Section 25179.1 Of Article 7.7. Hazardous Waste Treatment Reform Act Of 1995 From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 7.7.
25179.1
. (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Hazardous Waste Treatment Reform Act of 1995.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article,
to adopt reasonable and realistic methods for addressing the
environmental risks associated with land disposal of hazardous waste
and to encourage the treatment of hazardous waste to remove or reduce
hazards to human health and the environment. However, it is not the
Legislature's intent to impose hazardous waste management
requirements upon hazardous waste generators and hazardous waste
storage, treatment, and disposal facilities located within the state
which could, if so imposed, encourage illegal disposal practices or
force California generators to seek hazardous waste disposal
solutions in other states or countries, thereby shifting the state's
hazardous waste treatment and disposal burdens to other
jurisdictions.
(c) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
(1) The hazardous waste treatment industry is important to
California's economy and future environmental protection.
(2) Treatment of hazardous waste, the generation of which cannot
otherwise be prevented through waste minimization and recycling of
hazardous constituents, is preferable to disposal of that waste by
means of incineration or land disposal without treatment.
(3) To improve California's economic and environmental well-being,
the development and implementation of new hazardous waste treatment
technologies in California that reduce or eliminate the hazards to
human health and the environment of hazardous waste generated in
California should be encouraged where these technologies can be
practically utilized in California to substantially reduce or
eliminate these hazards.