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An act to add and repeal Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 25138) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous materials. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST The hazardous waste control laws require the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to regulate the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous materials. A violation of the hazardous waste control laws is a crime. Existing law requires a generator of hazardous waste to pay to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration a generation and handling fee for each generator site that generates a specified amount of waste, as provided, and authorizes DTSC to adopt regulations necessary to implement generator fees. Existing law exempts geothermal waste resulting from drilling for geothermal resources from the hazardous waste control laws for a specified reason. Existing law also exempts geothermal waste, excluding filter cake, that is generated from the exploration, development, or production of geothermal energy and that does not result from drilling for geothermal resources, from the hazardous waste control laws under specified circumstances. This bill would require the DTSC to prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 1, 2026, a study regarding the issues that would arise if geothermal waste that is not exempt from generation and handling fees pursuant to existing law is made exempt from those fees. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 25138) is added to Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: 3.7. Geothermal Waste Study25138. (a) The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, no later than July 1, 2026, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, a study regarding the issues that would arise if geothermal waste that is not exempt from generation and handling fees pursuant to this chapter is made exempt from those fees. (b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2030, and is repealed on January 1, 2031.
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