Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the lead-acid battery fees imposed pursuant to Sections 25215.25 and 25215.35 shall be collected by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration in accordance with the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with …

(a) The return required to be filed pursuant to Section 55040 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall be prepared and filed by the person required to register with the board, in the form prescribed by the board, and shall contain the information the board deems necessary or approp…

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 55381 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration may disclose the name, address, account number, and account status of a person registered with the California Department of Tax and Fee A…

(a) Lead-acid battery fees collected pursuant to this article shall be managed as follows: (1) The board shall retain moneys necessary for the payment of refunds and reimbursement of the board for expenses in the collection of the fees. (2) The remaining moneys shall be deposited…

(a) The department shall establish a Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Facility Investigation and Cleanup Program, or LABRIC Program, which shall be responsible for identifying areas of the state that are eligible for expenditure of moneys from the Lead-Acid Battery Cleanup Fund pursua…

(a) Any manufacturer battery fees remitted pursuant to this article shall, subject to subdivision (b) of Section 25215.3, be credited to the account of the manufacturer remitting those fees to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and shall be credited against a…

If the state loans money from the General Fund to the Toxic Substances Control Account for the cleanup of lead contamination in the state, the following shall apply: (a) Money from the Lead-Acid Battery Cleanup Fund may be used towards repaying the loan that was made before Septe…

On and after July 1, 2017, a manufacturer shall place a recycling symbol consistent with the requirements of Section 103(b)(1) of the Federal Mercury Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act, Pub. L. No. 104-142 (1996) (42 U.S.C. 14301(b)(1)) and either “Pb” or the word…

One million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) shall be loaned from the California Tire Recycling Management Fund to the board for implementing the collection of the California battery fee and the manufacturer battery fee and shall be repaid from the proceeds of those fees…

(a) The board may prescribe, adopt, and enforce regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this article, including, but not limited to, registration, collections, reporting, notices for manufacturers, refunds, and appeals. (b) The board may prescribe, adopt, an…

This article shall become operative on January 1, 2017. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 666, Sec. 1. (AB 2153) Effective September 26, 2016. Note: This section specifies an operative date for Article 10.5, commencing with Section 25215.)

For the purposes of this article, “batteries” means primary or secondary batteries, including nickel-cadmium, alkaline, carbon-zinc, and other batteries generated as non-RCRA waste similar in size to those typically generated as household waste. “Batteries” does not include lead-…

(a) Any collection location or intermediate collection location that receives, or any person that transports, spent batteries, as defined in this article, is exempt from the requirements of this chapter concerning the receipt, storage, and transportation of hazardous waste if the…

(a) (1) This article does not apply to batteries that are disposed of on or into the land, water, or air. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, disposal does not include a battery which is delivered to a collection location or an intermediate collection location and subsequently …

(a) For purposes of this section, “spent dry cell battery containing zinc electrodes” means an alkaline or zinc-carbon battery, that meets all of the following conditions: (1) It is an enclosed device or sealed container consisting of one or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electr…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Consolidation location” means a location to which recyclable latex paint or oil-based paint initially collected at a collection location is transported. (b) “Oil-based paint” means a paint that contains dry…

No person shall dispose of, or attempt to dispose of, liquid latex paint or oil-based paint in the land or into the waters of the state unless authorized by applicable provisions of law. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 603, Sec. 6. (AB 408) Effective October 8, 2011.)

(a) Recyclable latex paint may be accepted at any location, including, but not limited to, a permanent household hazardous waste collection facility in accordance with subdivision (b), if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The location manages the recyclable latex paint…

(a) A location that accepts recyclable latex paint pursuant to Section 25217.2 may also accept oil-based paint if all of the additional following conditions are met: (1) The collection location is established under a stewardship plan approved by the Department of Resources Recycl…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 25160 and 25163, a person may transport paint collected in accordance with this article without the use of a manifest or obtaining registration as a hazardous waste hauler if the transporter complies with this article. (b) A person transporting paint …

(a) A person may recycle recyclable latex paint at a facility which is not authorized by the department pursuant to the applicable hazardous waste facilities permit requirements of Article 9 (commencing with Section 25200) if the person complies with Section 25217.2. (b) A person…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Residential households that generate household hazardous waste and very small quantity generators that generate small amounts of hazardous waste in the state need an appropriate and economic means of disposing of…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Curbside household hazardous waste collection program” means a collection service authorized by a public agency that is operated in accordance with Section 25163 and subdivision (d) of Section 252…

The department and the California Integrated Waste Management Board shall jointly develop and maintain a data base of all household hazardous waste collection events, facilities, and programs within the state. The department and the California Integrated Waste Management Board sh…

(a) On or before March 31, 1996, the department shall develop a separate and distinct regulatory structure for the permitting of permanent household hazardous waste facilities that conduct the activities specified in subdivision (b). The regulations shall simplify the permitting …

A quality assurance plan prepared and implemented by a public agency, or its contractor, shall meet the following conditions: (a) The public agency, or its contractor, shall design the quality assurance plan to ensure, using its best efforts with the resources generally available…

(a) A public agency, or its contractor, may conduct a materials exchange program as a part of its household hazardous waste collection program if the public agency, or its contractor, does all of the following: (1) Determines which reusable household hazardous products or materia…

(a) A household hazardous waste collection facility that has a permit issued under Section 25218.8 may operate as a “home-generated sharps consolidation point,” as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 117904, if the facility is approved by the enforcement agency as a point of co…

(a) The department shall convene a Retail Waste Working Group comprised of representatives of large retailers, small retailers, district attorneys, certified unified program agencies, nongovernment organizations, local governments, other relevant state agencies as determined by t…

(a) Prior to commencing operations, a public agency, or its contractor, that intends to operate a household hazardous waste collection facility shall submit the following written information to the CUPA, or, in those jurisdictions where there is no CUPA, to the officer or agency …

(a) The department may authorize a household hazardous waste collection facility to accept hazardous waste from a VSQG. (b) (1) A household hazardous waste collection facility that is authorized to accept hazardous waste from a VSQG pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not accept mo…

Except as provided in subdivision (f) of Section 25218.5, a person who transports household hazardous waste, and any VSQG that transports hazardous waste to an authorized household hazardous waste collection facility, who meets the conditions of Section 25218.5, is exempt from su…

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), hazardous waste transported to a household hazardous waste collection facility shall be transported by any of the following: (A) The individual or VSQG who generated the waste. (i) Another person may transport the waste to the househol…

Notwithstanding Section 25218.5, a public agency may increase the maximum liquid volume and dry weight authorized to be transported pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of, and subdivision (c) of, Section 25218.5, to a total liquid volume of 15 gallons or a total dry weig…

The corrective action provisions of Section 25200.10 do not apply to a permit issued for the operation of a temporary household hazardous waste collection facility. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 913, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1994.)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a hazardous waste facilities permit shall be obtained for the operation of a household hazardous waste collection facility. (b) A hazardous waste facilities permit is not required for the operation of a recycle-only household hazardous w…

On or before October 1 of each year, a public agency, or its contractor, operating a household hazardous waste collection facility shall submit to the CUPA, or, in those jurisdictions where there is no CUPA, to the officer or agency authorized pursuant to subdivision (f) of Secti…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Federal battery management act” means the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act (P.L. 104-142), or that act as it may thereafter be amended. (b) “Federally regulated battery” means …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, any other provision of this chapter, the federal battery management act shall be deemed to be the law of this state with regard to the easy removability, environmental labeling, collection, storage, an…

Except as provided in this article, batteries not subject to regulation pursuant to Section 25219.1 shall be managed in compliance with all other requirements of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 575, Sec. 1. Effective September 17, 1996.)

(a) The department shall notify the planning and building department of each city, county, or regional council of governments of any recorded land use restriction imposed within the jurisdiction of the local agency pursuant to the former Section 25229, 25230, or 25398.7, as those…

A person may enter into an agreement with the department regarding his or her property, or a portion thereof, which provides for restricting specified uses of the property, as determined by all parties to the agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the agreement …

Public notice of an agreement proposed to be entered into pursuant to Section 25221 shall be provided by the department at least 30 days before a hearing on, or execution of, the agreement. The notice shall be given by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation publis…

(a) A person may apply to the department for a written variance from a land use restriction imposed by the department. An application shall contain sufficient evidence for the department to issue a notice for a hearing. The notice shall contain both of the following: (1) A statem…

(a) A person may apply to the department to remove a land use restriction imposed by the department on the grounds that the waste no longer creates a significant existing or potential hazard to present or future public health or safety. A person shall not make a subsequent applic…

The department shall record within 10 days any final written instrument made pursuant to Section 25221 or 25224 with the county recorder of the county in which the property is located. Any recordation made pursuant to this article or Section 25202.5 or 79055 shall include the str…