CA Health & Safety Code Section 25135.7.5

(a)

If the department disapproves a county hazardous waste management plan pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25135.7, or a regional hazardous waste management plan pursuant to Section 25135.3, the department shall provide the county or regional council of governments, in writing and at the time of disapproval, with a detailed description of its reasons for disapproval of the plan. A county or regional council of governments with a disapproved hazardous waste management plan may submit a revised plan to the department one time only. A revised county or regional hazardous waste management plan shall be submitted to the department within 270 days of the effective date of the act adding this section, or within 270 days of plan disapproval if the plan is disapproved by the department after the effective date of the act adding this section. A county or regional council of governments shall notify the department of their intent to revise and resubmit a disapproved plan within 45 days of the effective date of the act adding this section, or within 45 days of plan disapproval, if the plan is disapproved after the effective date of the act adding this section. A resubmitted county or regional plan shall contain detailed responses to all of the reasons for disapproval of the plan described by the department. The department shall provide counties with informational guidelines on developing an approvable plan.

(b)

Before submitting a revised county hazardous waste management plan to the department pursuant to this section, the revised plan shall be approved by a majority of the cities within the county which contain a majority of the population of the incorporated area of the county, as specified in subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 25135.6. A city which fails to act upon a county plan revised pursuant to this section within 90 days after the plan has been submitted to the city by the county shall be deemed to have approved the revised plan.

(c)

The department shall review and either approve or disapprove a county or regional hazardous waste management plan revised pursuant to subdivision (a) within 180 days of receiving the revised plan.

(1)

The department shall approve a revised county hazardous waste management plan if the department makes all of the determinations in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 25135.7. If the department approves a revised county hazardous waste management plan pursuant to this section, the county shall comply with subdivision (b) of Section 25135.7, and each city within that county shall comply with subdivision (c) of Section 25135.7.

(2)

The department shall approve a revised regional hazardous waste management plan if the department makes all of the determinations in subdivision (g) of Section 25135.3.

(d)

A county which did not submit its plan to the department within the due dates for plan submittal established by subdivision (a) of Section 25135.7, or a county whose plan was not formally acted upon by the department by the February 28, 1990, deadline, may submit their plan to the department for review and approval or disapproval pursuant to the provisions governing the resubmittal of revised plans established by this section.

(e)

A council of governments which did not submit its plan to the department within the due dates for plan submittal established by Section 25135.3, or whose plan has not been formally acted upon by the department, may submit their plan to the department for review and approval or disapproval pursuant to the provisions governing the resubmittal of revised plans established by this section.