(a) The department may authorize a household hazardous waste collection facility to accept hazardous waste from a VSQG.

(b) (1) A household hazardous waste collection facility that is authorized to accept hazardous waste from a VSQG pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not accept more than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste, or 1 kilogram of extremely hazardous waste, from any one VSQG in a calendar month. Calculations of quantity under this subdivision shall not include universal wastes managed pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 66273.1) of Division 4.5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a household hazardous waste collection facility may accept more than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste from a VSQG at a single time as long as it accepts a total of no more than 1,200 kilograms of hazardous waste from that VSQG in a calendar year.

(3) The limits specified in this subdivision do not apply to recyclable latex paint or oil-based paint accepted by a household hazardous waste collection facility that accepts recyclable paint pursuant to Section 25217.2 or oil-based paint pursuant to Section 25217.2.1.

(c) A public agency, or its contractor, that accepts hazardous waste from a VSQG pursuant to this section may charge the VSQG a fee for the cost incurred in handling their hazardous waste.

(d) The department may adopt and revise regulations for household hazardous waste collection facilities, including those that are authorized to accept hazardous waste from a VSQG. The regulations shall provide for all of the following:

(1) Promoting the reduction, reclamation, and recycling of hazardous waste over other hazardous waste management alternatives.

(2) Ensuring the safe transport of household hazardous waste and hazardous waste to authorized collection programs.

(3) Ensuring the compliance of participating VSQGs with the monthly quantity limitations specified in Section 262.13 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, a household hazardous waste collection facility may authorize a person delivering waste at the acceptance area of the facility to exit their vehicle only if the facility determines that the person is required to exit the vehicle in order to provide access to the household hazardous waste being delivered. After providing the required access, the facility shall ensure that the person immediately returns to their vehicle.

(f) Notwithstanding any other law, a household hazardous waste collection facility may accept hazardous waste from a VSQG in the same area and at the same time that the facility accepts residential household hazardous waste.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 499, Sec. 5. (AB 2481) Effective January 1, 2023.)