Waste management.

(1) Existing law creates the California Integrated Waste Management Board with specified powers and duties. This bill would abolish the California Integrated Waste Management Board and transfer its duties and responsibilities to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, which would be created by the bill in the Natural Resources Agency, under the direction of an executive officer known as the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The bill would authorize the director to accept on behalf of the department federal grants, and require the grants to be deposited in the Special Deposit Fund, which is continuously appropriated, thereby making an appropriation. (2) Under existing law, the Department of Conservation administers the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act. This bill would transfer those duties to the Division of Recycling that the bill would establish within the newly created Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. (3) Existing law establishes the Office of Education and the Environment in the California Integrated Waste Management Board. This bill would transfer the Office of Education and the Environment to the California Environmental Protection Agency.