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

• § 25395.84 — (a) A court of competent jurisdiction may award reasonable attorneys’ fees and experts’ fees to a person who initiates a claim under an applicable law for contribution for, or recovery of, response co
• § 25395.85 — An innocent landowner, bona fide purchaser, contiguous landowner, or bona fide ground tenant, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 25395.
• § 25395.86 — (a) This chapter does not provide immunity from any of the following: (1) Liability for bodily injury or wrongful death.
• § 25395.87 — (a) On or before March 31, 2005, the California Environmental Protection Agency shall develop a form that, upon approval of a response plan, shall be completed and submitted to the agency by a bona fi
• § 25395.90 — (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this article, the definitions in Article 2 (commencing with Section 25395.
• § 25395.91 — (a) Only the following are eligible to enter into an agreement pursuant to this article: (1) A bona fide purchaser, innocent landowner, or contiguous property owner who meets the requirements specifie
• § 25395.92 — (a) A bona fide purchaser, innocent landowner, or contiguous property owner who seeks to qualify for the immunity provided by this chapter shall enter into an agreement with an agency pursuant to this
• § 25395.93 — (a) A person may withdraw from an agreement entered into pursuant to this article by providing a 30-day written notice to the agency and doing both of the following: (1) Reimbursing the agency for all
• § 25395.94 — (a) (1) A person who enters into an agreement pursuant to this article with an agency for the oversight of a site assessment shall submit a site assessment plan to the agency to conduct a site assessm
• § 25395.95 — (a) After implementation of the site assessment plan, the person shall submit to the agency a report of the findings made pursuant to the plan.
• § 25395.96 — (a) If, upon review of the site assessment prepared pursuant to this article, the agency determines that a response action is necessary to prevent or eliminate an unreasonable risk, the bona fide purc
• § 25395.97 — (a) Except as provided in Section 25395.
• § 25395.98 — A person who acquires a property from an innocent landowner, bona fide purchaser, or contiguous property owner, and the property was previously issued a certificate of completion or no further action
• § 25395.99 — (a) A response plan may require the use of a land use control that imposes appropriate conditions, restrictions, and obligations on land use or activities, if, after completion of the removal and reme
• § 25396 — The requirements of the former California Expedited Remedial Action Reform Act of 1994 (former Chapter 6.
• § 25400 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a threat to the public health and safety exists wherever there is a discharge, spill, or presence of hazardous substances on public or private property; and
• § 25400.10 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Methamphetamine use and production are growing throughout the state.
• § 25400.11 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Authorized contractor” means a person who has been trained or received other qualifications pursuant to Section 25400.
• § 25400.12 — Any term not defined expressly by this article shall have the same meaning as defined in Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45.
• § 25400.16 — (a) Property contaminated by methamphetamine laboratory activity is safe for human occupancy for purposes of this chapter only if the level of methamphetamine on an indoor surface is less than, or equ
• § 25400.17 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a city, county, or city and county shall comply with the uniform regulations and standards established pursuant to this chapter.
• § 25400.18 — Within 48 hours after receiving notification from a law enforcement agency of potential contamination of property by a methamphetamine or fentanyl laboratory activity, the local health officer shall p
• § 25400.19 — Within five working days after receiving a notification from a law enforcement agency of known or suspected contamination of a property by a methamphetamine or fentanyl laboratory activity, or upon no
• § 25400.20 — (a) Upon completing an inspection pursuant to Section 25400.
• § 25400.22 — (a) No later than 10 working days after the date when a local health officer determines that property is contaminated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 25400.
• § 25400.25 — (a) A property owner who receives an order issued pursuant to Section 25400.
• § 25400.26 — (a) A property owner who receives an order issued pursuant to Section 25400.
• § 25400.27 — (a) If a local health officer determines that property that has been the subject of a PSA report has been remediated in accordance with this chapter, or if the local health officer makes the determina
• § 25400.28 — Until a property owner subject to Section 25400.
• § 25400.30 — (a) (1) If a property owner does not initiate or complete the remediation of property in compliance with an order issued by a local health officer pursuant to this chapter, the city or county in which
• § 25400.35 — A local health officer shall establish a written plan consistent with this chapter outlining the procedures to be followed for conducting the remediation to property for purposes of this chapter.
• § 25400.36 — The PSA work plan shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) The physical location of the property.
• § 25400.37 — After a preliminary site assessment is completed in accordance with the PSA work plan, a PSA report shall be prepared and submitted to the local health officer.
• § 25400.38 — The PSA work plan and PSA report shall be signed and notarized by the contractor responsible for the completion of the preliminary site assessment and by a certified industrial hygienist for sufficien
• § 25400.40 — (a) A person shall not perform a preliminary site assessment or any remediation work pursuant to this chapter, including a decontamination, demolition, or disposal, unless the person has completed all
• § 25400.45 — (a) A property owner who does not provide a notice or disclosure required by this chapter is subject to a civil penalty in an amount of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).
• § 25400.46 — (a) A property owner who receives an order issued by a local health officer pursuant to Section 25400.
• § 25400.47 — (a) If the registered owner of a mobilehome, manufactured home, or recreational vehicle, in or about which methamphetamine or fentanyl laboratory activity occurred, does not take the action required b
• § 25403 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Blighted area” means an area in which the local agency determines there are vacancies, abandonment of property
• § 25403.1 — (a) (1) (A) A local agency may, in accordance with this chapter, take any action that the local agency determines is necessary and that is consistent with other state and federal laws to investigate o
• § 25403.2 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a local agency that undertakes and completes an action, or causes another person to undertake and complete an actio
• § 25403.3 — The immunity provided for by Section 25403.
• § 25403.4 — Within 60 days of being presented with a bill from the department or regional board, the local agency shall reimburse the department or the regional board for costs incurred in reviewing or approving
• § 25403.5 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if a local agency undertakes action to investigate property or clean up, or to require others to investigate or clean up, including compelling a respo
• § 25403.6 — (a) Except as provided in Section 25403.
• § 25403.7 — A local agency shall comply with all the following requirements with regard to providing public participation when taking action pursuant to this chapter: (a) The local agency shall provide an opportu
• § 25403.8 — The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is the policy successor to the Polanco Redevelopment Act (Article 12.
• § 25404 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) (A) “Certified Unified Program Agency” or “CUPA” means the agency certified by the secretary to implement t
• § 25404.1 — (a) (1) All aspects of the unified program related to the adoption and interpretation of statewide standards and requirements shall be the responsibility of the state agency which is charged with that
• § 25404.1.1 — (a) If a unified program agency determines that a person has committed, or is committing, a violation of any law, regulation, permit, information request, order, variance, or other requirement that th
• § 25404.1.2 — (a) (1) An authorized representative of the UPA, who in the course of conducting an inspection, detects a minor violation, shall take an enforcement action as to the minor violation only in accordance
• § 25404.1.3 — (a) A unified program agency may apply to the clerk of the appropriate court for a judgment to collect an administrative penalty for an administrative order or decision that has become final pursuant
• § 25404.2 — (a) The unified program agencies in each jurisdiction shall do all of the following: (1) (A) The certified unified program agency shall develop and implement a procedure for issuing, to a unified prog
• § 25404.3 — (a) The secretary shall, within a reasonable time after submission of a complete application for certification pursuant to Section 25404.
• § 25404.3.1 — A city or other local agency, which, as of December 31, 1999, has been designated as an administering agency pursuant to Section 25502, or has assumed responsibility for the implementation of Chapter
• § 25404.4 — (a) (1) The secretary shall periodically review the ability of each certified unified program agency to carry out this chapter.
• § 25404.5 — (a) (1) Each certified unified program agency shall institute a single fee system, which shall replace the fees levied pursuant to Sections 25201.
• § 25404.6 — (a) The secretary may immediately implement those aspects of the unified program which do not require statutory changes.
• § 25404.8 — (a) (1) In a county for which a CUPA has not been certified on or before January 1, 2000, and where the unified program is implemented pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 25404.
• § 25404.9 — (a) The State Certified Unified Program Agency Account (SCUPA Account) is hereby established in the General Fund and shall be administered by the department.
• § 25410 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Hazardous materials, including hazardous substances and hazardous wastes, are present in the state and pose acute and chronic health risks to indi
• § 25411 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Handle” means to use, generate, process, produce, package, treat, store, or dispose of a hazardous material in any fashion.
• § 25416 — (a) All studies and community information programs conducted pursuant to this section shall be done only if either subdivision (b) applies or if funds are available without restructuring the departmen
• § 25417 — The department shall publish the consumer information booklet described in Section 10084.
• § 25417.1 — The department shall publish a new edition of the consumer information booklet described in Section 10084.
• § 25417.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, “thirdhand smoke” means the toxic chemical residue left behind by tobacco smoke.
• § 25420 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Biogas” means gas that is produced from the anaerobic decomposition of organic material.
• § 25421 — (a) On or before May 15, 2013, all of the following shall be completed: (1) The office, in consultation with the board, the department, CalRecycle, and the California Environmental Protection Agency,
• § 25422 — (a) Any person violating, or threatening to violate, Section 25421 may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction.
• § 25500 — (a) The Legislature declares that, in order to protect the public health and safety and the environment, it is necessary to establish business and area plans relating to the handling and release or th
• § 25501 — Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Agricultural handler” means a business operating a farm that is subject to the exemption
• § 25502 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, this article and Article 3 (commencing with Section 25545), as it pertains to the handling of hazardous material, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 25531),
• § 25503 — (a) The secretary shall adopt, after public hearing and consultation with the Office of the State Fire Marshal and other appropriate public entities, regulations for minimum standards for business pla
• § 25504 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that persons attempting to do business in this state are increasingly experiencing excessive and duplicative regulatory requirements at different levels o
• § 25505 — (a) A business plan shall contain all of the following information: (1) The inventory of information required by this article and additional information the governing body of the unified program agenc
• § 25505.1 — A business that is required to establish and implement a business plan pursuant to Section 25507 and is located on leased or rented real property shall notify, in writing, the owner of the property th
• § 25506 — (a) The secretary, in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services, shall specify the hazardous materials inventory that shall be submitted by handlers and the data to be collected and submitted
• § 25507 — (a) Except as provided in this article, a business shall establish and implement a business plan for emergency response to a release or threatened release of a hazardous material in accordance with th
• § 25507.1 — (a) A unified program agency shall exempt a business operating a farm for purposes of cultivating the soil or raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity from filing the informat
• § 25507.2 — Except as specified in this section, unless required by a local ordinance, the unified program agency shall exempt a business from application of Sections 25506, 25507, 25508.
• § 25507.5 — (a) A supplier of hazardous materials that are listed by the United States Department of Transportation and that are classified in two or more federal hazard categories in the California Environmental
• § 25508 — (a) (1) A handler shall electronically submit its business plan to the statewide information management system in accordance with the requirements of this article and certify that the business plan me
• § 25508.1 — Within 30 days of any one of the following events, a business subject to this article shall electronically update the information submitted to the statewide information management system: (a) A 100 pe
• § 25508.2 — On or before the due date established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 25508, the business owner, business operator, or officially designated representative of the business shal
• § 25508.3 — Except for a household hazardous waste collection facility, as defined in Section 25218.
• § 25509 — (a) The unified program agency shall maintain its administrative procedures with regard to maintaining records and responding to requests for information in accordance with Subdivision 4 (commencing w
• § 25510 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a hazardous material, hazardous waste, or hazardous substance release or threatened release shall be reported by the handler, or an employee, authorized
• § 25510.1 — (a) A business required to submit a followup emergency notice pursuant to Section 11004(c) of Title 42 of the United States Code shall submit the notice on a form approved by the Office of Emergency S
• § 25510.2 — In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, a unified program agency may train for, and respond to, the release, or threatened release, of a hazardous material.
• § 25510.3 — The emergency response personnel, responding to the reported release or threatened release of a hazardous material, or of a regulated substance, as defined in Section 25532, or to any fire or explosio
• § 25511 — (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 25531), an employee or authorized representative of a unified program agency has the authority specified i
• § 25512 — (a) As used in this section, “trade secret” means a trade secret as defined in either subdivision (f) of Section 7924.
• § 25512.1 — Notwithstanding Section 25512, information certified by appropriate officials of the United States as necessary to be kept secret for national defense purposes shall be accorded the full protections a
• § 25513 — (a) Each administering county or city may, upon a majority vote of the governing body, adopt a schedule of fees to be collected from each business required to submit a business plan pursuant to this a
• § 25514 — Notwithstanding any other law, a public entity shall not be held liable for any injury or damages resulting from an inadequate or negligent review of a business plan conducted pursuant to Section 2550
• § 25514.1 — (a) The submission of any information required under this article does not affect any other liability or responsibility of a business with regard to safeguarding the health and safety of an employee o
• § 25515 — (a) A business that violates Sections 25504 to 25508.
• § 25515.1 — A person that knowingly violates Sections 25504 to 25508.
• § 25515.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 25515, a business that violates this article is liable to a unified program agency for an administrative penalty not greater than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each day
• § 25515.3 — (a) A person or business that violates Section 25510 shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day of violation, by imprisonment in
• § 25515.4 — A person who willfully prevents, interferes with, or attempts to impede the enforcement of this article by any authorized representative of a unified program agency is, upon conviction, guilty of a mi
• § 25515.5 — (a) All criminal penalties collected pursuant to this article shall be apportioned in the following manner: (1) Fifty percent shall be paid to the office of the city attorney, district attorney, or th
• § 25515.6 — (a) (1) If the unified program agency determines that a business has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a violation of this articl
• § 25515.7 — Every civil action brought under this article or Article 2 (commencing with Section 25531) shall be brought by the city attorney, county counsel, district attorney, or the Attorney General in the name
• § 25515.8 — (a) In a civil action brought pursuant to this article or Article 2 (commencing with Section 25531) in which a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction is sought, i
• § 25516 — (a) A person who provides information that materially contributes to the imposition of a civil penalty, whether by settlement or court order, under Section 25515 or 25515.
• § 25517 — The secretary may develop materials, including guidelines and informational pamphlets, to assist businesses to fulfill their obligations under this article.
• § 25518 — This article shall be construed liberally so as to accomplish the intent of the Legislature in protecting the public health, safety, and the environment.
• § 25519 — If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article that can b
• § 25531 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a significant number of chemical manufacturing and processing facilities generate, store, treat, handle, refine, process, and transport hazardous materials.
• § 25531.1 — The Legislature finds and declares that the public has a right to know about acutely hazardous materials accident risks that may affect their health and safety, and that this right includes full and t
• § 25531.2 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that as the state implements the federal accidental release prevention program pursuant to this article, the agency will play a vital and increased role in preve
• § 25532 — Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Accidental release” means an unanticipated emission of a regulated substance or other ex
• § 25533 — (a) The program for prevention of accidental releases of regulated substances adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 112 of the federal Clea
• § 25534 — (a) For any stationary source with one or more covered processes, the unified program agency may make a determination as to whether there is a significant likelihood that the use of regulated substanc
• § 25534.05 — (a) The agency, in consultation with the unified program agencies, industry, the public, and other interested parties, shall adopt regulations for all of the following activities: (1) The registration
• § 25534.06 — (a) A city or county that adopts, amends, or repeals an ordinance related to the regulation of regulated substances pursuant to this article shall do so at a public meeting for which notice has been g
• § 25534.1 — Each RMP required to be prepared pursuant to this article shall give consideration to the proximity of the facility or proposed facility to populations located in schools, residential areas, general a
• § 25534.2 — Any new or modified stationary source which is required to prepare an RMP pursuant to this article shall be subject to the requirements of Section 65850.
• § 25534.5 — The unified program agency with jurisdiction over a stationary source or facility may have access to inspect the stationary source and review all technical and other information in the stationary sour
• § 25535 — (a) An owner or operator of a stationary source submitting an RMP pursuant to this article shall submit the RMP to the unified program agency after the RMP is certified as complete by a qualified pers
• § 25535.1 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, an owner or operator of a stationary source shall prepare an RMP if an RMP is required pursuant to Part 68 (commencing with Section 68.
• § 25535.2 — Within 15 days after the unified program agency determines that an RMP is complete, the unified program agency shall make the RMP available to the public for review and comment for a period of at leas
• § 25535.5 — Any fee imposed on any stationary source to cover the unified program agency’s cost of implementing the accidental release prevention program pursuant to this article shall be imposed only through the
• § 25536 — (a) A person or a stationary source with one or more covered processes shall comply with the requirements of this article no later than the latest date specified in Subpart A (commencing with Section
• § 25536.5 — (a) A person or a stationary source that was required to prepare, submit, and implement a risk management and prevention program pursuant to this article as it read on December 31, 1996, and which is
• § 25536.6 — (a) Each local implementing agency shall develop an integrated alerting and notification system, in coordination with local emergency management agencies, unified program agencies, local first respons
• § 25536.7 — (a) (1) An owner or operator of a stationary source that is engaged in activities described in Code 324110 or 325110 of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), as that code read on
• § 25536.8 — (a) Subject to subdivision (e), the definitions in subdivision (b) of Section 25536.
• § 25536.9 — On or before February 1, 2018, an owner or operator of a stationary source that claims that it is exempt from the requirement in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 25536.
• § 25537 — (a) (1) The unified program agency shall inspect every stationary source required to be registered pursuant to this article at least once every three years to determine whether the stationary source i
• § 25537.5 — (a) Where a stationary source has one or more covered processes, and is subject to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 25500) for the same substance, compliance with this article sh
• § 25538 — (a) If a stationary source believes that any information required to be reported, submitted, or otherwise provided to the unified program agency pursuant to this article involves the release of a trad
• § 25539 — The agency and each unified program agency, in implementing this article, shall, upon request, involve and cooperate with local and state government officials, emergency planning committees, and profe
• § 25540 — (a) A person or stationary source that violates this article shall be civilly or administratively liable to the unified program agency in one of the following amounts, as applicable: (1) For a violati
• § 25540.1 — A person or stationary source that knowingly violates this article after reasonable notice of the violation is guilty of a misdemeanor and may, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a county
• § 25540.5 — Any person or stationary source who violates any rule or regulation, emission limitation, permit condition, order, fee requirement, filing requirement, duty to allow or carry out inspection or monitor
• § 25541 — Any person or stationary source who knowingly makes any false material statement, representation or certification in any record, report, or other document filed, maintained, or used for the purpose of
• § 25541.3 — Any person or stationary source who knowingly violates any requirement of this article, including any fee or filing requirement, for which delegation of federal implementation and enforcement authorit
• § 25541.5 — If civil penalties are recovered pursuant to Section 25540 or 25540.
• § 25542 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that for those facilities with an RMP incorporating some, or all, of the federal or state process safety management program under the federal Occupational Safet
• § 25543 — The agency shall obtain and maintain state delegation of the federal accidental release prevention program established pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 7412 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
• § 25543.1 — (a) Any person may submit a petition to the agency for the addition of a material to, or for the deletion of a material from, the regulated substances list adopted pursuant to subparagraph (B) of para
• § 25543.2 — (a) A stationary source that intends to modify a facility that may result either in a significant increase in the amount of regulated substances handled by the facility or in a significantly increased
• § 25543.3 — The agency, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, shall periodically do all of the following: (a) Review each regulated substance on the list established pursuant
• § 25545 — The Office of Emergency Services shall develop informational guidelines for facilities required to comply with Chapter 116 (commencing with Section 11001) of Title 42 of the United States Code and wit
• § 25546 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The people of California have the right to know the hazards posed by toxic releases near their homes, schools, and workplaces.
• § 25546.1 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “California Toxic Release Inventory Program Act of 2007.
• § 25546.2 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
• § 25546.3 — (a) On or before January 1, 2009, the department shall develop and implement the California Toxic Release Inventory Program pursuant to this article.
• § 25546.4 — (a) The program established pursuant to this article shall require a facility to submit a toxic chemical release form to the department, in accordance with the existing federal regulations, if the fac
• § 25546.5 — (a) The department may adopt regulations to implement the program as emergency regulations.
• § 25547 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Bakken oil” means petroleum crude oil, Class 3, sourced from the Bakken shale formation in the Williston Basin.
• § 25547.2 — (a) No later than January 31, 2015, and every three months thereafter, a rail carrier shall prepare and submit to the office commodity flow data for the prior three months broken down by county and tr
• § 25547.4 — Each rail carrier shall maintain a response management communications center, which shall provide real-time information to an authorized public safety answering point or 911 emergency response center
• § 25547.6 — (a) Each rail carrier shall provide the office with a summary of the rail carrier’s hazardous materials emergency response plan.
• § 25547.8 — A recipient of the reports and plans provided pursuant to Sections 25547.
• § 25548 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) There is uncertainty in the law of this state with regard to the liability of lenders for hazardous material contamination invol
• § 25548.1 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Actual benefit” means the amount, if any, realized by the lender upon the disposition of property acquired through foreclo
• § 25548.2 — (a) (1) Except as provided in Sections 25548.
• § 25548.3 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 25548.
• § 25548.4 — This chapter does not do any of the following: (a) Affect any rights, defenses, or immunities that are available to any lender or fiduciary under any applicable law.
• § 25548.5 — The exemptions set forth in Sections 25548.
• § 25548.6 — A lender’s compliance with the requirements of this chapter with regard to property that has been acquired by the lender through foreclosure or its equivalent shall not, in and of itself subject the l
• § 25548.7 — (a) If a provision of this chapter would result in any of the actions specified in subdivision (b), the provision shall be deemed inoperative.
• § 25550 — If requested by an organization representing local businesses, a county shall meet with representatives of local businesses to determine whether there is a need for a hazardous materials information a
• § 25551 — A county which establishes a hazardous materials information and consulting service pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following: (a) Develop informational materials or adapt existing materi
• § 25551.2 — A county may contract with another county, or enter into a memorandum of agreement with one or more nearby counties, to provide consulting services for businesses within a multicounty region.
• § 25552 — (a) A county that establishes a program pursuant to Section 25550 shall, prior to establishing a fee structure pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25553, consult with the district attorney for that
• § 25553 — (a) (1) Each county may, upon a majority vote of the governing body, adopt a schedule of fees to be collected from businesses which request the services provided by this chapter.
• § 25910 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), (d), or (e), no person shall cause or permit the spraying of any substance containing any amount of asbestos in or upon a building or other structure during
• § 25910.5 — (a) The State Department of Health Services shall adopt regulations prohibiting or regulating the use of asbestos notwithstanding Section 25910 if the state department finds that such use is dangerous
• § 25911 — Any violation of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor.
• § 25912 — Any building department of any city, county, city and county, or other enforcement agency charged with issuance and enforcement of building permits shall revoke any building permit if asbestos is bein
• § 25913 — (a) (1) The Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Industrial Relations shall enforce this chapter with respect to the safety of employees as provided in Part 1 (commencing wi
• § 25914 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the public policy of the state to ensure that work performed on behalf of the public or private entity or person be done properly to safeguard the
• § 25914.1 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Asbestos” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6501.
• § 25914.2 — (a) All asbestos-related work and hazardous substance removal shall be performed pursuant to a contract separate from any other work to be performed, when the presence of asbestos or hazardous substan
• § 25914.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contractor who is not certified pursuant to Section 7058.
• § 25915 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner of any building constructed prior to 1979, who knows that the building contains asbestos-containing construction materials, shall provide noti
• § 25915.1 — (a) An owner may elect to prepare an asbestos management plan for any building subject to this chapter, and in that case may, upon implementation of that plan, comply with the notification requirement
• § 25915.2 — (a) Notice provided pursuant to this chapter shall be provided in writing to each individual employee, and shall be mailed to other owners designated to receive the notice pursuant to subdivision (a)
• § 25915.5 — (a) An owner required to give notice to employees pursuant to this chapter, in addition to notifying his or her employees, shall mail, in accordance with this subdivision, a copy of that notice to all
• § 25916 — If any construction, maintenance, or remodeling is conducted in an area of the building area where there is the potential for employees to come into contact with, or release or disturb, asbestos or as
• § 25916.5 — (a) When there is more than one owner of a building or part of a building subject to this chapter, the owners may agree in writing to designate one particular owner to prepare any notice required purs
• § 25917 — An owner shall make available, for review and photocopying, to other owners and all of his or her employees or those employees’ representatives at an accessible place and time, all existing asbestos s
• § 25917.5 — If an asbestos information system or statewide asbestos register, or both, is established subsequent to the designing of the system and register pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6) of subdivision (a) o
• § 25918 — “Asbestos,” as used in this chapter, has the same meaning as defined in Section 6501.
• § 25919 — “Asbestos-containing construction material,” as used in this chapter, means any manufactured construction material, including structural, mechanical and building material, which contains more than one
• § 25919.2 — “Building,” as used in this chapter, means all or part of any “public and commercial building,” as defined in Section 2642 of Title 15 of the United States Code, as that section reads on January 1, 19
• § 25919.3 — “Employee,” as used in this chapter, means every person who is required or directed by any employer, to engage in any employment, and who performs that employment other than on a casual or incidental
• § 25919.4 — “Employee’s representative,” as used in this chapter, means an employee’s union representative, a member of the employee’s immediate family, a nonrelated member of the employee’s household, and an emp
• § 25919.5 — “Owner,” as used in this chapter, means an owner, lessee, sublessee, or agent of the owner of a building or part of a building, including, but not limited to, the state or another public entity.
• § 25919.6 — “Agent,” as used in this chapter, means a person acting in accordance with Title 9 (commencing with Section 2295) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code for purposes of managing, operating, leasing
• § 25919.7 — Any owner who knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with this chapter, or who knowingly or intentionally presents any false or misleading information to employees or any other owner, is guilty of
• § 25925 — (a) “Asbestos” means naturally occurring fibrous hydrated mineral silicates, including chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, fibrous tremolite, fibrous anthophyllite, and fibrous actinolite.
• § 25926 — The Legislature finds that: (a) Substantial medical and scientific evidence indicates that human exposure to asbestos fibers significantly increases the risk of contracting cancer and other debilitati
• § 25927 — It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the safety of the public and of public employees by creating an interdepartmental task force composed of representatives from the State Department of Heal
• § 25929 — If any building standards are adopted pursuant to this chapter, the standards shall be placed in the appropriate sections of the State Building Standards Code, contained in Title 24 of the California
• § 25965 — A warning label shall be affixed near the thermostat of all new water heaters to be sold in the state for residential use.