These examples of the fundamental differences between RCRA and California hazardous waste law are only the tip of the iceberg compared to regulatory differences. More examples based on state regulations: * Hazardous waste toxicity characteristic includes a score of constituents not federally regulated, like copper, zinc, fluorides, nickel, etc. * The state toxicity characteristic includes soluble constituent limits like the federal characteristic, but also total constituent limits. * The state’s expanded toxicity characteristic includes other criteria, like presence of carcinogens and bioassay testing (aquatic 96-hour acute toxicity test). * There is a solid corrosively characteristic. * Any RCRA hazardous waste excluded from regulation is a California-only non-RCRA hazardous waste unless state law or regulation
These examples of the fundamental differences between RCRA and California hazardous waste law are only the tip of the iceberg compared to regulatory differences. More examples based on state regulations: * Hazardous waste toxicity characteristic includes a score of constituents not federally regulated, like copper, zinc, fluorides, nickel, etc. * The state toxicity characteristic includes soluble constituent limits like the federal characteristic, but also total constituent limits. * The state’s expanded toxicity characteristic includes other criteria, like presence of carcinogens and bioassay testing (aquatic 96-hour acute toxicity test). * There is a solid corrosively characteristic. * Any RCRA hazardous waste excluded from regulation is a California-only non-RCRA hazardous waste unless state law or regulation