BILL NUMBER: AB 2583	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 13003 to the Water Code, relating to water
quality.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2583, as amended, Hall. Water quality: treatment chemicals.
   Existing law declares that activities and factors that may affect
the quality of the waters of the state shall be regulated to attain
the highest water quality that is reasonable, considering all demands
being made and to be made on those waters and the total values
involved, beneficial and detrimental, economic and social, tangible
and intangible.
   This bill would require water agencies, as defined, and their
direct suppliers, in order to mitigate the potential catastrophic
harm involved in the unintended and intentional releases of hazardous
substances that are in transit, to utilize raw material chemical
products derived from  Inherently Safer Technology or
inherently safer production measures where   safer
technology, as defined, if  the products derived from safer
 measures or  technology are appropriate, given the
disinfection methodology used by the water agency, and commercially
available without being materially cost prohibitive to the water
utilities or rate payers.  The bill would provide that this
requirement applies to water agencies operating potable water
treatment facilities, nonpotable water treatment facilities, or both.

   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 13003 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   13003.   (a)    Water agencies, as defined in
Section 12970, and their direct suppliers  shall  ,
in order to mitigate the potential catastrophic harm involved in the
unintended and intentional releases of hazardous substances as they
are transported for use as raw materials by the water agencies and
their direct suppliers,  shall  utilize raw material
chemical products derived from  Inherently Safer Technology
or inherently safer production measures where   safer
technology if  the products derived from safer  measures
or  technology are appropriate given the disinfection
methodology used by the water agency, and are commercially available
without being materially cost prohibitive to the water utilities or
rate payers. 
   (b) This section applies to water agencies operating potable water
treatment facilities, nonpotable water treatment facilities, or
both.  
   (c) As used in this section, "safer technology" means a
technology, product, raw material, or practice, the use of which, as
compared to currently used technologies, products, raw materials, or
practices, significantly reduces or eliminates both of the following:
 
   (1) The possibility of release of hazardous or potentially
hazardous raw materials used for purposes of water treatment. 

   (2) The hazards to public health and safety and the environment
associated with the release or potential release of hazardous or
potentially hazardous raw materials used for purposes of water
treatment.