Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Except as expressly provided by statute, this chapter does not supersede or modify Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631, Sec. 1.)

(a) Round 5 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is hereby established for the purpose of creating and implementing regionally coordinated plans that organize and deploy the full array of homelessness programs and resources comprehensively and effectively. …

(a) To be eligible for a round 5 base program allocation, a jurisdiction that is not a tribe must apply as part of a region and must be signatory to a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan that has been approved by the council. (b) The council shall approve a regionally…

(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the funds administered pursuant to this chapter, less the set aside funds provided for the council’s costs of administration in subdivision (c) of Section 50232, shall be made available in the 2023–24 fiscal year for implementing round 5…

(a) The council shall make an application for round 5 base program allocations available no later than September 30, 2023. (b) Applications shall be due no later than 180 days from the date applications are made available pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). (c) (1) Appl…

(a) The intent of round 5 is to sustain existing federal, state, and local investments towards long-term sustainability of housing and supportive services. (b) Applicants shall develop data-driven plans which fund the state’s priorities. (c) Provided that before proposing to use …

(a) For the purposes of this section, the supplemental Homekey program shall be the same as the program set forth in Section 50675.1.3, except that the applicants are limited to those described in meeting the criteria set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c). (b) Cities and counties…

Upon appropriation of the Legislature, for 2023–24 fiscal year funding, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be made available to cities, counties, and continuums of care that are eligible for round 5 consistent with the formula funding distribution provided by this c…

Unless expressly incorporated by reference by another statute, the definitions in this article govern only the construction of this chapter. Until terms used in this chapter are defined in either this chapter or in regulations adopted to implement this chapter, the corresponding …

“Acutely hazardous waste” means any hazardous waste classified as an acutely hazardous waste in regulations adopted by the department. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631, Sec. 2.)

“Applicant” means any person seeking an original hazardous waste facilities permit, or an original hazardous waste hauler’s registration from the department to generate, transport, treat, store, recycle, dispose of or handle hazardous waste. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1304, Sec. …

(a) “Consolidation site” means a site to which hazardous waste initially collected at a remote site, as defined in Section 25121.3, is transported. (b) Hazardous waste initially collected at a remote site and subsequently transported to a consolidation site, which is operated by …

For purposes of this chapter, “consolidated transporter” means a hazardous waste transporter registered pursuant to Section 25165 and the regulations adopted by the department who has notified the department pursuant to Section 25165 of its intent to use the consolidated manifest…

(a) “Contained gaseous material,” for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 25124 or any other provision of this chapter, means any gas that is contained in an enclosed cylinder or other enclosed container. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), “contained gaseous material” does n…

“Authorized local health officer” means a local health officer authorized by the department pursuant to Section 25187.7. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 886, Sec. 2.)

“Board” means the Board of Environmental Safety established pursuant to Section 25125. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 73, Sec. 4. (SB 158) Effective July 12, 2021.)

“Buffer zone” means an area of land that surrounds a hazardous waste facility and on which certain land uses and activities are restricted to protect the public health and safety and the environment from existing or potential hazards caused by the migration of hazardous waste. (A…

“Business” means the conduct of activity and is not limited to a commercial or proprietary activity. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1039.)

“Business concern” means any sole proprietorship, corporation, association, firm, partnership, trust, or other form of commercial organization. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1304, Sec. 3.)

“Class I violation” means any of the following: (a) A deviation from the requirements of this chapter, or any regulation, standard, requirement, or permit or interim status document condition adopted pursuant to this chapter, that is any of the following: (1) The deviation repres…

(a) “Conditionally exempt small quantity treatment” means the operations of a generator conditionally exempted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25201.5. (b) “Conditionally exempt specified waste stream” means a waste stream treated by a generator conditionally exempted purs…

(a) “Conditional authorization” means a provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, Section 25200.3, which provides that a person or activity is deemed to be operating pursuant to a grant of authorization, as required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25201, if…

For purposes of this chapter, “consolidated manifest” means a hazardous waste manifest used by a milk run transporter to combine hazardous waste shipments from multiple generators on one consolidated manifest pursuant to the procedures in Section 25160.2. (Added by Stats. 2001, C…

“Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 343, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Designated local public officer” means a local public officer designated by the director pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 343, Sec. 3.5. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Director” means the Director of Toxic Substances Control. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 343, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)

(a) “Disclosure statement” means a statement submitted to the department by an applicant, signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury, which includes all of the following information: (1) The full name, any previous name or names, business address, social security number, an…

(a) “Disposal” means either of the following: (1) The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any waste so that the waste or any constituent of the waste is or may be emitted into the air or discharged into or on any land or waters, including grou…

“Disposal site” means the location where any final deposition of hazardous waste occurs. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1039.)

“Environmental assessor” means an environmental professional as defined in Section 312.10 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Notwithstanding Section 25110, this definition shall apply for all California statutes, unless the context requires otherwise. (Added by Stats…

“Extremely hazardous waste” means any hazardous waste or mixture of hazardous wastes which, if human exposure should occur, may likely result in death, disabling personal injury or serious illness caused by the hazardous waste or mixture of hazardous wastes because of its quantit…

“Federal act” means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.). (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1061, Sec. 1.)

“Handling” means the transporting or transferring from one place to another, or pumping, processing, storing, or packaging of hazardous waste, but does not include the handling of any substance before it becomes a waste. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 878.)

(a) “Intermediate manufacturing process stream” means a material, or combination of materials, that meets all of the following conditions: (1) It is produced as part of the manufacturing process. (2) It is used onsite on a batch or continuous basis, in either the same or in a dif…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), “hazardous waste” means a waste that meets any of the criteria for the identification of a hazardous waste adopted by the department pursuant to Section 25141. (b) “Hazardous waste” includes, but is not limited to, RCRA hazardous waste. …

“Hazardous waste facility” means all contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the treatment, transfer, storage, resource recovery, disposal, or recycling of hazardous waste. A hazardous waste facility may consist of one or more tr…

“License” includes, but is not limited to any, permit, registration, or certification issued by any local, state, or federal agency for the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, recycling, disposal, or handling of hazardous waste. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1304, Sec. 5…

“Offsite facility” means a hazardous waste facility that is not an onsite facility. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1121, Sec. 2.)

“Onsite facility” means a hazardous waste facility at which a hazardous waste is produced and which is owned by, leased to, or under the control of, the producer of the waste. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1121, Sec. 3.)

“Land use restriction” means any limitation regarding the uses of property which may be provided by, but is not limited to, a written instrument which imposes an easement, covenant, restriction, or servitude, or a combination thereof, as appropriate, upon the present and future u…

“Permit-by-rule” means a provision of the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter stating that a facility or activity is deemed to have a hazardous waste facilities permit if it meets the requirements of that provision. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1345, Sec. 2. Effective Janu…

“Hazardous waste management” or “management” means the transportation, transfer, recycling, recovery, disposal, handling, processing, storage, and treatment of hazardous waste. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1632, Sec. 6.)

(a) “Local health officer” means county health officers, city health officers, and district health officers, as defined in this code. (b) “Local officer” means a local public officer authorized to implement this chapter pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180. (Amended by St…

(a) Waste that is hazardous only because it is medical waste, as defined in the Medical Waste Management Act (Part 14 (commencing with Section 117600) of Division 104) shall not be governed by, subject to fees assessed by, or otherwise subject to, the requirements of this chapter…

(a) “Minor violation” means a deviation from the requirements of this chapter, or any regulation, standard, requirement, or permit or interim status document condition adopted pursuant to this chapter, that is not a class I violation. (b) (1) A minor violation does not include an…

“Natural resources” includes, but is not limited to, disposal site capacity and substances which are hazardous waste, or which are in hazardous waste, the reuse of which is technologically and economically feasible. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 89, Sec. 6. Effective March 2, 1982.)…