Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

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in subdivision (b), for purposes of this article, all eligible participants who transport banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes which are identified in the survey conducted pursuant to Section 25207.3, and which are prepackaged in accordance…

All eligible participants shall handle banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes that are transported pursuant to Section 25207.5 in the following manner: (a) The wastes shall be prepackaged in accordance with the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The banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes transported from the collection site shall be transported by a registered hazardous waste transporter to an offsite hazardous waste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A report regarding any transportation accident involving banned, unregistered, or outdated agricultural wastes that are transported pursuant to a collection program shall be submitted to the department by the participating county within 10 days of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 …

(a) A person operating a solar evaporator shall submit to the regional board, in April and October of every year, all of the following information: (1) Bimonthly waterflow data taken immediately prior to discharge to the solar evaporator. (2) Bimonthly water quality data, as requ…

(a) The regional board, consistent with its existing statutory authority, shall inspect any solar evaporator that is authorized to operate pursuant to Section 25209.13 at least once every five years to ensure continued compliance with the requirements of this article. In conducti…

(a) For the purposes of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption or amendment of the regulations required to be adopted pursuant to this article is an emer…

Any solar evaporator operating under a valid written notice of authority to operate issued by the regional board pursuant to this article, including any facility operating pursuant to Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 25208) prior to January 1, 2003, that the regional board de…

(a) A person operating a solar evaporator pursuant to a valid notice of authority to operate shall, consistent with subdivision (f) of Section 25209.12, manage the collection and removal of evaporite salt from the solar evaporator as described in the plan prepared pursuant to par…

Within 30 days of an action or failure to act by a regional board pursuant to this article, an aggrieved person may petition the state board to review that action or failure to act. The petition and all other rules and procedures governing the petition shall be the same as in Sec…

(a) Except as provided in Section 25209.5, unless granted a variance pursuant to subdivision (b), or exempted pursuant to Section 25209.6, no person shall discharge hazardous waste into a new land treatment unit at a new or existing facility, any land treatment unit which replace…

Except as provided in Section 25209.5, after January 1, 1990, unless granted a variance pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 25209.2, or exempted pursuant to Section 25209.6, no person shall discharge hazardous waste into a land treatment unit which has not been equipped with l…

(a) Except as provided in Section 25209.6, no person shall place or dispose of hazardous waste in a land treatment unit if any of the following conditions exist: (1) Hazardous constituents have migrated from the land treatment unit into the vadose zone beneath or surrounding the …

The liner, leachate collection and removal, groundwater monitoring, and vadose zone monitoring systems required by Sections 25209.2, 25209.3, and 25209.4 shall be designed, constructed, and operated according to regulations adopted by the department and State Water Resources Cont…

Land treatment of soil contaminated only with non-RCRA hazardous waste which has been excavated as part of a removal or remedial action at any hazardous substance release site is exempt from the requirements of Sections 25209.2, 25209.3, and 25209.4, if all of the following apply…

(a) Every owner or operator of a land treatment unit subject to this article shall pay an annual fee to the department which shall be equivalent to 2 percent of the land disposal fee due under Section 25205.4. This fee shall be in addition to the annual hazardous waste facility f…

It shall be unlawful, on or after January 1, 1979, to use a nonbiodegradable toxic chemical in a chemical toilet, recreational vehicle, or waste facility of a vessel as the term vessel is defined in the Harbors and Navigation Code, and it shall be unlawful on or after January 1, …

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Halocarbon chemicals” means chemical compounds which contain carbon, and one or more halogens, and which may include hydrogen, including, but not limited to, trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, methyl…

(a) For purposes of this article, “general purpose lights” means lamps, bulbs, tubes, or other electric devices that provide functional illumination for indoor residential, indoor commercial, and outdoor use. (b) General purpose lights do not include any of the following specialt…

Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 25180), a person who violates this article shall not be subject to any criminal penalties imposed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 25180).

(a) It is unlawful to sell or distribute in commerce a product that contains bronopol, dowicil, formalin, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, paraformaldehyde, para-dichlorobenzene, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylene glycol, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, or perchloroethylen…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) Notwithstanding Section 25117.2, “management” means disposal, storage, packaging, processing, pumping, recovery, recycling, transportation, transfer, treatment, use, and reuse. (b) “Perchlorate” means all pe…

(a) On or before December 31, 2005, the department shall adopt regulations specifying the best management practices for a person managing perchlorate materials. These practices may include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) Procedures for documenting the amount of…

On and after the effective date of the regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 25210.6, a person may not manage perchlorate materials unless the management complies with the best management practices specified in the regulations adopted by the department.

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (e), (f), and (g), on and after January 1, 2010, a person shall not manufacture general purpose lights for sale in this state that contain levels of hazardous substances that would result in the prohibition of those general purpose lights be…