Section 25148.

(a)  Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), "existing hazardous waste facility" means a Class I disposal site, as defined in Section 2510 of Title 23 of the California Administrative Code on the effective date of this article, and which, in addition, is either:

(1)  A facility operating as of May 1, 1981, pursuant to a valid hazardous waste facility permit issued by the department pursuant to Section 25200.

(2)  A facility operating as of May 1, 1981, pursuant to a grant of interim status by the department pursuant to Section 25200.5.

(b)  An "existing hazardous waste facility" does not include a facility which treats, disposes, stores, or recycles on the production site only hazardous wastes produced by the owner or lessee of such a facility.

(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 244.)