Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) (1) The Board of Environmental Safety shall establish, by regulation, a schedule of rates for the fee authorized by Section 25205.2, to be applicable commencing July 1, 2023, and may adjust the schedule of rates no more frequently than once per year thereafter and no later th…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 25205.2, a disposal facility operator that is a government agency shall be subject to a maximum facility fee of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for any reporting period of 12 months and five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any reporting period of six mont…

(a) On and after January 1, 2022, for hazardous waste imported into this state for purposes of treatment, recycling, or disposal, the operator of the facility receiving the imported hazardous waste shall pay the applicable generation and handling fee. (b) This section shall becom…

Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 43151) of Part 22 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, at the request of any party contesting any fee imposed pursuant to this chapter or Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45, the department may hold a…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that changes made to the imposition and administration of the disposal fee, generator fee, and transportable treatment unit fee set forth in Sections 28, 53, 54, and 64 of Chapter 73 of the Statutes of 2021 were not intended to repeal…

(a) The department may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), regulations as may be necessary to implement the fees imposed pursuant to t…

(a) (1) The Board of Environmental Safety shall establish, by regulation, a schedule of rates for the fees authorized by Section 25205.6 to be applicable commencing July 1, 2023, and may adjust the schedule of rates, no more frequently than once per year and no later than October…

(a) (1) A person who applies for, or requests, any of the following shall enter into a written agreement with the department pursuant to which that person shall reimburse the department, pursuant to Article 9.2 (commencing with Section 25206.1), for the costs incurred by the depa…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Direct costs” means the costs to the department of processing applications, responding to requests, or providing other services, for which the applicant or requester is required to reimburse the de…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the department shall comply with this article when recovering costs for processing applications, responding to requests, or providing other services, for which the applicant or requester is required to reimburse the department for its co…

The department shall take all of the following actions with regard to the tracking of indirect costs: (a) Ensure that pro rata costs are allocated appropriately to all departmental activities, so that the department’s program will only bear those pro rata costs in proportion to t…

The department shall establish rates for indirect costs that are specific to each program and shall review and update the indirect cost rates based upon increases or decreases in the amounts of grants received by the department, department reorganizations, and other relevant fact…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Small agriculture-related operations need an appropriate and economic means of disposing of banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes. (b) An awareness of the problems caused by agricultural wastes has incre…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Banned or unregistered agricultural waste” means a hazardous waste, as defined in Section 25117, including an extremely hazardous waste, containing an economic poison for which the Administrator of the Environmen…

(a) A county implementing a collection program pursuant to this article shall charge a fee to eligible participants to cover the county’s costs of implementing the program, including, but not limited to, the costs of collecting, handling, transporting, treating, recycling, and di…

The collection program shall require, when economically feasible, that the banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes which are collected are recycled. If not recycled, the wastes shall be treated or disposed of in compliance with this chapter.

(a) Any eligible participant who submits banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes for collection in a program established pursuant to this article is exempt from the fees and reimbursements required by Sections 25205.2, 25205.5, and 25205.7, with regard to the wastes…

For purposes of complying with the manifest requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 25160, a county which collects banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes pursuant to this article shall be deemed to be the person who produced the hazardous waste, if the banned, u…

(a) A county may develop and establish a collection program for the collection of banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes, which shall be implemented and operated pursuant to this article. In implementing this collection program, the county may consult with the depa…

A participating county shall conduct a survey to identify all eligible participants in the county, within 180 days after the county elects to implement this article, to assess the amount, kind, and conditions of the banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural waste which will …

If a county implements a collection program that includes collection sites for the dropoff of banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes by eligible participants, the county shall, upon selection of the sites, complete and submit to the department, for review and appro…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), for purposes of this article, all eligible participants who transport banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes which are identified in the survey conducted pursuant to Section 25207.3, and which are prepackaged in accordance…

All eligible participants shall handle banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes that are transported pursuant to Section 25207.5 in the following manner: (a) The wastes shall be prepackaged in accordance with the regulations adopted by the federal Department of Trans…

The county shall act as the operator of the designated site for the collection of the wastes and shall comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 25160 as the operator of that facility, as specified in Section 25207.13.

The banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes transported from the collection site shall be transported by a registered hazardous waste transporter to an offsite hazardous waste disposal facility and a manifest shall be completed for the wastes in accordance with Sect…

A report regarding any transportation accident involving banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes that are transported pursuant to a collection program shall be submitted to the department by the participating county within 10 days of the incident.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Toxic Pits Cleanup Act of 1984.

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Discharges of liquid hazardous wastes or hazardous wastes containing free liquids into lined or unlined ponds, pits, and lagoons pose a serious threat to the quality of the waters of the state. (b) Recent reports indicate that ha…

For purposes of performing the functions and duties provided for in this article, and because of the urgency in protecting the public, the state board and regional boards may, during the 1984–85 fiscal year, contract for temporary services necessary to implement this article.

This article shall not be construed to limit or abridge the powers and duties granted to the department pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45 or to the state board or any regional board pursuant to Division 7 (commencing wit…

Article 2 (commencing with Section 13320) of, Article 3 (commencing with Section 13330) of, and Article 4 (commencing with Section 13340) of, Chapter 5 of Division 7 of the Water Code applies to any action of, or failure to act by, a regional board pursuant to this article.

(a) If the regional board determines that certain mining wastes have properties so that the wastes do not pollute or threaten to pollute the waters of the state when discharged into a surface impoundment which is in compliance with all applicable regulations adopted by the state …

Not later than January 1, 1987, the state board shall provide the Legislature with a report containing information regarding the number of applications for exemption which are filed pursuant to Sections 25208.4 and 25208.5. The state board shall include in this report a prelimina…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an in-ground sump, used by a pest control operator licensed under Section 11705 of the Food and Agricultural Code, or used by a local or state agency, which meets all of the specifications listed in subdivision (b) and comp…

(a) A person may apply to the regional board for an exemption from subdivision (c) of Section 25208.4 for a surface impoundment into which restricted hazardous wastes that do not contain cyanide wastes or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in concentrations specified in paragraphs …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), a person specified in subdivision (h) is exempt from filing the report required by Section 25208.7 if the surface impoundment has been closed, or will be closed before January 1, 1988, in accordance with Subchapter 15 (commencing with Se…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active life of the facility” means that period of time when the facility has the potential to adversely affect the waters of the state, but if the owner enters into an agreement with the board to properly close t…

(a) The state board shall, by emergency regulation, adopt a fee schedule that assesses a fee upon any person discharging any liquid hazardous wastes or hazardous wastes containing free liquids into a surface impoundment, except as provided in Section 25208.17. The state board sha…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless the person was granted an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b) on or before December 31, 1987, pursuant to Section 25208.4, as it read on December 31, 1988, or pursuant to Section 25208.13 or 25208.18, a person shall not dis…

(a) Unless granted an exemption pursuant to subdivision (c) or Section 25208.13 or 25208.18, on or after January 1, 1989, no person shall discharge any liquid hazardous waste or hazardous wastes containing free liquids into a surface impoundment, unless the surface impoundment is…

When a regional board determines that a surface impoundment is polluting, or threatens to pollute, the waters of the state or that hazardous waste constituents are migrating from that surface impoundment into the vadose zone or the waters of the state, in concentrations which pol…

(a) The regional board shall make at least one inspection per year of all facilities with surface impoundments, and shall regularly review monitoring data, as necessary, to ensure that all surface impoundments comply with this article and that any equipment or programs required p…

A person who receives a notice from a regional board pursuant to Section 25208.7 or who files an application for an exemption pursuant to Section 25208.5 or 25208.13, shall submit a hydrogeological assessment report to the regional board. A qualified person shall be responsible f…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 25189, any person who is required to file a hydrogeological assessment report with a regional board pursuant to Section 25208.7, and who fails to do so, shall be liable civilly in a sum of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not more than t…

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Hazardous waste discharged into land treatment units may migrate beyond the treatment zone of the land treatment unit and thereby threaten the public health and the environment and pose a serious threat to the quality of the wate…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Discharge” means to place or dispose hazardous wastes in a land treatment unit. (b) “Facility” has the meaning specified in Section 25117.1. (c) “Hazardous constituent” has the meaning specified in regulations ad…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The long-term economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture is critical to the future of the state, and it is in the interest of the state to enact policies that enhance that sustainability. (b) High levels o…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agricultural drainage water” means surface drainage water or percolated irrigation water that is collected by subsurface drainage tiles placed beneath an agricultural field. (b) “On-farm” means la…

The state board, in consultation, as necessary, with other appropriate state agencies, shall adopt or amend emergency regulations that establish minimum requirements for the design, construction, operation, and closure of a solar evaporator. The regulations shall include, but are…

(a) A person who intends to operate a solar evaporator shall, before installing the solar evaporator, file a notice of intent with the regional board, using a form prepared by the regional board. The form shall require the person to provide all of the following: (1) The location …