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Health & Saf. Code, § 25230.4 · Article 11.2. Management of Treated Wood Waste

Health & Saf. Code, § 25230.4

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

(a) Except as authorized by this article, treated wood waste managed in accordance with the alternative management standards of this article, shall not be any of the following:

(1) Burned.

(2) Scavenged.

(3) Commingled with other waste prior to disposal, if previously segregated.

(4) Stored in contact with the ground.

(5) Recycled, with or without treatment, except as provided for in subdivision (c).

(6) Treated except in compliance with Section 25230.10.

(7) Disposed to land except in compliance with Section 25230.11.

(8) Chipped for mulch.

(b) Any label or mark that identifies the wood waste as treated wood waste shall not be intentionally removed, obliterated, defaced, or destroyed prior to disposal in a landfill.

(c) Treated wood waste may be recycled only by reuse if all of the following conditions apply:

(1) Reuse is onsite at the facility at which the treated wood waste was generated.

(2) At the time of reuse, reuse is consistent with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq.) approved use of the preservative with which the treated wood waste has been treated.

(3) Prior to reuse, the treated wood waste is handled in compliance with all applicable management standards of this article.

(d) Subject to subdivision (c), during reuse, the treated wood waste is not subject to the management standards in Sections 25230.5 through 25230.11.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

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 Conditionally repealed on or after January 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 25230.18.

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