ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE
UPDATE
Presented to
SAN DIEGO ENVIRONMENTAL
PROFESSIONALS
February 9, 2016
STEPHEN L. MARSH, ESQ.
DENTONS US LLP
[email protected]
(619) 699-2418
ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
• NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW:
• Proposition 65 Reform
• Contaminated Properties
• Hazardous Materials
• Solid Waste
• Water Quality
• Stormwater
• Pipelines/Oil Spills
• Miscellaneous
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PROPOSITION 65
• WARNING RULEMAKING - OEHHA
• 1/16/2015 Proposal withdrawn
• New Proposal Issued 11/27/2015
• No Longer Identifies 12 Chemicals to be named in
Warnings
• Allows/Requires Seller to Identify Chemical for Which
Warning is Required
• Grandfathering of Court Approved Warnings
• Sell through permitted
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PROPOSITION 65
• RETAINS NEW WARNING SYMBOL
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CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
• DTSC COST RECOVERY (H & S Code 25187.2, 25360, 25360.1)
AB 273 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials)
• Outstanding Invoices for:
• Oversight Costs
• Direct Costs
• Interest Rate Increase
• 7% / yr. until June 20, 2021
• 10% / yr. after June 30, 2021
• 45 day Grace Period
• Interest waived
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CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
• SMALL INVOICE WRITE-OFFS (H & S Code 25269.9)
AB 274 (CESTM)
• DTSC may write off backlog of overdue bills
• < $5,000 each
• Total approx. $1 million of $194 million
• Reason = cost exceeds recovery
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CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
• DTSC COST RECOVERY (H & S Code
AB 275 (CESTM)
25360.4, 23563, 25366.5)
• O & M Costs
• 3 Years to Initiate Action for Cost Recovery
• Commences from date costs certified
• Not from date remedial action completed
• State no longer responsible for orphan share of
corrective action costs.
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CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
• MOLD (Civil Code 1941.7; H & S Code 17920, 17920.3)
SB 655 (Mitchell)
• Substandard Dwellings
• Owner Required to Repair certain conditions
• Visible Mold added to list and defined
• Landlord duty triggered by Notice of Mold
• Landlord Authorized to Enter Building to Repair Mold
Condition
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AB 276 (CESTM)
( H & S Code 25185.6, 25190, 25358.1 & .2, 25367)
• Applies to Parties
1. Managing hazardous substance/waste
2. Requesting Permit
• DTSC may Request Information
• Ability to Pay for Cleanup
• If DTSC has reasonable basis to believe
• Release or threatened release
• Limited Trade Secret Protection
• DTSC may share information with other agencies.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• PERMIT ISSUANCE CRITERIA (H & S Code 25200.21, 25200.23)
SB 673 (Lara)
• Hazardous Waste Facility Permits
• DTSC must establish or update criteria for issuance of new
of modified permits
• July 1, 2018 deadline
• Programmatic Reforms to improve
• Timeliness
• Protectiveness
• Legal defensibility
• Enforceability of Permit Program
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY (H & S Code 25186, 25186.2, 25186.05 & 25189.4)
AB 1075 (Alejo)
• Repeating or recurring pattern of non-compliance
• Compelling reason for denying, suspending or revoking permit
• ROR Pattern is defined as:
• 3 or more serious violations
• Within 5 year period
• Creating significant threat of immediate and acute exposure to
hazardous waste or constituents
• DTSC may temporarily suspend facility’s permit prior to hearing if:
• Imminent and substantial endangerment to public health, safety
or environment
• Additional penalty $5,000 - $50,000/day for serious hazardous
waste violation if > 3 violations in 5 years.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• PLASTIC MICROBEADS (PRC 42360 et seq.)
SB 888 (Bloom)
• Personal Care Products
• Containing plastic microbeads
• Used to exfoliate or cleanse
• Sale or offering for Sale Banned January 1, 2020
• Exception: beads < 1ppm
• Penalty: $2500/day/violation
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SOLID WASTE
• ORGANIC WASTE ESTIMATES (PRC 41821.4)
AB 876 (McCarty)
• Beginning August 1, 2017
• All County/Regional Agency implementing IWM
program must report to CalRecycle
• Est. of Amount (cu. yds) of Organic Waste to be
generated over 15 years
• Est. of Recycling capacity necessary
• Locations for new/expanded recycling facilities to
meet that need
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SOLID WASTE
• ORGANIC WASTE POLICIES (PRC
AB 1045 (Irwin)
42649.87, 43032)
• Requires CalEPA, CalRecycle, SWRCB, ARB, Dept. of Food &
Agriculture to:
• Develop and implement policies
• To divert organic waste from landfills
• By promoting use of agriculture, forestry and urban organic
waste as a feedstock for compost
• Promoting use of compost statewide.
• January 1, 2017 – Recommendations due
• Annual updates through January 1, 2021
• Coordinated permitting and regulation of composting facilities.
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SOLID WASTE
• DISPOSAL REPORTING (PRC
AB 901 (Gordon)
41821.5, .6, .7 & .8)
• Numerous changes to reporting requirements for
landfills and diversion
• Reports must be electronic to CalRecycle
• Goal – Recycle 75% of solid waste
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WATER QUALITY
• DRINKING WATER (H & S Code 116380 & 116552)
AB 434 (Garcia)
• Small public water systems
• SWRCB to adopt emergency regulations to govern:
• Point-of-Entry treatment or
• Point-of-Use treatment
• In lieu of centralized treatment:
• If not immediately economically feasible
• Regulations only effective until January 1, 2018
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WATER QUALITY
• HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (H & S Code 116431)
AB 385 (Hueso)
• Public Water Systems
• Extra time to comply with new Cr6 MCL
• Public System Must submit compliance plan
• Extension may not go beyond January 1, 2020
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WATER QUALITY
• SUCTION DREDGE MINING (F & G Code 5653, Water Code 13172.5)
AB 637 (Allen)
• SWRCB may adopt WDRs/Waivers to address impacts
• Requires DFW to issue dredge permit if it determines
• No significant impact on fish and wildlife
• If SWRCB on RWQCB certifies no adverse impact on
water quality
• Overcomes existing moratorium on issuance of
permits since 2009
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WATER QUALITY
• SAN DIEGO RIVER CONSERVANCY (PRC 32656.1; repeals 32661)
AB 392 (Atkins)
• Deletes January 1, 2020 expiration date
• i.e., extends its life indefinitely
• Requires regular reports to
• Governor
• Legislature
• Seeks recommendations for further legislation to
accomplish mission
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STORMWATER
• NEW INDUSTRIAL GENERAL PERMIT
WQO-2014-0057-DWQ
• July 1, 2015 Effective Date
• NOI – Due 7/1/2016
• Compliance enforcement
• Only small % of permittees have renewed
• NOVs and 60 day notices coming
• Get Help!
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PIPELINES
• SMALL DIAMETER PIPELINES (H & S Code 101042; PRC 3270.5 & .6)
SB 1420 (Salas)
• DOGGR to update Regulations by January 1, 2018
• To address pipelines < 4 in. diameter
• Located in sensitive areas
• >10 years old
• Requires local health officer (LHO) to direct RP to
notify local residents of gas pipeline leaks
• Requires owner to notify DOGGR and LHO
(Response to March 2014 gas leak in Arvin, CA)
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PIPELINES
• PIPELINE SAFETY INSPECTIONS (Gov. Code 51015.1)
SB 295 (Jackson)
• State Fire Marshal must:
• Inspect all infrastructure pipelines and operators
• Annually beginning January 1, 2017
• Adopt Regulations by January 1, 2017
• May adopt fees to cover costs
• Interstate pipelines not included
• Unless federal government transfers enforcement
authority to marshal
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PIPELINES
• OIL SPILLS (Gov. Code 51013.1)
AB 864 (Williams)
• New or replacement pipelines
• Near environmentally or ecologically sensitive areas
• In coastal zone
• Must use BAT to reduce amount of oil released in an oil
spill
• Effective January 1, 2018
• Requires operators to submit plan to retrofit pipeline by
January 1, 2020
• State fire marshal must adopt regulations by July 1, 2017
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MISCELLANEOUS
• AB 1234 (Chiu) Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Expedited
Permitting
• AB 1008 (Quick) Hydrogen Motor Fuel Facilities Are Not Public
Utilities
• AB 1096 (Chiu) Electric Bicycles Defined and Regulated
• AB 1496 (Thurmond) Methane Emissions Data Collection by ARB
• SB 185 (DeLeon) PERS to Divest Coal Stocks
• AB 1 (Brown) Failure to Water Lawns in Drought not a Crime – No
fines.
Many drought and groundwater management laws.
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ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
•Questions?
•Thank you!
STEPHEN L. MARSH, ESQ.
DENTONS US LLP
[email protected]
(619) 699-2418
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