Compliance Assistance and Enforcement

• Regulatory Status of Wet Floors at Electroplating Facilities January 2010 
• Defining Hazardous Waste
• The Eight Most Common Hazardous Waste Management Violations at Electroplating Facilities
• Electroplating Facility Inspection Manual with a Special Emphasis on Cyanide Plating Facilities (4MB)
• Hazardous Waste Tank System Assessments Certification Requirements
• Tiered Permitting Flowchart
• Guidance for the Management and Disposal of CCA Treated Wood
• SB 14 Guidance Manual
• Cal/EPA's Guidance on Voluntary Disclosures
• Cal/EPA's Guidance on Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEP)
• Frequently asked Questions

• Fixed Treatment Unit - Conditionally Exempt - Limited Fact Sheet
• Fixed Treatment Unit - Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Treatment Fact Sheet
• Hazardous Waste Generator Guidance Fact Sheet
• Jewelry Mart Guidance Fact Sheets
• Treated Wood Waste - Requirements for Generators Fact Sheet

• DTSC Policy for Conducting Inspections January 2009
  
• Storage Extension Application for Generators

For additional DTSC's publications and forms go to http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PublicationsForms/index.cfm

• Hazardous Waste Generator and Tiered Permit Training (California Compliance School)
• Hazardous Waste Identification Self Paced Internet Course (CSUS)

Accomplishments and Activities

• Cal/EPA Environmental Enforcement Report - 2009
• Cal/EPA Environmental Enforcement Report - 2010

End of Year Report

The Final Report submitted by the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), Enforcement and Emergency Response Program (EERP) includes activities performed by the Northern California Branch, Cypress Branch, Chatsworth Branch, State Oversight and Enforcement Branch (SOEB), the California Border Program and the Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, which were reimbursable under the RCRA Grant.  The report also includes information and accomplishments for the Imperial and Trinity State Certified Unified Program Agencies.

DTSC posts on its Web site key documents related to entities that manage hazardous waste: generators; transporters; facilities permitted with RCRA or Standardized Permits; and other authorizations and notifications

• Enforcement Documents, this is not a comprehensive list of DTSC's enforcement cases.
• Project Documents

If you can't find the project you are looking for, check the Site Cleanup Project Documents, Envirostor, or call our Regulatory Assistance Officers at (800) 728-6942 or (1-800-72-TOXIC)