BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
1824 (Monning)
Hearing Date: 06/28/2010 Amended: 05/11/2010
Consultant: Brendan McCarthy Policy Vote: EQ 6-0
AB 1824 (Monning), Page 2
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BILL SUMMARY: AB 1824 prohibits the sale or use of chemicals
that are detrimental to sewage disposal systems in chemical
toilets, recreational vehicles, or waste facilities of vessels.
The bill defines six specific chemicals that are detrimental to
a sewage disposal system and authorizes the Department of Toxic
Substances Control to identify additional chemicals.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund
Enforcement $65 $40 $40 Special
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* Hazardous Waste Control Account.
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STAFF COMMENTS:
Users of recreational vehicles or vessels often dispose of the
contents of their sewage systems into septic systems at
recreational vehicle parks or harbors and marinas. Introducing
non-biodegradable toxic chemicals into these septic systems can
kill the bacteria that are used to break down wastes in the
septic system, eventually causing the system to fail and
potentially contaminating local groundwater supplies.
Under current law, non-biodegradable toxic chemicals may not be
used in chemical toilets, recreational vehicles, or waste
facilities. Current law prohibits the stale of non-biodegradable
toxic chemicals in containers that indicate the chemical could
be used in a chemical toilet, recreational vehicle, or a waste
facility in a vessel. The Department of Toxic Substances Control
is authorized to designate, through regulation, chemicals that
are non-biodegradable toxic chemicals. Under this authority, the
Department has designated nineteen chemicals as being
non-biodegradable toxic chemicals.
AB 1824 prohibits the sale of a chemical that is detrimental to
a sewage disposal system in a container that indicates the
chemical could be used in a chemical toilet, recreational
vehicle or vessel. The bill prohibits the use of chemicals that
are detrimental to sewage systems in a chemical toilet,
AB 1824 (Monning), Page 2
recreational vehicle, or vessel. The bill designates six
specific chemicals as being detrimental to a sewage system and
authorizes the Department, by regulation, to designate
additional chemicals.
The Department anticipates enforcing the requirements of the
bill in a complaint-driven process. The cost to respond to
complaints and to analyze products pursuant to those complaints
is estimated to be about $40,000 per year.