Environmental protection: hazardous waste source reduction.

(1) The Hazardous Waste Source Reduction and Management Review Act of 1989 requires specified generators of hazardous waste to maintain certain plans and reports, and summaries with regard to hazardous waste reduction practices. The act also requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to establish a technical assistance and outreach program to promote implementation of model source reduction measures in priority industry categories. The act requires the department to select at least 2 priority categories of generators by SIC Code every 2 years. This bill would instead require the department to select at least 4 priority industry categories of generators by SIC code every 2 years. (2) The act requires, among other things, that at least one selected category of generators be a category that consists primarily of small businesses. This bill would additionally require that at least one selected category of generators be a category that consists primarily of businesses that are affected by actions taken by the department that, among other things, identify and prioritize chemical or chemical ingredients in consumer products that may be considered a chemical of concern.