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\"DTSC assisted US EPA in conducting the phase 1 cleanup, and that is the removal of the hazardous waste from all of the residential and commercial properties,\" Director Catherine Butler said at the March 20 hearing, noting that the initial hazardous-material removals were completed rapidly to limit additional contamination.

Lawmakers and members of affected communities expressed concern about how ash and debris are being staged, transported and accepted at receiving facilities. Senators asked whether municipal landfills routinely test incoming loads for hazardous constituents; DTSC said hazardous waste is accepted only at permitted hazardous-waste landfills and that municipal landfills accepting ash and debris work under oversight from multiple state and local agencies, including CalRecycle and regional water boards.

Butler also told the committee that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA have indicated they are not performing confirmatory post-removal soil testing for all properties, a point several senators said raises community anxiety and requires clearer public communication. DTSC said it will coordinate with county health departments, CalRecycle and federal partners and that it can investigate complaints about handling and transport if residents report potential violations.

Why it matters: Wildfire debris often contains metals, batteries and household chemicals that can pose exposure risks if not removed and contained. The scale of recent fires has pushed state and federal agencies to move material to local facilities—sometimes near populated areas—raising questions about monitoring, dust control, transport safeguards and long-term landfill post-closure protections.

Next steps: DTSC said it will continue technical assistance for soil sampling protocols, coordinate with local public-health agencies on sampling and accept community complaints for investigation. Senators asked agencies to provide clearer public information about staging, testing and the locations receiving wildfire debris.

Ending: DTSC officials acknowledged the scale of the response presents communication and coordination challenges and said they will work with federal and local partners to increase transparency and ensure compliance with protections for workers and nearby communities.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy","oneSentenceSummary","DTSC described its role in Phase 1 hazardous removals from recent Los Angeles wildfires and told the Senate subcommittee it is coordinating with federal and local agencies; senators and residents pressed for more confirmatory testing and stronger community notifications about debris staging and disposal.","taxTitle","California State Senate, Senate, Legislative, California","taxId",77650,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6628183,"Pesticide regulator describes new mill funding and expanded enforcement, monitoring plans",266,3664000,3930000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2720285-50e3d14213422b640e43d064e6dfe848&start=3664&end=3930","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2720285-50e3d14213422b640e43d064e6dfe848/thumbnail_3664000.jpg","/articles/6628183/California/Pesticide-regulator-describes-new-mill-funding-and-expanded-enforcement-monitoring-plans","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6628183-b990e50070049428732c106dab720d64/orig.mp4?Expires=1773581231&Signature=JPWHfCcWxYU4gKz2JWugkodXcNPt0dwX~D2VWUtOKcjnYvw4ihrUpXEl0Ty~UNXkWJESv6x4kJPUG6HjoypWhsr2GFFhfcYd7YiTUnVysMGql8g2qWaemnpf~Os-3AyBujXcyxX8aSxYzAXIGbJfWowctEaYXhcwCG~Be6UHacbx~3k4CxUuqFGuiNuFqcjduehJ6YI3xBR5eFyViA7IAAUozGd87x6AWmcVyqtpw-X648cQ452U2KdupHvoYNKdAA0dUW3mb5ahYFZktU6R96b7W1S-lLlGNH3y6B86wepYjvGSVEbV1h5zhxbCO2rEOqFpUMvtjOJZUlv3PM2nXw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dr. Karen Morrison, director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, told the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 that last years budget and AB 2,113 created a multi-year plan to address a longstanding structural budget shortfall by phasing in staff and increasing the mill assessment charged on pesticide sales.

\"Our primary funding source, the mill assessment, comes from the sale of pesticides in California,\" Morrison said, explaining that the assessment had been fixed statutorily for two decades and left DPR under-resourced to carry out registration reviews, reevaluation and enforcement.

Morrison said the 2024-25 budget package and AB 2,113 provide resources to hire approximately 120 positions over a three-year period and increase mills up to 30 mills in 2027 to support registration reviews, risk mitigation and monitoring. The law also imposes transparency and timeline requirements tied to the additional resources.

Why it matters: DPR oversees registration and reevaluation of pesticides, residue and environmental monitoring, licensing of applicators, and enforcement through county agricultural commissioners. The department said additional staffing will accelerate registration review timelines and boost enforcement capacity in response to concerns raised by lawmakers and stakeholders.

Questions from senators focused on long-term sustainability: some lawmakers asked whether DPRs revenue model, which depends heavily on the mill assessment, could be affected if the state successfully reduces pesticide use in the long term. Morrison said DPR has examined long-term scenarios and will monitor revenues and program needs.

Ending: The department said funds are being used to stand up grant programs, expand local monitoring and begin a pesticide prioritization process with public workshops planned to solicit stakeholder input.","The Department of Pesticide Regulation told senators that a multi-year mill assessment reform will phase in 120 positions and increased mill assessments to stabilize funding and expand registration review, enforcement and monitoring.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6628189,"CalRecycle outlines bottle bill changes, dealer cooperatives and staffing plan for textile EPR",3008,4562000,7570000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2720285-50e3d14213422b640e43d064e6dfe848&start=4562&end=7570","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2720285-50e3d14213422b640e43d064e6dfe848/thumbnail_4562000.jpg","/articles/6628189/California/CalRecycle-outlines-bottle-bill-changes-dealer-cooperatives-and-staffing-plan-for-textile-EPR","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6628189-7e0d2978fed7bdcc0ab5e45aed8c9a42/orig.mp4?Expires=1773581231&Signature=G0uKM5uBqy~bi83Mxll-h~mZNk5VqHs7MkZxyir36BCQvYsESC8h69Ph4gmWMcaZG8p8icSQAgUtnVZMP3~ecwtFb2SanGJRGwedczYgKS9CagrSVTXptZNUsl3W4f6HNoeVBbUITyvskXg95xERwG1FshucDbp8-2qH9IXu3a5f7pzrSeh1M8Uw6TFsf9YKdE0anmBNsnZW4ayVcZv0iynQatGhk-bfbqCSCezPN3LOyLI94OJTaLWluNqV~O22YtcOe2tP2uqU-loa-LTbjV3371K5Sk1N-U1k3HvU~dK70f0098zYScMvSj0yVnUza~dcLrW-awg7kgH-NVvO9Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller told the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on March 20 that the department has updated systems and conducted outreach to include wine, distilled spirits and large juice containers in the states beverage-container program, and that it is preparing implementation capacity for SB 707, the new textile producer-responsibility law.

Heller said CalRecycle has recorded 29,000,000 newly covered beverage containers since wine and spirits joined the program on Jan. 1, 2024. \"A 29,000,000 has been collected since Jan 1 24 specific to the new beverage containers that are coming into the program,\" she told senators.

CalRecycle described ongoing steps to expand convenient redemption options: regulatory review of dealer-cooperative plans, updated IT systems to track the new container types, and a statewide education campaign. Dealer cooperatives are nonprofit plans that grocery and retail dealers may use to provide convenient community redemption through reverse-vending machines, mobile collection or coordinated drop-off points.

On textiles: Heller said CalRecycles 2025 budget proposal requests 27 permanent positions phased over two fiscal years and a short-term loan to stand up the Responsible Textile Recovery Act (SB 707). \"Our budget change proposal on Senate Bill 707 requests 27 permanent positions to be phased in over 2 fiscal years,\" she told the committee.

Why it matters: The beverage-container changes alter where and how Californians can redeem containers, and SB 707 will create a new extended-producer-responsibility program requiring producer plans, needs assessments and performance standards. CalRecycle said it intends a robust informal stakeholder process before starting formal rulemaking.

Unanswered questions: Senators pressed CalRecycle for timelines on specific steps such as the departments public notice about polystyrene (expanded polystyrene) compliance and on anticipated repayments for a prior loan from the beverage-container fund. Heller said she would return with dates and noted repayment was expected to begin later in the decade under statutory timing.

Ending: CalRecycle told the committee it will continue outreach to jurisdictions and industry and use grant funding, including recycling-innovation grants, to help stand up redemption infrastructure.

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Sen. Ben Allen, the bills author, said stakeholders who spent years participating in CalRecycles initial rulemaking were left frustrated after the administration withdrew the regulations. \"It was very disappointing to see thoses regulations shelved,\" Allen said during questioning of CalEPA Secretary Yana Garcia and CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller.

\"We have every intention of making the implementation of this law successful in the long term,\" Garcia told the committee. She and Heller said the administration is re-evaluating the regulatory pathway and will report back with a timeline in the coming weeks. Heller said CalRecycle will lean on the advisory board process and stakeholder input to finalize a revised package that the agency can defend in the administrative process.

Why it matters: SB 54 is meant to require producers to reduce plastic packaging and deliver recyclable material to vetted end markets. The law sets statutory rates and deadlines for recycling performance; delay in regulations increases uncertainty for manufacturers, the new producer responsibility organizations (PROs), local governments and recycling operators.

What senators and stakeholders pressed: Committee members pushed the administration to honor statutory dates and to avoid a protracted restart that could push implementation past the laws deadlines. Senators said the withdrawal has left businesses without the guidance they need to plan investments and risked eroding trust between stakeholders and state regulators.

Garcia and Heller said they remain committed to the laws goals and to protecting affordability for households and small businesses while ensuring environmental safeguards. They also acknowledged concerns about potential substitution technologies such as certain forms of \"chemical\" or \"advanced\" recycling; Heller said the department intends to set clear guardrails to prevent hazardous waste outcomes.

Public comments and stakeholder remarks at the hearing amplified the urgency. Representatives of environmental groups and recycling advocates told the committee that the delay is discouraging producers who had planned investments in California and that the administration should pursue an expedited regulatory path.

Next steps: Garcia said the administration will provide a more concrete timeline to Senate leadership within weeks. CalRecycle said it will continue advisory-board engagement and post updates on items the department can implement outside of formal rulemaking, such as product categorizations and recycling-claims guidance.

Ending: Lawmakers told administration officials they expect close oversight and quick follow-up; the committee signaled it may reconvene on implementation progress if the administration does not provide timely updates.","Senators pressed CalEPA and CalRecycle leaders at a March 20 budget subcommittee hearing for a firm schedule to reissue rules implementing SB 54 after the administration withdrew the first regulatory submission. Stakeholders warned the delay is harming businesses and undermining confidence in Extended Producer Responsibility.","actionData","errors"]

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