CA AB2851

Changes the Department of Toxic Substances Control's authority to collect annual fees from metal shredding facilities to a requirement, with fees set to reimburse both the department and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment for implementing the requirements.

Requires air districts with metal shredding facilities to develop and adopt regulations by January 1, 2027 for facility-wide fence-line air quality monitoring, including threshold levels for lead, zinc, cadmium, and nickel.

Mandates metal shredding facilities monitor hazardous waste constituents requested by the department and report results to the department, with the department collecting and analyzing light fibrous material at fence lines.

Requires the department to develop a community notification procedure by July 1, 2027 if monitoring indicates release of light fibrous material, and requires air districts to develop community notification procedures if air quality threshold levels are exceeded.

Allows air districts and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to recover reasonable regulatory costs through their existing fee authority and the Hazardous Waste Control Account subaccount.