Hazardous waste: transportation: consolidated manifesting procedure.

Existing law, as part of the hazardous waste control laws, imposes various manifest requirements for transporting hazardous waste, including, among others, requiring any person generating hazardous waste that is transported, or submitted for transportation, for offsite handling, treatment, storage, disposal, or any combination thereof, to complete a manifest and be subject to transporter registration requirements. Existing law authorizes transporters and generators to use a consolidated manifesting procedure for certain kinds of waste if specified requirements are met. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. This bill would authorize the consolidated manifesting procedure to be used additionally for retail hazardous waste, as defined, collected from a retailer engaged in business in the state. The bill would require, when using the consolidated manifesting procedure for retail hazardous waste, that incompatible materials transported in the same transport vehicle be managed pursuant to specified provisions that govern the transportation of hazardous waste. By expanding the application of the requirements governing the use of the consolidated manifesting procedure to additional kinds of waste and by imposing additional requirements for the management of retail hazardous waste, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law, as part of the consolidated manifesting procedure, requires a transporter to submit the generator copy of the manifest to the Department of Toxic Substances Control within 30 days of each shipment. The bill would instead require a transporter to submit to the department within 30 days of each shipment a legible copy of each paper manifest used, and would provide that a transporter is not required to send the department a copy of an electronic manifest processed completely through a specified electronic manifest system. The bill would make other specified changes to the consolidated manifesting procedure. 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.