Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, to develop and implement a public information program to provide uniform and consistent information on the proper disposal of hazardous substances found in and around homes. Existing law provides for regulation of the disposition of hazardous waste by the Department of Toxic Substances Control. Existing law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to convene a Retail Waste Working Group, as prescribed, to consider and make findings and recommendations relating to requirements for the management of surplus household consumer products, waste reduction opportunities for those products, and waste management requirements, as specified. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. This bill would impose certain requirements on a retailer or supplier that transfers or ships a surplus household consumer product, as defined by the bill, to a reverse distributor, as defined. The bill would authorize a reverse distributor to evaluate a surplus household consumer product for reuse, donation, transfer for credit, and other specified purposes. The bill would authorize a reverse distributor to transfer the product for recycling or disposal only after first evaluating the product for the specified purposes. The bill would provide that a surplus household consumer product is not a waste while it is being processed at, stored at, or shipped to a reverse distributor for evaluation, shipped from a reverse distributor, or while it is being shipped, or stored prior to shipment, by a retailer or supplier. The bill would provide that a surplus household consumer product is a waste commencing at the time that it is discarded by the reverse distributor or supplier that last possessed it. The bill would authorize a retailer or distributor that does not transfer or ship a surplus household consumer product to a reverse distributor for evaluation to instead manage that product in accordance with the requirements governing the applicable waste category for that product. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to reconvene the Retail Waste Working Group at a date determined by the Department of Toxic Substances Control for the purpose of evaluating whether the provisions of this bill have resulted in specified outcomes. The bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to provide a report to the Legislature after the Retail Waste Working Group has completed its evaluation. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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This measure would urge the Congress and the President to pass legislation that would allow financial institutions to provide services to the cannabis industry.
Existing law establishes the Department of Toxic Substances Control in the California Environmental Protection Agency, with powers and duties regarding the management of hazardous waste. Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2021, prohibits motor vehicle brake friction materials containing more than 5% copper by weight from being sold in the state, and, commencing on January 1, 2025, prohibits motor vehicle brake friction materials exceeding 0.5% copper by weight from being sold in the state. This bill would exempt high-performance road- and track-capable vehicles and brake friction materials for use on those vehicles from the prohibition against the sale of motor vehicle brake friction materials containing more than 5% copper by weight on and after January 1, 2021, if the seller first receives approval for the exemption from the department. The bill would require the department to annually exempt no more than 10,000 high-performance road- and track-capable vehicles, and brake friction materials for use on those vehicles, per manufacturer of those vehicles or materials from that prohibition and would require that brake friction material on a high-performance road- and track-capable vehicle, and brake friction material for use on one of those vehicles, exempted pursuant to these provisions not exceed 30% copper by weight. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes.
This measure would declare the week of May 13 to May 19, 2018, inclusive, as Food Allergy Awareness Week, and encourage Californians to increase their understanding and awareness of food allergies and anaphylaxis.
This measure would designate the month of May 2018 as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month and would extend the Legislature's warmest regards and appreciation to the thousands of volunteers, fair directors, staff, business supporters, and sponsors who keep the network of California state fairgrounds strong, vibrant, relevant, and successful.
This measure would declare the week of May 20, 2018, to May 26, 2018, inclusive, to be Emergency Medical Services Week in California.
This measure would proclaim the week of May 6 to 12, 2018, inclusive, as California Wildfire Awareness Week, and May 7, 2018, as California Master Mutual Aid Awareness Day. The measure would commemorate the contributions of first responders to a series of natural disasters in 2017 and recognize the contributions that California's mutual aid disaster response system made in reducing the loss of life and property from these disasters.
This measure would acknowledge the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and express the Legislature's respect to Muslims across California and throughout the world on this occasion.