BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: June 28, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS
Bob Wieckowski, Chair
SB 456 (Huff) - As Amended: May 2, 2011
SENATE VOTE : 40-0
SUBJECT : Household Hazardous Waste Collection
SUMMARY : Allows household hazardous waste (HHW) generated in
door-to-door collection to be sent to a waste transfer station.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Authorizes a door-to-door HHW collection program to transport
HHW to a treatment, storage and disposal facility or to a
transfer facility, as specified.
2)Authorizes the use of a consolidated manifest that is used
while the waste is in transit to either the HHW collection
facility or to the treatment storage and disposal facility.
3)Requires a public agency, or its contractor, if it transports
HHW to a treatment storage and disposal facility, as
specified, to start a manifest when the first item is
collected.
EXISTING LAW :
1) Authorizes a door-to-door HHW collection program to transport
hazardous waste from individual residences to an authorized
household HHW facility.
2) Exempts a door-to-door HHW collection program from using a
manifest when transporting HHW collected from individual
residences to an authorized collection facility.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Not known
COMMENTS :
Need for the bill: According to the author, "This bill will
codify an existing Department of Toxics Substances Control
(DTSC) determination which has been in practice for fifteen (15)
years. It would allow residential household hazardous waste
(HHW) collected door to door to be transported directly to an
exempt transfer facility first before being transported and
processed at a licensed, non-public treatment storage disposal
facility. Under current law, these transfer facilities can only
be utilized on a case-by-case basis and after a permit by rule
has been received from DTSC."
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW): According to the California
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (DRRR) many
common products that contain potentially hazardous ingredients
require special care when disposed. It is illegal to dispose of
hazardous waste in the garbage, down storm drains, or onto the
ground. Chemicals in illegally or improperly disposed hazardous
waste can be released into the environment and contaminate our
air, water, and possibly the food we eat.
Limits on HHW door-to-door collections . According to DTSC
door-to-door/Residential Collections Residential HHW collection
programs are a subset of household hazardous waste programs and
are operated by public agencies to collect household hazardous
wastes directly from individual residences. Business waste,
even that generated by a home based business, may not be
collected by a door-to-door program. The collected wastes are
then transported to an authorized household hazardous waste
collection facility. HHW to be collected by a door-to-door
program must be kept in a secure environment by the resident and
may not be left where there may be access by the public such as
the sidewalk or curbside.
Recommended amendments:
SB 456 provides that the HHW can be transferred to an authorized
HHW collection facility, or to a hazardous waste facility as
defined in Section 66260.10 of Title 22 of the California Code
of Regulations. The Committee may wish to insure that this
legislation clearly state that the exempt transfer facility is
an option and that these type of facilities need to be regulated
by the local Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA).
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Suggested language: "If the household hazardous waste is
transported to a hazardous waste facility operating pursuant to
Section 66263.18 of Title 22 California Code of Regulations,
that facility shall be inspected by the Certified Unified
Program Agency to ensure compliance with Section 66263.18."
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Waste Management Inc. (Sponsor)
Opposition
Sacramento Recycling & Transfer Station
Analysis Prepared by : Bob Fredenburg / E.S. & T.M. / (916)
319-3965