Laws, Regulations and Policies

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Laws

State Laws

•	California Law

•	Official California Legislative Information

•	DTSC Legislative Summaries

•	California Code Excerpts 2007/Health and Safety Codes

•	Hazardous Waste Fee Summary: Effective January 1, 2009

•	Governor's Reorganization Plan 1 of 1991 (uncodified)

Federal Laws

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U.S. EPA List of Major Environmental Laws

Regulations

State Regulations

•	Title 22 - California Code of Regulations You can look up DTSC's regulations by article and search. No timeouts, no pop-ups, and fast, table-based organization. So you know, DTSC's hazardous waste regulations are in Title 22 (Social Security), Division 4.5.

•	How to Be Involved in the Rulemaking Process ο Listservs

•	California Regulatory Notice Register Link to the Office of Administrative Law's web site with announcements of all regulatory actions.

•	DTSC's 2008 Rulemaking Calendar Government Code section 11017.6 requires each state agency to publish a rulemaking calendar by January 30th each year. Items and schedules listed on the calendar are subject to change.

•	Governor Schwarzenegger's Government Reform On this page, you will find documents prepared by DTSC in response to directions from the Governor's Office.

Go to Public Notices on Policies, Regulations and Statutes to review regulation packages undergoing public comment periods.

DTSC Emergency Regulations
DTSC adopts emergency regulations when it determines, and the Office of Administrative Law concurs, that there is an immediate need for a regulation to protect the public health and safety, or the general welfare. Typically, emergency regulations stay in effect for 120 days, during which DTSC conducts its rulemaking process to permanently adopt the regulations.

Emergency Regulations	Effective Date	Expiration Date
Addition of Portable DVD Players to Appendix X *	12/29/06	12/29/08
Authorized Treatment of Electronic Hazardous Wastes	05/08/08	05/11/10
Restrictions on the Use of Heavy Metals in Covered Electronic Devices *	12/29/06	12/29/08

* "Addition of Portable DVD Players to Appendix X" and "Restrictions on the Use of Heavy Metals in Covered Electronic Devices" regulations are currently undergoing OAL review for emergency adoption. While undergoing OAL review, the current regulations are still in effect.

DTSC Regulation Concepts
DTSC often conducts workshops or other preliminary activities prior to conducting a formal rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act. Regulations Concepts pages may contain preliminary language, workshop information, or other documents that may be of interest to the public and regulated community.

Regulation Concepts
Class 1 Permit Modification Procedures
Consolidation of California Universal Waste Regulations
Environmental Fees
Financial Assurance
Hazardous Waste Code Revision
Lead Threshold
Permit By Rule for Seized Fireworks
Response Action
Restrictions on the Use of Heavy Metals in Covered Electronic Devices
Site Listing and Cleanup of Non-Listed Sites
Water Quality Monitoring Requirements For Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Units

DTSC Proposed Regulations
The following list reflects all the proposed regulations that are currently available for public comment, or are awaiting a decision form the Office of Administrative Law.

Proposed Regulations	Public Comment Period
Consolidated Universal Waste Regulations and Authorized Treatment of Electronic Hazardous Waste	Closed

DTSC Final Regulations
Recently adopted regulations are presented here for easy reference. Documents listed here will help you research what changes were made and why.

Final Regulations	Effective Date	Change Without Regulatory Effect?
Permit by Rule for Treatment of Aqueous Wastes Containing Cyanides	08/06/08

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Final Regulations Archive

If a final regulation's effective date is older than one year, it is moved to this archive.

Federal Regulations

•	Code of Federal Regulations

Policies

•	Managing Hazardous Waste Policies about permitting and compliance, and policies affecting those who generate, transport, store, treat and dispose of hazardous waste.

•	Public Participation Program Policy and Procedures Manual guiding DTSC's public involvement program.

•	Site Cleanup Policies about school sites, brownfields, military facilities, emergency response and clandestine drug lab cleanup.

Tips on Navigating California Laws and Regulations on Other Agencies' Web Sites