Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

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.

(a) A person shall not manufacture, sell, or install a wheel weight in California that contains more than 0.1 percent lead by weight. (b) If the department identifies an alternative to lead contained in wheel weights as a chemical of concern pursuant to Section 25252, the lead al…

(a) Any person who violates or threatens to violate the provisions of this article may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who violates this article is not subject to criminal penalties and is only subject to the adminis…

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.

(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 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…

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.

(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.

(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…

An assessor shall consider a restrictive easement, covenant, restriction, or servitude adopted pursuant to the former Section 25230, as that section read prior to June 27, 2012, or Section 25202.5, 25221, or 79055 as an enforceable easement, covenant, restriction, or servitude su…

A person shall not engage in any of the following on land that is subject to a recorded land use restriction pursuant to former Section 25229, 25230, or 25398.7, as those sections read on January 1, 2012, or pursuant to Section 25202.5, 25221, or 79055, unless the person obtains …

The Legislature finds and declares that this article is intended to address the unique circumstances associated with the generation and management of treated wood waste. The Legislature further declares that this article does not set a precedent applicable to the management, incl…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Class I hazardous waste landfill” means a landfill that is also authorized as part of a permitted facility. “Landfill” and “permitted facility” have the same meanings as defined in Section 66260.10 of Title 22 of…

(a) For purposes of this section, “resizing” means minimal cutting, breaking, or sawing, but does not include planing, grinding, drilling, chipping, sanding, shredding, mulching, or other mechanical handling or any other treatment. (b) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 25189.5 and 25201, when disposed to land, treated wood waste shall be disposed of in either a class I hazardous waste landfill or in a composite-lined portion of a solid waste landfill unit that meets all requirements applicable to disposal of municip…

(a) An employer managing treated wood waste shall provide training for all employees handling treated wood waste and all employees that may reasonably be expected to contact treated wood waste. The training shall include all of the following: (1) All applicable requirements of th…

The Legislature intends to continue to work with the department in order to ensure adequate enforcement of and compliance with this article, including estimations for adequate enforcement, when resources are made available for those purposes.

(a) The Legislature intends to continue to evaluate the alternative management standards for treated wood waste, including the potential for longer term solutions that may replace the continuation of the alternative management standards and disposal of treated wood waste in solid…

(a) The wood preserving industry shall, in consultation with the department, maintain an internet website and prepare fact sheets and other outreach materials on the appropriate handling, disposal, and other management of treated wood waste for generators of treated wood waste an…

If treated wood waste is accepted by a solid waste landfill that manages and disposes of the treated wood waste in accordance with Section 25143.1.5 or subdivision (b) of Section 25230.11, the treated wood waste, upon acceptance by the solid waste landfill, shall thereafter be de…

No later than July 1, 2028, the department shall provide notification to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code if the department is prepared, as determined by the director, to ensure the safe management of treated wood waste in accordance with thi…

If, as of July 1, 2028, the department has provided the notification pursuant to Section 25230.17, this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2030, deletes or ex…