Generator Options
It is the generator’s responsibility to determine whether the waste is a hazardous waste or not – to self classify their waste as hazardous or non-hazardous waste – and to manage the waste according to applicable management standards. The generator has two options for classifying waste using:
1. Analytical testing data |
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2. Knowledge of the materials and processes used to generate the waste |
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Although self-classifying wastes is common, it can be unnerving and consequential. The DTSC is available to confirm and review classifications upon request:
| DTSC concurrence | A generator may request DTSC to concur with his non-hazardous waste classification. In order for DTSC to concur or review the information submitted by the generator on the waste, the generator must supply at least four representative samples with analytical data. |
| Special waste classification | A generator also may find that the waste is a hazardous waste but the hazardous waste may meet the criteria for a special waste. A special waste classification may offer additional waste management options to the generator and if worthwhile, he may submit a request to DTSC for a special waste determination. In order for DTSC to grant a special waste classification, analytical data and information from representative waste samples must be submitted for review as discussed above. |
| Mitigating properties | When a generator feels that a self-classified waste has mitigating physical or chemical properties that renders the hazardous waste as a non-hazardous waste. |
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