Summary of Review of 1985 Waste Management Reorganization Proposal

For this study, the Commission reviewed the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1985. The plan proposed creating a Department of Wast Management through the consolidation of certain toxic and nonhazardous waste management activities performed by the Toxics Substances Control Division within the Department of Health Services, the California Waste Management Board, and certain portions of the State Water Resources Control Board and its nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards. 

State law establishes that all Governors' reorganization plans must be submitted to the Commission for review at least 30 days prior to submitting it to the Legislature for its consideration. Following its review and one or more public hearings on the proposal, the Commission offers a recommendation on whether the Legislature should allow the plan to go into effect.