California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB777 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/14/2023

                    Amended IN  Assembly  March 14, 2023 Amended IN  Assembly  March 07, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 777Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes(Principal coauthor: Senator Roth)February 13, 2023 An act to amend Section 79490 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 777, as amended, Cervantes. Hazardous waste: Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site.Existing law provides that the Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates the handling and management of hazardous substances, materials, and waste. Existing law requires the department to, among other things, issue hazardous waste facilities permits to facilities handling hazardous waste and to enforce the requirements of the hazardous waste control laws. The Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act establishes a program authorizing certain responses to releases of hazardous substances, including spills and hazardous waste disposal sites that pose a threat to the public health or the environment, and imposes liability for hazardous substance removal or remedial actions. The act requires any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site to only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.This bill would prohibit any waste generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry from being treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. The bill would require the department to provide notice, as specified, if any material or substance generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Stringfellow Quarry.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 79490 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:79490. (a) Any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, that was built for the purpose of a remedial or removal action at that site, shall only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.(b) No waste from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry shall be treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. For purposes of this subdivision, waste includes, but is not limited to, liquid waste, solid waste, and hazardous waste. hazardous waste, liquid waste, and solid waste.(c) If any material or substance is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site for any purpose that is generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry, then the department shall within three days notify the City of Jurupa Valley and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, and post a notification on its internet website.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique challenges to treating and cleaning the hazardous waste at the Stringfellow Quarry.

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 14, 2023 Amended IN  Assembly  March 07, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 777Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes(Principal coauthor: Senator Roth)February 13, 2023 An act to amend Section 79490 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 777, as amended, Cervantes. Hazardous waste: Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site.Existing law provides that the Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates the handling and management of hazardous substances, materials, and waste. Existing law requires the department to, among other things, issue hazardous waste facilities permits to facilities handling hazardous waste and to enforce the requirements of the hazardous waste control laws. The Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act establishes a program authorizing certain responses to releases of hazardous substances, including spills and hazardous waste disposal sites that pose a threat to the public health or the environment, and imposes liability for hazardous substance removal or remedial actions. The act requires any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site to only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.This bill would prohibit any waste generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry from being treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. The bill would require the department to provide notice, as specified, if any material or substance generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Stringfellow Quarry.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 14, 2023 Amended IN  Assembly  March 07, 2023

Amended IN  Assembly  March 14, 2023
Amended IN  Assembly  March 07, 2023

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 777

Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes(Principal coauthor: Senator Roth)February 13, 2023

Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes(Principal coauthor: Senator Roth)
February 13, 2023

 An act to amend Section 79490 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous waste. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 777, as amended, Cervantes. Hazardous waste: Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site.

Existing law provides that the Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates the handling and management of hazardous substances, materials, and waste. Existing law requires the department to, among other things, issue hazardous waste facilities permits to facilities handling hazardous waste and to enforce the requirements of the hazardous waste control laws. The Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act establishes a program authorizing certain responses to releases of hazardous substances, including spills and hazardous waste disposal sites that pose a threat to the public health or the environment, and imposes liability for hazardous substance removal or remedial actions. The act requires any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site to only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.This bill would prohibit any waste generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry from being treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. The bill would require the department to provide notice, as specified, if any material or substance generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Stringfellow Quarry.

Existing law provides that the Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates the handling and management of hazardous substances, materials, and waste. Existing law requires the department to, among other things, issue hazardous waste facilities permits to facilities handling hazardous waste and to enforce the requirements of the hazardous waste control laws. 

The Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act establishes a program authorizing certain responses to releases of hazardous substances, including spills and hazardous waste disposal sites that pose a threat to the public health or the environment, and imposes liability for hazardous substance removal or remedial actions. The act requires any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site to only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.

This bill would prohibit any waste generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry from being treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. The bill would require the department to provide notice, as specified, if any material or substance generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Stringfellow Quarry.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 79490 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:79490. (a) Any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, that was built for the purpose of a remedial or removal action at that site, shall only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.(b) No waste from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry shall be treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. For purposes of this subdivision, waste includes, but is not limited to, liquid waste, solid waste, and hazardous waste. hazardous waste, liquid waste, and solid waste.(c) If any material or substance is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site for any purpose that is generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry, then the department shall within three days notify the City of Jurupa Valley and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, and post a notification on its internet website.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique challenges to treating and cleaning the hazardous waste at the Stringfellow Quarry.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 79490 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:79490. (a) Any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, that was built for the purpose of a remedial or removal action at that site, shall only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.(b) No waste from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry shall be treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. For purposes of this subdivision, waste includes, but is not limited to, liquid waste, solid waste, and hazardous waste. hazardous waste, liquid waste, and solid waste.(c) If any material or substance is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site for any purpose that is generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry, then the department shall within three days notify the City of Jurupa Valley and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, and post a notification on its internet website.

SECTION 1. Section 79490 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

79490. (a) Any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, that was built for the purpose of a remedial or removal action at that site, shall only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.(b) No waste from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry shall be treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. For purposes of this subdivision, waste includes, but is not limited to, liquid waste, solid waste, and hazardous waste. hazardous waste, liquid waste, and solid waste.(c) If any material or substance is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site for any purpose that is generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry, then the department shall within three days notify the City of Jurupa Valley and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, and post a notification on its internet website.

79490. (a) Any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, that was built for the purpose of a remedial or removal action at that site, shall only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.(b) No waste from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry shall be treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. For purposes of this subdivision, waste includes, but is not limited to, liquid waste, solid waste, and hazardous waste. hazardous waste, liquid waste, and solid waste.(c) If any material or substance is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site for any purpose that is generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry, then the department shall within three days notify the City of Jurupa Valley and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, and post a notification on its internet website.

79490. (a) Any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, that was built for the purpose of a remedial or removal action at that site, shall only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.(b) No waste from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry shall be treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. For purposes of this subdivision, waste includes, but is not limited to, liquid waste, solid waste, and hazardous waste. hazardous waste, liquid waste, and solid waste.(c) If any material or substance is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site for any purpose that is generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry, then the department shall within three days notify the City of Jurupa Valley and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, and post a notification on its internet website.



79490. (a) Any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site, that was built for the purpose of a remedial or removal action at that site, shall only be used to treat, store, transfer, or dispose of hazardous substances removed from that site.

(b) No waste from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry shall be treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Quarry Class I Hazardous Waste Disposal Site. For purposes of this subdivision, waste includes, but is not limited to, liquid waste, solid waste, and hazardous waste. hazardous waste, liquid waste, and solid waste.

(c) If any material or substance is treated, stored, transferred to, or disposed of at the Stringfellow Class I Hazardous Waste Site for any purpose that is generated from a site other than the Stringfellow Quarry, then the department shall within three days notify the City of Jurupa Valley and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, and post a notification on its internet website.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique challenges to treating and cleaning the hazardous waste at the Stringfellow Quarry.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique challenges to treating and cleaning the hazardous waste at the Stringfellow Quarry.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique challenges to treating and cleaning the hazardous waste at the Stringfellow Quarry.

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