The existing California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, establishes an integrated waste management program. The California Tire Recycling Act, which is a part of the waste management act, requires every person who purchases a new tire from a retail seller of new tires to pay a disposal charge of 25¢ per tire to the seller.
This bill would require that the board or its contractors be permitted reasonable access to property on which waste tires are unlawfully stored to perform cleanup, abatement, or remedial work, as prescribed, if an order setting liability has been obtained by the board, or by its designee, against the property owner, and the board finds there is a significant threat to public health or the environment.
The bill would also require the board, in conjunction with the annual State Budget submitted to the Legislature, to submit to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, a report that describes the expenditures proposed to be made for that fiscal year by the board for grants, loans, and contracts under the tire recycling program.