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"California Governor signs Firestone bill. A tire-fee extension bill and two others await signature." The final version of AB 2181 enacted into law established fines ranging from $500 per day of violation to $5,000 per day per violation for neglient violators of the state's waste tire storage requirements. Intentional violaters may be charge up to $10,000 per violation plus up to one-year in a county jail, or both. Previous regulations required only a fine, no jail time and specified that an illegal tire dumper needed to be caught in the act of dumping scrap tires before he could be prosecuted. Meanwhile, legislation which would extend 25-cent per tire fee for an addtional eighteen months still awaits the Governor's signature. AB 117 legislation extending the fee (Escutia, D-Bell) was hammered out in the final days of California's two-year legistive session witht he State Senate passing the measure 27 to3 before returning it to the Assembly for concurrence in amendments. According to the California Tire Report, the lower house passed the bill 58 to 17. In addition to extending the tire fee - now scheduled to expire on June 30, 1999- to January 1, 2001, the final bill continues to exempt tires on new and used vehicles from the fee. It allows tire retailers to retain 10 percent of the fee for administrative costs and requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) to establish a task force to prepare a report on tire recycling with legislative recommendations for submittal to the legislature May 1, 1999. The bill also calls for CIWMB to emphasize "permitting, enforcement, anc clean up" activities in allocating FY1999-00 Tire Fund Grants. No decision on permits, budget initiatives Two other bills dealing with waste tires are on Governor Wilson's desk. AB 228 (Migden, D-San Francisco) would impose fines of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000 for each day of violation for accepting or abandoning tires at unpermitted major waste tire facilities and fines of $500 to $5,000 for minor waste tire facilities. It also allows imprisonment of up to one year in county jail for violations. Under the measure, local governments which take over enforcement and prosecuation duties fro the CIWMB would be allowed to keep any fines collected. AB 964 (Bowen, D-Marina del Ray) requires the CIWMB to submit its Tire Program budget recommendations to the Legislatiure during their budget deliberations. The measure which was passed by the legislature and sent tot eh Governor August 27 also contained an amendment added by Assembly Member Bowenn in the wake of the Tracy, CA tire fire (see Stn Vol 12, No 9 p 4), The new provision would allow CIWMB to enter into private proeprty for the purpose of remediating illegal tire piles after obtaining a court order establishing liability and determining that there is a significant threat to the public health or environment.
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