Amended in Senate August 20, 2014

Amended in Senate August 7, 2014

Amended in Assembly April 21, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2748

Introduced by Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Assembly Members Alejo (Chair), Bloom, Stone, and Ting)

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Lowenthal)

March 6, 2014

An act to amend Sections 25217.2, 25507, and 25513 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2748, as amended, Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. Hazardous waste: business plans.

(1) Existing law generally prohibits any person from disposing of latex paint, unless authorized, but allows recyclable latex paint to be accepted at any location if certain requirements are met, including that the owners or operators of the location have a business plan that meets specified requirements.

This bill would repeal the requirement that the owner or operator of the location have such a business plan in order to accept recyclable latex paint.

(2) Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program, including a statewide information management system, for purposes of receiving data collected by unified program agencies. A city or local agency that meets specified requirements is authorized to apply to the secretary to implement the unified program and be certified as a certified unified program agency (CUPA), and every county is required to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program. Existing law also requires each CUPA to institute a single-fee system, with a surcharge on each person regulated by the unified program to cover the necessary and reasonable costs of the state agencies in carrying out their responsibilities in the unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program.

Existing law requires the CUPA to implement and enforce provisions that require a business that handles a hazardous material to establish and implement a business plan. Existing law requires the business plan to be electronically submitted to the statewide information management system and requires the local agency to review and determine whether the business plan satisfies certain requirements. A person who knowingly violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, requires a manufacturer of architectural paint or designated stewardship organization to submit to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery an architectural paint stewardship plan to develop and implement a recovery program to manage the end of life of postconsumer architectural paint.

This bill would require a business that handles paint that will be recycled or managed under an architectural paint recovery program approved by the department to establish and implement a business plan only if the business handles 10,000 pounds of solid hazardous materials or 1,000 gallons of liquid hazardous materials. The bill would prohibit the CUPA from imposing a fee upon a business that is implementing an approved architectural paint recovery program and that is exempt from the business plan requirements for the cost of processing that exemption.

  The bill would incorporate changes to Section 25507 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by both this bill and SB 1261, which would only become operative if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2015, and this bill is enacted after SB 1261.

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 25217.2 of the Health and Safety Code
is amended to read:

25217.2.  

(a) Recyclable latex paint may be accepted at any
location including, but not limited to, a permanent household
hazardous waste collection facility in accordance with subdivision
(b), if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The location manages the recyclable latex paint in
accordance with all applicable latex paint product management
procedures specified by federal, state, or local law or regulation
that include, at a minimum, that the recyclable latex paint is stored
and handled in a manner that minimizes the chance of exposing
the handler and the environment to potentially hazardous
constituents that may be in, or have been incidentally added to,
the recyclable latex paint.

(2) The recyclable latex paint is still in liquid form and is in its
original packaging or is in a closed container that is clearly labeled.

(3) Any latex paint that is accepted as recyclable by the location
and that is later discovered to be nonrecyclable shall be deemed
to be a waste generated at the location where the discovery is made
and the latex paint shall be managed as a waste in accordance with
this chapter.

(4) If the recyclable latex paint is not excluded or exempted
from regulation under Chapter I (commencing with Section 1.1)
of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the location meets
all applicable federal requirements.

(5) The recyclable latex paint is stored for no longer than 180
days.

(b) (1) For purposes of this subdivision the following definitions
shall apply:

(A) “CESQG” means a conditionally exempt small quantity
generator, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 25218.1.

(B) “Permanent household hazardous waste collection facility”
has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (h) of Section
25218.1.

(2) A permanent household hazardous waste collection facility
that is authorized to accept hazardous waste from a CESQG
pursuant to Section 25218.3 may accept recyclable latex paint
from any generator in accordance with this article if the permanent
household hazardous waste collection facility does all of the
following:

(A) Complies with subdivision (a).

(B) Sends the recyclable latex paint, for recycling, to a latex
paint recycling facility operating pursuant to this article.

(C) Maintains a monthly log of the volume of latex paint
collected from each generator and submits that information
annually with the report submitted pursuant to Section 25218.9
for household hazardous waste collected from household hazardous
waste generators.

(3) A permanent household hazardous waste collection facility
that takes the actions specified in paragraph (2) is not subject to
subdivision (b) of Section 25218.3.

(4) A permanent household waste collection facility may take
the action specified in paragraph (2) notwithstanding any permit
condition imposed upon the facility, a regulation adopted by the
department to ensure a household hazardous waste collection
facility does not accept hazardous waste from a commercial
generator other than a CESQG, or the status of the generator.

SEC. 2.  

Section 25507 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:

25507.  

(a) Except as provided in this article, a business shall
establish and implement a business plan for emergency response
to a release or threatened release of a hazardous material in
accordance with the standards prescribed in the regulations adopted
pursuant to Section 25503 if the business meets any of the
following conditions:

(1) The business handles a hazardous material or a mixture
containing a hazardous material that has a quantity at any one time
during the reporting year that is equal to, or greater than, 55 gallons
for materials that are liquids, 500 pounds for solids, or 200 cubic
feet for compressed gas. The physical state and quantity present
of mixtures shall be determined by the physical state of the mixture
as whole, not individual components, at standard temperature and
pressure.

(2) The business is required to submit chemical inventory
information pursuant to Section 11022 of Title 42 of the United
States Code.

(3) The business handles at any one time during the reporting
year an amount of a hazardous material that is equal to, or greater
than begin insert , end insert the threshold planning quantity, under both of the following
conditions:

(A) The hazardous material is an extremely hazardous substance,
as defined in Section 355.61 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.

(B) The threshold planning quantity for that extremely hazardous
substance listed in Appendices A and B of Part 355 (commencing
with Section 355.1) of Subchapter J of Chapter I of Title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations is less than 500 pounds.

(4) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a business
handles at any one time during the reporting year a total weight
of 5,000 pounds for solids or a total volume of 550 gallons for
liquids, if the hazardous material is a solid or liquid substance that
is classified as a hazard for purposes of Section 5194 of Title 8 of
the California Code of Regulations solely as an irritant or sensitizer,
unless the unified program agency finds, and provides notice to
the business handling the product, that the handling of lesser
quantities of that hazardous material requires the submission of a
business plan, or any portion of a business plan, in response to
public health, safety, or environmental concerns.

(B) If the hazardous material handled by the business is a paint
that will be recycled or otherwise managed under an architectural
paint recovery program approved by the Department of Resources
Recovery and Recycling pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 48700) of Part 7 of Division 30 of the Public Resources
Code, the business is required to establish and implement a
business plan only if the business handles at any one time during
the reporting year a total weight of 10,000 pounds of solid
hazardous materials or a total volume of 1,000 gallons of liquid
hazardous materials.

(5) (A) The business handles at any one time during the
reporting year a total of 1,000 cubic feet, if the hazardous material
is a compressed gas and is classified as a hazard for the purposes
of Section 5194 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations
solely as a compressed gas, unless the unified program agency
finds, and provides notice to the business handling the product,
that the handling of lesser quantities of that hazardous material
requires the submission of a business plan, or any portion thereof,
in response to public health, safety, or environmental concerns.

(B) The unified program agency shall make the findings required
by subparagraph (A) in consultation with the local fire chief.

(C) The hazardous materials subject to subparagraph (A) include
a gas for which the only health and physical hazards are simple
asphyxiation and the release of pressure.

(D) The hazardous materials subject to subparagraph (A) do
not include gases in a cryogenic state.

(6) The business handles a radioactive material at any one time
during the reporting year that is handled in quantities for which
an emergency plan is required to be adopted pursuant to Part 30
(commencing with Section 30.1), Part 40 (commencing with
Section 40.1), or Part 70 (commencing with Section 70.1), of
Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or
pursuant to any regulations adopted by the state in accordance with
those regulations.

(7) The business handles perchlorate material, as defined in
subdivision (c) of Section 25210.5, in a quantity at any one time
during the reporting year that is equal to, or greater than, the
thresholds listed in paragraph (1).

(b) Oxygen, nitrogen, and nitrous oxide, ordinarily maintained
by a physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or pharmacist, at
his or her office or place of business, stored at each office or place
of business in quantities of not more than 1,000 cubic feet of each
material at any one time, are exempt from this section and from
Section 25506. The unified program agency may require a one-time
inventory of these materials for a fee not to exceed fifty dollars
($50) to pay for the costs incurred by the agency in processing the
inventory forms.

(c) (1) Lubricating oil is exempt from this section and Sections
25506 and 25508, for a single business facility, if the total volume
of each type of lubricating oil handled at that facility does not
exceed 55 gallons and the total volume of all types of lubricating
oil handled at that facility does not exceed 275 gallons, at any one
time.

(2) For purposes of this paragraph, “lubricating oil” means oil
intended for use in an internal combustion crankcase, or the
transmission, gearbox, differential, or hydraulic system of an
automobile, bus, truck, vessel, airplane, heavy equipment, or other
machinery powered by an internal combustion or electric powered
engine. “Lubricating oil” does not include used oil, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 25250.1.

(d) Oil-filled electrical equipment that is not contiguous to an
electric facility is exempt from this section and Sections 25506
and 25508 if the aggregate capacity is less than 1,320 gallons.

(e) Hazardous material contained solely in a consumer product
for direct distribution to, and use by, the general public is exempt
from the business plan requirements of this article unless the
unified program agency has found, and has provided notice to the
business handling the product, that the handling of certain
quantities of the product requires the submission of a business
plan, or any portion thereof, in response to public health, safety,
or environmental concerns.

(f) In addition to the authority specified in subdivision (h), the
governing body of the unified program agency may, in exceptional
circumstances, following notice and public hearing, exempt a
hazardous substance specified in subdivision (n) of Section 25501
from Section 25506, if it is found that the hazardous substance
would not pose a present or potential danger to the environment
or to human health and safety if the hazardous substance was
released into the environment. The unified program agency shall
send a notice to the office and the secretary within 15 days from
the effective date of any exemption granted pursuant to this
subdivision.

(g) The unified program agency, upon application by a handler,
may exempt the handler, under conditions that the unified program
agency determines to be proper, from any portion of the
requirements to establish and maintain a business plan, upon a
written finding that the exemption would not pose a significant
present or potential hazard to human health or safety or to the
environment, or affect the ability of the unified program agency
and emergency rescue personnel to effectively respond to the
release of a hazardous material, and that there are unusual
circumstances justifying the exemption. The unified program
agency shall specify in writing the basis for any exemption under
this subdivision.

(h) The unified program agency, upon application by a handler,
may exempt a hazardous material from the inventory provisions
of this article upon proof that the material does not pose a
significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety
or to the environment if released into the workplace or
environment. The unified program agency shall specify in writing
the basis for any exemption under this subdivision.

(i) The unified program agency shall adopt procedures to provide
for public input when approving applications submitted pursuant
to subdivisions (g) and (h).

SEC. 2.5.  

Section 25507 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:

25507.  

(a) Except as provided in this article, a begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert
shall establish and implement a business plan for emergency
response to a release or threatened release of a hazardous material
in accordance with the standards prescribed in the regulations
adopted pursuant to Section 25503 if the begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert meets
any of the following conditions:

(1) (A) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert handles a hazardous material or
a mixture containing a hazardous material that has a quantity at
any one time during the reporting year that is equal to, or greater
than, 55 gallons for materials that are liquids, 500 pounds for solids,
or 200 cubic feet for compressed gas, as defined in subdivision (i)
of Section 25501. The physical state and quantity present of
mixtures shall be determined by the physical state of the mixture
as a whole, not individual components, at standard temperature
and pressure.

(B) For the purpose of this section, for compressed gases, if a
hazardous material or mixture is determined to exceed threshold
quantities at standard temperature and pressure, it shall be reported
in the physical state at which it is stored. If the material is an
extremely hazardous substance, as defined in Section 355.61 of
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, all amounts shall be
reported in pounds.

(2) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert is required to submit chemical inventory
information pursuant to Section 11022 of Title 42 of the United
States Code.

(3) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert handles at any one time during the
reporting year an amount of a hazardous material that is equal to,
or greater than the threshold planning quantity, under both of the
following conditions:

(A) The hazardous material is an extremely hazardous substance,
as defined in Section 355.61 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.

(B) The threshold planning quantity for that extremely hazardous
substance listed in Appendices A and B of Part 355 (commencing
with Section 355.1) of Subchapter J of Chapter I of Title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations is less than 500 pounds.

(4) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the begin delete facility end delete
begin insert business end insert handles at any one time during the reporting year a total
weight of 5,000 pounds for solids or a total volume of 550 gallons
for liquids, if the hazardous material is a solid or liquid substance
that is classified as a hazard for purposes of Section 5194 of Title
8 of the California Code of Regulations solely as an irritant or
sensitizer.

(B) If the hazardous material handled by the begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert
is a paint that will be recycled or otherwise managed under an
architectural paint recovery program approved by the Department
of Resources Recovery and Recycling pursuant to Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 48700) of Part 7 of Division 30 of the
Public Resources Code, the begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert is required to establish
and implement a business plan only if the begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert handles
at any one time during the reporting year a total weight of 10,000
pounds of solid hazardous materials or a total volume of 1,000
gallons of liquid hazardous materials.

(5) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert handles at any one time during the
reporting year crynogenic, refrigerated, or compressed gas in a
quantity of 1,000 cubic feet or more at standard temperature and
pressure, if the gas is any of the following:

(A) Classified as a hazard for the purposes of Section 5194 of
Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations only for hazards due
to simple asphyxiation or the release of pressure.

(B) Oxygen, nitrogen, and nitrous oxide ordinarily maintained
by a physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, pharmacist, or
emergency medical service provider at his or her place of business.

(C) Carbon dioxide.

(D) Nonflammable refrigerant gases, as defined in the California
Fire Code, that are used in refrigeration systems.

(E) Gases used in closed fire suppression systems.

(6) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert handles a radioactive material at any
one time during the reporting year in quantities for which an
emergency plan is required to be considered pursuant to Schedule
C (Section 30.72) of Part 30 (commencing with Section 30.1), Part
40 (commencing with Section 40.1), or Part 70 (commencing with
Section 70.1), of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, or pursuant to any regulations adopted by the state
in accordance with those regulations.

(7) The begin delete facility end delete begin insert business end insert handles perchlorate material, as defined
in subdivision (c) of Section 25210.5, in a quantity at any one time
during the reporting year that is equal to, or greater than, the
thresholds listed in paragraph (1).

(b) The following hazardous materials are exempt from the
requirements of this section:

(1) Refrigerant gases, other than ammonia or flammable gas in
a closed cooling system, that are used for comfort or space cooling
for computer rooms.

(2) Compressed air in cylinders, bottles, and tanks used by fire
departments and other emergency response organizations for the
purpose of emergency response and safety.

(3) (A) Lubricating oil, if the total volume of each type of
lubricating oil handled at a facility does not exceed 55 gallons and
the total volume of all types of lubricating oil handled at that
facility does not exceed 275 gallons, at any one time.

(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “lubricating oil” means oil
intended for use in an internal combustion crankcase, or the
transmission, gearbox, differential, or hydraulic system of an
automobile, bus, truck, vessel, airplane, heavy equipment, or other
machinery powered by an internal combustion or electric powered
engine. “Lubricating oil” does not include used oil, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 25250.1.

(4) Both of the following, if the aggregate storage capacity of
oil at the facility is less than 1,320 gallons:

(A) Fluid in a hydraulic system.

(B) Oil-filled electrical equipment that is not contiguous to an
electric facility.

(5) Hazardous material contained solely in a consumer product,
handled at, and found in, a retail establishment and intended for
sale to, and for the use by, the public. The exemption provided for
in this paragraph shall not apply to a consumer product handled
at the facility which manufactures that product, or a separate
warehouse or distribution center of that facility, or where a product
is dispensed on the retail premises.

(6) Propane that is for on-premises use, storage, or both, in an
amount not to exceed 500 gallons, that is for the sole purpose of
cooking, heating employee work areas, and heating water within
that business, unless the uniform program agency finds, and
provides notice to the business handling the propane, that the
handling of the begin delete on-premise end delete begin insert on-premises end insert propane requires the
submission of a business plan, or any portion of a business plan,
in response to public health, safety, or environmental concerns.

(c) In addition to the authority specified in subdivision (e), the
governing body of the unified program agency may, in exceptional
circumstances, following notice and public hearing, exempt a
hazardous material specified in subdivision (n) of Section 25501
from Section 25506, if it is found that the hazardous material would
not pose a present or potential danger to the environment or to
human health and safety if the hazardous material was released
into the environment. The unified program agency shall send a
notice to the office and the secretary within 15 days from the
effective date of any exemption granted pursuant to this
subdivision.

(d) The unified program agency, upon application by a handler,
may exempt the handler, under conditions that the unified program
agency determines to be proper, from any portion of the
requirements to establish and maintain a business plan, upon a
written finding that the exemption would not pose a significant
present or potential hazard to human health or safety or to the
environment, or affect the ability of the unified program agency
and emergency response personnel to effectively respond to the
release of a hazardous material, and that there are unusual
circumstances justifying the exemption. The unified program
agency shall specify in writing the basis for any exemption under
this subdivision.

(e) The unified program agency, upon application by a handler,
may exempt a hazardous material from the inventory provisions
of this article upon proof that the material does not pose a
significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety
or to the environment if released into the workplace or
environment. The unified program agency shall specify in writing
the basis for any exemption under this subdivision.

(f) The unified program agency shall adopt procedures to
provide for public input when approving applications submitted
pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e).

SEC. 3.  

Section 25513 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:

25513.  

(a) Each administering county or city may, upon a
majority vote of the governing body, adopt a schedule of fees to
be collected from each business required to submit a business plan
pursuant to this article that is within its jurisdiction. The governing
body may provide for the waiver of fees when a business, as
defined in paragraph (3), (4), or (5) of subdivision (c) of Section
25501, submits a business plan. The fee shall be set in an amount
sufficient to pay only those costs incurred by the unified program
agency in carrying out this article. In determining the fee schedule,
the unified program agency shall consider the volume and degree
of hazard potential of the hazardous materials handled by the
businesses subject to this article.

(b) A unified program agency shall not impose a fee upon a
business that is implementing an architectural paint recovery
program approved by the Department of Resources Recovery and
Recycling pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 48700)
of Part 7 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code and that is
exempt from the business plan requirements pursuant to
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section
25507, for the cost of processing that exemption.

SEC. 4.  

Section 2.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to
Section 25507 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by both
this bill and SB 1261. It shall only become operative if (1) both
bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1,
2015, (2) each bill amends Section 25507 of the Health and Safety
Code, and (3) this bill is enacted after SB 1261, in which case
Section 2 of this bill shall not become operative.