In reviewing, commenting upon, and approving or disapproving integrated waste management plans and the elements thereof, the board shall assist local agencies, to the extent that local agencies request this assistance within the same region, in developing regional cooperative approaches to source reduction, public information and education, and market development, if the approaches result in more efficient and cost-effective implementation of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1292, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 1993.)