Santa Clara County Municipal Code Art. 2 Materials Regulated

The materials regulated by this chapter will consist of the following:

(a) Any material regulated by Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code (Health and Safety Code § 25100 et seq.) or Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, as amended, whether such material is stored or handled in waste or nonwaste form; or

(b) Any material which is listed on the list of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pollutants, 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 401.15, as amended; or

(c) Any material which is classified by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) as either a flammable liquid, a Class II combustible liquid or a Class IIIA combustible liquid; or

(d) Any material which is listed by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations in Title 8, California Code of Regulations Section 339, as amended, excluding all footnotes thereto and subject to the exclusions specified in this subsection. The exclusions will apply only to materials which are not otherwise regulated pursuant to this section. These exclusions will be as follows:

(1) Materials recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them if such materials are intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals; hormones; enzymes; and aflatoxins;

(2) Aluminum salts; asphalt fumes; atrazine; benomyl; bis (dimethylthiocarbamoyl) disulfide; boron oxide; 4-tertbutyl-2-chlorophenyl-methyl methylphos-phoramidate; camphor; carbon black; 2-chlor-6 (trichloromethyl) pyridine; clopidol; coal tar pitch volatiles; cotton dust, dibenzoyl peroxide (benzoyl peroxide); dicyclopentadienyl iron; 3, 5-dinitro-o-toluamide; 2, 6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol; ferbam, fumaric acid; glass, fibrous or dust; graphite; helium; iron oxide; iron salts; magnesium oxide; mica; mineral wool fiber; oil mist; phenothiazine; phenyl ether; phenyl ether-diphenyl (eutectic mixture), vapor; phthalic anhydride; m-phthalodinitrile; poyltetrasluoreo-ethylene decomposition products; rhodium salts; ronnel; rosin core solder; rotenone, commercial; silica; soapstone; talc; tantalum oxide; terphenyls; and 4, 4'-thiobis (6-tert-butyl-m-cresol); or

(e) Any material which has been determined to be hazardous based upon any appraisal or assessment by or on behalf of the party storing this material in compliance with the requirements of the EPA or the California Department of Public Health, or which should have been, but was not, determined to be hazardous due to the deliberate failure of the party storing the material to comply with the requirements of the EPA and/or the Department of Public Health; or

(f) Any material which has been determined by the party storing it, through testing or other objective means, to be likely to create a significant potential or actual hazard to public health, safety or welfare. This subsection will not establish a requirement to test for the purposes of this chapter.

(Ord. No. NS-517.72, § 2, 4-15-03; Ord. No. NS-300.1002, § 46, 10-21-25)

This chapter does not apply to the following:

(a) Certain elemental metals. The following elemental metals included within the purview of Section B11-280 will not be considered hazardous materials for purposes of this chapter unless they are stored in a friable, powdered or finely divided state: aluminum, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, rhodium, silver, tellurium, tin and zinc. Furthermore, tantalum, titanium, tungsten and uranium will be excluded from regulation under this chapter.

(b) Retail products. Hazardous materials when contained solely in consumer products packaged for distribution to, and use by, the general public or commercial products used at the facility solely for janitorial or minor maintenance purposes such as paint thinner or wax strippers.

(c) Feed. Hazardous materials when contained in a substance intended for use as animal feed.

(d) Work station. Hazardous materials located at a work station in a quantity reasonably required for use as determined by the Director under the circumstances.

(e) Exemption. The Director will exempt any material from the requirements of this chapter where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Director that the material in the quantity and/or solution stored does not present a significant actual or potential hazard to the public health, safety or welfare.

(Ord. No. NS-517.72, § 2, 4-15-03)