California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

• Section 25310.
  The definitions set forth in this article shall govern the interpretation of this chapter. Unless the context requires otherwise and except as provided in this...
• Section 25310.5.
  “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 912, Sec. 6. Effective September 29, 2000.)
• Section 25311.
  “Contract competitor” means any person competing for a state contract pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25358.3.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 23, Sec....
• Section 25312.
  “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective May 26, 1999.)
• Section 25313.
  “Director” means the Director of Toxic Substances Control.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective May 26, 1999.)
• Section 25314.
  “Feasibility study” means the identification and evaluation of technically feasible and effective remedial action alternatives to protect public health and the environment, at a hazardous...
• Section 25315.
  “Federal act” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.).(Repealed and added by Stats....
• Section 25316.
  “Hazardous substance” means:(a)  Any substance designated pursuant to Section 1321  (b)(2)(A) of Title 33 of the United States Code. (b)  Any element, compound, mixture, solution,...
• Section 25317.
  “Hazardous substance” does not include:(a)  Petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is not otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous substance...
• Section 25318.5.
  “Operation and maintenance” means those activities initiated or continued at a hazardous substance release site following completion of a response action that are deemed necessary...
• Section 25319.
  “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, business concern, corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation, partnership, limited liability company, and...
• Section 25319.1.
  “Phase I environmental assessment” means a preliminary assessment of a property to determine whether there has been, or may have been, a release of a...
• Section 25319.5.
  “Preliminary endangerment assessment” means an activity that is performed to determine whether current or past hazardous substance management practices have resulted in a release or...
• Section 25319.6.
  “Regional board” means a California regional water quality control board.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective May 26, 1999.)
• Section 25320.
  “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch....
• Section 25321.
  “Release” does not include any of the following:(a)  Any release that results in exposure to persons solely within a workplace, with respect to a claim...
• Section 25322.
  “Remedy” or “remedial action” includes all of the following:(a)  Those actions that are consistent with a permanent remedy, that are taken instead of, or in...
• Section 25322.1.
  “Remedial design” means the detailed engineering plan to implement the remedial action alternative or initial remedial measure approved by the department.(Repealed and added by Stats....
• Section 25322.2.
  “Remedial investigation” means those actions deemed necessary by the department to determine the full extent of a hazardous substance release at a site, identify the...
• Section 25323.
  “Remove” or “removal” includes the cleanup or removal of released hazardous substances from the environment or the taking of other actions as may be necessary...
• Section 25323.1.
  “Removal action work plan” means a work plan prepared or approved by the department or a California regional water quality control board that is developed...
• Section 25323.3.
  “Response,” “respond,” or “response action” have the same meanings as defined in Section 9601(25) of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601(25)). The enforcement and...
• Section 25323.5.
  (a)  (1)  “Responsible party” or “liable person,” for the purposes of this chapter, means those persons described in Section 107(a) of the federal act (42...
• Section 25323.9.
  “Site” has the same meaning as the term “facility” is defined by Section 101(9) of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601(9)).(Added by Stats. 1999,...
• Section 25324.
  (a) “State account” means the Toxic Substances Control Account established pursuant to Section 25173.6.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any costs incurred and payable from...
• Section 25325.
  “Federally permitted release” has the same meaning as defined in Section 101  (10) of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601  (10)). (Repealed and added...
• Section 25326.
  “A release authorized or permitted pursuant to state law” means any release into the environment which is authorized by statute, ordinance, regulation, or rule of...
• Section 25326.3.
  “Secretary” means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 912, Sec. 13. Effective September 29, 2000.)
• Section 25326.5.
  “Site cleanup evaluation” means an evaluation by the department of the effectiveness of a removal or remedial action conducted by a responsible party, to reduce...
• Section 25327.
  “Tier” means a grouping of hazardous substance release sites that require removal and remedial actions, that are listed alphabetically, and that are of a roughly...

Last modified: October 22, 2018