California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 5.6 - The Toxic Injection Well Control Act of 1985
- Section 25159.10.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) Specific state laws and regulations have been enacted to prevent leaks and hazardous waste discharges...
- Section 25159.11.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the Toxic Injection Well Control Act of 1985.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1591, Sec. 1.)
- Section 25159.12.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) “Annulus” means the space between the outside edge of the injection tube and the well casing.(b) “State board”...
- Section 25159.15.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after January 1, 1986, a person shall not discharge hazardous waste into an injection well which...
- Section 25159.16.
(a) If the department or regional board determines that there is migration of hazardous waste constituents, or a threat of migration of hazardous waste constituents,...
- Section 25159.17.
(a) The department shall make an inspection at least once each year of all facilities with injection wells into which hazardous waste is discharged. The...
- Section 25159.18.
Any person who applies to the department for a hazardous waste facilities permit, or for the renewal or revision of a hazardous waste facilities permit,...
- Section 25159.19.
(a) On or before July 1, 1986, the department shall, by emergency regulation, adopt a fee schedule that assesses a fee upon any person discharging any...
- Section 25159.20.
(a) The department shall specify, for purposes of paragraph (4) of Section 25200.6, the horizontal and vertical extent of any injection zone for an injection...
- Section 25159.21.
(a) The state board, a regional board, or the department may enter and inspect a facility for determining compliance with this article, including, for this...
- Section 25159.22.
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...
- Section 25159.23.
The State Oil and Gas Supervisor shall promptly report to the department and the state board any injection well regulated by the Division of Oil...
- Section 25159.24.
(a) Any injection well used to inject contaminated groundwater that has been treated and is being reinjected into the same formation from which it was...
- Section 25159.25.
Any action taken by the department pursuant to this article shall comply with and incorporate any waste discharge requirements issued by the state board or...
Last modified: October 22, 2018