Contamination.

(1) Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) , prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from knowingly discharging or releasing that chemical into water or any source of drinking water, except as specified. The act imposes civil penalties of not more than $2,500 per day upon persons who violate those prohibitions and provides for the enforcement of those prohibitions by the Attorney General, a district attorney, or specified city attorneys or prosecutors, and by any person in the public interest. Existing law, in an action brought by a person in the public interest, requires a person who serves notice of the alleged violation for an exposure to complete, as appropriate, and provide to the alleged violator a notice of special compliance procedure and proof of compliance form, as specified, and prohibits an action from being filed if specified circumstances are met, including the notice being timely served and the alleged violator correcting the alleged violation. Existing law requires the notice to allege that the alleged violator failed to provide clear and reasonable warning of specified exposures and no other violation. This bill would require the notice of special compliance procedure and proof of compliance form to be provided to the alleged violator at the time the notice of the alleged violation is served. The bill would also require that the notice allege that the alleged violator failed to provide clear and reasonable warning regarding specified exposures. (2) Existing law, before July 1, 2014, required the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations setting forth the criteria and procedures for certification of specified water treatment devices. Existing law prohibits the sale or distribution of a water treatment device for which a health or safety claim is made, unless the device is included on the list of water treatment devices published on the department's Internet Web site and certified by an independent certified organization that has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute. Existing law transferred these duties to the State Water Resources Control Board on July 1, 2014. This bill would remove the requirement of certification by an independent certified organization. The bill would make changes to reflect the transfer of duties from the department to the State Water Resources Control Board.