Bill Text: CA AB2379 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Environmental protection: hazardous waste source

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2010. [AB2379 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2379-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2379	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Feuer

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 25244.17.1 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to environmental protection.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2379, as amended, Feuer. Environmental protection: hazardous
waste source reduction. 
    The 
    (1)     The  Hazardous Waste Source
Reduction and Management Review Act of 1989 requires specified
generators of hazardous waste to maintain certain plans and reports,
and summaries with regard to hazardous waste reduction practices. The
act also requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to
establish a technical assistance and outreach program to promote
implementation of model source reduction measures in priority
industry categories. The act requires the department to select at
least 2 priority categories of generators by SIC Code every 2 years.
   This bill would instead require the department to select at least
4 priority industry categories of generators by SIC code every 2
years. 
   (2) The act requires, among other things, that at least one
selected category of generators be a category that consists primarily
of small businesses.  
   This bill would additionally require that at least one selected
category of generators be a category that consists primarily of
businesses that are affected by actions taken by the department that,
among other things, identify and prioritize chemical or chemical
ingredients in consumer products that may be considered a chemical of
concern. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25244.17.1 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   25244.17.1.  The department shall establish a technical assistance
and outreach program to promote implementation of model source
reduction measures in priority industry categories.
   (a) Every two years, in the work plan required by Section
25244.22, the department shall, in consultation with the advisory
committee, select at least four priority categories of generators by
SIC Code. At least one selected category of generators shall be taken
from the list of categories previously selected by the department
under Section 25244.18. At least one selected category of generators
shall be a category that consists primarily of small businesses. 
At least one selected category of generators shall be a category
that consists primarily of businesses affected by an action taken by
the department pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 25251)
of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20. 
   (b) For each selected priority industry category, the department
shall implement a cooperative source reduction technical assistance
and outreach program to include the following elements:
   (1) The department shall use available resources, including
reports prepared pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of
Section 25244.18 and information on source reduction methods from
federal, state, and local governments and industry associations and
industry members, to identify a set of model source reduction
measures for each industry category.
   (2) The department shall determine, with the assistance of the
advisory committee, the most effective technical assistance and
outreach methods to promote implementation of the model source
reduction measures identified in paragraph (1).
   (3) The department shall develop a plan and schedule to implement
the technical assistance and outreach measures before the next
biennial work plan. The measures may include, but are not limited to,
all of the following:
   (A) Holding, presenting at, or cosponsoring workshops,
conferences, technology fairs, and other promotional events.
   (B) Developing and distributing educational materials, such as
short descriptions of successful source reduction projects.
   (C) Developing checklists, training manuals, and technical
resource manuals and using those resources to train CUPAs, small
business development corporations, business environmental assistance
centers, and other regional and local government environmental
programs.
   (D) Preparing and distributing resource lists, such as lists of
vendors, consultants, or providers of financial assistance for source
reduction projects.
   (E) Serving as an information clearinghouse to support telephone
and onsite consultations with businesses and local governments.
   (4) For industry categories that include primarily large or
technically complex businesses, the source reduction technical
assistance and outreach program shall emphasize activities that
involve direct communication between department staff and industry
members. For these industry categories, the department shall
communicate with representatives of 80 percent of the state's
companies in the category. For categories that consist primarily of
small businesses, the cooperative source reduction program shall
emphasize providing industry-specific training and resources to
CUPAs, small business development corporations, business
environmental assistance centers, and other regional and local
government environmental programs for use in their inspections and
other direct communications with businesses.
   (c) While conducting activities under this section, the department
shall coordinate its activities with appropriate industry and
professional associations.
   (d) The department shall coordinate activities under this section
with grants made under Section 25244.5.