California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Duties of the Administrator

• Section 8670.6.
  (a) The administrator shall ensure that he or she has available for support, either under direct employment, elsewhere in state government, or through contract for private...
• Section 8670.7.
  (a) The administrator, subject to the Governor, has the primary authority to direct prevention, removal, abatement, response, containment, and cleanup efforts with regard to all aspects...
• Section 8670.7.5.
  (a) The administrator may adopt regulations to implement this chapter pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of...
• Section 8670.8.
  (a) The administrator shall carry out programs to provide training for individuals in response, containment, and cleanup operations and equipment, equipment deployment, and the planning and...
• Section 8670.8.3.
  The administrator may offer grants to a local government with jurisdiction over or directly adjacent to waters of the state to provide oil spill response...
• Section 8670.8.5.
  The administrator may use volunteer workers in response, containment, restoration, wildlife rehabilitation, and cleanup efforts for oil spills in waters of the state. The volunteers...
• Section 8670.9.
  (a) The administrator shall enter into discussions on behalf of the state with the States of Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington, for the purpose of developing...
• Section 8670.10.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in coordination with all appropriate federal, state, and local government entities, the administrator shall periodically carry out announced and...
• Section 8670.11.
  In addition to Section 8670.10, the administrator, in cooperation with the United States Coast Guard, shall establish a schedule of drills and exercises required pursuant...
• Section 8670.12.
  (a) The administrator shall conduct studies and evaluations necessary for improving oil spill response, containment, and cleanup and oil spill wildlife rehabilitation in waters of the...
• Section 8670.13.
  (a) The administrator shall periodically evaluate the feasibility of requiring new technologies to aid in prevention, response, containment, cleanup, and wildlife rehabilitation.(b) (1) On or before January 1,...
• Section 8670.13.1.
  (a) The administrator shall license all oil spill cleanup agents, and shall adopt regulations governing the expedited testing, licensing, and use of oil spill cleanup agents....
• Section 8670.13.2.
  The administrator shall prepare and periodically revise regulations regarding licensing of oil spill cleanup agents. The authority of the administrator shall be substituted for the...
• Section 8670.13.3.
  If dispersants are used in response to an oil spill in state waters, the administrator shall provide written notification of their use to the Legislature...
• Section 8670.14.
  The administrator shall coordinate the oil spill prevention and response programs and facility, tank vessel, and nontank vessel safety standards of the state with federal...

Last modified: October 22, 2018