Managing Hazardous Waste

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SB 673 Permit Criteria – Community Protection

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

VSP Fact Sheet

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

Department of the Navy

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice; Comite Civico Del Valle; Environmental Law Clinic, UC-Irvine School of Law

Los Angeles County

Summary matrix of feedback on draft regulatory concepts-LA DPH

South Coast Air Quality Management District

Ms. Robina Suwol

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

Workshop Summary – English
Workshop Presentation – English
Presentación de Taller – Español
Workshop Agenda – English
Agenda de la Reunion – Español
LA County Landscape Map
LA South Portrait Map

-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

Workshop Summary – English
Workshop Presentation – English
Presentación de Taller – Español
Workshop Agenda – English
Agenda de la Reunion – Español
Bay Area N-S Portrait Map
Richmond Map
Santa Clara Portrait Map

March & July 2017 Symposia

March 27, 2017 Symposium Documents:

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

Hazardous Waste Links

Access CalEnviroScreen 3.0

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