no later than the effective date of the amendment.(c) Owners and operators of facilities and units that become newly subject to the requirements of this article after December 8, 1997 due to an action other than those described in subsection (b) of this section must comply with all applicable requirements immediately (i.e., must have control devices installed and operating on the date the facility or unit becomes subject to this article; the 30-month implementation schedule does not apply).(d) The Department may elect to extend the implementation date for control equipment at a facility, on a case by case basis, to a date later than December 8, 1997, when special circumstances that are beyond the facility owner's or operator's control delay installation or operation of control equipment, and the owner or operator has made all reasonable and prudent attempts to comply with the requirements of this article.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 66265.1082
1. Change without regulatory effect adding new section filed 6-11-99 pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25159.1 (Register 99, No. 24).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)(2)(B) filed 6-7-2004 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2004, No. 24). Note: Authority cited: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5, 25245 and 58012, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150, 25159 and 25159.5, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR Section 265.1082.
1. Change without regulatory effect adding new section filed 6-11-99 pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25159.1 (Register 99, No. 24).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)(2)(B) filed 6-7-2004 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2004, No. 24).