Treated Wood Waste Variance Update

Treated Wood Waste Update

1. On February 16, DTSC provided an update on the roll-out of the Treated Wood Waste Variance Program:

·        February 16 – DTSC will begin accepting disposal facility variance applications only (application will be live by COB on February 16)

·        February 19 – DTSC held a second ZOOM webinar about the variance application process (Notice)

o   Presentation was recorded and will be posted to the DTSC website.

·        February 19 – At the conclusion of the webinar, DTSC began accepting variance applications from ALL six applicant categories (Variance Webpage – The reimbursement payment schedule can be found at the end of Step 2)

1. The list of treated wood waste disposal sites with DTSC variances was posted on March 5

List of approved variance locations

List of TWW Handlers

Comments/Next Steps:

SB 332, introduced on February 28, is the bill to fix management of treated wood waste. It is an Assembly Environmental and Toxic Materials Committee bill; it is expected to be heard in that committee on April 7.

Sources for Treated Wood Waste Information:

• Website and FAQs –

https://dtsc.ca.gov/toxics-in-products/treated-wood-waste-information-and-fact-sheets/

• Questions?

tww_help@dtsc.ca.gov.