BILL NUMBER: SB 22	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to amend Section 25256.1 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to hazardous materials.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 22, as introduced, Simitian. Hazardous materials: toxic
substances.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, in the California Environmental Protection Agency, with
powers and duties regarding, among other things, hazardous waste
disposal, underground storage of hazardous substances and waste, and
the handling and release of hazardous materials.
   Under existing law, the department is required to establish a
Toxics Information Clearinghouse for the collection, maintenance, and
distribution of specific chemical hazard trait and environmental and
toxicological end-point data. Existing law requires the Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, by January 1, 2011, to
evaluate and specify the hazard traits and environmental and
toxicological end points and any other relevant data that are to be
included in the clearinghouse and authorizes the office, in
implementing this provision, to seek information from other states,
the federal government, and other nations.
   This bill would additionally authorize the office to recommend
procedures for expediting the review and identification of hazard
traits, including pending and proposed actions by other states, the
federal government, and other nations to limit hazardous materials in
products.
   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 25256.1 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   25256.1.  On or before January 1, 2011, the office shall evaluate
and specify the hazard traits and environmental and toxicological
 end-points   end points  and any other
relevant data that are to be included in the clearinghouse. The
office shall conduct this evaluation in consultation with the
department and all appropriate state agencies, after one or more
public workshops, and an opportunity for all interested parties to
comment. The office may seek information from other states, the
federal government, and other nations in implementing this section.
 The office may   recommend procedures for expediting
the review and identification of hazard traits, including pending and
proposed actions by other states, the federal government, and other
nations to limit hazardous materials in products.