BILL ANALYSIS �
SB 909
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Date of Hearing: July 6, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 909 (La Malfa) - As Amended: April 13, 2011
Policy Committee: Environmental
Safety Vote: 9-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
Yes Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill extends, from June 1, 2012, to June 1, 2017, the
sunset date on statute providing alternative disposal mechanisms
for treated wood waste, and makes other technical changes.
FISCAL EFFECT
Negligible state costs.
COMMENTS
1)Rationale . The author contends extending the sunset date on
the treated wood waste statute continues to provide statutory
guidance on proper disposal. The author further contends the
alternative disposal mechanisms authorized by the statute make
disposal of treated wood waste more convenient and less
costly, thereby increasing the likelihood of proper disposal.
2)Background. According to regulations of the Department of
Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), treated wood waste is wood
treated with a chemical preservative for purposes of
protecting the wood against attacks from insects,
microorganisms, fungi, and harmful other environmental
conditions and the chemical preservative is registered
pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act. Many of the substances used to treat such
wood are known to be harmful to human health and the
environment, under certain circumstances.
AB 1353 (Matthews, Chapter 597, Statutes of 2004), which
includes a sunset date of June 1, 2012, requires treated wood
waste be disposed of in certain types of hazardous waste
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landfills or a composite-lined portion of a solid waste
landfill unit. AB 1353, and regulations adopted by DTSC
pursuant to statute, provides handling and disposal standards
less stringent than similar standards for other hazardous
wastes. AB 1353 requires the DTSC, by June 1, 2011, to
prepare and post on its website a report that makes a
determination regarding the implementation and compliance rate
with statutory requirements.
3)Support. This bill is supported by the Western Wood
Preservers Institute (sponsor) and a long list of industry
organizations.
4)There is no registered opposition to this bill.
Analysis Prepared by : Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081