California Code
DIVISION 20 - MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 6.8 - Hazardous Substance Account

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title and Legislative Intent

Section 25300. - 25300. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 25301. - 25301. It is the intent of the Legislature to do...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 25310. - 25310. The definitions set forth in this article shall govern...

Section 25310.5. - 25310.5. “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency. (Added by...

Section 25311. - 25311. “Contract competitor” means any person competing for a state...

Section 25312. - 25312. “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control. (Repealed...

Section 25313. - 25313. “Director” means the Director of Toxic Substances Control. (Repealed...

Section 25314. - 25314. “Feasibility study” means the identification and evaluation of technically...

Section 25315. - 25315. “Federal act” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...

Section 25316. - 25316. “Hazardous substance” means: (a) Any substance designated pursuant to...

Section 25317. - 25317. “Hazardous substance” does not include: (a) Petroleum, including crude...

Section 25318.5. - 25318.5. “Operation and maintenance” means those activities initiated or continued...

Section 25319. - 25319. “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company,...

Section 25319.1. - 25319.1. “Phase I environmental assessment” means a preliminary assessment of...

Section 25319.5. - 25319.5. “Preliminary endangerment assessment” means an activity that is performed...

Section 25319.6. - 25319.6. “Regional board” means a California regional water quality control...

Section 25320. - 25320. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,...

Section 25321. - 25321. “Release” does not include any of the following: (a)...

Section 25322. - 25322. “Remedy” or “remedial action” includes all of the following:...

Section 25322.1. - 25322.1. “Remedial design” means the detailed engineering plan to implement...

Section 25322.2. - 25322.2. “Remedial investigation” means those actions deemed necessary by the...

Section 25323. - 25323. “Remove” or “removal” includes the cleanup or removal of...

Section 25323.1. - 25323.1. “Removal action work plan” means a work plan prepared...

Section 25323.3. - 25323.3. “Response,” “respond,” or “response action” have the same meanings...

Section 25323.5. - 25323.5. (a) (1) “Responsible party” or “liable person,” for the...

Section 25323.9. - 25323.9. “Site” has the same meaning as the term “facility”...

Section 25324. - 25324. (a) “State account” means the Toxic Substances Control Account...

Section 25325. - 25325. “Federally permitted release” has the same meaning as defined...

Section 25326. - 25326. “A release authorized or permitted pursuant to state law”...

Section 25326.3. - 25326.3. “Secretary” means the Secretary for Environmental Protection. (Added by...

Section 25326.5. - 25326.5. “Site cleanup evaluation” means an evaluation by the department...

Section 25327. - 25327. “Tier” means a grouping of hazardous substance release sites...

ARTICLE 3 - Hazardous Substance Account

Section 25330.2. - 25330.2. Funds in the Site Remediation Account appropriated for removal...

Section 25330.4. - 25330.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Controller...

Section 25330.5. - 25330.5. (a) The Controller shall establish a separate subaccount for...

Section 25331. - 25331. The state account may sue and be sued in...

Section 25334.7. - 25334.7. (a) The department shall report to the Governor and...

Section 25337. - 25337. (a) There is in the General Fund the Site...

ARTICLE 4 - Fees

Section 25342. - 25342. The Director of Finance shall schedule in the annual...

Section 25343. - 25343. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

ARTICLE 5 - Uses of the State Account

Section 25350. - 25350. For response actions taken pursuant to the federal act,...

Section 25351.2. - 25351.2. (a) A city or county may initiate a removal...

Section 25351.5. - 25351.5. The department shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry...

Section 25351.7. - 25351.7. Any treatment, storage, transfer, or disposal facility built on...

Section 25351.8. - 25351.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not...

Section 25352. - 25352. Money deposited in the state account may also be...

Section 25353. - 25353. (a) Except as provided in (b), the department may...

Section 25353.5. - 25353.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 12439 of the Government Code,...

Section 25354. - 25354. (a) There is hereby continuously appropriated from the state...

Section 25354.5. - 25354.5. (a) A state or local law enforcement officer or...

Section 25355. - 25355. (a) The Governor is responsible for the coordination of...

Section 25355.2. - 25355.2. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the department...

Section 25355.3. - 25355.3. (a) The department shall require a responsible party who...

Section 25355.5. - 25355.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and...

Section 25355.6. - 25355.6. (a) The State Water Resources Control Board or a...

Section 25355.7. - 25355.7. The department and the State Water Resources Control Board...

Section 25355.8. - 25355.8. (a) The department shall not agree to oversee the...

Section 25356. - 25356. (a) (1) The department shall adopt, by regulation, criteria...

Section 25356.1. - 25356.1. (a) For purposes of this section, “regional board” means...

Section 25356.1.3. - 25356.1.3. (a) In exercising its authority at a hazardous substance...

Section 25356.1.5. - 25356.1.5. (a) Any response action taken or approved pursuant to...

Section 25357. - 25357. Expenditures from the state account shall not be made...

Section 25357.5. - 25357.5. (a) In any judicial action under this chapter, judicial...

Section 25358. - 25358. The state shall actively seek to obtain all federal...

Section 25358.1. - 25358.1. (a) The department, a representative of the department, or...

Section 25358.2. - 25358.2. (a) “Trade secrets,” as used in this section, may...

Section 25358.3. - 25358.3. (a) Whenever the director determines that there may be...

Section 25358.4. - 25358.4. The analysis of any material that is required to...

Section 25358.5. - 25358.5. Any removal or remedial action taken or contracted by...

Section 25358.6. - 25358.6. (a) The department may prequalify bidders for remedial or...

Section 25358.6.1. - 25358.6.1. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 25358.6.2. - 25358.6.2. (a) For contracts for the cleanup of hazardous substances...

Section 25358.7. - 25358.7. (a) The department or the regional board, as appropriate,...

Section 25358.7.1. - 25358.7.1. (a) At each site, a community advisory group may...

Section 25358.7.2. - 25358.7.2. (a) On or before July 1, 2000, the department...

Section 25358.8. - 25358.8. A community advisory group established pursuant to Section 25358.7.1...

Section 25358.9. - 25358.9. (a) To the extent consistent with the Resource Conservation...

Section 25359. - 25359. (a) Any person who is liable for a release,...

Section 25359.1. - 25359.1. There shall be no recovery of punitive damages under...

Section 25359.2. - 25359.2. Any person subject to a removal or remedial action...

Section 25359.3. - 25359.3. (a) The department may issue a complaint to any...

Section 25359.4. - 25359.4. (a) A person shall not release, or allow or...

Section 25359.4.5. - 25359.4.5. (a) A responsible party who has entered into an...

Section 25359.5. - 25359.5. (a) After making a determination, based upon a preliminary...

Section 25359.6. - 25359.6. (a) The director shall notify, within 20 working days,...

Section 25359.7. - 25359.7. (a) Any owner of nonresidential real property who knows,...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Cleanup of Santa Susana Field Laboratory

Section 25359.20. - 25359.20. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section...

ARTICLE 6 - Recovery Actions

Section 25360. - 25360. (a) A cost incurred by the department or regional...

Section 25360.1. - 25360.1. (a) Until June 30, 2021, except as provided in...

Section 25360.2. - 25360.2. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 25360.3. - 25360.3. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

Section 25360.4. - 25360.4. (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B)...

Section 25360.6. - 25360.6. (a) The department shall, if it determines that it...

Section 25361. - 25361. (a) The state account shall be a party in...

Section 25362. - 25362. Upon motion and sufficient showing by any party, the...

Section 25363. - 25363. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a party...

Section 25363.5. - 25363.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the...

Section 25364. - 25364. Except as provided in Section 25364.1, no indemnification, hold...

Section 25364.1. - 25364.1. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 25364.7. - 25364.7. The repeal of Section 25364.6 shall not affect any...

Section 25365. - 25365. The entry of judgment against any party to the...

Section 25365.6. - 25365.6. (a) Any costs or damages incurred by the department...

Section 25366. - 25366. (a) This chapter shall not be construed as imposing...

Section 25366.5. - 25366.5. (a) A public agency operating a household hazardous waste...

Section 25367. - 25367. (a) Any person who commits any of the following...

ARTICLE 6.3 - Technology Demonstration Program

Section 25368. - 25368. Notwithstanding Section 25355.5, the department shall carry out a...

Section 25368.1. - 25368.1. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 25368.2. - 25368.2. The department shall select technology demonstration projects to be...

Section 25368.3. - 25368.3. The department shall identify hazardous substance release sites, listed...

Section 25368.4. - 25368.4. (a) The department shall annually, on or before July...

Section 25368.5. - 25368.5. (a) On or before January 1, after reviewing all...

Section 25368.6. - 25368.6. Notwithstanding Section 25360, if the department determines that using...

Section 25368.7. - 25368.7. The department shall conduct a technology transfer program that...

Section 25368.8. - 25368.8. Notwithstanding paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 25356.1,...

ARTICLE 7 - Compensation

Section 25372. - 25372. Any person may apply to the Department of General...

Section 25373. - 25373. The Department of General Services shall prescribe appropriate forms...

Section 25374. - 25374. All decisions rendered by the Department of General Services...

Section 25375. - 25375. (a) If the Department of General Services makes the...

Section 25375.5. - 25375.5. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the procedures...

Section 25376. - 25376. No claim may be presented to the Department of...

Section 25377. - 25377. Nothing in this article shall require, or be deemed...

Section 25378. - 25378. (a) Compensation of any loss pursuant to this article...

Section 25379. - 25379. (a) The following evidence is not admissible as evidence...

Section 25380. - 25380. Compensation of any loss pursuant to this article shall...

Section 25381. - 25381. (a) The Department of General Services shall, in consultation...

Section 25382. - 25382. The Department of General Services may expend from the...

ARTICLE 7.5 - Hazardous Substance Cleanup Bond Act of 1984

Section 25385. - 25385. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 25385.1. - 25385.1. For purposes of this article, and for purposes of...

Section 25385.2. - 25385.2. The State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing...

Section 25385.4. - 25385.4. The Hazardous Substance Cleanup Committee, which is hereby created,...

Section 25385.5. - 25385.5. The committee may create a debt or debts, liability...

Section 25385.6. - 25385.6. (a) The moneys in the state account that are...

Section 25385.7. - 25385.7. (a) All bonds authorized by this article, which are...

Section 25386. - 25386. Notwithstanding Section 25386.5, the money deposited in the fund...

Section 25386.1. - 25386.1. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in...

Section 25386.2. - 25386.2. For the purpose of carrying out this article, the...

Section 25386.25. - 25386.25. Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or...

Section 25386.3. - 25386.3. Upon the request of the board, and supported by...

Section 25386.4. - 25386.4. The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all,...

Section 25386.5. - 25386.5. Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 25385.3...

ARTICLE 7.8 - Orphan Share Reimbursement Trust Fund

Section 25390. - 25390. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 25390.1. - 25390.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 25390.2. - 25390.2. (a) This article does not prohibit, and is not...

Section 25390.3. - 25390.3. (a) The Orphan Share Reimbursement Trust Fund is hereby...

Section 25390.4. - 25390.4. (a) A potentially responsible party may file a claim...

Section 25390.5. - 25390.5. For the purposes of this article, the orphan share...

Section 25390.6. - 25390.6. (a) Any costs paid from the fund pursuant to...

Section 25390.7. - 25390.7. A claim for reimbursement under paragraph (1) of subdivision...

Section 25390.8. - 25390.8. (a) Any costs incurred and payable from the fund...

Section 25390.9. - 25390.9. (a) This article shall become operative on the operative...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods

Section 25395.20. - 25395.20. (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 25395.21. - 25395.21. (a) The department, with the approval of the secretary,...

Section 25395.22. - 25395.22. (a) The department, with the approval of the secretary,...

Section 25395.23. - 25395.23. (a) The department, after consultation with the secretary, the...

Section 25395.24. - 25395.24. (a) The department may approve all, or part of,...

Section 25395.25. - 25395.25. Upon the approval of a loan pursuant to Section...

Section 25395.26. - 25395.26. (a) A loan approved pursuant to Section 25395.23 shall...

Section 25395.27. - 25395.27. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (a) and...

Section 25395.28. - 25395.28. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and...

Section 25395.29. - 25395.29. (a) The department may adopt regulations to implement this...

Section 25395.30. - 25395.30. The following persons are not eligible to apply for...

Section 25395.31. - 25395.31. The rate of interest to be applied to loans...

Section 25395.32. - 25395.32. On or before January 10 of each year when...

ARTICLE 8.6 - Revolving Loans Fund

Section 25395.35. - 25395.35. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...

Section 25395.36. - 25395.36. (a) The Revolving Loans Fund is hereby created in...

ARTICLE 8.7 - California Financial Assurance and Insurance for Redevelopment Program

Section 25395.40. - 25395.40. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 25395.41. - 25395.41. (a) The secretary shall solicit proposals for a package...

Section 25395.42. - 25395.42. (a) The secretary shall expend the funds from the...

Section 25395.43. - 25395.43. (a) Any person who is conducting a response action...

Section 25395.44. - 25395.44. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the agency,...

Section 25395.45. - 25395.45. The agency may adopt regulations to implement this article...

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California Code DIVISION 20 - MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS CHAPTER 6.8 - Hazardous Substance Account

California Code
DIVISION 20 - MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 6.8 - Hazardous Substance Account