California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 8 - Enforcement

  • Section 25180.
    (a)  (1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2), the standards in this chapter and the regulations adopted by the department to implement this chapter shall...
  • Section 25180.1.
    For purposes of this chapter, “permit” includes matters deemed to be permits pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25198.6.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 113, Sec....
  • Section 25180.2.
    The department shall prioritize an enforcement action authorized by this chapter affecting communities that have been identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency as being...
  • Section 25180.5.
    (a)  The department, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the California regional water quality control boards shall notify the local health officer and director...
  • Section 25180.7.
    (a) Within the meaning of this section, a “designated government employee” is any person defined as a “designated employee” by Government Code Section 82019, as amended.(b) Any...
  • Section 25181.
    (a)  When the department determines that any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in any acts or practices which...
  • Section 25181.5.
    A registered waste transporter transporting medical waste who is not subject to Section 25097 shall be subject to penalties for violations pursuant to this article.(Added...
  • Section 25182.
    Every civil action brought under this chapter at the request of the department or a unified program agency shall be brought by the city attorney,...
  • Section 25183.
    Any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter shall be brought in the county in which the processing or disposal of hazardous waste is made...
  • Section 25184.
    In any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter in which a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction is sought, it shall not...
  • Section 25184.1.
    If any administrative order or decision that imposes a penalty is issued pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 25300), the administrative...
  • Section 25185.
    (a)  In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, any authorized representative of the department or the local officer or agency authorized to...
  • Section 25185.5.
    For a property that is designated as a hazardous waste property or border zone property pursuant to the former Article 11 (commencing with Section 25220),...
  • Section 25185.6.
    (a) (1) The department or a local officer or agency authorized to enforce this chapter pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180, in connection with any action...
  • Section 25186.
    The department may deny, suspend, or revoke any permit, registration, or certificate applied for, or issued, pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the procedures...
  • Section 25186.05.
    (a) For the purposes of this section, “violation” and “noncompliance” mean only the following:(1) A violation or noncompliance pursuant to Section 25186 that creates a significant risk...
  • Section 25186.1.
    (a)  Except as specified in Section 25186.2, proceedings for the suspension or revocation of a permit, registration, or certificate under this chapter shall be conducted...
  • Section 25186.2.
    The department may temporarily suspend any permit, registration, or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter prior to any hearing if the department determines that conditions...
  • Section 25186.2.5.
    The department may temporarily suspend the operation of a facility operating under an expired permit that has been extended pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph...
  • Section 25186.3.
    (a)  The department shall prepare a written report pursuant to subdivision (b) whenever the department proposes to issue a hazardous waste facilities permit applied for...
  • Section 25186.5.
    (a)  In making a determination pursuant to Section 25186, the director may contact the district attorney, local agencies, the Attorney General, the United States Department...
  • Section 25186.6.
    (a)  In any case filed in any court or administrative tribunal, including, but not limited to, the Office of Administrative Hearings, which alleges any violations...
  • Section 25186.7.
    The department may suspend or revoke any grant of authorization to operate pursuant to a permit-by-rule or authorization to conduct treatment pursuant to subdivision (a)...
  • Section 25187.
    (a) (1) The department or a unified program agency, in accordance with subdivision (l), may issue an order requiring that the violation be corrected and imposing an...
  • Section 25187.1.
    (a)  (1)  If the department or a unified program agency authorized pursuant to paragraph (2) determines, upon receipt of any information, that the presence of...
  • Section 25187.2.
    If an order or agreement issued by the department pursuant to Section 25187 to a potentially responsible party requires a person to take corrective action...
  • Section 25187.5.
    (a)  If corrective action is not taken on or before the date specified in an order issued pursuant to Section 25187, or if in the...
  • Section 25187.6.
    (a)  If an authorized agent of the department has probable cause to believe that any hazardous waste, or any material which the authorized agent reasonably...
  • Section 25187.8.
    (a)  An authorized representative of the department or local officer or agency authorized to enforce this chapter pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25180, who,...
  • Section 25188.
    A person subject to an order issued pursuant to Section 25187 who does not comply with that order shall be subject to a civil penalty...
  • Section 25189.
    (a) A person who intentionally or negligently makes a false statement or representation in an application, label, manifest, record, report, permit, or other document filed, maintained,...
  • Section 25189.1.
    (a)  In addition to liability under any other provision of law, any person who is liable for a civil penalty pursuant to subdivision (c) or...
  • Section 25189.2.
    (a) A person who makes a false statement or representation in an application, label, manifest, record, report, permit, or other document filed, maintained, or used for...
  • Section 25189.3.
    (a) For purposes of this section, the term “permit” means a hazardous waste facilities permit, interim status authorization, or standardized permit.(b) The department shall suspend the permit...
  • Section 25189.4.
    (a) In addition to any penalty imposed under any other law, a person who is subject to the imposition of civil or criminal penalties pursuant to...
  • Section 25189.5.
    (a) The disposal of any hazardous waste, or the causing thereof, is prohibited when the disposal is at a facility which does not have a permit...
  • Section 25189.6.
    (a)  Any person who knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the risk, treats, handles, transports, disposes, or stores any hazardous waste in a manner which...
  • Section 25189.7.
    (a)  The burning or incineration of any hazardous waste, or the causing thereof, is prohibited when the burning or incineration is at a facility which...
  • Section 25190.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 25185.6, 25189.5, 25189.6, 25189.7, and 25191, any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any permit, rule,...
  • Section 25191.
    (a)  (1)  Any person who knowingly does any of the acts specified in subdivision (b) shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not...
  • Section 25191.2.
    Actions pursuant to Sections 25189.5, 25189.6, 25189.7, 25190, and 25191 may be brought by any city attorney.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 185, Sec. 1.)
  • Section 25191.7.
    (a)  Any person who provides information which materially contributes to the imposition of a civil penalty or criminal fine against any person for violating this...
  • Section 25192.
    (a) All civil and criminal penalties collected pursuant to this chapter shall be apportioned in the following manner:(1) Fifty percent shall be deposited in the Toxic Substances...
  • Section 25193.
    The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative, and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the...
  • Section 25194.
    Any action brought pursuant to this chapter against a person shall not abate by reason of a sale or other transfer of ownership, except with...
  • Section 25194.5.
    (a)  The withdrawal of an application for a permit, registration, or certificate, after it has been filed with the department shall not, unless the department...
  • Section 25195.
    It is a misdemeanor for any person to do any of the following:(a)  Willfully prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way the...
  • Section 25196.
    A person who knowingly violates a provision of subdivision (a) of former Section 25221 as that section read on January 1, 2012, and who violated...

Last modified: October 22, 2018