(A) Listed hazardous materials. The quantity appearing in column “RQ” and “reportable quantities,” 40 C.F.R. part 302, Table 302.4 - List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities, as amended, published by the U.S. EPA shall be the reportable quantity for that material.
(B) Unlisted hazardous material.
(1) Unlisted hazardous wastes designated as hazardous materials have the reportable quantity of 100 pounds, except for those unlisted hazardous wastes exhibiting the characteristics of Extraction Procedure (EP) toxicity identified in 40 C.F.R. § 261.24.
(2) Unlisted hazardous wastes which exhibit EP toxicity have the reportable quantities listed in Appendix A to 40 C.F.R.§ 302.4, as amended, for the contaminant on which the characteristics of EP toxicity is based.
(3) If an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits EP toxicity on the basis of more than one contaminant, the reportable quantity for that waste shall be the lowest of the reportable quantities listed by Table 302.4 to 40 C.F.R.§ 302.4, as amended, for those contaminants.
(4) If an unlisted hazardous waste exhibits the characteristics of EP toxicity and one or more of the other characteristics, the reportable quantity shall be the lowest of the applicable reportable quantities.
(C) Oil.
(1) The reportable quantity for releases of oil to the waters of the U.S. or adjoining shorelines is any quantity which violates applicable water quantity standards or causes a film or sheen upon or discoloration of the surface of the water or adjoining shorelines or causes a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines.
(2) The reportable quantity for releases of oil to the environment other than releases to waters of the U.S. and adjoining shoreline is 56 gallons.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a release of oil from a properly functioning vessel engine shall not be deemed to be in a reportable quantity; however, this provision shall not be applicable to oil accumulated in a vessel’s bilges.
(D) Releases to sanitary sewer system. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any release of a hazardous material to a sanitary sewer system which is prohibited under applicable pretreatment or other regulations of any sanitation district operating within the city governing discharges to the sanitary sewer system shall be deemed to be discharged in reportable quantities.
(E) Component hazardous materials release. A release of a mixture or solution of which a hazardous material is a component shall be considered to be a release in a reportable quantity only where the component hazardous material of the mixture or solution is released in a quantity equal to or greater than its reportable quantity.
(Prior Code, § 93.38) (Ord. 590, passed 2-6-1996)