Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22 § 66273.9
When used in this chapter, the terms listed in this section have the meanings given below. Unless otherwise specified, listed terms that cross-reference the definitions of other listed terms refer to the definitions set forth in this section for those other terms. Terms that are also defined in chapter 10 of this division are duplicated here solely for convenience of the regulated community. Terms used in this chapter that are not defined in this section but are defined in chapter 10 of this division and/or chapter 6.5 of division 20 of the Health and Safety Code have the meanings given in those sources.
"Ampule" means an airtight vial made of glass, plastic, metal, or any combination of these materials.
"Battery" means a device consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells that is designed to receive, store, and deliver electric energy. An electrochemical cell is a system consisting of an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte, plus such connections (electrical and mechanical) as may be needed to allow the cell to deliver or receive electrical energy. The term battery also includes an intact, unbroken battery from which the electrolyte has been removed.
"Cathode ray tube" means a vacuum tube or picture tube used to convert an electrical signal into a visual image.
"Closure" means the act of closing a universal waste handler's facility pursuant to the requirements of article 7 of this chapter.
"CESQUWG" see "Conditionally exempt small quantity universal waste generator."
"CRT" see "Cathode ray tube."
"CRT device" means any electronic device that contains one or more CRTs including, but not limited to, computer monitors, televisions, cash registers and oscilloscopes.
"CRT funnel glass" means any glass separated from CRT panel glass that is derived from the treatment of a CRT and that consists of the neck and funnel section of a CRT, including the frit.
"CRT glass" means any glass released or derived from the treatment or breakage of one or more CRTs or CRT devices. CRT glass includes CRT funnel glass and CRT panel glass.
"CRT panel glass" means any glass separated from CRT funnel glass that is derived from the treatment of a CRT and that consists only of the face plate of a CRT containing a phosphor viewing surface. CRT panel glass does not include the frit.
"CRT panel glass approved landfill" means a composite-lined portion of a unit of a solid waste landfill that meets all requirements applicable to disposal of municipal solid waste in California after October 9, 1993, and that is regulated by waste discharge requirements issued pursuant to division 7 (commencing with § 13000) of the Water Code for discharges of designated waste, as defined in section 13173 of the Water Code, or CRT panel glass that is in compliance with section 66273.81 of this chapter.
"Current closure cost estimate" means the most recent of the estimates prepared in accordance with article 7 of this chapter.
"Dental amalgam" means dental amalgam chunks, dental amalgam fines, mixtures containing dental amalgam fines, single-use dental amalgam traps that contain dental amalgam, dental amalgam sludge, vacuum pump filters that contain dental amalgam, and extracted teeth with amalgam restorations.
"Destination facility" means a facility that treats, disposes of, or recycles a particular category of universal waste pursuant to section 66273.60. A facility at which a particular category of universal waste is only accumulated is not a destination facility for purposes of managing that category of universal waste.
"Dilators and weighted tubing" means mercury-containing dilators and weighted tubing used in medical procedures. "Dilators and weighted tubing" include, but are not limited to, bougie tubes, Canter tubes, and Miller-Abbot tubes.
"Electronic device" means any electronic device that is identified as hazardous waste because it either exhibits the characteristic of toxicity as specified in article 3 of chapter 11 of this division, and/or is a listed hazardous waste as specified in article 4.1 of chapter 11 of this division. Examples of electronic devices include: computer monitors, televisions, cash registers and oscilloscopes (CRT devices), computers, computer peripherals, telephones, answering machines, radios, stereo equipment, tape players/recorders, phonographs, video cassette players/recorders, compact disc players/recorders, calculators, and some appliances. Electronic device does not mean a major appliance, as defined in Public Resources Code section 42166, or other devices which are comprised largely of metals, qualify as "scrap metal" as defined in section 66260.10, and are recycled.
"Flame sensor" means a device, usually found in a gas-fired appliance, that uses the expansion and contraction of liquid mercury contained in a probe to open and shut a valve.
"Foreign Destination" means the ultimate recycling, treatment or disposal facility in a receiving country to which universal waste will be sent.
"Frit" means a mixture of chemical solvent and powdered glass that joins the CRT funnel glass to the CRT panel glass.
"Gas flow regulator" means a piece of mercury-containing equipment used to regulate the flow of gas through a gas meter.
"Gauge" see "Pressure or vacuum gauge."
"Generator" means:
"Handler of universal waste" see "Universal waste handler."
"Household" means a single detached residence or a single unit of a multiple residence unit and all appurtenant structures. For the purposes of this section, household does not mean a hotel, motel, bunkhouse, ranger station, crew quarters, campground, picnic ground, or day-use recreation facility.
"Intermediate Facility" means a facility that manages CRTs and/or CRT glass pursuant to article 3 of this chapter or 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 261.4(a)(22) and is not the final destination of the CRTs and/or CRT glass.
"Lamp" means the bulb or tube portion of an electric lighting device. A lamp is specifically designed to produce radiant energy, most often in the ultraviolet, visible, and infra-red regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Examples of common lamps include, but are not limited to, fluorescent, high intensity discharge, neon, mercury vapor, high pressure sodium, and metal halide lamps.
"Management" means the handling, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery, recycling, transfer and disposal of hazardous waste (including universal waste).
"Mercury-added lamp" means a lamp to which elemental mercury has been added as an essential part of the manufacturing process used to create that lamp. Examples of common mercury-added lamps include, but are not limited to, fluorescent lamps and mercury vapor lamps.
"Mercury-added novelty" means a mercury-added product intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment or adornment. A "mercury-added novelty" includes, but is not limited to, any item intended for use as a practical joke, figurine, adornment, toy, game, card, ornament, yard statue or figure, candle, jewelry, holiday decoration, and item of apparel, including footwear.
"Mercury-containing equipment" means a thermostat, mercury switch, thermometer, dental amalgam, pressure or vacuum gauge, mercury-added novelty, mercury counterweight and damper, dilator and weighted tubing, mercury-containing rubber flooring, and gas flow regulator.
"Mercury-containing motor vehicle light switch" means any light switch found in the hood or in the trunk lid of a motor vehicle, if the light switch contains mercury.
"Mercury-containing motor vehicle switch" means any motor vehicle switch that contains mercury including, but not limited to, a mercury-containing motor vehicle light switch.
"Mercury-containing rubber flooring" means any rubber flooring material formulated with intentionally added mercury.
"Mercury counterweights and dampers" means enclosed devices that use liquid mercury for weight or dampening; "mercury counterweights and dampers" includes, but is not limited to, a mercury bow stabilizer used in archery, a mercury recoil suppressor used in shooting, and a mercury counterweight used in a clock.
"Mercury gas flow regulator" see "Gas flow regulator."
"Mercury switch" means an electrical switch that employs mercury to make an electrical contact. "Mercury switch" includes, but is not limited to, the following mercury-containing switches: mercury-containing motor vehicle switches, tilt switches, vibration-sensing switches, off-balance switches, float switches, silent light switches, and relays.
"Mercury thermometer" see "Thermometer."
"Non-automotive mercury switch" means any mercury switch other than a mercury-containing motor vehicle switch.
"Offsite" means any site which is not onsite.
"Onsite" means the same or geographically contiguous property which may be divided by public or private right-of-way, provided that the entrance and exit between the properties is at a cross-roads intersection, and access is by crossing as opposed to going along the right-of-way. Non-contiguous properties owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way which the person controls and to which the public does not have access, are also considered onsite property.
"Photovoltaic cell" means a specialized semiconductor diode designed to convert solar radiation into electrical energy. Photovoltaic cells are individual cells that are not electrically connected or an integral part of PV modules that are electrically connected. Photovoltaic cells are also commonly referred to as solar cells. Photovoltaic cells are managed as photovoltaic modules.
"Photovoltaic module" means a device consisting of one or more electrically connected photovoltaic cells that are designed to convert solar radiation into electrical energy. Photovoltaic module includes integrated components that cannot be separated without breaking the photovoltaic module glass. Examples of integrated components include, but not limited to, protective glass, conductive metal contact, metal framing the photovoltaic cells, housing or pocket holding the photovoltaic cells/modules, and top and back layer. Photovoltaic modules are composed of, but are not limited to, monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium selenide, gallium indium phosphide/gallium arsenide/gallium, and perovskite. Photovoltaic modules are also commonly referred to as photovoltaic panels or solar panels. Photovoltaic cells that are not electrically connected are managed as photovoltaic modules.
"Photovoltaic panel" see "photovoltaic module."
"Photovoltaic system" means a set of components consisting of one or more photovoltaic modules and includes any ancillary components that can be manually separated without breaking the photovoltaic module glass such as, but not limited to, metal frames used to support the photovoltaic module, connectors, junction boxes, batteries, inverters, wires, and cables that are connected to the photovoltaic module. Photovoltaic systems are also commonly referred to as solar systems.
"Pressure or vacuum gauge" means any device in which pressure or vacuum is measured using the height of a column of liquid mercury.
"Pressure or vacuum gauge" includes, but is not limited to, barometers, manometers, and sphygmomanometers.
"Producer" see "Generator."
"PV cell" see "photovoltaic cell."
"PV module" see "photovoltaic module."
"PV system" see "photovoltaic system."
"Scrap metal" means
"Solar cell" see "photovoltaic cell."
"Solar panel" see "photovoltaic module."
"Solar system" see "photovoltaic system."
"Thermometer" means any thermometer that uses the expansion and contraction of a column of mercury to measure temperature.
"Thermostat" means a temperature control device that contains metallic mercury in an ampule attached to a bimetal sensing element, and mercury-containing ampules that have been removed from these temperature control devices in compliance with the requirements of section 66273.33(c)(5).
"Treatment" or "treat" or "treating" means any method, technique, or process which changes or is designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste or any material contained therein, or removes or reduces its harmful properties or characteristics for any purpose including, but not limited to, energy recovery, material recovery or reduction in volume.
"Universal waste" means any of the wastes that are listed in section 66261.9.
"Universal waste dental amalgam" see "Dental amalgam."
"Universal waste dilators and weighted tubing" see "Dilators and weighted tubing."
"Universal waste gas flow regulator" see "Gas flow regulator."
"Universal waste gauge" see "Pressure or vacuum gauge."
"Universal waste handler":
"Universal waste lamp" see "Lamp."
"Universal waste mercury counterweights and dampers" see "Mercury counterweights and dampers."
"Universal waste mercury switch" see "Mercury switch."
"Universal waste rubber flooring" see "Mercury-containing rubber flooring."
"Universal waste thermometer" see "Thermometer."
"Universal waste transfer facility" means any transportation-related facility including loading docks, parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas where shipments of universal waste are held during the normal course of transportation for ten days or less.
"Universal waste transporter" means a person engaged in the offsite transportation of universal waste by air, rail, highway, or water.
"Universal waste treatment unit" means a contiguous area of a universal waste handler's facility on or in which universal waste is managed pursuant to section 66273.73, subsection (a)(2) or section 66273.73, subsection (b). Examples of universal waste treatment units include a disassembly or removal area, a shredder and associated equipment, a glass crusher, an accumulation area, or a container staging or storage area. A container alone does not constitute a universal waste treatment unit. A universal waste treatment unit includes containers and the land or pad upon which they are placed.
"Very small quantity universal waste generator" means a generator of universal waste who:
"Waste management unit" means an area of land, or a portion of a waste management facility, at which waste is discharged. The term includes containment features and ancillary features for precipitation and drainage control and monitoring.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 66273.9
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25141, 25141.5, 25150, 25214.6, 25150.6, 25201, 25214.9, 25219.1, 25259 and 58012, Health and Safety Code; and Section 42475, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 25141, 25141.5, 25150, 25159.5, 25201, 25212, 25214.6, 25214.9, 25219, 25219.1, 25219.2 and 25259, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR Sections 261.4, 262.14 and 273.9.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25141, 25141.5, 25150, 25214.6, 25150.6, 25201, 25214.9, 25219.1, 25259 and 58012, Health and Safety Code; and Section 42475, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 25141, 25141.5, 25150, 25159.5, 25201, 25212, 25214.6, 25214.9, 25219, 25219.1, 25219.2 and 25259, Health and Safety Code; and 40 CFR Sections 261.4, 261.5 and 273.9.
2. New section refiled 6-29-2000 as an emergency; operative 7-6-2000 (Register 2000, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-3-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section refiled 11-1-2000 as an emergency; operative 11-4-2000 (Register 2000, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-5-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. New section refiled 3-6-2001 as an emergency; operative 3-6-2001 (Register 2001, No. 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-5-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. New section refiled 6-26-2001 as an emergency; operative 7-5-2001 (Register 2001, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-2-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Amendment filed 8-3-2001 as an emergency; operative 8-3-2001 (Register 2001, No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-3-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
7. New section refiled 11-2-2001 as an emergency; operative 11-3-2001 (Register 2001, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-4-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
8. Amendment refiled 11-30-2001 as an emergency; operative 11-30-2001 (Register 2001, No. 48). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-2-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
9. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-2-2001 order, including amendment of definition of "Conditionally exempt small quantity universal waste generator," transmitted to OAL 12-27-2001 and filed 2-8-2002 (Register 2002, No. 6).
10. Amendment refiled 3-26-2002 as an emergency; operative 4-12-2002 (Register 2002, No. 13). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-12-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
11. Amendment refiled 8-6-2002 as an emergency; operative 8-6-2002 (Register 2002, No. 32). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-4-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
12. Amendment refiled 11-25-2002 as an emergency; operative 12-5-2002 (Register 2002, No. 48). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-4-2003 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
13. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-25-2002 order, including further amendment of section and Note, transmitted to OAL 12-24-2002 and filed 2-3-2003 (Register 2003, No. 6).
14. Amendment of section and Note filed 2-13-2003; operative 3-15-2003 (Register 2003, No. 7).
15. Amendment of section and Note filed 6-7-2004 as an emergency; operative 6-7-2004 (Register 2004, No. 24). Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 42475.2, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-7-2006 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
16. Amendment of section and Note refiled 6-5-2006 as an emergency, including further amendment of Note; operative 6-5-2006 (Register 2006, No. 23). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25214.10.2, this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or until revised by the department, whichever occurs sooner.
17. Amendment of section and Note refiled 5-8-2008 as an emergency; operative 5-8-2008 (Register 2008, No. 19). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25214.10.2, this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or until revised by the department, whichever occurs sooner.
18. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-8-2008 order, including further amendment of section and Note, transmitted to OAL 12-19-2008 and filed 2-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 6).
19. Editorial correction of History 18 (Register 2009, No. 10.)
20. New definitions of "Class II Landfill," "Class III Landfill," "CRT funnel glass," "CRT panel glass," "Frit," "Intermediate Facility" and "Waste management unit," amendment of definition of "CRT glass" and amendment of Note filed 10-15-2012 as an emergency; operative 10-15-2012 (Register 2012, No. 42). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25214.10.2, this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or until revised by the department, whichever occurs sooner.
21. New definitions of "Class II Landfill," "Class III Landfill," "CRT funnel glass," "CRT panel glass," "Frit," "Intermediate Facility" and "Waste management unit," amendment of definition of "CRT glass" and amendment of Note refiled 9-15-2014 as an emergency; operative 9/15/2014 (Register 2014, No. 38). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25214.10.2, this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or until revised by the department, whichever occurs sooner.
22. New definitions of "Class II Landfill," "Class III Landfill," "CRT funnel glass," "CRT panel glass," "Frit," "Intermediate Facility" and "Waste management unit," amendment of definition of "CRT glass" and amendment of Note refiled 9-12-2016 as an emergency; operative 9-12-2016 (Register 2016, No. 38). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25214.10.2, this emergency regulation shall remain in effect for a period of two years or until revised by the department, whichever occurs sooner.
23. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-12-2016 order, including amendment of section and Note, transmitted to OAL 9-10-2018 and filed 10-22-2018; amendments effective 10/22/2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2018, No. 43).
24. New definitions of "Photovoltaic cell," "Photovoltaic module," "Photovoltaic panel," "Photovoltaic system," "PV cell," "PV module" and "PV system," amendment of definition of "Scrap metal," new definitions of "Solar cell," "Solar panel" and "Solar system" and amendment of Note filed 9-28-2020; operative 1/1/2021 (Register 2020, No. 40). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
25. New definition of "Metal shredder aggregate," amendment of subsections (b)(6)-(7), new subsection (b)(8) and amendment of Note filed 10-25-2021 as an emergency; operative 10/25/2021 (Register 2021, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-25-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
26. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 10-25-2021 emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2022, No. 49).
27. Amendment definition of "Very small quantity universal waste generator" (formerly "Conditionally exempt small quantity universal waste generator") and amendment of NOTE filed 5-6-2024; operative 7/1/2024 (Register 2024, No. 19).