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17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 25218.13 — (a) A household hazardous waste collection facility that has a permit issued under Section 25218.
• § 25218.14 — (a) The department shall convene a Retail Waste Working Group comprised of representatives of large retailers, small retailers, district attorneys, certified unified program agencies, nongovernment or
• § 25218.2 — (a) Prior to commencing operations, a public agency, or its contractor, that intends to operate a household hazardous waste collection facility shall submit the following written information to the CU
• § 25218.3 — (a) The department may authorize a household hazardous waste collection facility to accept hazardous waste from a VSQG.
• § 25218.4 — Except as provided in subdivision (f) of Section 25218.
• § 25218.5 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), hazardous waste transported to a household hazardous waste collection facility shall be transported by any of the following: (A) The individual or VSQG who
• § 25218.5.1 — Notwithstanding Section 25218.
• § 25218.7 — The corrective action provisions of Section 25200.
• § 25218.8 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a hazardous waste facilities permit shall be obtained for the operation of a household hazardous waste collection facility.
• § 25218.9 — On or before October 1 of each year, a public agency, or its contractor, operating a household hazardous waste collection facility shall submit to the CUPA, or, in those jurisdictions where there is n
• § 25219 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Federal battery management act” means the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act (P.
• § 25219.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, any other provision of this chapter, the federal battery management act shall be deemed to be the law of this state with
• § 25219.2 — Except as provided in this article, batteries not subject to regulation pursuant to Section 25219.
• § 25220 — (a) The department shall notify the planning and building department of each city, county, or regional council of governments of any recorded land use restriction imposed within the jurisdiction of th
• § 25221 — A person may enter into an agreement with the department regarding his or her property, or a portion thereof, which provides for restricting specified uses of the property, as determined by all partie
• § 25222 — Public notice of an agreement proposed to be entered into pursuant to Section 25221 shall be provided by the department at least 30 days before a hearing on, or execution of, the agreement.
• § 25223 — (a) A person may apply to the department for a written variance from a land use restriction imposed by the department.
• § 25224 — (a) A person may apply to the department to remove a land use restriction imposed by the department on the grounds that the waste no longer creates a significant existing or potential hazard to presen
• § 25225 — The department shall record within 10 days any final written instrument made pursuant to Section 25221 or 25224 with the county recorder of the county in which the property is located.
• § 25226 — An assessor shall consider a restrictive easement, covenant, restriction, or servitude adopted pursuant to the former Section 25230, as that section read prior to June 27, 2012, or Section 25202.
• § 25227 — A person shall not engage in any of the following on land that is subject to a recorded land use restriction pursuant to former Section 25229, 25230, or 25398.
• § 25230 — The Legislature finds and declares that this article is intended to address the unique circumstances associated with the generation and management of treated wood waste.
• § 25230.1 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Class I hazardous waste landfill” means a landfill that is also authorized as part of a permitted facility.
• § 25230.10 — (a) For purposes of this section, “resizing” means minimal cutting, breaking, or sawing, but does not include planing, grinding, drilling, chipping, sanding, shredding, mulching, or other mechanical h
• § 25230.11 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 25189.
• § 25230.12 — (a) An employer managing treated wood waste shall provide training for all employees handling treated wood waste and all employees that may reasonably be expected to contact treated wood waste.
• § 25230.13 — The Legislature intends to continue to work with the department in order to ensure adequate enforcement of and compliance with this article, including estimations for adequate enforcement, when resour
• § 25230.14 — (a) The Legislature intends to continue to evaluate the alternative management standards for treated wood waste, including the potential for longer term solutions that may replace the continuation of
• § 25230.15 — (a) The wood preserving industry shall, in consultation with the department, maintain an internet website and prepare fact sheets and other outreach materials on the appropriate handling, disposal, an
• § 25230.16 — If treated wood waste is accepted by a solid waste landfill that manages and disposes of the treated wood waste in accordance with Section 25143.
• § 25230.17 — No later than July 1, 2028, the department shall provide notification to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code if the department is prepared, as determined by the dire
• § 25230.18 — If, as of July 1, 2028, the department has provided the notification pursuant to Section 25230.
• § 25230.2 — (a) The alternative management standards of this article apply only to wood waste that is all of the following: (1) A hazardous waste solely due to the presence of a preservative in or on the wood tha
• § 25230.3 — (a) Treated wood waste, as described in Section 25230.
• § 25230.4 — (a) Except as authorized by this article, treated wood waste managed in accordance with the alternative management standards of this article, shall not be any of the following: (1) Burned.
• § 25230.5 — (a) Treated wood waste generated, accumulated, stored, or transported within California shall be clearly marked and visible for inspection.
• § 25230.6 — (a) (1) Treated wood waste shall be maintained in a manner that prevents unauthorized access and minimizes release to the environment.
• § 25230.7 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a treated wood waste handler is prohibited from sending or taking treated wood waste to a place other than a treated wood waste facility, or a treated wood w
• § 25230.8 — (a) A treated wood waste handler shall keep a record of each shipment of treated wood waste sent from the handler to treated wood waste facilities.
• § 25230.9 — (a) In any calendar year that a treated wood waste handler generates more than 10,000 pounds of treated wood waste, the handler shall obtain or maintain an identification number within 30 days of exce
• § 25242 — (a) Any city, county, or state agency which, as owner, lessor, or lessee, knows or has probable cause to believe that a disposal of hazardous waste which is not authorized pursuant to this chapter has
• § 25242.1 — It is the intention of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to protect the public health and safety and the environment by requiring all of the following: (a) Prompt steps to remedy the unauthor
• § 25242.2 — Prior to, or simultaneously with, utilizing the provisions of this article, the department shall diligently pursue all feasible civil and criminal actions against the owner of the land or other party
• § 25242.3 — If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, this holding shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be g
• § 25244 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Treatment Research and Demonstration Act of 1985.
• § 25244.01 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department’s duty to implement this article is contingent upon, and limited to, the availability of funding.
• § 25244.1 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, whenever possible, the generation of hazardous waste is to be reduced or eliminated as expeditiously as possible, and that waste that is generated s
• § 25244.10 — The department may issue grants to, and enter into contracts with, universities, governmental agencies, and private organizations to research and develop hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treat
• § 25244.12 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Hazardous Waste Source Reduction and Management Review Act.
• § 25244.13 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Existing law requires the department and the State Water Resources Control Board to promote the reduction of generated hazardous waste.
• § 25244.13.1 — (a) The department’s duties to implement this article are contingent upon, and limited to, the availability of funding.
• § 25244.14 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advisory committee” means the California Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 25244.
• § 25244.15 — (a) This article establishes a program for pollution prevention, including, but not limited to, hazardous waste source reduction.
• § 25244.15.1 — (a) The California Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee is hereby created and consists of the following members: (1) The Executive Director of the State Air Resources Board, as an ex officio member
• § 25244.16 — The department shall do both of the following: (a) Adopt a format to be used by generators for completing the review and plan required by Section 25244.
• § 25244.17 — The department may establish a technical and research assistance program to assist businesses in identifying and applying methods of pollution prevention.
• § 25244.17.1 — The department may establish a technical assistance and outreach program to promote implementation of model pollution prevention measures in priority business categories.
• § 25244.17.2 — (a) (1) The department may provide pollution prevention training and resources to CUPAs, small business development corporations, business environmental assistance centers, and other regional and loca
• § 25244.18 — (a) The department or the unified program agency may request from any generator, and the generator shall provide within 30 days from the date of the request, a copy of the generator’s review and plan
• § 25244.19 — (a) On or before September 1, 1991, and every four years thereafter, each generator shall conduct a source reduction evaluation review and plan pursuant to subdivision (b).
• § 25244.2 — For purposes of this article, “hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies” mean technologies and techniques which have, as their primary purpose, the reduced generation of hazard
• § 25244.20 — (a) On or before September 1, 1991, and every four years thereafter, each generator shall prepare a hazardous waste management performance report documenting hazardous waste management approaches impl
• § 25244.21 — (a) Every generator shall retain the original of the current review and plan and report, shall maintain a copy of the current review and plan and report at each site, or, for a multisite review and pl
• § 25244.22 — (a) The department may, on a periodic basis, prepare and make available for public review a draft work plan for the department’s operations and activities in carrying out this article.
• § 25244.23 — (a) (1) The department shall adopt regulations to ensure that trade secrets designated by a generator in all or a portion of the review and plan or the report required by this article are utilized by
• § 25244.4 — Every generator of hazardous waste shall submit a report to the department, at least once every two years, reporting the changes in volume and toxicity of waste achieved through waste reduction during
• § 25244.5 — (a) The department shall establish a Hazardous Waste Technology, Research, Development, and Demonstration Program, which shall consist of all of the following elements: (1) Contracting with, and provi
• § 25244.6 — The department, in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, the State Air Resources Board, and the California Waste Management Board, shall do all of the following: (a) Implement a p
• § 25244.7 — Consistent with Article VII of the California Constitution, the department may contract for services to be performed to carry out this article, including, but not limited to, environmental control ass
• § 25244.8 — Grant funding for equipment construction needed for demonstration of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, and treatment technologies shall be provided to projects selected pursuant to Section 25244.
• § 25244.9 — The department shall compile the results of all evaluations of projects funded by step IV grants, as specified in subdivision (d) of Section 25244.
• § 25245 — (a) The department shall adopt, and revise when appropriate, standards and regulations which shall do both of the following: (1) Specify the financial assurances to be provided by the owner or operato
• § 25245.4 — (a) (1) (A) On and before September 30, 1996, a facility or transportable treatment unit operating pursuant to a permit-by-rule is exempt from any standard or regulation requiring the provision of fin
• § 25246 — (a) Each owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility shall submit hazardous waste facility closure and postclosure plans to the department and to the California regional water quality control boar
• § 25246.1 — (a) (1) The department shall request, and an owner or operator of a facility shall submit to the department for review and approval, a written cost estimate for corrective action if all of the followi
• § 25246.2 — (a) All of the following requirements apply if a written cost estimate for corrective action is required pursuant to Section 25246.
• § 25247 — (a) The department shall review each plan submitted pursuant to Section 25246 and shall approve the plan if it finds that the plan complies with the regulations adopted by the department and complies
• § 25248 — The owner or operator of a facility for which closure and postclosure plans have been approved shall carry out the plans during the closure and postclosure period required by law.
• § 25249 — On the effective date of this article, any operator subject to former Division 7.
• § 25249.1 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Management” means disposal, storage, packaging, processing, pumping, recovery, recycling, transportation, transfer, treatm
• § 25249.10 — Exemptions from Warning Requirement.
• § 25249.11 — Definitions.
• § 25249.12 — (a) The Governor shall designate a lead agency and other agencies that may be required to implement this chapter, including this section.
• § 25249.13 — Preservation Of Existing Rights, Obligations, and Penalties.
• § 25249.14 — The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development shall post in a conspicuous location on its Internet Web site, and include with any informational materials provided to businesses relating t
• § 25249.2 — On or before July 1, 2004, the owner or operator of a perchlorate facility, located within a 5-mile radius of a public drinking water well that has been found by any state or local agency to be contam
• § 25249.5 — Prohibition On Contaminating Drinking Water With Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity.
• § 25249.6 — Required Warning Before Exposure To Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer Or Reproductive Toxicity.
• § 25249.7 — (a) A person who violates or threatens to violate Section 25249.
• § 25249.8 — List Of Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer Or Reproductive Toxicity.
• § 25249.9 — Exemptions from Discharge Prohibition.
• § 25250 — (a) The Legislature finds that almost 100 million gallons of used oil is generated each year in the state; that this oil is a valuable petroleum resource which can be recycled; and that, in spite of t
• § 25250.1 — (a) As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) (A) “Used oil” means all of the following: (i) Oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that ha
• § 25250.10 — Every registered hazardous waste hauler who transports used oil shall report to the department, on or before March 1 of each year, the following information on a form provided by the department: (a) T
• § 25250.11 — (a) Any person who receives used oil from consumers or other used oil generators, is exempt from hazardous waste facilities permit requirements imposed pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 2
• § 25250.12 — Used oil generated during maintenance operations may be transferred from its point of generation to the maintenance person’s place of business, other than a residence, for the purpose of consolidation
• § 25250.13 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a transfer facility, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 25123.
• § 25250.15 — (a) Any person operating a refuse removal vehicle or a curbside collection vehicle used to collect or transport used oil which has been generated as a household waste or as part of a curbside recyclin
• § 25250.16 — (a) No person may recycle used oil without obtaining authorization from the department pursuant to Section 25200 or 25200.
• § 25250.17 — (a) Unless the facility meets the requirements of Section 25250.
• § 25250.18 — (a) Any person who transports recycled oil or oil exempted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 25250.
• § 25250.19 — (a) (1) A used oil recycler shall test all recycled oil in accordance with paragraph (2), prior to transportation from the recycling facility, pursuant to applicable methods in the Environmental Prote
• § 25250.20 — Any person whose permit or registration has been revoked may not apply for a new or renewed permit or registration for a period of one year after the revocation of the permit or registration.
• § 25250.21 — Any person whose permit or registration has been revoked may not serve in the employ of a hazardous waste hauler or used oil recycler during the period of revocation of the permit or registration.
• § 25250.22 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and to the extent consistent with the federal act, a filter that contains a residue of gasoline or diesel fuel, may be managed in accordance with
• § 25250.23 — Any person who transports used oil shall register as a hazardous waste hauler and, unless specifically exempted or unless the used oil is not regulated by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of
• § 25250.24 — (a) A person who generates, receives, stores, transfers, transports, treats, or recycles used oil, unless specifically exempted or unless the used oil is not regulated by the department pursuant to su
• § 25250.25 — (a) Any person who manufactures containers which are produced specifically for the noncommercial storage or transportation of used oil and which are sold in this state to consumers, shall not sell or
• § 25250.26 — (a) Every generator of used oil, other than the owner or operator of a used oil collection center, as defined in Section 48622 of the Public Resources Code, or a household hazardous waste collection f
• § 25250.27 — (a) Nothing in this article prohibits a generator from managing and transporting used oil, to the extent consistent with federal law, in accordance with Sections 25110.
• § 25250.28 — (a) For purposes of this section, “automated onboard oil management system” means a system designed to extend the intervals between necessary oil changes and diminish the use of crankcase oil by elect
• § 25250.29 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (g), before a load of used oil is shipped to a transfer facility, recycling facility, or facility located out of the state, the used oil shall be tested
• § 25250.3 — Any virgin oil product or partially refined product, which has not been previously used, which has become contaminated with nonhazardous impurities such as dirt or water, and which has been returned t
• § 25250.30 — A used oil recycling facility located out of state that is registered or certified in accordance with Section 48662 of the Public Resources Code may enter into a testing and reporting agreement with t
• § 25250.4 — (a) Used oil shall be managed as a hazardous waste in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, unless one of the following applies: (1) The used oil is excluded from regulation as hazardous w
• § 25250.5 — (a) The disposal of used oil by discharge to sewers, drainage systems, surface water or groundwater, watercourses, or marine waters; by incineration or burning as fuel; or by deposit on land, is prohi
• § 25250.50 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) (1) “Advisory committee” means a committee of nine members appointed by the secretary on or before January 1, 2019, to consider
• § 25250.51 — (a) On and after January 1, 2014, any motor vehicle brake friction materials containing any of the following constituents in an amount that exceeds the following concentrations shall not be sold in th
• § 25250.52 — On and after January 1, 2021, any motor vehicle brake friction materials exceeding 5 percent copper by weight shall not be sold in this state, except as otherwise provided in this article.
• § 25250.53 — On and after January 1, 2025, any motor vehicle brake friction materials exceeding 0.
• § 25250.54 — (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2019, a manufacturer may apply to the department for a one-year, two-year, or three-year extension of the January 1, 2025, deadline established in Section 25250.
• § 25250.55 — Brake friction materials for the following motor vehicle classes are exempt from this article: (a) Military tactical support vehicles.
• § 25250.56 — (a) In developing new formulations to comply with Sections 25250.
• § 25250.60 — (a) The department shall consult with the brake friction materials manufacturing industry in the development of all criteria for testing and marking brake friction materials and adopting certification
• § 25250.62 — (a) A violation of this article by a vehicle manufacturer, a vehicle brake friction materials manufacturer, a distributor, or a retailer, shall be subject to a civil fine of up to ten thousand dollars
• § 25250.64 — (a) The Brake Friction Materials Water Pollution Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 25250.65 — (a) On or before January 1, 2023, the department and the board shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, a report on the implementation
• § 25250.7 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), no person who generates, stores, or transfers used oil shall intentionally contaminate used oil with other hazardous waste other than minimal amounts
• § 25250.9 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a hazardous waste transporter who transports used oil shall provide a written notification in the form below to each generator from whom the transporter
• § 25251 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Chemical manufacturer” means a person who manufactures a chemical or chemical ingredient that is used in a consumer product.
• § 25252 — (a) On or before January 1, 2011, the department shall adopt regulations to establish a process to identify and prioritize those chemicals or chemical ingredients in consumer products that may be cons
• § 25252.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), the department, in adopting the regulations pursuant to Sections 25252 and 25253, shall prepare a multimedia life cycle evaluation conducted by affected agen
• § 25253 — (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2011, the department shall adopt regulations pursuant to this section that establish a process for evaluating chemicals of concern in consumer products, and their poten
• § 25253.5 — The department shall revise its 2015–17 Priority Product Work Plan to include lead acid batteries for consideration and evaluation as a potential priority product.
• § 25253.6 — The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy goal of the state to ensure the safety of consumer products sold in California through timely administrative and legislative action on consumer pr
• § 25253.7 — (a) (1) The department may issue a formal request for information from product manufacturers.
• § 25253.9 — Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this section, the department shall include in each Priority Product Work Plan, commencing with the 2024–26 Priority Product Work Plan, in
• § 25254 — (a) In implementing this article, the department shall establish a Green Ribbon Science Panel.
• § 25255 — The panel may take any of the following actions: (a) Advise the department and the council on scientific and technical matters in support of the goals of this article of significantly reducing adverse
• § 25256 — The department shall establish the Toxics Information Clearinghouse, which shall provide a decentralized, Web-based system for the collection, maintenance, and distribution of specific chemical hazard
• § 25256.1 — On or before January 1, 2011, the office shall evaluate and specify the hazard traits and environmental and toxicological end-points and any other relevant data that are to be included in the clearing
• § 25256.2 — (a) The department shall develop requirements and standards related to the design of the clearinghouse and data quality and test methods that govern the data that is eligible to be available through t
• § 25256.3 — The department shall consult with other states, the federal government, and other nations to identify available data related to hazard traits and environmental and toxicological end-points, and to fac
• § 25257 — (a) A person providing information pursuant to this article may, at the time of submission, identify a portion of the information submitted to the department as a trade secret and, upon the written re
• § 25257.1 — (a) This article does not limit and shall not be construed to limit the department’s or any other department’s or agency’s existing authority over hazardous materials.
• § 25257.2 — (a) The department shall, by January 1, 2018, publish guidelines for healthy nail salon recognition (HNSR) programs voluntarily implemented by local cities and counties.
• § 25258 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
• § 25258.1 — On or before January 1, 2029, the department shall adopt regulations to implement, interpret, enforce, or make specific this article.
• § 25258.2 — On or before January 1, 2027, the department shall publish on its internet website a list of accepted testing methods for testing for the presence of regulated PFAS in menstrual products and appropria
• § 25258.3 — A person shall not manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale in the state a menstrual product that contains regulated PFAS.
• § 25258.4 — (a) On or before July 1, 2029, a manufacturer of a menstrual product, as defined in this article, shall register with the department and provide to the department all of the following in the manner pr
• § 25258.5 — (a) The department shall issue a notice of violation to a person or entity in violation of this article if any of the following occurs: (1) The department’s testing or test results submitted as a part
• § 25258.6 — (a) A violation of this article is punishable by a civil and administrative penalty.
• § 25258.7 — (a) On and after December 31, 2026, a manufacturer of disposable tampons or pad products shall maintain information regarding the concentrations of all of the following concerning chemicals in their d
• § 25259 — The department may, by regulation, designate end-of-life photovoltaic modules that are identified as hazardous waste as a universal waste and subject those modules to universal waste management.
• § 25260 — The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the interpretation of this chapter.
• § 25261 — (a) There is within the California Environmental Protection Agency a Site Designation Committee.
• § 25262 — (a) A responsible party for a hazardous materials release site may request the committee at any time to designate an administering agency to oversee a site investigation and remedial action at the sit
• § 25263 — (a) Any agency, including the administering agency, may request the committee at any time to convene an advisory team for the purpose of providing the administering agency with guidance in overseeing
• § 25264 — (a) The administering agency for a hazardous materials release site shall supervise all aspects of a site investigation and remedial action conducted by the responsible party and, for that purpose, th
• § 25265 — (a) Any agency may petition the chairperson of the committee at any time to review any of the following: (1) The manner in which the administering agency is implementing state and local laws, ordinanc
• § 25266 — The responsible party for a hazardous materials release site may, with the approval of the administering agency, terminate the application of this chapter to the site.
• § 25267 — If, at any time after site investigation or remedial action at a hazardous materials release site has begun, the administering agency determines that the information concerning the site that was avail
• § 25268 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as infringing on the right of any agency to obtain from the administering agency for a site the information that may be necessary for the agency to carry out
• § 25269 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) To enhance cooperation between the department and the regulated community, and to reduce the state’s costs associated with the overs
• § 25269.1 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
• § 25269.2 — (a) The department shall comply with this chapter when recovering oversight costs for corrective action pursuant to Chapter 6.
• § 25269.3 — The department shall take the following actions with regard to the tracking of indirect oversight costs: (a) Ensure that pro rata costs are allocated appropriately to all departmental activities, so t
• § 25269.4 — (a) The department shall establish rates for indirect oversight costs that are specific to each program and shall review and update the indirect cost rates based upon increases or decreases in the amo
• § 25269.5 — The department shall take the following actions with regard to the department’s relationship with the parties who are performing the investigation and cleanup of the hazardous substance release site o
• § 25269.6 — The department shall adopt a billing system for oversight costs which meets all of the following criteria: (a) Invoices shall be issued within 60 days to the extent practicable, with appropriate incen
• § 25269.8 — The department shall take all of the following actions with regard to uncollectible accounts: (a) Review all current outstanding receivables and make an appropriate adjustment for estimated uncollecti
• § 25270 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act.
• § 25270.12 — (a) An owner or operator of a tank facility who fails to prepare a spill prevention control and countermeasure plan in compliance with subdivision (a) of Section 25270.
• § 25270.12.1 — (a) Any owner or operator of a tank facility who fails to prepare a spill prevention control and countermeasure plan in compliance with subdivision (a) of Section 25270.
• § 25270.12.5 — (a) A person who knowingly violates Section 25270.
• § 25270.13 — (a) This chapter does not preempt local storage tank ordinances, in effect as of August 16, 1989, that meet or exceed the standards prescribed by this chapter.
• § 25270.2 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Aboveground storage tank” or “storage tank” means a tank or container that has the capacity to store 55 gallons or more of petroleum
• § 25270.3 — A tank facility is subject to this chapter if any of the following apply: (a) The tank facility is subject to the oil pollution prevention regulations specified in Part 112 (commencing with Section 11
• § 25270.4 — This chapter shall be implemented by the unified program agency, in accordance with the regulations adopted by the office pursuant to Section 25270.
• § 25270.4.1 — (a) The office shall adopt regulations implementing this chapter.
• § 25270.4.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the owner or operator of a storage tank at a tank facility subject to this chapter shall prepare a spill prevention control and countermeasure plan applying
• § 25270.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at least once every three years, the UPA shall inspect each storage tank or a representative sampling of the storage tanks at each tank facility that has a s
• § 25270.6 — (a) (1) On or before January 1, annually, each owner or operator of a tank facility subject to this chapter shall file with the statewide information management system, a tank facility statement that
• § 25270.8 — Each owner or operator of a tank facility shall immediately, upon discovery, notify the Office of Emergency Services and the UPA using the appropriate 24-hour emergency number or the 911 number, as es
• § 25270.9 — (a) The board and the regional board may oversee cleanup or abatement efforts, or cause cleanup or abatement efforts, of a release from a storage tank at a tank facility.
• § 25280 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Substances hazardous to the public health and safety and to the environment are stored prior to use or disposal in thousands of underground locat
• § 25280.5 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Subchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the United States Code provides for regulation of underground sto
• § 25280.6 — Either the owner or operator of an underground storage tank may comply with the requirements of this chapter that apply to the owner or operator of an underground storage tank.
• § 25281 — For purposes of this chapter and unless otherwise expressly provided, the following definitions apply: (a) “Automatic line leak detector” means any method of leak detection, as determined in regulatio
• § 25281.5 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (m) of Section 25281, for purposes of this chapter, “pipe” means all parts of a pipeline, or system of pipelines, used in connection with the storage of hazardous subst
• § 25281.6 — (a) A tank located in a below-grade structure and connected to an emergency tank system, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 25281.
• § 25282 — (a) The department shall compile a comprehensive master list of hazardous substances.
• § 25283 — (a) This chapter shall be implemented by the board, by the regional board, and by the local agency, as defined in subdivision (b), pursuant to the regulations adopted by the board.
• § 25283.1 — This chapter does not prohibit any county from entering into a joint powers agreement with other counties for the purposes of enforcing this chapter.
• § 25283.5 — (a) An underground storage tank that meets all of the following criteria is exempt from the requirements of this chapter: (1) All exterior surfaces of the tank, including connected piping, and the flo
• § 25284 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no person may own or operate an underground storage tank unless a permit for its operation has been issued by the local agency to the owner or operator o
• § 25284.1 — (a) The board shall take all of the following actions with regard to the prevention of unauthorized releases from petroleum underground storage tanks: (1) On or before June 1, 2000, initiate a field-b
• § 25284.2 — The owner or operator of an underground storage tank with a spill containment structure designed to prevent a release in the event of a spill or overfill while a hazardous substance is being placed in
• § 25284.4 — (a) All tank integrity tests required by this chapter or pursuant to any local ordinance in compliance with Section 25299.