Health & Saf. Code, § 25197.2 · Article 8.3. Hazardous Waste Enforcement Coordinator and Strike Force
Health & Saf. Code, § 25197.2
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The department shall establish a statewide Hazardous Waste Strike Force which shall consist of a representative from each of the following agencies:
(1) The Department of Transportation.
(2) The Department of Industrial Relations.
(3) The Department of Food and Agriculture.
(4) The State Water Resources Control Board.
(5) The State Air Resources Board.
(6) The Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(7) The Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(8) The California Integrated Waste Management Board.
(9) The Department of Fish and Game.
(10) The Office of Emergency Services.
(11) The Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(12) The Attorney General.
(13) The Department of Pesticide Regulation.
(b) The director, or the director’s designee, shall direct and coordinate the activities of the Hazardous Waste Strike Force.
(c) The Hazardous Waste Strike Force shall do all of the following:
(1) Recommend standardized programs among the agencies represented on the Hazardous Waste Strike Force for the purposes of uniformly enforcing state hazardous waste statutes and regulations and reporting violators of these statutes and regulations.
(2) Recommend programs to publicize and improve the statewide telephone number established pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 25197.1.
(3) Recommend local and regional programs to report information concerning violations of this chapter and any other hazardous waste statutes and regulations.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 348. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.
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