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Assembly committee advances bill capping DTSC hazardous‑waste fee for infill housing
Summary
The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee voted to pass SB 328 to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. The bill would cap the Department of Toxic Substances Control(DTSC) hazardous waste generator fee for residential infill and master development projects and set response deadlines for DTSC review of remediation plans.
Assembly members on the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee voted to pass SB 328 to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation, a bill authored in the Senate that would cap a DTSC hazardous‑waste fee and set timelines for DTSC review of development‑related cleanup plans.
Senator Bill Grayson, the bill—s author, told the committee the measure is intended to prevent "significant cost increases for housing developers who have remediated contaminated soil and returned the land back to productive use." He said the 2022 budget trailer bill SB 158 replaced a tiered, capped fee with a fixed per‑ton charge of $46.20, producing unexpectedly large bills that have threatened infill and community development projects.
The bill would establish a…
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