(a) The department may, on a periodic basis, prepare and make available for public review a draft work plan for the department’s operations and activities in carrying out this article. The department shall prepare the work plan in consultation with the advisory committee and with other interested parties, including local government, industry, labor, health, and environmental organizations. The department shall hold a public meeting of the advisory committee to discuss the draft work plan before finalizing the work plan. This work plan shall include an outline of the department’s proposed operations and activities under this article. The department shall use the data summary analysis prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) to develop criteria for the selection of targets for pollution prevention efforts. When identifying activities for inclusion in the work plan, the department shall consider potential benefits to human health and the environment, available resources, feasibility of applying pollution prevention techniques, and availability of related resources from other entities, such as other states, the federal government, local governments, and other organizations.

(b) The department may periodically prepare, and make available to the public on its Internet Web site, a summary analysis of readily available data on the state’s hazardous waste generation and management patterns. The analysis may include information from various data sources including hazardous waste manifests, biennial generator reports, and United States Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory reports. The department shall estimate the quantities of hazardous waste generated in the state, by hazardous waste stream, the amounts of hazardous waste generated in the state by industry SIC or NAICS Code, and the amounts of hazardous waste state generators sent offsite for management, by management method.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 56. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)