Article 3.5 - Household Hazardous Waste Grants

California Public Resources Code — §§ 47200-47203

Sections (4)

Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 542, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.

(a)The board shall expend funds from the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the making of grants to cities, counties, or other local agencies with responsibility for solid waste management, and for local programs to help prevent the disposal of hazardous wastes at disposal sites, including, but not limited to, programs to expand or initially implement household hazardous waste programs. In making grants pursuant to this section, the board shall give priority to funding programs that provide for the following:

(1)New programs for rural areas, underserved areas, and for small cities.

(2)Expansion of existing programs to provide for the collection of additional waste types, innovative or more cost-effective collection methods, or expanded public education services.

(3)Regional household hazardous waste programs.

(b)(1) The total amount of grants made by the board pursuant to this section shall not exceed, in any one fiscal year, three million dollars ($3,000,000).

(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the total amount of grants made by the board pursuant to this section may exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000) but shall not exceed six million dollars ($6,000,000), in any one fiscal year, if sufficient funds are appropriated from the Integrated Waste Management Account for this purpose.

§ 47201

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 37. Effective October 1, 1993.

The board shall adopt regulations for implementation of this article, including, but not limited to, criteria for selecting grant recipients.

§ 47202

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 37. Effective October 1, 1993.

All expenses incurred by the board in carrying out this article shall be payable from the account. No liability or obligation is imposed upon the state pursuant to this part, and the board shall not incur any liability or obligation beyond the extent to which money is provided in the account for the purposes of this article.

§ 47203

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 37. Effective October 1, 1993.

Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the board shall allocate, from the account, an amount not to exceed sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), to the Hazardous Waste Control Account, for expenditure for the 1993–94 fiscal year, to the Department of Toxic Substances Control, for the development and maintenance, jointly with the board, of a data base of all household hazardous waste collection events, facilities, and programs within the state. On and after July 1, 1994, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the board shall allocate an amount from the account of not more than sixteen thousand three hundred dollars ($16,300) in each fiscal year for that purpose.