Background
In October 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 673. The bill was authored by southern California Senator Ricardo Lara to improve DTSC’s permitting process for hazardous waste facilities and increase community protection through stronger permit criteria.
DTSC chose to implement SB 673 by dividing the regulations into two tracks:
HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY
Permitting Criteria
Track 1 – DTSC developed permit criteria regulations for compliance history, data for a community profile, financial responsibility, training for facility personnel, and a health risk assessment for facility operations.
Fact Sheet – Overview of Financial Responsibility
Fact Sheet – Hazardous Waste Facility Permitting Criteria Regulations
Regulations– Effective January 1, 2019
Please see the Violations Scoring Procedure web page for more information.
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Permitting Criteria
Track 2 – DTSC will increase protections for vulnerable communities through additional permit criteria to address cumulative impacts and establish setback distances from locations, such as schools, daycare centers and hospitals.
SB 673 Draft Regulatory Framework Concepts – English (10/18 version)
Regulatorios del SB 673 – Español
SB 673 Fact Sheet – English
Hoja de Datos del SB 673 – Español
Webinar explanation of SB 673 Regulatory Framework Concepts-English
(Español-coming soon)
Public Feedback Requested
DTSC is accepting comments on the October 2018 Draft SB 673 Cumulative Impacts and Community Vulnerability Draft Regulatory Framework Concepts. Written feedback on the 10/18 draft of the Regulatory Framework Concepts are due on April 30, 2019 and should be sent via email to Bonnie Holmes-Gen. There will be additional opportunities for public participation and to provide written feedback when the regulatory framework is updated.
View Submitted Comments
Table of Contents-Public Comments
SB 673 Track II Framework Comments-CCEEB-Bill Quinn
California Manufacturers and Technology Association (4/40)
California Manufacturers and Technology Association (4/15)
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.-Mariah Thompson
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
Chemical Industry Council of California
Summary matrix of feedback on draft regulatory concepts-LA DPH
South Coast Air Quality Management District
University of California Berkeley Scientific Review
California Manufacturers and Technology Association (6/24/19)
Upcoming Events
View Upcoming Events
- Revised Regulatory framework coming Summer 2019
- Public workshops will be coming Fall 2019
Past Events
October 2018 Community Workshops
-October 22, 2018: South Los Angeles
-October 24, 2018: Kern County (Lamont)
- Workshop Summary – English
- SB 673 taller Resumen de Comentarios – Español
- Workshop Summary of Comments – English
- Lamont Resumen de Comantarios – Español
- Workshop Presentation – English
- Presentación de Taller – Español
- Workshop Agenda – English
- Agenda de la Reunion – Español
- Bakersfield Kern Landscape Map
-October 25, 2018: Oakland
March & July 2017 Symposia
March 27, 2017 Symposium Documents:
- Symposium Transcripts
- Agenda
- Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
- Ian MacMillan, South Coast Air Quality Management District
- Martha Arguello, Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Ingrid Brostrom, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
- Janet Whittick, California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance
- DTSC Hazardous Waste Permitting Overview
July 27, 2017 Symposium Documents:
July 27, 2017 Symposium
Presentations
- Cumulative Impacts: Vulnerability, Risk, and Health – Gina Solomon, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Secretary for Science and Health, CalEPA (video @ 0:32:51)
- Addressing Community Vulnerability through Collaboration Community Panel – Robina Suwol (video @ 1:20:00) – Jesse. N. Marquez (video @ 1:27:53)
- West Oakland Air Pollution Monitoring Project (video link only) – Melissa Lunden, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Aclima (video @ 2:36:40)
- USEPA Environmental Justice Program – Charles Lee, Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Justice, USEPA (video @ 4:10:55)
- Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool – Kevin Olp, Program Manager, Environmental Task Force, CalEPA (video @ 4:38:35)
- Health Impacts Assessment – Shannon Griffin, B.S, M.S., USEPA (video @ 4:55:12)
- Decision Analysis for a Sustainable Environment, Economy & Society – Brian Dyson, Ph.D., USEPA (video @ 5:21:19)
- Data Needs for Cumulative Impacts and/or Community Vulnerability – Alvaro Alvarado, Ph.D., California Air Resources Board (video @ 6:35:35) – Andrew Slocombe, Research Scientist, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (video @ 6:19:46)
- Spatial Prioritization Geographical Information Tool – Rick Fears, P.G., Senior Engineering Geologist, DTSC (video @ 6:03:57)
- Low Cost Monitoring Equipment – Andrea Polidori, Ph.D., Manager, SCAQMD (video @ 6:47:45)
Permitting Links
Hazardous Waste Related Links
- Annual/Biennial Reports
- Emergency Response Program
- EnviroStor
- Export-Import Standards
- Fact Sheets & Publications
- Find a Registered Hazardous Waste Transporter
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Hazardous Waste Policies & Procedures
- Hazardous Waste Project Documents
- Kettleman Hills Landfill
- Office of Criminal Investigations
- Regulatory Assistance Office
- Report an Environmental Concern
- Retail Waste
Hazardous Waste Links
- Hazardous Waste Home
- Certified Appliance Recycler (CAR) Program
- CUPAs
- Electronic Waste (E-Waste)
- Enforcement
- Facilities (TSDFs)
- Generators
- Hazardous Waste ID Numbers
- Hazardous Waste Manifests
- Hazardous Waste Tracking System
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Land Use Restriction Sites
- Metal Recycling
- Permitting
- Transporters
- Universal Waste
- Form 1358
- California Hazardous Waste Codes
Additional Information
CalEnviroscreen Fact Sheet – English – June 2018
Hoja de Datos de CalEnviroscreen – Español
SB 673 Statute – English – Oct. 2015
SB 673 Estatuo – Español
DTSC Permitting Process Graphic with SB 673 Changes – English – Oct 2018
DTSC Permitting Process Graphic with SB 673 Changes – Español
Environmental Equity Timeline – English – Jun. 2015
Timeline de Equidad Ambiental – Español
Hazardous Waste Facilities Statewide Map – Oct 2018
Hazardous Waste Operating Facilities List – November 2018
Glossary of Terms – English – November 2018
Glosario de Términos – Español