(a) The wood preserving industry shall, in consultation with the department, maintain an internet website and prepare fact sheets and other outreach materials on the appropriate handling, disposal, and other management of treated wood waste for generators of treated wood waste and for facilities that may receive or handle treated wood waste. The outreach materials shall include, but not be limited to, information on how to identify treated wood waste compared to other wood wastes, instructions for how to properly handle, store, and dispose of treated wood waste, instructions on the required documentation for treated wood waste disposal, information on the appropriate use of protective equipment for handling treated wood and for field treating, and other information on maintaining compliance with the treated wood waste requirements for generators of treated wood waste and for facilities that may receive or handle treated wood waste pursuant to this article.

(b) The wood preserving industry shall annually update and renew the outreach materials prepared pursuant to subdivision (a), as appropriate.

(c) The wood preserving industry, in consultation with the department, shall disseminate, electronically or by mail, fact sheets and other outreach materials about the proper management and disposal of treated wood waste to generators, transporters, solid waste landfills, household hazardous waste collection facilities, and other facilities that may receive or handle treated wood waste, and shall also provide the materials with each shipment of treated wood products to a wholesaler or retailer of treated wood.

(d) The wood preserving industry shall provide an annual update to the department, which shall include, but not be limited to, a list of the names and addresses of the generators, solid waste landfills, household hazardous waste collection facilities, and other facilities that may receive or handle treated wood waste that were provided outreach materials in the prior year.

(e) The wood preserving industry shall provide the outreach materials prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Contractors’ State License Board for distribution to contractors, and shall send the outreach materials to fencing, decking, and landscape contractors, by electronic mail or mail, using the Contractors’ State License Board’s available listings and license application packages.

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 Conditionally repealed on or after January 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 25230.18.)