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                                                                  SB 456
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          Date of Hearing:   August 25, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                    SB 456 (Huff) - As Amended:  August 15, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                             Environmental 
          Safety and Toxic Materials                    Vote: 9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill allows household hazardous waste (HHW) gathered by a 
          door-to-door HHW collection program to be transported using a 
          consolidated manifest and to be taken to a HHW collection 
          facility or a hazardous waste facility.  The bill's provisions 
          sunset on January 1, 2020.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state costs, if any.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale.   The author intends this bill to allow a practice 
            currently subject to approval by the Department of Toxic 
            Substances Control (DTSC) on a case-by-case basis.  The author 
            contends transporting HHW to a HHW collection facility is 
            oftentimes more practical and less expensive than transporting 
            it to a permanent hazardous waste facility, as required by 
            current law.

           2)Background.   HHW includes items such as batteries, pesticides, 
            electronics, fluorescent lamps, used oil, solvents and 
            cleaners.  HHW may not be disposed of in the trash or down the 
            drain.  Existing law authorizes a door-to-door HHW collection 
            program to transport hazardous waste from individual 
            residences to an authorized household HHW facility, but not an 
            HHW collection facility, unless authorized by DTSC on a 
            case-to-case basis.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 








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