BILL NUMBER: SB 456 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 2, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 6, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
An act to amend Sections 25160.2, 25218.1, and 25218.5 of the
Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 456, as amended, Huff. Household hazardous waste:
transportation.
(1) Existing law, part of the hazardous waste control laws,
authorizes a door-to-door household hazardous waste collection
program to transport hazardous waste from individual residences to an
authorized household hazardous waste collection facility. Existing
law requires any person generating hazardous waste that is
transported, or submitted for transportation, for offsite handling,
treatment, storage, disposal, or any combination thereof, to complete
a manifest and exempts a door-to-door household hazardous waste
collection program from having to complete a manifest if it is
transporting household hazardous waste collected from individual
residences for transportation to an authorized collection facility. A
violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime.
Existing law establishes a procedure for a consolidated manifest,
to be used by generators and transporters for certain types of
hazardous waste. A generator using the consolidated manifesting
procedure is required to meet specified requirements, including
having an identification number, except as specified.
This bill would authorize a door-to-door household hazardous waste
collection program to also transport household
hazardous waste to a hazardous waste facility, as defined. The bill
would require the use of the consolidated manifesting
procedure by the a public agency or its
contractor if it transports household hazardous waste to a hazardous
waste facility, however, the bill would exclude a generator that is
a household from the requirement of having an identification number.
Since a violation of this requirement would be a crime, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 25160.2 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
25160.2. (a) In lieu of the procedures prescribed by Sections
25160 and 25161, transporters and generators of hazardous waste
meeting the conditions in this section may use the consolidated
manifesting procedure set forth in subdivision (b) to consolidate
shipments of waste streams identified in subdivision (c) collected
from multiple generators onto a single consolidated manifest.
(b) The following consolidated manifesting procedure may be used
only for non-RCRA hazardous waste or for RCRA hazardous waste that is
not required to be manifested pursuant to the federal act or the
federal regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act and
transported by a registered hazardous waste transporter, and used
only with the consent of the generator:
(1) A separate manifest shall be completed by each vehicle driver,
with respect to each transport vehicle operated by that driver for
each date.
(2) The transporter shall complete both the generator's and the
transporter's section of the manifest using the transporter's name,
identification number, terminal address, and telephone number. The
generator's and transporter's sections shall be completed prior to
commencing each day's collections. The driver shall sign and date the
generator's and transporter's sections of the manifest.
(3) The transporter shall attach to the front of the manifest
legible receipts for each quantity of hazardous waste that is
received from a generator. The receipts shall be used to determine
the total volume of hazardous waste in the vehicle. After the
hazardous waste is delivered, the receipts shall be affixed to the
transporter's copy of the manifest. The transporter shall leave a
copy of the receipt with the generator of the hazardous waste. The
generator shall retain each receipt for at least three years. This
period of retention is extended automatically during the course of
any unresolved enforcement action regarding the regulated activity or
as requested by the department or a certified unified program
agency.
(4) All copies of each receipt shall contain all of the following
information:
(A) The name, address, identification number, contact person, and
telephone number of the generator, and the signature of the generator
or the generator's representative.
(B) The date of the shipment.
(C) The manifest number.
(D) The volume or quantity of each waste stream received, its
California and RCRA waste codes, the waste stream type listed in
subdivision (c), and its proper shipping description, including the
hazardous class and United Nations/North America (UN/NA)
identification number, if applicable.
(E) The name, address, and identification number of the authorized
facility to which the hazardous waste will be transported.
(F) The transporter's name, address, and identification number.
(G) The driver's signature.
(H) A statement, signed by the generator, certifying that the
generator has established a program to reduce the volume or quantity
and toxicity of the hazardous waste to the degree, as determined by
the generator, to be economically practicable.
(5) The transporter shall enter the total volume or quantity of
each waste stream transported on the manifest at the change of each
date, change of driver, or change of transport vehicle. The total
volume or quantity shall be the cumulative amount of each waste
stream collected from the generators listed on the individual
receipts. In lieu of submitting a copy of each manifest used, a
facility operator may submit an electronic report to the department
meeting the requirements of Section 25160.3.
(6) The transporter shall submit the generator copy of the
manifest to the department within 30 days of each shipment.
(7) The transporter shall retain a copy of the manifest and all
receipts for each manifest at a location within the state for three
years. This period of retention is extended automatically during the
course of any unresolved enforcement action regarding the regulated
activity or as requested by the department or a certified unified
program agency.
(8) The transporter shall submit all copies of the manifest to the
designated facility. A representative of the designated facility
that receives the hazardous waste shall sign and date the manifest,
return two copies to the transporter, retain one copy, and send the
original to the department within 30 days.
(9) All other manifesting requirements of Sections 25160 and 25161
shall be complied with unless specifically exempted under this
section. If an out-of-state receiving facility is not required to
submit the signed manifest copy to the department, the consolidated
transporter, acting as generator, shall submit a copy of the manifest
signed by the receiving facility to the department pursuant to
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 25160.
(10) Each generator using the consolidated manifesting procedure
shall have an identification number, unless the generator is either
of the following:
(A) The generator is exempted from manifesting requirements by
action of Section 25143.13 for generators of photographic waste less
than 100 kilograms per calendar month.
(B) The generator is a household, as defined in subdivision (d) of
Section 25218.1.
(c) The consolidated manifesting procedure set forth in
subdivision (b) may be used only for the following waste streams and
in accordance with the conditions specified below for each waste
stream:
(1) Used oil and the contents of an oil/water separator, if the
separator is a catch basin, clarifier, or similar collection device
that is used to collect water containing residual amounts of one or
more of the following: used oil, antifreeze, or other substances and
contaminants associated with activities that generate used oil and
antifreeze.
(2) The wastes listed in subparagraph (A) may be manifested under
the procedures specified in this section only if all of the
requirements specified in subparagraphs (B) and (C) are satisfied.
(A) Wastes eligible for consolidated manifesting:
(i) Solids contaminated with used oil.
(ii) Brake fluid.
(iii) Antifreeze.
(iv) Antifreeze sludge.
(v) Parts cleaning solvents, including aqueous cleaning solvents.
(vi) Hydroxide sludge contaminated solely with metals from a
wastewater treatment process.
(vii) "Paint-related" wastes, including paints, thinners, filters,
and sludges.
(viii) Spent photographic solutions.
(ix) Dry cleaning solvents (including percholoroethylene, naphtha,
and silicone based solvents).
(x) Filters, lint, and sludges contaminated with dry cleaning
solvent.
(xi) Asbestos and asbestos-containing materials.
(xii) Inks from the printing industry.
(xiii) Chemicals and laboratory packs collected from K-12 schools.
(xiv) Absorbents contaminated with other wastes listed in this
section.
(xv) Filters from dispensing pumps for diesel and gasoline fuels.
(xvi) Any other waste, as specified in regulations adopted by the
department.
(xvii) Household hazardous waste, as defined as
in subdivision (e) of Section 25218.1, that is collected
by a door-to-door household hazardous waste collection program.
(B) The generator does not generate more than 1,000 kilograms per
calendar month of hazardous waste and meets the conditions of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 25123.3. For the purpose
of calculating the 1,000 kilograms per calendar month limit described
in this section, the generator may exclude the volume of used oil
and the contents of the oil/water separator that is managed pursuant
to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).
(C) (i) The generator enters into an agreement with the
transporter in which the transporter agrees that the transporter will
submit a confirmation to the generator that the hazardous waste was
transported to an authorized hazardous waste treatment facility for
appropriate treatment. The agreement may provide that the hazardous
waste will first be transported to a storage or transfer facility in
accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
(ii) The treatment requirement specified in clause (i) does not
apply to asbestos, asbestos-containing materials, and chemicals and
laboratory packs collected from K-12 schools, or any other waste
stream for which the department determines there is no reasonably
available treatment methodology or facility. These wastes shall be
transported to an authorized facility.
(d) Transporters using the consolidated manifesting procedure set
forth in this section shall submit quarterly reports to the
department 30 days after the end of each quarter. The first quarterly
report shall be submitted on October 31, 2002, covering the July to
September 2002 period, and every three months thereafter. Except as
otherwise specified in paragraph (1), the quarterly report shall be
submitted in an electronic format provided by the department.
The department shall make all of the information in the quarterly
reports submitted pursuant to this subdivision available to the
public, through its usual means of disclosure, except the department
shall not disclose the association between any specific transporter
and specific generator. The list of generators served by a
transporter shall be deemed to be a trade secret and confidential
business information for purposes of Section 25173 and Section
66260.2 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(1) Transporters that use the consolidated manifesting procedure
for less than 1,000 tons per calendar year may apply to the
department to continue submitting paper format reports.
(2) For each transporter's name, terminal address, and
identification number, the quarterly report shall include the
following information for each generator for each consolidated
manifest:
(A) The name, address, and identification number, the contact
persons's name, and the telephone number of each generator.
(B) The date of the shipment.
(C) The manifest number.
(D) The volume or quantity of each waste stream received, its
California and RCRA waste code, and the waste stream category listed
in subdivision (c).
SEC. 2. Section 25218.1 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
25218.1. For purposes of this article, the following terms have
the following meanings:
(a) "Conditionally exempt small quantity generator" or "CESQG"
means a business concern that meets the criteria specified in Section
261.5 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) "Curbside household hazardous waste collection program" means
a collection service authorized by a public agency that is operated
in accordance with Section 25163 and subdivision (d) of Section
25218.5 and that collects one or more of the following types of
household hazardous waste:
(1) Latex paint.
(2) Used oil.
(3) Used oil filters.
(4) Household hazardous waste that is designated as a universal
waste pursuant to this chapter or the regulations adopted by the
department.
(c) "Door-to-door household hazardous waste collection program" or
"household hazardous waste residential pickup service" means a
program operated by a public agency, or its contractor, that collects
household hazardous waste from individual residences and transports
that waste in an inspected and certified hazardous waste transport
vehicle to an authorized household hazardous waste collection
facility, or to a hazardous waste facility, as defined in Section
66260.10 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(d) "Household" means a single detached residence or a single unit
of a multiple residence unit and all appurtenant structures.
(e) "Household hazardous waste" means hazardous waste generated
incidental to owning or maintaining a place of residence. Household
hazardous waste does not include waste generated in the course of
operating a business concern at a residence.
(f) "Household hazardous waste collection facility" means a
facility operated by a public agency, or its contractor, for the
purpose of collecting, handling, treating, storing, recycling, or
disposing of household hazardous waste, and its operation may include
accepting hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small quantity
generators if that acceptance is authorized pursuant to Section
25218.3. Household hazardous waste collection facilities include
permanent household hazardous waste collection facilities, as defined
in subdivision (h), temporary household hazardous waste collection
facilities, as defined in subdivision (p), recycle-only household
hazardous waste collection facilities, as defined in subdivision (n),
curbside household hazardous waste collection programs, as defined
in subdivision (b), and mobile household hazardous waste collection
facilities, as defined in subdivision (g).
(g) "Mobile household hazardous waste collection facility" means a
portable structure within which a household hazardous waste
collection facility is operated and that meets all of the following
conditions:
(1) The facility is operated not more than four times in any one
calendar year at the same location.
(2) The facility is operated not more than three consecutive weeks
within a two-month period at the same location.
(3) Upon the termination of operations, all equipment, materials,
and waste are removed from the site within 144 hours.
(h) "Permanent household hazardous waste collection facility"
means a permanent or semipermanent structure at a fixed location that
meets both of the following conditions:
(1) The facility is operated at the same location on a continuous,
regular schedule.
(2) The hazardous waste stored at the facility is removed within
one year after collection.
(i) "Public agency" means a state or federal agency, county, city,
or district.
(j) "Quality assurance plan" means a written protocol prepared by
a public agency that is designed to ensure that reusable household
hazardous products or materials, as defined in subdivision (o), that
are collected by a household hazardous waste collection program are
evaluated to verify that product containers, contents, and labels are
as they originated from the products' manufacturers. The public
agency or a person authorized by the public agency, as defined in
subdivision (k), shall design the protocol to ensure, using its best
efforts with the resources generally available to the public agency,
or the person authorized by the public agency, that products selected
for distribution are appropriately labeled, uncontaminated, and
appear to be as they originated from the product manufacturers. A
quality assurance plan shall identify specific procedures for
evaluating each container placed in a recycling or exchange program.
The quality assurance plan shall also identify those products that
shall not be accepted for distribution in a recycling or exchange
program. Unacceptable products may include, but are not limited to,
banned or unregistered agricultural waste, as defined in subdivision
(a) of Section 25207.1, and products containing polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCB), asbestos, or dioxin.
(k) "Person authorized by the public agency" means an employee of
a public agency or a person from whom services are contracted by the
public agency.
(l) "Recipient" means a person who accepts a reusable household
hazardous product or material at a household hazardous waste
collection facility operating pursuant to this article.
(m) "Recyclable household hazardous waste material" means any of
the following:
(1) Latex paint.
(2) Used oil.
(3) Used oil filters.
(4) Antifreeze.
(5) Spent lead-acid batteries.
(6) Household hazardous waste that is designated as a universal
waste pursuant to this chapter or the regulations adopted by the
department, except a universal waste for which the department
determines, by regulation, that there is no readily available
authorized recycling facility capable of accepting and recycling that
waste.
(n) "Recycle-only household hazardous waste collection facility"
means a household hazardous waste collection facility that is
operated in accordance with Section 25218.8 and accepts for recycling
only recyclable household hazardous waste materials.
(o) "Reusable household hazardous product or material" means a
container of household hazardous product, or a container of hazardous
material generated by a conditionally exempt small quantity
generator, that has been received by a household hazardous waste
collection facility operating pursuant to this article and that is
offered for distribution in a materials exchange program to a
recipient, as defined in subdivision (l), in accordance with a
quality assurance plan, as defined in subdivision (j).
(p) "Temporary household hazardous waste collection facility"
means a household hazardous waste collection facility that meets both
of the following conditions:
(1) The facility is operated not more than once for a period of
not more than two days in any one month at the same location.
(2) Upon termination of operations, all equipment, materials, and
waste are removed from the site within 144 hours.
SEC. 3. Section 25218.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
25218.5. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), hazardous
waste transported to a household hazardous waste collection facility
shall be transported by any of the following:
(A) The individual or CESQG who generated the waste.
(B) A curbside household hazardous waste collection program.
(C) A mobile household hazardous waste collection facility, a
temporary household hazardous waste collection facility, or a
recycle-only household hazardous waste collection facility.
(D) A door-to-door household hazardous waste collection program.
(E) A household hazardous waste residential pickup service.
(F) A registered hazardous waste transporter carrying hazardous
waste generated by a CESQG.
(G) A registered hazardous waste transporter carrying hazardous
waste from a solid waste landfill loadcheck program or a transfer
station loadcheck program under agreement with the household
hazardous waste collection facility.
(H) A registered hazardous waste transporter, under agreement with
the household hazardous waste collection facility,
operating under a contract with a public agency to transport
hazardous wastes that were disposed of in violation of this chapter,
and that are being removed by, or are being removed under the
oversight of, the public agency, if the hazardous wastes were not
originally disposed of in violation of this chapter by that public
agency.
(2) Spent batteries that are received and transported pursuant to
Section 25216.1 may be transported to a household hazardous waste
collection facility from a collection location or an intermediate
collection location.
(3) Notwithstanding Section 25218.4, a registered hazardous waste
transporter or mobile household hazardous waste collection facility
transporting hazardous waste to a household hazardous waste
collection facility shall comply with subdivisions (a) and (c) of
Section 25163 and paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 25160.
(b) An individual transporting household hazardous waste generated
by that individual and a CESQG transporting hazardous waste
generated by the CESQG to a household hazardous waste collection
facility shall meet all of the following conditions:
(1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C) and
Section 25218.5.1, the total amount of household hazardous waste
transported by an individual or hazardous waste transported by a
CESQG to a household hazardous waste collection facility shall not
exceed a total liquid volume of five gallons or a total dry weight of
50 pounds. If the hazardous waste transported is both liquid and
nonliquid, the total amount transported shall not exceed a combined
weight of 50 pounds.
(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to spent batteries that are
collected by a collection location or intermediate collection
location pursuant to Section 25216.1 and transported to a household
hazardous waste collection facility.
(C) A CESQG may transport up to 27 gallons or 220 pounds, but not
more than 100 kilograms, per month to a household hazardous waste
collection facility, if all of the following conditions are met:
(i) The hazardous waste being transported was generated by that
CESQG.
(ii) The CESQG contacts the household hazardous waste collection
facility prior to each delivery to confirm that the facility will
accept the hazardous waste.
(iii) The household hazardous waste collection facility provides
oral, written, or electronic instructions to the CESQG prior to each
delivery on proper packing for the safe transportation of the
specific hazardous waste being transported.
(iv) The CESQG or employees of the CESQG transport the hazardous
waste in a vehicle owned and operated by the CESQG.
(2) The household hazardous waste and CESQG hazardous waste that
is transported shall be in closed containers and packed in a manner
that prevents the containers from tipping, spilling, or breaking
during transport.
(3) Different household hazardous wastes or different CESQG
hazardous wastes shall not be mixed within a container before or
during transport.
(4) If the hazardous waste is an extremely hazardous waste or an
acutely hazardous waste, the total amount transported by a CESQG
shall not exceed 2.2 pounds.
(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the total combined
volume or weight of latex paint, used oil filters, antifreeze, and
small batteries transported to a recycle-only household hazardous
waste collection facility by any one individual shall not exceed a
total volume of 10 gallons or a total dry weight of 100 pounds. Up to
two spent lead-acid batteries may be transported at the same time
and not more than 20 gallons of used oil may be transported in the
same vehicle if the volume of each individual container does not
exceed five gallons.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to spent batteries that are
collected by a collection location or intermediate collection
location pursuant to Section 25216.1 and transported to a household
hazardous waste collection facility.
(d) A curbside household hazardous waste collection program shall
meet all of the following conditions:
(1) Not more than a total combined weight of 10 pounds of used oil
filters shall be collected from a single residence at one time.
(2) Not more than five gallons of used oil shall be collected from
a single residence at one time, and the volume of each individual
container collected shall not exceed five gallons.
(3) Not more than five gallons of latex paint shall be collected
from a single residence at one time, and the volume of each
individual container collected shall not exceed five gallons.
(4) Hazardous waste containing mercury shall not be collected by a
curbside household hazardous waste collection program unless the
waste is contained in secure packaging that prevents breakage and
spillage.
(5) Fluorescent light tubes that are four feet or greater in
length shall not be collected by a curbside household hazardous waste
collection program.
(6) The transported household hazardous waste shall be in closed
containers and packed in a manner that prevents the containers from
tipping, spilling, or breaking during transport.
(7) Different household hazardous wastes shall not be mixed within
a container before or during transport.
(e) A door-to-door household hazardous waste collection program or
household hazardous waste residential pickup service shall meet all
of the following conditions:
(1) The transported household hazardous waste shall be in closed
containers and packed in a manner that prevents the containers from
tipping, spilling, or breaking during transport.
(2) Different household hazardous wastes shall not be mixed within
a container before or during transport.
(3) (A) A door-to-door household hazardous waste collection
program or household hazardous waste residential pickup service is
exempt from the requirements of Section 25160 regarding the use of a
manifest when transporting household hazardous waste collected from
individual residences to an authorized hazardous waste collection
facility. In lieu of a manifest, a receipt shall be issued for the
household hazardous waste collected from an individual residence, and
a copy of the receipt shall be retained by the public agency for a
period of at least three years.
(B) If household hazardous waste is transported to a hazardous
waste facility, as defined in Section 66260.10 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations, the consolidated manifesting
procedures specified in Section 25160.2 shall be used by the public
agency or its contractor.
(f) Notwithstanding Section 25218.4, a mobile household hazardous
waste collection facility, a temporary household hazardous waste
collection facility, or a recycle-only household hazardous waste
collection facility that transports household hazardous waste from
the collection facility to a household hazardous waste collection
facility pursuant to subdivision (a) shall comply with subdivisions
(a) and (c) of Section 25163 and paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of
Section 25160.
SEC. 4. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.