California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 25299.11.
  Unless the context indicates otherwise, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1442, Sec. 5. Effective October...
• Section 25299.11.5.
  “Adjudicative proceeding” has the same meaning as defined in Section 11405.20 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 328, Sec. 3. Effective January 1,
• Section 25299.12.
  “Bodily injury” has the same meaning as used in Subchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the United States...
• Section 25299.13.
  “Claim” means a submittal to the fund for the reimbursement of costs incurred due to an occurrence. A claim consists of several documents, including, but...
• Section 25299.14.
  “Corrective action” includes, but is not limited to, evaluation and investigation of an unauthorized release, initial corrective actions measures, as specified in the federal act,...
• Section 25299.15.
  “Environmental impairment liability insurance” means liability insurance against liability for bodily injury, as defined in Section 25299.12, and for property damage, as defined in Section...
• Section 25299.16.
  “Federal act” means Subchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as added by the Hazardous...
• Section 25299.17.
  “Fund” means the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund created pursuant to Section 25299.50.(Added by renumbering Section 25299.16 by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1217, Sec. 4. Effective...
• Section 25299.18.
  “MTBE” means methyl tertiary-butyl ether.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 812, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2000.)
• Section 25299.19.
  “Occurrence” means an accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to conditions, which results in an unauthorized release of petroleum from an underground storage tank. Unauthorized...
• Section 25299.20.
  “Operator” means any person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of an underground storage tank containing petroleum. “Operator” includes any city,...
• Section 25299.21.
  “Owner” means the owner of an underground storage tank containing petroleum.“Owner” includes any city, county, or district, or any agency or department thereof, but does...
• Section 25299.22.
  “Petroleum” means crude oil, or any fraction thereof, which is liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure, which means at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and...
• Section 25299.23.
  “Property damage” has the same meaning as used in Subchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the United States...
• Section 25299.23.1.
  (a)  “Site” means the parcel of real property at which an underground storage tank is located. (b)  If underground storage tanks are located at adjacent...
• Section 25299.24.
  “Tank,” “underground storage tank,” “underground tank system,” and “tank system” have the same meaning as defined in Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280), except as...
• Section 25299.25.
  For purposes of this chapter, “board,” “regional board,” “local agency,” “person,” “unauthorized release,” and “facility” shall have the same meanings as defined in Section 25281....

Last modified: October 22, 2018