Bill Text: CA AB1672 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Solid waste: premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-20 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1672 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1672-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
July 01, 2020 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
January 23, 2020 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 25, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 11, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 28, 2019 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom (Coauthors: Assembly Members Calderon and Gonzalez) |
February 22, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)The intent of the Legislature in enacting this legislation is to protect public health, the environment, water quality, and public infrastructure used for the collection, transport, and treatment of wastewater.
(b)To prevent nondispersable nonwoven disposable products from entering sewer systems and potentially causing
overflows and other operational issues, it is the intent of the Legislature to create labeling requirements that will enable consumers to easily identify which nonwoven disposable products are not safe to dispose of using sanitary sewer systems.
SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to create labeling requirements for premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes that will enable consumers to easily identify which premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes are composed of petrochemical-derived fibers and therefore are not safe to dispose of using sanitary sewer systems, in order to protect public health, the environment, water quality, and public infrastructure used for the collection, transport, and treatment of wastewater.SEC. 2.
Part 9 (commencing with Section 49650) is added to Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read:PART 9. Premoistened Nonwoven Disposable Products Wipes
49650.
For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply:(c)“Labeling requirements” means the labeling standards contained in the Code of Practice of the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry and the European Disposables and Nonwovens Association, titled Communicating Appropriate Disposal Pathways for Nonwoven Wipes to Protect Wastewater Systems, second edition, as published in April 2017.
(a)(1)On and after January 1, 2021, except as provided in subdivision (c), a covered product shall be labeled clearly and conspicuously in adherence with the labeling requirements to communicate that it should not be flushed, and this label shall be in a high contrast font and color respective to the surrounding wording and space on the packaging and shall be in a location that is visible when individual wipes are dispensed from the product packaging.
(2)For covered products sold in bulk at retail, both the package purchased in the store and the individual packages contained within shall comply with the requirements in paragraph
(1).
(b)A covered entity, directly or through any corporation, partnership, subsidiary, division, trade name, or association in connection to the manufacturing, labeling, packaging, advertising, promotion, offering for sale, sale, or distribution of a covered product, shall not make any representation, in any manner, expressly or by implication, including through the use of a product name, endorsement, depiction, illustration, trademark, or trade name, about the flushable attributes, benefits, performance, or efficacy of a covered product.
(c)If a covered entity commenced the manufacturing of a line of covered products on or before December 31, 2020, the covered entity shall comply with this section with regard to those covered products no later than January 1,
2022.