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E • 11 0 0 (f) It is the intent of this article to promote the reduction of hazardous waste at its source, and wherever source reduction is not feasible or practicable, to encourage recycling. Where it is not feasible to reduce or recycle hazardous waste, the waste should be treated in an environmentally safe manner to minimize the present and future threat to health and the environment. (g) It is the intent of the Legislature not to preclude the regulation of environmentally harmful releases to all media, including air, land, surface water, and groundwater, and to encourage and promote the reduction of these releases to air, land, surface water, and groundwater. (h) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage all state departments and agencies, especially the State Water Resources Control Board, the California regional water quality control boards, the State Air Resources Board, the air pollution control districts, and the air quality management districts, to promote the reduction of environmentally harmful releases to all media. SEC. 44. Section 25244.13.1 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 25244.13.1. (a) The department's duties to implement this article are contingent upon, and limited to, the availability of funding. (b) Subdivision (a) does not eliminate a requirement of this article that is imposed upon a generator. RECEIVED SEC. 45. Section 25244.14 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: A U G 05 2014 25244.14. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (a) "Advisory committee" means the California Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee established pursuant to DEPARTM ENT 25244.15.1. (b) "Appropriate local agency" means a county, city, or regional association that has adopted a hazardous waste management plan pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 25135). (c) "Business' has the same meaning as defined in Section 25501. (d) "Hazardous waste management approaches" means approaches, methods, and techniques of managing the generation and handling of hazardous waste, including source reduction, recycling, and the treatment of hazardous waste. (e) "Hazardous waste management performance report" or "report" means the report required by subdivision (b) of Section 25244.20 to document and evaluate the results of hazardous waste management practices. (t) "NAICS Code" means the identification number assigned to specific types of businesses by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) adopted by the United States Census Bureau. (g) "Pollution prevention" means the reduction of chemical sources that have adverse impacts on public health and the environment, including, but not limited to, source reduction. (h) "SIC Code" means the identification number assigned to specific types of businesses by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system established by the United States Department of Commerce. (i) (1) "Source reduction" means one of the following: (A) An action that causes a net reduction in the generation of hazardous waste. (B) An action taken before the hazardous waste is generated that results in a lessening of the properties that cause it to be classified as a hazardous waste. (2) "Source reduction" includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (A) "Input change," which means a change in raw materials or feedstocks used in a production process or operation so as to reduce, avoid, or eliminate the generation of hazardous waste.