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Health & Saf. Code, § 25230.1 · Article 11.2. Management of Treated Wood Waste

Health & Saf. Code, § 25230.1

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Class I hazardous waste landfill” means a landfill that is also authorized as part of a permitted facility. “Landfill” and “permitted facility” have the same meanings as defined in Section 66260.10 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

(b) “Solid waste landfill” means a facility, as defined in Section 40195.1 of the Public Resources Code, that is authorized to operate pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000) of the Public Resources Code.

(c) “Treated wood” means wood that has been treated with a chemical preservative for purposes of protecting the wood against attacks from insects, microorganisms, fungi, and other environmental conditions that can lead to decay of the wood, and the chemical preservative is registered pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq.).

(d) “Treated wood waste” means wood waste that meets the requirements described in Section 25230.2.

(e) “Treated wood waste approved landfill” means a class I hazardous waste landfill, or a composite-lined portion of a solid waste landfill unit that meets all requirements applicable to disposal of municipal solid waste in California after October 9, 1993, and that is regulated by waste discharge requirements issued pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code for discharges of designated waste, as defined in Section 13173 of the Water Code, or treated wood waste and that is in compliance with this article.

(f) (1) “Treated wood waste facility” means any of the following:

(A) A solid waste landfill that is in compliance with this article.

(B) A transfer or processing station that is in compliance with this article. For purposes of this subparagraph, “transfer or processing station” is a facility, as defined in Section 40200 of the Public Resources Code, that is authorized to operate pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000) of the Public Resources Code.

(C) A gasification facility that is in compliance with this article. For purposes of this subparagraph, “gasification facility” is a facility that uses a gasification process, as defined in Section 40117 of the Public Resources Code, that is authorized to operate pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000) of the Public Resources Code.

(D) A treated wood waste approved landfill that is in compliance with this article.

(E) A class I hazardous waste landfill.

(F) A small volume construction and demolition debris and inert debris (CDI) processing operation that is in compliance with this article. For purposes of this subparagraph, a “small volume construction and demolition debris and inert debris (CDI) processing operation” is a site that receives less than 25 tons of any combination of construction and demolition debris and Type A inert debris per operating day for the purposes of storage, handling, transfer, or processing that is authorized to operate pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000) of the Public Resources Code.

(G) A limited volume transfer operation that is in compliance with this article. For purposes of this clause, a “limited volume transfer operation” is an operation that receives less than 60 cubic yards, or 15 tons, of solid waste per operating day for the purpose of storing the waste prior to transferring the waste to another solid waste operation or facility and that does not conduct processing activities, but may conduct limited salvaging activities and volume reduction by the operator, and that is authorized to operate pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000) of the Public Resources Code.

(2) “Treated wood waste facility” does not include either of the following:

(A) A composting facility. For purposes of this subparagraph, “composting facility” is a facility that produces compost, as defined in Section 40116 of the Public Resources Code, that is authorized to operate pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000) of the Public Resources Code.

(B) A transformation facility. For purposes of this subparagraph, “transformation facility” is a facility that uses a transformation process, as defined in Section 40201 of the Public Resources Code, that is authorized to operate pursuant to Division 30 (commencing with Section 40000) of the Public Resources Code.

(g) “Treated wood waste handler” means a person who generates, handles, collects, processes, accumulates, stores, transfers, transports, treats, recycles, or disposes of treated wood waste.

(h) “Unit” means a pile, stack, container, bundle, or other discernable aggregation of treated wood waste for purposes of this article.

(i) “Wood preserving industry” means business concerns, either individually or collectively through a trade association, other than retailers, that manufacture or sell treated wood products in the state.

(j) “Wood waste” means all waste timber products and failed timber products, including solid sawn lumber and engineered wood products, offcuts, shavings, and sawdust that meet the definition of “waste” pursuant to Section 25124. “Wood waste” does not mean forest residues, green waste, or garden waste materials such as branches, bushes, and tree stumps.

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History

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 147, Sec. 2. (AB 332) Effective August 31, 2021. Conditionally repealed on or after January 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 25230.18.

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