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The following is a discussion of the statutory, regulatory and content adequacy
requirements of a Household Hazardous Waste Element (HHWE). This section contains what
staff will focus on during the review of a HHWE to determine and define adequacy.
In each of the following HHWE component discussions, the focus is on specific topics to
consider when determining whether or not a HHWE is considered adequate. The specific
topics in each component are significant and have been selected because those topics can
provide the majority of information necessary for staff to determine whether or not a plan
or element can be deemed adequate.
Household Hazardous Waste Element
Statutes: PRC sections
41500-41510
Each city and county is required to prepare, adopt and submit to the Board, a
HHWE which identifies a program for the safe collection, recycling, treatment, and
disposal of hazardous wastes that are generated by households.
Regulations: 14 CCR sections 18750 – 18751.8, 18760 –
18775
These regulations clarify and provide guidance to local jurisdictions who prepare
their HHWE. The HHWE specifies how household hazardous wastes generated by households
within the jurisdiction must be collected, treated, and disposed. The HHWE is addressed in
two Articles of Title 14, Chapter 9, of the CCR: Article 6.3, the Household Hazardous
Waste Element; and Article 7.0, the Procedures for Preparing and Revising City and County
Source Reduction and Recycling Elements, and Household Hazardous Waste Elements.
Article 6.3 specifies the means by which each jurisdiction is required to prepare and
implement a HHWE. This article outlines objectives that include plans to source reduce and
safely collect, recycle, treat, and dispose of household hazardous wastes generated within
the jurisdiction and provides a specific time frame for achieving these objectives.
Household Hazardous Waste Element Content Adequacy
An adequate HHWE contains the following components:
Adequacy of Household Hazardous Waste Alternatives
Component
Evaluation of Alternatives. The component contains an evaluation of the household
hazardous waste program alternatives considered for possible local implementation. These
alternatives can include periodic community-wide or neighborhood collection, permanent
drop-off sites, mobile waste collection, curbside collection, load-checking at solid waste
facilities, and waste exchange, reuse and recycling programs. Specificity of the
alternatives discussed is up to the discretion of the local jurisdiction. However, the
evaluation criteria selected by the local jurisdiction shall be defined and the definition
contained in the context of the component.
Adequacy of Program Selection
- Program Selection. The component contains an identification and description of the
household hazardous waste programs selected for implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Decisions on which programs were selected shall be up to the discretion of the local
jurisdiction. The selection process and decision shall be based on criteria established by
the local jurisdiction. That criteria shall be included in the context of the component.
Adequacy of Funding Component
- Funding Component. The component describes the cost estimates for each household
hazardous waste program scheduled for planning, development, and implementation in the
HHWE. In addition, the component identifies revenue sources to support those programs.
Sources of contingency funding are also addressed in this component. Contingency funding
can be identified by a list of possible revenue sources, such as tipping fees.
Adequacy of Implementation Schedule Component
- Implementation Schedule. The component contains a master implementation schedule that
indicates all implementation tasks for new and expanded household hazardous waste
programs. The schedule contains a title for each task, task start date and milestone date,
entity implementing the task, and a schedule for funding source availability. The
component contains a description of the household hazardous waste programs in the
jurisdiction that will be managed through interjurisdictional agreements, or memorandums
of understanding, with other cities or counties. A copy of the agreement or memorandum of
understanding is to be included in the component.
Adequacy of Education and Public Information Component
- Targeted Audience. The component contains a description of all education and public
information programs and activities within the jurisdiction which promote source
reduction, reuse, recycling and safe disposal of household hazardous waste. The component
contains a list of preferred alternatives both existing and proposed that will be
maintained or implemented. In addition, the component contains an identification of
targeted generators or sources such as single family or multifamily households, based on
the data compiled in the SWGS conducted for the individual jurisdiction.
- Program Selection. The component contains an identification and description of the
public education and information programs selected for implementation, monitoring, and
evaluation. Decisions on which programs were selected shall be up to the discretion of the
local jurisdiction. The selection process and decision shall be based on criteria
established by the local jurisdiction. That criteria shall be included in the text of the
component.
This summarizes the analysis and evaluation that would be used by local
assistance staff to
determine an adequate HHWE.
As approved by the Board on November 17, 1993.
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