California Health and Safety Code DIVISION 37 - REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

  • Section 57000.
    For purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meaning:(a)  “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency. (b)  “Council” means the California Environmental...
  • Section 57001.
    (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (f), each office, board, and department within the agency shall, on or before December 31, 1995, implement a fee...
  • Section 57002.
    The agency shall conduct a study by surveying state, regional, and local agencies charged with implementing air quality, water quality, toxics, solid waste, and hazardous...
  • Section 57003.
    (a)  Before a board, department or office within the agency adopts chemical risk assessment guidelines or policies for evaluating the toxicity of chemicals or prepares...
  • Section 57004.
    (a)  For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1)  “Rule” means either of the following:(A)  A regulation, as defined in Section...
  • Section 57005.
    (a)  Commencing January 1, 1994, each board, department, and office within the agency, before adopting any major regulation, shall evaluate the alternatives to the requirements...
  • Section 57007.
    (a) The agency, and the offices, boards, and departments within the agency, shall institute quality government programs to achieve increased levels of environmental protection and the...
  • Section 57008.
    (a)  For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1)  “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency. (2)  “Contaminant” means all of the following:...
  • Section 57010.
    (a)  On or before January 1, 2003, the California Environmental Protection Agency shall publish an informational document to assist citizen groups, community-based organizations, interested laypersons,...
  • Section 57012.
    (a)  Each agency listed in subdivision (d) shall maintain a list of all instruments and agreements restricting land uses imposed by that agency under Section...
  • Section 57013.
    (a) The Department of Toxic Substances Control may require a person submitting a report, workplan, schedule, notice, request, application, or other document or data for purposes...
  • Section 57015.
    There is in the department the assistant director for environmental justice. The assistant director shall perform all of the following duties, subject to the supervision...
  • Section 57018.
    (a) For purposes of Sections 57019 and 57020, the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Analytical test method” means a procedure used to sample, prepare, and analyze a specific...
  • Section 57019.
    (a) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall coordinate all requests for information from manufacturers made pursuant to this section on behalf of the state agencies.(b) In coordinating...
  • Section 57020.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 6254.7 of the Government Code, if a manufacturer believes that information provided to a state agency pursuant to Section 57019 involves the release...

Last modified: October 22, 2018