ARTICLE 8. Enforcement

Article 8 added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1236.

§§ 25180–25196.1 · 50 sections

§ 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 be…
§ 25180.1 For purposes of this chapter, “permit” includes matters deemed to be permits pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25198.6.
§ 25180.2 The department shall prioritize an enforcement action authorized by this chapter affecting communities that have been identified by the California…
§ 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…
§ 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,…
§ 25181 (a) If the department determines that a person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute…
§ 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…
§ 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, the county…
§ 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 or proposed to…
§ 25184 In any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter in which a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction is sought, it…
§ 25184.1 If any administrative order or decision that imposes a penalty is issued pursuant to this chapter or Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45, the…
§ 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 enforce…
§ 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), an…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25186.2 The department may temporarily suspend any permit, registration, or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter prior to any hearing if the department…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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 with…
§ 25187.3 (a) An owner or operator of a facility for which corrective action under department oversight is required shall include a corrective action cost estimate in…
§ 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 judgment of the department…
§ 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…
§ 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,…
§ 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 of not more than seventy…
§ 25189 (a) A person who intentionally or negligently makes a false statement or representation in an application, label, manifest, record, report, permit, or other…
§ 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 (d) of Section 25189…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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 the provisions…
§ 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 from the…
§ 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…
§ 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 does not…
§ 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…
§ 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 less than two thousand…
§ 25191.2 Actions pursuant to Sections 25189.5, 25189.6, 25189.7, 25190, and 25191 may be brought by any city attorney.
§ 25191.7 (a) A person who provides information that materially contributes to the imposition of a civil penalty or criminal fine against a person for violating this…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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 the express…
§ 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…
§ 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 work of any duly…
§ 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 that provision…
§ 25196.1 (a) A person who generates or has generated hazardous waste that fails to provide information to the department as required pursuant to this chapter and…