Reissuance of Standardized Hazardous Waste Facility-Permit for operations of J&B Refining in Santa Clara California
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2001012102
Lead Agency
Santa Clara County
Document Title
Reissuance of Standardized Hazardous Waste Facility-Permit for operations of J&B Refining in Santa Clara California
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
5/19/2015
Present Land Use
Heavy industrial
Document Description
This project consists of reissuing the J&B Refining (J&B), Standardized Hazardous Waste Facility Permit (Permit) for operations in Santa Clara, California.
The Facility is involved in the reclamation of precious and semiprecious metals from hazardous wastes generated from manufacturing operations such as the electronics industry, including wastes from printed circuit board manufacturers, plating shops, and other like manufacturers.
J&B has been involved in precious metals recovery from electronics waste since 1974. Before moving to its current location (Russell Avenue), J&B operated precious metals recovery operation at 342 Laurelwood Road in Santa Clara under a Standardized Hazardous Waste Facility Permit (Standardized Permit) issued on December 23, 1997. In 2001, DTSC issued J&B a Standardized Permit with an effective date of January 6, 2002 and an expiration date of January 6, 2012. The Standardized Permit authorized the Facility to operate hazardous waste storage and treatment facility at its current location to reclaim precious metals from offsite-generated wastes including new and used scrap metals, plating baths and other solution generated primarily by the electronics industry. DTSC modified this permit on May 11, 2009 to resolve discrepancies between the Waste Analysis Plan and the Permit. On July 1, 2011, the Permittee submitted an application for renewal of the Standardized Permit. DTSC determined the application to be administratively complete on November 14, 2011. The Standardized Permit expired on January 6, 2012. In accordance with California Code of Regulations, title 22, section 66270.51, J&B is allowed to continue operating under the terms of the expired permit until DTSC makes a final permit determination on J&B's renewal application.
The permit will allow the owner to continue to store or treat hazardous waste in 15 units. The Waste Treatment System, defined as Unit #5 in the January 7, 2002 Standardized Permit, has been re-designated as six units: #5 and #11 through #15 in this permit for record-keeping purposes only; there has been no actual physical change to the Waste Treatment System. The proposed project includes adding authorizing another 200-gallong container to a Unit #3, thereby increasing unit capacity to 800 gallons.
Contact Information
Name
Wagar Ahmad
Agency Name
DTSC
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Santa Clara
Counties
Santa Clara
Cross Streets
Thomas Road
Zip
95050
Parcel #
104-14-156
State Highways
101
Airports
San Jose International
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
DTSC
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
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