BILL NUMBER: AB 1131 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Feuer
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
An act to amend Section 25244.17.1 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to hazardous waste.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1131, as introduced, Feuer. Hazardous waste: source reduction.
The Hazardous Waste Source Reduction and Management Review Act of
1989, among other things, 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, every two
years in a specified work plan, and in consultation with the
California Source Reduction Advisory Committee, to select at least 2
priority categories of generators by SIC Code, as defined. For each
selected priority industry category, the department is required to
implement a cooperative source reduction technical assistance and
outreach program to include specified elements.
This bill would increase the minimum number of priority categories
the department is required to select every 2 years to 3.
The bill would include a statement of legislative intent to enact
legislation regarding expanding the hazardous waste source reduction
program and encouraging the availability of safe, nontoxic consumer
products by developing standards to allow those products to be
certified as such by the state.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
AB 1131, as introduced, Feuer. Hazardous waste: source reduction.
The Hazardous Waste Source Reduction and Management Review Act of
1989, among other things, 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, every two
years in a specified work plan, and in consultation with the
California Source Reduction Advisory Committee, to select at least 2
priority categories of generators by SIC Code, as defined. For each
selected priority industry category, the department is required to
implement a cooperative source reduction technical assistance and
outreach program to include specified elements.
This bill would increase the minimum number of priority categories
the department is required to select every 2 years to 3.
The bill would include a statement of legislative intent to enact
legislation regarding expanding the hazardous waste source reduction
program and encouraging the availability of safe, nontoxic consumer
products by developing standards to allow those products to be
certified as such by the state.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
AB 1131, as introduced, Feuer. Hazardous waste: source reduction.
The Hazardous Waste Source Reduction and Management Review Act of
1989, among other things, 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, every two
years in a specified work plan, and in consultation with the
California Source Reduction Advisory Committee, to select at least 2
priority categories of generators by SIC Code, as defined. For each
selected priority industry category, the department is required to
implement a cooperative source reduction technical assistance and
outreach program to include specified elements.
This bill would increase the minimum number of priority categories
the department is required to select every 2 years to 3.
The bill would include a statement of legislative intent to enact
legislation regarding expanding the hazardous waste source reduction
program and encouraging the availability of safe, nontoxic consumer
products by developing standards to allow those products to be
certified as such by the state.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
AB 1131, as introduced, Feuer. Hazardous waste: source reduction.
The Hazardous Waste Source Reduction and Management Review Act of
1989, among other things, 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, every two
years in a specified work plan, and in consultation with the
California Source Reduction Advisory Committee, to select at least 2
priority categories of generators by SIC Code, as defined. For each
selected priority industry category, the department is required to
implement a cooperative source reduction technical assistance and
outreach program to include specified elements.
This bill would increase the minimum number of priority categories
the department is required to select every 2 years to 3.
The bill would include a statement of legislative intent to enact
legislation regarding expanding the hazardous waste source reduction
program and encouraging the availability of safe, nontoxic consumer
products by developing standards to allow those products to be
certified as such by the state.
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. The Legislature intends to enact legislation to expand
the hazardous waste source reduction program established by the
Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Article 11.9
(commencing with Section 25244.12) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of
the Health and Safety Code, and foster more collaborative efforts to
reduce the use of toxic or hazardous substances in the state, in
order to protect the health and safety of Californians and our
environment and to encourage the availability of safe, nontoxic
consumer products by developing standards to allow those products to
be certified as such by the state.
SEC. 2. 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 two three
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.
(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, 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 Sections Section
25244.5 and 25244.11.5 .
SECTION 1. The Legislature intends to enact legislation to expand
the hazardous waste source reduction program established by the
Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Article 11.9
(commencing with Section 25244.12) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of
the Health and Safety Code, and foster more collaborative efforts to
reduce the use of toxic or hazardous substances in the state, in
order to protect the health and safety of Californians and our
environment and to encourage the availability of safe, nontoxic
consumer products by developing standards to allow those products to
be certified as such by the state.
SEC. 2. 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 two three
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.
(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, 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 Sections Section
25244.5 and 25244.11.5 .
SECTION 1. The Legislature intends to enact legislation to expand
the hazardous waste source reduction program established by the
Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Article 11.9
(commencing with Section 25244.12) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of
the Health and Safety Code, and foster more collaborative efforts to
reduce the use of toxic or hazardous substances in the state, in
order to protect the health and safety of Californians and our
environment and to encourage the availability of safe, nontoxic
consumer products by developing standards to allow those products to
be certified as such by the state.
SEC. 2. 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 two three
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.
(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, 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 Sections Section
25244.5 and 25244.11.5 .
SECTION 1. The Legislature intends to enact legislation to expand
the hazardous waste source reduction program established by the
Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to Article 11.9
(commencing with Section 25244.12) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of
the Health and Safety Code, and foster more collaborative efforts to
reduce the use of toxic or hazardous substances in the state, in
order to protect the health and safety of Californians and our
environment and to encourage the availability of safe, nontoxic
consumer products by developing standards to allow those products to
be certified as such by the state.
SEC. 2. 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 two three
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.
(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, 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 Sections Section
25244.5 and 25244.11.5 .