California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 6.7 - Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances

• Section 25280.
  (a)  The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)  Substances hazardous to the public health and safety and to the environment are stored prior to...
• Section 25280.5.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a)  Subchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the United States...
• Section 25280.6.
  Either the owner or operator of an underground storage tank may comply with the requirements of this chapter that apply to the owner or operator...
• Section 25281.
  For purposes of this chapter and unless otherwise expressly provided, the following definitions apply:(a) “Automatic line leak detector” means any method of leak detection, as determined...
• Section 25281.5.
  (a)  Notwithstanding subdivision (m) of Section 25281, for purposes of this chapter “pipe” means all parts of any pipeline or system of pipelines, used in...
• Section 25281.6.
  (a) A tank located in a below-grade structure and connected to an emergency generator tank system, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 25281.5, is exempt...
• Section 25282.
  (a)  The department shall compile a comprehensive master list of hazardous substances. The master list shall be made available to the public and mailed to...
• Section 25283.
  (a) This chapter shall be implemented by the board, by the regional board, and by the local agency, as defined in subdivision (b), pursuant to the...
• Section 25283.1.
  This chapter does not prohibit any county from entering into a joint powers agreement with other counties for the purposes of enforcing this chapter.(Amended by...
• Section 25283.5.
  (a) An underground storage tank that meets all of the following criteria is exempt from the requirements of this chapter:(1) All exterior surfaces of the tank, including...
• Section 25284.
  (a)  (1)  Except as provided in subdivision (c), no person may own or operate an underground storage tank unless a permit for its operation has...
• Section 25284.1.
  (a) The board shall take all of the following actions with regard to the prevention of unauthorized releases from petroleum underground storage tanks:(1) On or before June...
• Section 25284.2.
  The owner or operator of an underground storage tank with a spill containment structure designed to prevent a release in the event of a spill...
• Section 25284.4.
  (a)  All tank integrity tests required by this chapter or pursuant to any local ordinance in compliance with Section 25299.1 shall be performed only by,...
• Section 25285.
  (a)  Except as provided in Section 25285.1, a permit to operate issued by the local agency pursuant to Section 25284 shall be effective for five...
• Section 25285.1.
  (a)  A local agency may revoke or modify a permit issued pursuant to Section 25284 for cause, including, but not limited to, any of the...
• Section 25286.
  (a)  An application for a permit to operate an underground storage tank, or for renewal of the permit, shall be made, by the owner or...
• Section 25287.
  (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (c), a fee shall be paid to the local agency by each person who submits an application for a...
• Section 25288.
  (a)  The local agency shall inspect every underground tank system within its jurisdiction at least once every year. The purpose of the inspection is to...
• Section 25289.
  (a)  To carry out the purposes of this chapter or Chapter 6.75 (commencing with Section 25299.10), any duly authorized representative of the local agency, the...
• Section 25290.
  (a)  “Trade secrets,” as used in this chapter, includes, but is not limited to, any formula, plan, pattern, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data,...
• Section 25290.1.
  (a)  Notwithstanding subdivision (o) of Section 25281, for purposes of this section, “product tight” means impervious to the liquid and vapor of the substance that...
• Section 25290.1.1.
  (a)  (1)  On the effective date of the act adding this section and for 179 days thereafter, a local agency shall only issue a notice...
• Section 25290.1.2.
  (a)  The board and the State Air Resources Board, under the direction of the California Environmental Protection Agency, shall certify to the best of their...
• Section 25290.2.
  (a)  Notwithstanding subdivision (o) of Section 25281, for purposes of this section, “product tight” means impervious to the liquid and vapor of the substance that...
• Section 25291.
  Every underground storage tank installed after January 1, 1984, shall meet all of the following requirements:(a)  The underground storage tank shall be designed and constructed...
• Section 25292.
  For every underground storage tank installed on or before January 1, 1984, and used for the storage of hazardous substances, the following actions shall be...
• Section 25292.05.
  (a) On or before December 31, 2025, the owner or operator of an underground storage tank shall permanently close that underground storage tank in accordance with...
• Section 25292.1.
  All underground tank systems shall meet the following operational requirements:(a)  The underground tank system shall be operated to prevent unauthorized releases, including spills and overfills,...
• Section 25292.2.
  (a)  All owners and operators of an underground tank system shall maintain evidence of financial responsibility for taking corrective action and for compensating third parties...
• Section 25292.3.
  (a)  Upon the discovery of a significant violation of any requirement in this chapter that poses an imminent threat to human health or safety or...
• Section 25292.4.
  (a)  On and after November 1, 2000, an owner or operator of an underground storage tank system with a single-walled component that is located within...
• Section 25292.5.
  (a)  On or before January 1, 2005, the owner or operator of an underground storage tank system that is located within 1,000 feet of a...
• Section 25293.
  The owner or operator of the underground tank system shall monitor the tank system using the method specified on the permit for the tank system....
• Section 25294.
  Any unauthorized release from the primary containment which the operator is able to clean up within eight hours after the release was detected or should...
• Section 25295.
  (a) (1) An unauthorized release that escapes from the secondary containment, or from the primary containment, if no secondary containment exists, increases the hazard of fire or...
• Section 25295.5.
  (a)  For purposes of this chapter, an unauthorized release includes, but is not limited to, a spill or overfill of a hazardous substance that meets...
• Section 25296.
  (a)  If there has been any unauthorized release, as defined in Section 25294 or subdivision (a) of Section 25295, from an underground storage tank containing...
• Section 25296.09.
  (a)  (1)  If the board enters into an agreement with a local agency and the Santa Clara Valley Water District pursuant to subdivision (j) of...
• Section 25296.10.
  (a) Each owner, operator, or other responsible party shall take corrective action in response to an unauthorized release in compliance with this chapter and the regulations...
• Section 25296.15.
  (a)  No closure letter shall be issued pursuant to this chapter unless all of the following conditions are met: (1)  The soil or groundwater, or...
• Section 25296.20.
  (a)  The local agency, the board, or a regional board shall not consider corrective action or site closure proposals from the primary or active responsible...
• Section 25296.25.
  (a)  (1)  Unless the board, in consultation with local agencies and the regional board, determines that a site is an emergency site, the board, at...
• Section 25296.30.
  (a)  The board, in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, shall develop guidelines for the investigation and cleanup of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE)...
• Section 25296.35.
  (a)  The board shall develop, implement, and maintain a system for storing and retrieving data from cases involving discharges of petroleum from underground storage tanks...
• Section 25296.40.
  (a)  (1) Any owner or operator, or other responsible party who has an underground storage tank case and who believes that the corrective action plan for...
• Section 25297.
  The local agency may request the following agencies to utilize that agency’s authority to remedy the effects of, and remove, any hazardous substance which has...
• Section 25297.01.
  (a) In addition to the authority granted to the board pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code and to the department...
• Section 25297.1.
  (a) (1) For purposes of implementing, pursuant to Section 25297.01, the local oversight program for the abatement of, and oversight of the abatement of, unauthorized releases of...
• Section 25297.15.
  (a)  (1)  The local agency shall not consider cleanup or site closure proposals from the primary or active responsible party, issue a closure letter, or...
• Section 25297.2.
  Any local agency which performs, or causes to be performed, any cleanup, abatement, or other action necessary to remedy the effects of a release of...
• Section 25297.3.
  (a) The Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cost Recovery Fund is hereby created in the General Fund and the money in the fund may be expended, upon...
• Section 25298.
  (a)  No person shall abandon an underground tank system or close or temporarily cease operating an underground tank system, except as provided in this section....
• Section 25298.5.
  The analysis of any material that is required to demonstrate compliance with this chapter or Chapter 6.75 (commencing with Section 25299.10) shall be performed by...
• Section 25299.
  (a) An operator of an underground tank system is liable for a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than five...
• Section 25299.01.
  When any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in any acts or practices which violate this chapter, or Chapter...
• Section 25299.02.
  Every civil action brought under this chapter shall be brought by the city attorney, the district attorney, or the Attorney General in the name of...
• Section 25299.03.
  Any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter shall be brought in the county in which the violation occurred, the county in which the principal...
• Section 25299.04.
  In any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter in which a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction is sought, it is not...
• Section 25299.05.
  Notwithstanding Sections 25299.02 and 25299.03, the board may impose civil liability administratively for a violation described in subdivision (a), (b), (c), (e), or (f) of...
• Section 25299.1.
  (a) Any city or county which prior to January 1, 1984, adopted an ordinance which, at a minimum, met the requirements set forth in Sections 25284...
• Section 25299.2.
  (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 25299.4, this chapter does not preclude or deny the right of a local agency to adopt...
• Section 25299.3.
  (a)  The board shall adopt regulations implementing this chapter. (b)  Every city and county shall undertake its regulatory responsibilities under this chapter. Except as provided...
• Section 25299.4.
  (a)  (1)  Any local agency may apply to the board for authority to implement design and construction standards for the containment of a hazardous substance...
• Section 25299.5.
  (a)  This chapter shall be construed to assure consistency with the requirements for state programs implementing the federal act. (b)  This chapter shall not be...
• Section 25299.6.
  An owner or operator who is required to prepare an accident or spill prevention plan or response plan pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to...
• Section 25299.7.
  (a)  The board is designated as the lead agency in the state for all purposes stated in the federal act and may exercise any powers...
• Section 25299.8.
  The repeal and addition of Section 25292.3 and the amendment of Section 25284 by the act adding this section during the 2002 portion of the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018