BILL NUMBER:  SB 812
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2014




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 812 without my signature.

This bill attempts to fix the hazardous waste facility permitting
process by establishing a community oversight committee, a three-year
timeline for issuing permits, and an amended regulatory process for
standardizing permit decisions.

The author is seeking transparency and accountability in the
Department's permitting process, and rightfully so.

The delay and complexity that has plagued the Department's permit
process over the last few decades has resulted in an inadequate and
unresponsive regulatory program.

Unfortunately, there are provisions in the bill that will
unintentionally delay the Department's current plan to revise its
program and complete its review of expired permits over the next two
years.  Instead of risking further delay and confusion, I would like
to personally work with the author on modifications to the language,
including providing the Department the necessary authority and
adequate resources to fulfill our shared objectives of improving the
performance of this critically important state program.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.