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7/7/2023
Update: Revised Cal DTSC Hazardous Waste Rule Open to 15 Day Comment Period
Update 04/15/2024: California's Department of Toxic Substances Control submitted the generator improvements rule final rulemaking package for review on March 22, 2024. If approved, the GIR will become effective in California starting July 1, 2024.
2/15/2022
California Sues Retail Chain for Alleged Title 22 Violations
The California Attorney General, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), and 12 local prosecutors filed a lawsuit against a major US retail chain for alleged violations of State and Federal hazardous waste regulations..png?ext=.png)
10/8/2021
Cosmetics Retailer Faces $752,000 Penalty for Haz Waste Violations
A US cosmetics retail chain recently settled with Solano County and 33 other California State and local prosecutors over alleged violations of Federal RCRA and State Title 22 hazardous waste management regulations and training requirements.
5/7/2021
25K Barrels Possibly Containing DDT Found Off California Coast
Last month, marine scientists identified as many as 25,000 barrels believed to contain dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT, in the Pacific Ocean. The hazardous waste barrels were discovered on the ocean floor between Catalina Island and the Los Angeles coast.
3/26/2021
DTSC Orders Metal Recycler to Pay Hazardous Waste Investigation and Cleanup Costs
In a recently issued enforcement order, California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) could require a scrap metal recycling facility in Fresno to clean up hazardous waste the site’s operations allegedly released into the environment.
11/9/2020
Haz Waste Violations at Over 200 Stores Cost Retail Chain $1.49M
A home, bath, and kitchen supplies retailer is expected to pay $1,498,750 to resolve alleged violations of California’s Title 22 hazardous waste regulations at more than two hundred of its California locations. According to the settlement, the company improperly disposed of hazardous and electronic waste (e-waste) at local landfills that were not permitted to receive it.
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