Section 25244.6 Of Article 11.8. Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, And Treatment From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 11.8.
25244.6
. The department, in consultation with the State Water
Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, and the
California Waste Management Board, shall do all of the following:
(a) Implement a program to research, develop, and demonstrate
hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies at
appropriate locations throughout the state.
(b) On or before January 1, 1987, and, in consultation with
industry and interested parties, adopt criteria for selecting
projects which would receive grants to pay for the construction of
equipment which would be used to demonstrate hazardous waste
reduction, recycling, or treatment technologies. The criteria shall
include provisions which require that, in assessing each project, the
department consider the feasibility of the project's particular
technology, the research and technical spinoffs likely to be
generated by the project, the degree to which the findings of the
projects can be disseminated and evaluated for replication elsewhere,
and the consistency of, and contributions of, the project to the
state's hazardous waste management program.
(c) Using the criteria adopted pursuant to subdivision (b), select
projects to receive grants to construct equipment which would be
used to demonstrate hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or
treatment technologies. A grant issued by the department pursuant to
this section is not subject to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
10290) of Part 2 of the Public Contract Code, including, but not
limited to, Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code, or Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the
Government Code. The department shall select projects which also meet
at least one of the following requirements:
(1) The project has onsite, as well as offsite potential, for the
reduction, recycling, or treatment of hazardous waste.
(2) The project has the potential to benefit, or be utilized by,
small businesses.
(3) The project is applicable to a range of industries.