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i facility, up to an amount equal to 10 percent of the facility's annual gross receipts for hazardous waste treated, stored, or disposed of at that facility, except as specified.°° The CHWMP must contain an analysis of the hazardous waste stream, a w determination of the need for facilities to manage the waste, and an identification of candidate locations for new or expanded facilities. The Tanner legislation requires that: • An advisory committee must be formed to assist in prepa- ration of the Plan. The committee should contain repre- sentatives from City governments, the public, industry, environmental groups, agriculture, labor, farm workers, military, and technical professionals (chemists, engi - neers, geologists) . • The Plan must be approved by a majority of the cities in the County that contain a majority of the population. AB 2948 outlinesrocedures for approval of new or expanded facili - ties. Such facilities will have to be determined consistent with the County Hazardous Waste Management Plan, as well as with applicable General Plan and Zoning ordinances. Also included in AB 2948 are procedures for governmental approvals, coordinated permit review, and limited administrative appeals of applications for permits for new hazardous waste management facilities. 1 .2 LEGISLATION BANNING LAND DISPOSAL The 1984 federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSW ) to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( CA) mandate a nationwide phaseout of disposal of all untreated hazardous wastes on the land by 1992 -- including disposal in landfills, pits, surface impoundments, injection wells, or similar facilities. The HWSA establishes a statutory presumption against land disposal of all untreated hazardous wastes unless the U.S. Environmental Protec- tion Agency (EPA) specifically finds that such a ban for a particular PJ9 9390502D.00D 1-4 v. 1 11/08/88