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Somersville Scrap Metal Recycling & Disposal
We are the preferred hazardous waste recycling partner for all Somersville and Contra Costa County scrap metal recyclers mixed waste scrap metal and non-recyclable hazardous waste materials.
Somersville Mixed Waste Scrap Metal Recycling
Environmental Logistics, Inc. operates permitted California recycling facilities to receive scrap metal containing hazardous waste and waste considered by the California to contain have the potential to cause harm to substances that could pollute the environment or have harmful effects on humans, particularly children.
If you have mixed waste scrap metal, please call (855) 242-9628 to schedule a pickup or drop-off.
5-DAY PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT PERIOD SCRAP METAL DEFINITION REVISION
Department of Toxic Substances Control Reference Number: R-2021-08E
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Toxic Substances Control (“DTSC”) proposes to adopt emergency regulations to amend title 22, California Code of Regulations, division 4.5, sections 66260.10, 66261.6, and 66273.9. DTSC proposes to clarify the definition of scrap metal found in sections 66260.10 and 66273.9 by aligning it with the federal definition of scrap metal while also removing duplicative language in the current State definition of scrap metal. DTSC also proposes to amend section 66261.6 to clarify the conditions under which scrap metal may be exempted, as a “recyclable material,” from regulatory requirements of hazardous waste.
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Coordinates: 37°57′25″N 121°51′52″W / 37.95694°N 121.86444°W / 37.95694; -121.86444
Somersville (also, Sommerville and Summerville) is an unincorporated ghost town in eastern Contra Costa County, California. It is located 6 miles (10 km) north-northeast of Mount Diablo, at an elevation of 741 feet (226 m).
Somersville was founded in the 1850s by gold miners. It was named after Francis Somers who had discovered the Black Diamond Mine. Somersville was home to the Manhattan, Union, Eureka, Pittsburg and Independent mines. The town is no longer populated and is within the boundaries of the East Bay Regional Park District’s Black Diamond Mines Regional Park. Somersville Road was named after the town; it is a major north–south arterial trunk road in the closest existing neighbor: Antioch. Somersville’s ruins have a fairly extensive number of graves in the Rose Hill Cemetery, many of which contain dead miners who died in accidents in the coal mines. However the Rose Hill Cemetery was heavily vandalized till the East Bay Regional Park District took over in the 1970s. The Somersville mines are now sealed to prevent entry due to frequent incidents of people becoming lost inside them during the mid 20th century.
A post office operated at Somersville from 1863 to 1910. The name is in honor of Francis Somers, coal mine founder.
A reporter for the Antioch Ledger, May 7, 1870 described the town: “…Somersville has a four general merchandise stores, one drug store, one hotel, two large boarding houses, several minor ones, a doctor, barber, shoemaker, no tailor, four saloons, purs et simple, not counting liquors dispensed at groceries. As an offset, we have a flourishing Lodge of Good Templars and Sons of Temperance. Odd Fellows and Red Men each have an organization. A Protestant and a Catholic Church shed their humanizing influence around, both being well attended. The public school is maintained nearly all the year round, by a special tax when the State funds fails; from seventy-five to one hundred scholars is the average daily attendance. There are two departments, and two lady teachers, under whose painstaking auspices the fundamental branches flourish.”
In 1979, Somersville gained fame as the site of the largest historical archaeology excavation ever done in the U.S. at the time. Over 200 students from U.C Berkeley scraped and sifted through the eastern part of the townsite, recovering thousands of artifacts. The Public Broadcasting System examined the project in a documentary series on archaeology, Odyssey: Other People’s Garbage.
Somersville Wikipedia PageProviding Mixed Waste Solutions to California Scrap Metal Recyclers
If you own a scrap metal recycling company in the state of California, you received yet another notice from the State of California DTSC (Department of Toxic Substances Control) office changing what you can and cannot recycle and the latest definition revision is a big one. Environmental Logistics, Inc. is ready to help you and your customers. If you run a California Scrap Metal Recycling Company, Environmental Logistics, Inc. can provide you with a solution to your mixed scrap metal hazardous waste materials.
If you own a scrap metal recycling company in California and need a solution to the new scrap metal definitions, call (855) 242-9628 and ask for Jon Bennett.
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Accepting California Waste Codes
Hazmat, Inc. accepts mixed-waste scrap metal with the following California Waste Codes.
INORGANICS | |
Code | Definition |
133 | Aqueous solution with 10% or more total organic residues |
134 | Aqueous solution with |
135 | Unspecified aqueous solution |
141 | Off-specification, aged, or surplus inorganics |
151 | Asbestos-containing waste |
162 | Other spent catalyst |
171 | Metal sludge (see 121) |
172 | Metal dust (see 121) and machining waste |
181 | Other inorganic solid waste |
ORGANICS | |
Code | Definition |
211 | Halogenated solvents (chloroform, methyl chloride, perchloroethylene, etc.) |
213 | Hydrocarbon solvents (benzene, hexane, Stoddard, etc.) |
214 | Unspecified solvent mixture |
221 | Waste oil and mixed oil |
222 | Oil/water separation sludge |
223 | Unspecified oil-containing waste |
231 | Pesticide rinse water |
232 | Pesticides and other waste associated with pesticide production |
241 | Tank bottom waste |
252 | Other still bottom waste |
261 | Polychlorinated biphenyls and material containing PCBs |
271 | Organic monomer waste (includes unreacted resins) |
272 | Polymeric resin waste |
281 | Adhesives |
291 | Latex waste |
311 | Pharmaceutical waste |
321 | Sewage sludge |
322 | Biological waste other than sewage sludge |
331 | Off-specification, aged, or surplus organics |
342 | Organic liquids with metals (see 121) |
343 | Unspecified organic liquid mixture |
352 | Other organic solids |
SLUDGE | |
Code | Definition |
411 | Alum and gypsum sludge |
421 | Lime sludge |
431 | Phosphate sludge |
441 | Sulfur sludge |
451 | Degreasing sludge |
461 | Paint sludge |
471 | Paper sludge/pulp |
491 | Unspecified sludge waste |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
Code | Definition |
511 | Empty pesticide containers 30 gallons or more |
512 | Other empty containers 30 gallons or more |
513 | Empty containers less than 30 gallons |
521 | Drilling mud |
531 | Chemical toilet waste |
541 | Photo chemicals / photo processing waste |
551 | Laboratory waste chemicals |
561 | Detergent and soap |
571 | Fly ash, bottom ash, and retort ash |
581 | Gas scrubber waste |
591 | Baghouse waste |
611 | Contaminated soil from site clean-ups |
612 | Household waste |
613 | Auto shredder waste |
614 | Treated wood waste |