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          Date of Hearing:   May 24, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                     AB 1190 (Bloom) - As Amended:  May 7, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                              Environmental  
          Safety       Vote:                            5-1  

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill increases the maximum amount of specified hazardous  
          waste that public utilities are authorized to transport in a  
          single shipment from a remote site to a consolidation site  
          without using a hazardous waste manifest.  Specifically, this  
          bill authorizes up to 5,000 gallons of hazardous wastewater to  
          be transported in a single shipment.  (an increase from the  
          current maximum of 1,600)

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible cost to the Department of Toxic Substance Control  
          (DTSC).

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose.   This bill, adjusts the capacity requirements for  
            non-Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous  
            waste transportation by public utilities and local publicly  
            owned utilities to reflect existing transport capacity.

            Currently, the utility fleets travel with partial loads due to  
            statutory requirements to perform regular maintenance,  
            increasing not just the amount of time these trucks spend on  
            the road but also increasing road congestion, diesel emissions  
            and fuel consumption.  The author contends current practice  
            also slows down the process of restoring service to  
            ratepayers."

           2)Background.   According to DTSC, a hazardous waste manifest  
            must accompany most    hazardous waste that is shipped off  








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            site.  The Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest is the shipping  
            document that travels with hazardous waste from the point of  
            generation, through transportation, to the final treatment,  
            storage, and disposal facility.  Each party in the chain of  
            shipping, including the generator, signs and keeps one of the  
            manifest copies, creating a "cradle-to-grave" tracking of the  
            hazardous waste.  

            Hazardous waste that is transported off-site on public  
            highways must be moved to an authorized treatment, storage, or  
            disposal facility by a registered hazardous waste transporter  
            in an inspected and certified vehicle, using a Uniform  
            Hazardous Waste Manifest.

            Under existing statutory exemptions, public utilities and  
            authorized to transport in a single shipment, up to 1,600  
            gallons of hazardous wastewater generated from utility vaults  
            and up to 500 gallons of any other liquid hazardous waste.   
            While all of these loads are exempted from the formal manifest  
            requirements, the transporter must still carry a shipping  
            paper containing relevant information about the particular  
            load.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081