BILL ANALYSIS Ó
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 1325|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 1325
Author: De León (D)
Amended: 8/18/16
Vote: 21
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE: 5-0, 4/20/16
AYES: Wieckowski, Hill, Jackson, Leno, Pavley
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gaines, Bates
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 6-1, 5/27/16
AYES: Lara, Beall, Hill, McGuire, Mendoza, Nielsen
NOES: Bates
SENATE FLOOR: 30-1, 5/31/16
AYES: Allen, Anderson, Beall, Block, Cannella, De León,
Galgiani, Glazer, Hall, Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill,
Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, McGuire, Mendoza,
Monning, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Vidak,
Wieckowski, Wolk
NOES: Bates
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Fuller, Gaines, Huff, Mitchell,
Moorlach, Morrell, Runner, Stone
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 8/22/16 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Hazardous waste: facilities: postclosure plans
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill requires the Department of Toxic Substances
Control (DTSC) to, on or before January 1, 2018, adopt
regulations to impose post-closure plan requirements on the
owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility through the
issuance of an enforcement order, an enforceable agreement, or a
SB 1325
Page 2
post-closure permit. This bill deletes the January 1, 2009
sunset date which authorized DTSC to impose postclosure plan
requirements through an enforcement order or an enforceable
agreement.
Assembly Amendments incorporate language to avoid chaptering
conflicts with the Resources Budget trailer bills, AB 1611
(Committee on Budget) and SB 839 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal
Review), both of the current legislative session.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Governs, under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) of 1976, the disposal of hazardous waste:
a) Through regulation, sets standards for the treatment,
storage, transport, tracking and disposal of hazardous
waste in the United States.
b) Authorizes states to carry out many of the functions
of the federal law through their own hazardous waste laws
if such programs have been approved by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA).
2)Enacts the California Hazardous Waste Control Act (HWCA) of
1972 which:
a) Establishes the Hazardous Waste Control program.
b) Regulates the appropriate handling, processing and
disposal of hazardous and extremely hazardous waste to
protect the public, livestock and wildlife from hazards to
health and safety.
c) Implements federal tracking requirements for the
handling and transportation of hazardous waste from the
point of waste generation to the point of ultimate
disposition.
d) Establishes a system of fees to cover the costs of
SB 1325
Page 3
operating the hazardous waste management program.
e) Authorizes DTSC to enforce federal law and regulations
under RCRA.
f) Requires DTSC to grant and review permits and enforce
HWCA requirements for hazardous waste treatment, storage
and disposal facilities for both facilities in operation
and those closed and post closure.
i) California Code of Regulations Title 22 CCR 66264
implements hazardous waste permitting requirements,
including closure/postclosure requirements for California
hazardous waste facilities.
g) Provides DTSC the authority to impose post closure plan
requirements through an enforcement order or an enforceable
agreement.
This bill:
1)Removes the sunset date of 2009 for the use of enforcement
order or enforceable agreements by DTSC to impose postclosure
plan requirements.
2)Requires DTSC to adopt new regulations for review, oversight
and enforcement of closure and postclosure of hazardous waste
facilities plans.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, enactment of
this bill could result in one-time costs of approximately
$58,000 for DTSC to develop and adopt regulations and unknown
potential annual revenue losses determined by whether owners or
operators choose to pursue post-closure permits or enforcement
orders or enforceable agreements.
SB 1325
Page 4
SUPPORT: (Verified8/22/16)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/22/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 8/22/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley,
Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto,
Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper,
Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim,
Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis,
Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte,
O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Melendez
Prepared by:Rachel Machi Wagoner / E.Q. / (916) 651-4108
8/22/16 22:49:40
**** END ****