Notwithstanding Section 25218.5, a public agency may increase the maximum liquid volume and dry weight authorized to be transported pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of, and subdivision (c) of, Section 25218.5, to a total liquid volume of 15 gallons or a total dry weight of 125 pounds, if the public agency, as the case may be, finds that the local household hazardous waste collection program operated by that public agency, or its contractor, has adequate public education programs to inform the public on proper techniques for packaging and transporting the household hazardous waste to the program’s household hazardous waste collection facilities.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 485, Sec. 4. (SB 726) Effective January 1, 2020.)