BILL NUMBER: AB 2457	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Valadao

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Article 3.5 (commencing with Section
42180) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public
Resources Code, relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2457, as amended, Valadao. Solid waste: vehicles: appliances.
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires
materials that require special handling, as defined, to be removed
from major appliances and vehicles in which they are contained prior
to crushing for transport or transferring to a baler or shredder for
recycling. Recycling residue used as solid waste landfill daily cover
is required to meet certain performance standards and requirements
specified in the regulations adopted by the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).
    This bill would require CalRecycle, by March 31, 2013, to
establish a working group to conduct a study of whether 
discarded   end-of-life  vehicles and appliances
 that are compacted and exported for the purposes of
recycling  are being managed in compliance with law. The
bill would require the working group, by October 31, 2014, to prepare
and submit to the director a report of its findings and make
recommendations to address the findings. The bill would require
CalRecycle to post the report on its Internet Web site. The bill
would repeal the provision on January 1, 2018.
   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.    Article 3.5 (commencing with Section
42180) is added to Chapter 3.5 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the 
 Public Resources Code   , to read:  

      Article 3.5.  Report on the Management of End-of-Life Vehicles
and Appliances


   42180.  (a) On or before March 31, 2013, the department shall
convene an interagency working group consisting of staff of the
department, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and other
appropriate departments within the California Environmental
Protection Agency or the Natural Resources Agency to determine
whether end-of-life vehicles and appliances regulated pursuant to
this chapter are being managed in the state in compliance with law.
   (b) On or before October 31, 2014, the working group shall prepare
and submit to the director a report of its findings. The report
shall include specific findings on all of the following:
   (1) The manner in which the discarded end-of-life vehicles and
appliances are being managed in accordance with state and federal law
prior to export.
   (2) The risks to public health and the environment posed by the
mismanagement of the end-of-life vehicles and appliances in the state
prior to export.
   (3) The economic impacts of improper management of the end-of-life
vehicles and appliances on the state's scrap metal recycling
infrastructure.
   (4) Any other issues the working group deems appropriate regarding
the disposal of the end-of-life vehicles and appliances.
   (c) The report shall include recommendations, as necessary, to
address the findings.
   (d) The department shall post the report on its Internet Web site.

   (e) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.  
  SECTION 1.    Article 3.5 (commencing with Section
42180) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public
Resources Code is repealed.

      Article 3.5.  Report on Disposal of End of Life Vehicles and
Appliances


   42180.  (a) On or before March 31, 2013, the department shall
convene an interagency working group consisting of staff of the
department, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and other
appropriate departments within the California Environmental
Protection Agency or the Natural Resources Agency to determine
whether the disposal of end-of-life vehicles and appliances regulated
pursuant to this chapter that are being compacted and exported for
purposes of recycling is being managed in the state in compliance
with law.
   (b) On or before October 31, 2014, the working group shall prepare
and submit to the director a report of its findings. The report
shall include specific findings on all of the following:
   (1) The manner in which the discarded end-of-life vehicles and
appliances are being managed in accordance with state and federal law
prior to export.
   (2) The risks to public health and the environment posed by the
mismanagement of the end-of-life vehicles and appliances in the state
prior to export.
   (3) The economic impacts of improper management of the end-of-life
vehicles and appliances on the state's scrap metal recycling
infrastructure.
   (4) Any other issues the working group deems appropriate regarding
the disposal of the end-of-life vehicles and appliances.
   (c) The report shall include recommendations, as necessary, to
address the findings.
   (d) The department shall post the report on its Internet Web site.

   This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that date.