BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 4, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
2893 (Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) - As Introduced
February 29, 2016
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|Policy |Environmental Safety and Toxic |Vote:|7 - 0 |
|Committee: |Materials | | |
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
No
SUMMARY:
This committee bill provides conforming changes to the statutes
governing the Department of Toxic Substances Control's (DTSC)
cost recovery authority. Specifically, this bill:
1) Modifies and adds terms to strengthen consistency
between DTSC's governing statutes.
2) Requires any person who is required to furnish
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information to DTSC to pay any costs of photocopying or
transmitting the information; and,
3) Makes other technical, conforming changes to clean up
the codes.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Minor, if any fiscal impact.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the Environmental Safety Committee, the
purpose of this bill is to further conform terms used in
statutes governing DTSC's hazardous waste cleanup and cost
recovery authorities. Specifically, the authority to request
financial information from potentially responsible parties
when assessing costs of hazardous waste cleanup.
2)Background. AB 276, Chapter 459, Statutes of 2015, authorized
DTSC to request information related to certain party's
finances to demonstrate the party's ability to pay for, or
perform cleanup. Providing this statutory authority aligned
state law with federal law, which, under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) permits the US EPA to request financial information
from potential responsible parties.
This bill further conforms terms within DTSC's cost recovery
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authority,
Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)
319-2081