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DTSC highlights stepped-up enforcement after reforms, cites Atlas Metals shutdown and Chiquita Canyon order
Summary
DTSC director Katie Butler told a joint Senate–Assembly oversight hearing the agency has strengthened enforcement, citing a criminal case against Atlas Metals and an imminent-and-substantial-endangerment order for Chiquita Canyon Landfill; she said the agency launched an online inspection map and is boosting community outreach.
Director Katie Butler told the joint oversight hearing of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee that the Department of Toxic Substances Control has prioritized enforcement, community engagement and interagency collaboration since SB 158 reformed the agency.
The enforcement pillar, Butler said, is “to bring a regulated entity into compliance,” but that the department will use criminal tools in the most egregious cases. She cited DTSC’s cooperation with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office on an investigation that led to Atlas Metals being charged with…
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