§ 8.42.090. Exemptions from disclosure.

A.

Hazardous substances contained solely in consumer products packaged for distribution to, and used by, the general public shall be exempt from disclosure under this Chapter, unless the Administrator provides notice that the handling of certain quantities of specified consumer products requires disclosure under this Chapter in response to public health concerns.

B.

In accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 25503.5(a), any business handling less than five hundred (500) pounds of all solid hazardous materials or wastes, or less than thirty (30) gallons of all liquid hazardous materials or wastes, or less than two hundred (200) cubic feet at standard temperature and pressure of all gaseous hazardous materials or wastes, at all times during a year, shall be exempt from the requirement to disclose that handling, unless:

1.

The material or waste is a hazardous material, as defined in Section 25532 of the Health and Safety Code; or

2.

The material or waste is a radioactive material, as defined in Section 25501(o)(2) of the Health and Safety Code; or

3.

The material or waste is, or contains, a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, as listed in 22 CCR Section 13000.

C.

Handlers shall disclose the total quantity of hazardous materials or wastes in each hazard class. Unless required by the Administrator under the authority of subsection B of this section, or subsection D of Section 8.42.080, the disclosure shall identify, by container, only those containers with a capacity of at least one hundred (100) pounds of a solid, twenty (20) gallons of a liquid, or fifty (50) cubic feet of a compressed gas measured at standard temperature and pressure.

(Ord. 12057 § 1 (part), 1998)