Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section V-2261 - Waste-Specific Prohibitions-California List WastesA. Effective August 8, 1988, liquid hazardous wastes listed in LAC 33:V.2261.B containing polychlorinated biphenyls at concentrations greater than or equal to 50 ppm or halogenated organic compounds at concentrations greater than or equal to 10,000 mg/kg are prohibited from underground injection.B. Effective August 8, 1990, the following hazardous wastes are prohibited from underground injection: 1. liquid hazardous wastes, including free liquids associated with any solid or sludge, containing free cyanides at concentrations greater than or equal to 1,000 mg/L; and2. liquid hazardous wastes, including free liquids associated with any solid or sludge, containing the following metals (or elements) or compounds of these metals (or elements) at concentrations greater than or equal to those specified below: Arsenic and/or compounds (as As) | 500 mg/L |
Cadmium and/or compounds (as Cd) | 100 mg/L |
Chromium (VI) and/or compounds (as Cr VI) | 500 mg/L |
Lead and/or compounds (as Pb) | 500 mg/L |
Mercury and/or compounds (as Hg) | 20 mg/L |
Nickel and/or compounds (as Ni) | 134 mg/L |
Selenium and/or compounds (as Se) | 100 mg/L |
Thallium and/or compounds (as Tl) | 130 mg/L |
3. liquid hazardous waste having a pH less than or equal to 2.0; and4. hazardous wastes containing halogenated organic compounds in total concentration less than 10,000 mg/kg but greater than or equal to 1,000 mg/kg.C. The requirements of LAC 33:V.2261.A and B do not apply if: 1. the wastes meet or are treated to meet the applicable treatment standards specified in LAC 33:V.Chapter 22.Subchapter A;2. an approval has been granted in response to a petition under LAC 33:V.2271, or a determination made under LAC 33:V.2273; or3. during the period of extension of the applicable effective date, if an extension has been granted under LAC 33:V.2253.La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-2261
Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 22:22 (January 1996), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 25:1801 (October 1999).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.