Appendix 4510. Purpose and authority.

The purpose of this Article is to establish a system of licensing business activities that produce hazardous waste and to provide for fees to defray the costs of the County, on behalf of the CUPA, to issue such licenses and to enforce minimum standards and regulations respecting such waste adopted by the State of California pursuant to Section 25150 of the Health and Safety Code. The authority for this Article includes Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) and Chapter 6.11 (commencing with Section 25404), of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, those provisions of the California Code of Regulations implementing or relating to such statutes, and the general police power. The provisions relating to fees are further authorized by Sections 510, 1155.6 and 101325 of the Health and Safety Code. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable throughout the CUPA jurisdiction and shall be administered by the CUPA as part of the unified program, as those terms are defined in Section 4501 of Article 1 of this Chapter.