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    Fires2021 Public View

    Metadata Updated: August 23, 2025

    DTSC assists local, state, and federal agencies after major disasters, including wildfires and flooding, to remove household hazardous waste and other harmful substances, such as e-waste found on parcels and properties.The contaminated debris is cleaned up and contained as quickly as possible to minimize exposure to emergency personnel, the public, the environment, and workers involved in restoration efforts.Staff from DTSC’s Emergency Response Unit oversees contractors who remove household hazardous waste (HHW), asbestos, and e-waste from properties, impacted areas, or designated drop-off locations.What is HHW?Examples of HHW include lead-acid and household batteries; compressed gas cylinders; bulk pesticides, fertilizers, and pool chemicals; paints, thinners, and aerosol cans; asbestos siding, pipe insulation, and tiles.What is E-Waste?E-waste can include cathode ray tubes (CRTs) from televisions, computers, and other electronic devices.DataThis data includes HHW assessment status information for the 2021 fires as well as details about when the assessment was performed.

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    Metadata Created Date August 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025

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    Harvested from State of California

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Publisher California Department of Toxic Substances Control
    Maintainer
    Identifier 4d59d96a-d780-4c95-ae52-34b87ff66fef
    Data First Published 2021-10-03T23:14:26.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2024-08-06T20:17:13.894Z
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id a7832ab5-e4fa-4451-adc0-eeea39b7f8bc
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5090013829a677fe76ff06633e6e5351be55163157480111895e8df51e484191
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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