Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

Any person may petition the south coast district board to hold a public hearing on any application to issue or renew a permit.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Total fees collected by the south coast district must continue to be capped in order to prevent the imposition of undue financial burdens upon regulated sources. (2) There is a need to provide for greater flexibility in estab…

In addition to the limits on total fee collections established by Sections 40500.1 and 40523, the south coast district board shall not increase any existing permit fee by a percentage greater than any percentage increase in the California Consumer Price Index for the preceding ca…

The south coast district board may establish an annual charge, in an amount not to exceed the annual estimated cost of sending notices required by this division, and individual charges, in amounts not to exceed the cost of sending notice on a one-time basis and the cost of duplic…

The south coast district board may increase its fee schedule to generate sufficient revenues to pay for any district costs associated with the implementation of Section 66796.53 of the Government Code or Section 41805.5.

(a) The south coast district board may impose a fee surcharge based on a formula associated with quantity of emissions and the effect of these emissions on ambient air quality within the south coast district to generate sufficient revenues to pay for any of its costs associated w…

(a) Any public utility owned by a municipal corporation within the south coast district shall provide public notice, pursuant to subdivision (b), before submitting to the board of the south coast district any application for a permit to construct or operate any facility, machine,…

(a) The south coast district shall establish expedited permit review and project assistance mechanisms for facilities or projects which are directly related to research and development, demonstration, or commercialization of electric and other clean fuel vehicle technologies. (b)…

Upon adoption of its budget for the next fiscal year, the south coast district board shall apportion the amount that each county included within the south coast district shall pay to finance the operation of the south coast district in that fiscal year. The apportionment to a cou…

(a) For each fiscal year, the percentage increase in the county apportionments by the south coast district board may not exceed the percentage increase in the California Consumer Price Index as specified in Section 2212 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or the percentage increase…

The south coast district board may adopt a fee schedule for the approval of plans for the control of emissions of air contaminants, if the plans are required by a district rule or regulation, to cover the costs of review, planning, inspection, and monitoring related thereto. To t…

(a) In addition to any other fees authorized by this article, the south coast district may adopt, by regulation, a schedule of fees to be assessed on areawide or indirect sources of emissions which are regulated, but for which permits are not issued, by the south coast district t…

The South Coast Air Quality Management District shall establish a process for receiving community input on how any penalties assessed and collected for violations of the Warehouse Indirect Source Rule are spent. The South Coast Air Quality Management District shall ensure a wide …

The total amount of fees collected by the south coast district in any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of fees collected by the district in the 1993–94 fiscal year, except that the amount may be adjusted annually in the 1994–95 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years to re…

(a) The south coast district board may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue for the current year in which the indebtedness is incurred or for the ensuing year. Such indebtedness shall not exceed the total amount of the estimated revenue for either th…

The south coast district board shall appoint a treasurer, who shall be the custodian of funds of the south coast district and who shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the person authorized by the south coast district board. The treasurer shall keep …

The south coast district shall appoint a controller who shall be the accounting officer for the south coast district and who shall exercise general supervision over the accounting forms and methods of keeping the accounts of the south coast district.

The south coast district board may, by resolution, cause to be drawn all warrants on the treasurer or checks on a bank against all funds, except funds for debt service, of the south coast district in the treasury or bank for the payment of salaries and expenses of the south coast…

The south coast district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to draw separate payroll warrants or checks in the names of the individual south coast district employees for the respective amounts due each employee so each employee may be furnished with a statement of th…

(a) Each payroll warrant or check shall show the closing date of the pay period for which it is issued, the date of issue, and a statement that it is drawn by order of the south coast district board. The payroll warrants or checks shall bear the signature of the controller. (b) T…

The south coast district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to issue warrants or checks in favor of the persons entitled to payment of all claims chargeable against the south coast district which have been legally examined, allowed, and ordered paid by the south coas…

The form of the warrants shall be prescribed by the south coast district board and approved by the treasurer.

Except as specified in Section 40527, no county officer shall be responsible for producing reports, statements, and other data relating to or based upon payments of salaries or claims of the south coast district pursuant to the procedure authorized in this article.

The south coast district shall provide the officials of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association and the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association, in the form prescribed by them, the data necessary to make retirement reports and maintain records requi…

All warrants, checks, vouchers, and supporting documents shall be kept by the south coast district if the procedure authorized under this article is implemented.

Notwithstanding Section 27005 of the Government Code, or any other section requiring warrants or orders for warrants to be signed by the county auditor, if the south coast district treasurer is a county treasurer, the county treasurer shall pay the warrant if money is available a…

The controller shall execute an official bond in an amount fixed by the south coast district board conditioned upon the faithful performances of his or her duties. A county auditor shall not be liable under the terms of his or her bond or otherwise for a warrant issued pursuant t…

If the auditor of the south coast district is a county auditor, he shall be provided, upon his request, a monthly listing of the warrants issued under this section reporting the warrant number, the date and amount of the warrant, the name of the payee and the fund on which the wa…

Upon adoption of a resolution by the south coast district board to implement the procedure to issue warrants pursuant to this article, the procedure shall be implemented on the first day of the second month following the date of adoption of the resolution. If, at any time, the so…

The Legislature finds that: (a) Increasing quantities of hazardous wastes are being generated in the state, for which the generators of the hazardous waste must provide safe disposal. (b) Long-term threats to public health and to air and water quality are posed by the landfill di…

The Legislature therefore declares that: (a) In order to protect the public health and the environment and to conserve natural resources, it is in the public interest to establish regulations and incentives which ensure that the generators of hazardous waste employ technology and…

The Legislature has found that access by the people of this state to public records is a fundamental and necessary right. The Legislature finds that it is necessary to further the public’s right of access to public records pertaining to hazardous waste management, information, an…

No provision of this chapter shall limit the authority of any state or local agency in the enforcement or administration of any provision of law which it is specifically permitted or required to enforce and administer.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

“Board” means the Board of Environmental Safety established pursuant to Section 25125.

“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.

“Business” means the conduct of activity and is not limited to a commercial or proprietary activity.

“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…

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.

“Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

“Designated local public officer” means a local public officer designated by the director pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180.

“Director” means the Director of Toxic Substances Control.

(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…