The money in the fund shall be used for the following purposes: (a) To assist local governments in implementation of projects to identify and resolve environmental and public health problems that directly threaten the health or environmental quality of California residents or sensitive natural resources of the California border region, including projects related to domestic and industrial wastewater, vehicle and industrial air emissions, hazardous waste transport and disposal, human and ecological risks, and disposal of municipal solid waste.
(b) To provide technical assistance to those persons and entities described in subdivision (a) with regard to environmental protection, public health protection, or natural resource protection.
(c) To provide limited funds for equipment and labor costs associated with emergency abatement of environmental and public health problems imposed on residents of California due to cross-border impacts of pollutants originating from Baja California.
(d) To provide analytical and scientific equipment and services needed by border area public agencies to identify and monitor the sources of environmental and public health threats posed by cross-border transmission of environmental pollutants and toxics.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 742, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001. Provisions applicable as prescribed in Section 71104.)