Supporting Materials
Administration
- DTSC “Fixing the Foundation” 2014-2018 Strategic Plan
- DTSC Organizational Chart September 2015
- DTSC Fixing the Foundation One Year Update (April 2014)
- DTSC 2015 Rulemaking Calendar
- DTSC Recommended Translation Practices, May 2, 2016
- DTSC Update on Strengthening Diversity, Cross-Cultural Understanding, June 3, 2016
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and Environment, June 8, 2016
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and Environment, July 13, 2016
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and the Environment, August 10, 2016
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and the Environment, September 20, 2016
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and Environment, October 14, 2016
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and Environment, November 15, 2016
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and the Environment, January 11, 2017
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and Environment, February 8, 2017
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and the Environment, April 12, 2017
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Health and the Environment, June 14, 2017
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and the Environment, August 9, 2017
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and the Environment, September 11, 2017
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and the Environment, October 25, 2017
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and the Environment, November 15, 2017
- Recent DTSC Work to Protect Public Health and Environment, December 13, 2017
Budget
FY 2015-16 Budget Change Proposals
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2015-16, Permitting Coordination and Backlog Support
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2015-16, Hazardous Waste Reduction
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2015-16, Biomonitoring
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2015-16, Exide 2014 Enforcement Order
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2015-16, Implementation of SB 1249
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2015-16, Replacement of Laboratory Equipment
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2015-16, Position Realignment
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2015-16, Improving Enforcement Performance
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2015-16, Enhanced Enforcement Initiative in Vulnerable Communities
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2015-16, Safer Consumer Products Priority Product Work Plan
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2015-16, Expedited Remedial Action Program – Orphan Share Payment
FY 2016-17 Budget Change Proposals
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2016-17, Ability to Pay: Cost Recovery (AB 276)
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2016-17, Attorney General Support for IRP
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2016-17, Biomonitoring California
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2016-17, Treated Wood Waste (SB 162)
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2016-17, Continued Permit Backlog Support and Enhanced Permitting Capacity and Support
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2016-17, Enhanced Permitting Capacity and Support
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2016-17, Argonaut Mine Tailings Site Dam Repair/Retrofit
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2016-17, Strategic Program Development
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2016-17, Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2016-17, Replacement of Laboratory and Investigatory Equipment
- DTSC May Revision for FY 2016-17, Safer Consumer Products; Lead-Acid Batteries
FY 2017-18 Budget Change Proposals
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2017-18, Stringfellow Superfund Removal and Remediation Action
- DTSC Budget Change Proposal for FY 2017-18, Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016
- DTSC Spring Finance Letter for FY 2017-18, Stringfellow Pretreatment Plant Site
- DTSC May Revision for FY 2017-18, Augmentation for NPL and State Orphans Sites
- DTSC May Revision for FY 2017-18, Exide Closure Implementation.
Other Budget Documents
- DTSC Presentation on Governor’s Proposed FY 2017-18 Budget for Department, April 12, 2017
- Governor’s Proposed DTSC FY 2017-18 Budget, January 10, 2017
- Senate Budget Subcommittee 2 Hearing Agenda, March 12, 2015
- Senate Joint Oversight Hearing Agenda, March 12, 2015
- DTSC Budget Funding/Fund Sources
- DTSC Proposed Budget Highlights FY 2015-16
- DTSC Presentation on 2017-18 Enacted Budget, August 9, 2017
Financial Assurances
- Financial Assurances, Legislative Analyst’s Office Report, 2006
- DTSC Report on Existing Financial Assurance for Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Sites, March 1, 2016
- DTSC Report on Financial Assurances for Corrective Action, March 23, 2016
- DTSC Additional Information on Financial Assurances for Corrective Action at Permitted Hazardous Waste Facilities, June 7, 2016.
- DTSC Response to IRP Chair’s Request for Corrective Action Financial Assurance Documentation, July 11, 2016.
Fiscal Management
- Cost Recovery, State Auditor Report, 2014
- DTSC Plan to Incorporate Cost Tracking Codes in Envirostor. 2014
- DTSC Plan to Maximize Cost Recovery, 2014
- Senate Environmental Quality Committee Oversight Hearing, Background Information on DTSC Cost Recovery, June 17, 2015
- DTSC Cost Recovery Summary, January 2016
- DTSC Departmental Procedure Memorandums as of February 2016
- DTSC Report on California State Auditor Comments on Cost Recovery Improvement, July 6, 2016.
- DTSC Cost Recovery Presentation, November 16, 2016
- DTSC Fiscal Overview Presentation, November 16, 2016
- DTSC Information on Uncompleted DPM Updates, December 7, 2016
- DTSC Cleanup Program Operations Plans, January 5, 2017 (Revised)
- DTSC Cost Recovery Procedure for Invoicing, December 7, 2016
- LAUSD Presentation on DTSC Billing, January 11, 2017
- DTSC 2017 Report on Estimated Site Remediation Costs for NPL and State Orphan Sites
- DTSC FY Ended 6-30-16 Financial Statement: TSCA
- DTSC FY Ended 6-30-16 Financial Statement: HWCA
Permitting
- DTSC Permitting Process Review and Analysis: Final Report, October 2, 2013
- DTSC Permitting Process Review and Analysis: Final Report, Part II Appendices, October 2, 2013
- Quemetco, Inc. Hazardous Waste Facility Operation and Post-Closure Permit
- Civil Rights Complaint on KHF Expansion, March 19, 2015
- Senate Environmental Quality Committee Oversight Hearing, Background Information, April 29, 2015
- DTSC Permitting Summary, January 2016
- DTSC Policy on Coordination between Permitting and Enhancement, January 8, 2016
- DTSC Permitting Division Performance Metrics, March 21, 2016
- DTSC Ideas for Improving Fee Structure for Permitting – March 18, 2016
- DTSC Permitting Enhancement Work Plan Addendum – March 18, 2016
- DTSC Report on Permitted Facilities on Continued Status, July 6, 2016.
- El Pueblo &Greenaction Settlement Agreement, August 10, 2016
- Agreement Reached to benefit EJ, August 10, 2016
- DTSC’s Internal Mechanism for Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Decision Appeals, August 23, 2016
- DTSC Report on CEQA Compliance and Human Health Risk Assessments in Permitting Decisions, October 14, 2016
- DTSC Report on HSC Section 25200.8 Compliance, January 11, 2017
Enforcement
- DTSC Policy for Conducting Inspections, January 30, 2009
- DTSC Enforcement Response Policy, January 30, 2009
- U.S. EPA Compliance Monitoring Strategy for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C Program, September 2015
- DTSC Enforcement Summary, January 2016
- DTSC Report on OCI and EERD Caselog Data for CY 2014, 2015, and 2016 to 1-1-16, May 5, 2016
- DTSC Report on Hazardous Waste Facilities Subject to AB 1075, May 5, 2016
- DTSC Report on Prioritizing Enforcement in Vulnerable Communities in Compliance with AB 1329 (Pérez, Chapter 598, Statutes of 2013), May 6, 2016
- DTSC Report on Progress with Data Management Goals, May 9, 2016
- DTSC Information on EERD Compliance for CY 2014 to April 1, 2016, May 10, 2016
- DTSC Enforcement Presentation, May 12, 2016 (revised version)
- U.S. EPA RCRA Civil Penalty Policy, June 2003
- Supplemental Environmental Projects Policy, May 5, 2016
- DTSC Report on Enforcement Program Performance FY 2015-16, 7-12-16
- CalEPA Evaluation of Fifth Deficiency Progress Report for 2014 Evaluation of City of LA CUPA, June 15, 2016.
- Statutory Authority for Administrative Penalties, June 29, 2016.
- DTSC Report on OCI and EERD Staffing Levels 2008 to Present, July 8, 2016.
- DTSC Report on AG Costs, July 11, 2016
- DTSC Report on Civil/Criminal Referrals from 1-1-14 to 4-1-16 Accepted for Prosecution, July 11, 2016.
- CalEPA Presentation on Unified Program, July 13, 2016.
- CalEPA Presentation on Environmental Complaint System, July 13, 2016
- DTSC Presentation on Border Inspections, July 13, 2016.
- DTSC Presentation on Its Role in CUPA Evaluations, July 13, 2016
- Mike Vizzier Comments on Selected IRP Questions of DTSC Enforcement, Revised, July 18, 2016
- Exide Final Civil/Judicial Action, February 24, 2017
- DTSC Enforcement Response Policy, June 29, 2017
- IRP Question about Hazardous Waste Tracking System, November 1, 2017
- DTSC Report on Improving Enforcement Performance, June 2017
- DTSC Enforcement Improvement Plan, July 2017
- DTSC Response to IRP Enforcement Information Requests, November 14, 2017
Site Mitigation
- An Analysis of Children’s Blood Lead Levels in theArea Around the Exide Site, Department of Public Health, 2016
- Moving Beyond “Silos”: Using Data &Collaboration to Protect Public Health, Jill Johnson and Andrea Hricko, May 12, 2016.
- Blood Lead in Young Children: Cumulative Impacts, Gina Solomon, May 12, 2016.
- Recommendations for DTSC on Addressing Lead Contamination, Jill Johnson and Andrea Hricko, June 13, 2016
- Senator Pavley Letter to Director Lee, August 15, 2016
- DTSC Progress Report, Riverside Ag Park, September 2016
- DTSC Community Update, Santa Susana Field Lab, September 2016
- DTSC Report on People’s Senate 2015 Site-Specific Benchmarks, September 20, 2016
- DTSC Fact Sheet, Exide Cleanup, September 2016
- DTSC Site Mitigation Overview/Update Presentation, January 11, 2017
- DTSC Preliminary Endangerment Assessment Guidance Manual, October 2015
- DTSC Presentation on Site Mitigation: Part 2, February 8, 2017
- DTSC Information on 5-Year Review Guidance and Hot Spots, March 20. 2017
- DTSC 2017 Report on Estimated Site Remediation Costs for NPL and State Orphan Sites
- DTSC February 2015 Notification to Exide of Intent to Deny Permit Application, May 25, 2017
- Requested DTSC Correspondence on SCAQMD Rule 1466, November 13, 2017
- DTSC Presentation on Exide Closure and Cleanup, November 15, 2017
- Arcadis Investigation Report
Legislation
2017
- AB 245 (Quirk) Hazardous waste enforcement
- AB 1316 (Quirk) Public health: childhood lead poisoning: prevention
- AB 1439 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) Hazardous materials: reporting
- AB 1649 (Muratsuchi) Oil refineries: public safety
- SB 258 (Lara) Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017
2016
- AB 118 (Santiago) Hazardous Substances: Cleanup: Exide Technologies Facility
- AB 1419 (Eggman) Hazardous waste: cathode ray tube glass
- AB 1858 (Santiago) Automobile dismantling: task force
- AB 2125 (Chiu) Healthy Nail Salon Recognition Program
- AB 2153 (Garcia, Cristina) The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016
- AB 2605 (Nazarian) State government: Office of Permit Assistance
- AB 2891 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Material) Hazardous waste: funding
- AB 2893 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Material) Department of Toxic Substances Control: enforcement
- SB 93 (De León) Budget Act of 2015
- SB 423 (Bates) Surplus household consumer product waste: management
- SB 820 (Hertzberg) Hazardous materials: California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act of 2004
- SB 839 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Public resources
- SB 1000 (Leyva) Land use: general plans: environmental justice
- SB 1325 (De León) Hazardous waste: facilities: post closure plans
2015
- AB 273 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) Hazardous Waste and Substances: Corrective Action: Liability
- AB 274 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) Oversight Costs: Uncollectable Accounts
- AB 275 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) Hazardous Substances: Liability Recovery Actions
- AB 276 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) DTSC: Response Actions: Cleanup Ability Information
- AB 1071 (Atkins) Supplemental Environmental Projects
- AB 1075 (Alejo) Hazardous Waste: Enforcement
- SB 83 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Public Resources
- SB 83 IRP Authorization Portion of Bill July, 2015
- SB 162 (Galgiani) Treated Wood Waste
- SB 489 (Monning) Hazardous Waste: Photovoltaic Modules
- SB 612 (Jackson) Hazardous Materials
- SB 673 (Lara) Hazardous Waste
2014
- AB 52 (Gatto) Native Americans: California Environmental Quality Act
- AB 1043 (Chau) Safe Drinking Water
- AB 1190 (Bloom) – Hazardous Waste:Transportation
- SB 712 (Lara) Hazardous Waste Facility: Permitting: Interim Status
- SB 1019 (Leno) Upholstered Furniture: Flame Retardant Chemicals
- SB 1249 (Hill) Hazardous Waste: Shredder Waste
- SB 1261 (Jackson) Hazardous Materials: Business Plans
- SB 1458 (Sen EQ) – Haz Waste Land Use
Organizational Excellence
- DTCS Organizational Excellence Projects, December 8, 2016
- DTSC Presentation on Building Organizational Excellence, December 9, 2016
- DTSC Update on Organizational Excellence Milestones, March 23, 2017.
- DTSC Organizational Excellence Update, June 13, 2017
- U.S. EPA Review of Specific DTSC Project Files &Work Products, September 13, 2017
- DTSC Diversity &Inclusion Report &Recommendations, August 2017
- DTSC Presentation on Human Resources and Strategic Planning Activities, November 15, 2017
Public Outreach
- CPS HR Consulting Public Participation Review and Analysis, June 16, 2014
- Enhancing and Modernizing DTSC’s Public Outreach & Engagement Strategies, January 13, 2016
- Enhancing and Modernizing DTSC’s Public Outreach & Engagement Strategies – Spanish, January 13, 2016
- DTSC Work Plan – Modernized Public Outreach and Engagement Strategy for Impacted Communities, June 2015
- DTSC Public Participation Manual
- DTSC Public Participation Summary, January 2016
- DTSC Public Participation Presentation, August 10, 2016
- California Public Participation Requirements for DTSC, September 13, 2016
- DTSC Community Advisory Group (CAG) Handbook, Discontinued, September 2009
- Information on DTSC CAG Handbook, September, 30, 2016
- DTSC Information on Advisory Groups, October 4, 2016
- DTSC Response to IRP Information Request on Assessing Quality of Public Outreach and CAG Structure, October 13, 2016
- UC Davis Extension Collaboration Center Public Outreach & Engagement Strategies for DTSC, January 31, 2017
- DTSC Public Participation Update Presentation, February 8, 2017
- DTSC Public Participation Update Presentation, September 11, 2017
Environmental Justice
Metal Shredding
- DTSC Report on Regulatory Status of SB 1249, May 5,2016
- DTSC Workship Presentation on Metal Shredding Operations and Waste Management, May 2017
Safer Consumer Products
- AB 1879 (Chapter 559, Statutes of 2008)
- SB 509 (Chapter 560, Statutes of 2008)
- DTSC California Green Chemistry Initiative: Final Report, December 2008
- Green Chemistry: Cornerstone to a Sustainable California, University of California COEH, 2008
- DTSC Summary of Data &Findings from Testing a Limited Number of Nail Products, April 2012
- DTSC Letter on Nail Care Products, April 10, 2012
- DTSC Guidance on Becoming a “Greener” Nail Salon, March 2013
- Safer Consumer Products Regulations, October 1, 2013
- DTSC Priority Product Three-Year Work Plan, April 2015.
- DTSC Work Plan Implementation: Potential Aquatic Impacts and Continued Uses of Nonylphenol Ethoxylates and Triclosan, 11-15-16
- DTSC Work Plan Implementation: Potential Health and Safety Impacts of Chemicals in Nail Products, 11-15-16
- DTSC Work Plan Implementation: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Carpets, Rugs, Upholstered Furniture, and Their Care and Treatment Products, 11-15-16
- DTSC Draft Safer Consumer Products Alternatives Analysis Guide, December 2016
- Green Chemistry in 2017: The State of the States, National Law Review, May 16, 29017
- DTSC Alternatives Analysis Guide: Version 1.0, June 2017
- DTSC Presentation on Safer Consumer Products, June 14, 2017
- DTSC Flier on CA Green Chemistry Initiative and SCP Regulations, June 14, 2017
- Presentation by Timothy Malloy on California’s SCP Program, June 14, 2017
- Presentation by Dawn Koepke and John Ulrich on DTSC SCP Program, June 14, 2017
- Presentation on California’s SCP Program by Kathryn Alcantar, June 14, 2017
- DTSC Determination on CEH SCP Petition, June 29, 2017
- DTSC Presentation on Streamlining Priority Product Profile Development, August 9, 2017
Source Reduction
- DTSC Guidance for Complying with SB 14, December 2010
- DTSC Treated Wood Waste Management AB 1353 Implementation Report, June 2011
- DTSC CPHWRI Pilot Project Proposal for Contaminated Soil, February 2017
- DTSC CPHWRI Pilot Project Proposal for Lead Acid Batteries, February 2017
- DTSC CPHWRI Pilot Project Proposal for Organic Solvent Waste, February 2017
- DTSC CPHWRI Pilot Project Proposal for Petroleum Refinery Waste, February 2017
- DTSC Presentation on Community Protection and Hazardous Waste Reduction Initiative, June 14, 2017
Miscellaneous
- California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 4.5, Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste
- Disposition Options for Universal Waste Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) and CRT Glass Re-adoption Proposed Emergency Regulations
- 2015 California Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Law Code Excerpts
- DTSC -Reporting Requirements
- Golden Wasteland, 2013
- Fact Check: Despite Failures by State’s Toxics Regulator, Many Criticisms Are Unfounded, 2014
- IRP August 2016 Survey Report
- Presentation on the IRP, September 16, 2016
- DTSC Report on Hazardous Waste Management Plans, September 20, 2016
- DTSC Presentation on Environmental Chem Lab, December 9, 2016
- Lautenberg Act Amendments to TSCA, November 10, 2016
- Presentation on the IRP, November 16, 2016
- CEJA Environmental Justice Agency Assessment: 2016
- Presentation on CalEPA’s Regulated Site Portal, April 12, 2017.
- LAO Budget and Policy Post, April 4, 2017
- IRP Compilation of DTSC BCP Deliverables, August 9, 2017
- IRP Self-Assessment Presentation, August 9, 2017
- County of San Diego Presentation, September 11, 2017
- DTSC Response to IRP Performance Metrics for Department, September 11, 2017
- DTSC Response to IRP Recommendations for Department, September 11, 2017
- Health & Safety Code Section 25178, November 8, 2017
- DTSC Process Improvements Summary, November 9, 2017
- IRP October 2017 Survey Report on DTSC Programs
- DTSC 2016-17 RCRA Grant C Self-Evaluation Report, November 7, 2017
- DTSC 2018 Annual Fee Summary, December 14, 2017
- DTSC Response to IRP Compilation of BCP Deliverables
- DTSC Response to People’s Senate 2015 Site-Specific Benchmarks, September 20, 2016