Health and Safety Code § 79910

ARTICLE 11. Costs Incurred at BKK Landfill Site

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 79910Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the costs incurred by a state agency to take a hazardous substance response action at the BKK Landfills Site in the City of West Covina shall be deemed to be a contribution towards any potential liability for response costs or damages imposed pursuant to state law upon a state agency that arranged for the disposal or treatment of a hazardous substance at that site.

(b) The Legislature declares its intent that the costs incurred by a state agency to take action in response to a hazardous substance release at the BKK Landfills Site in the City of West Covina shall be deemed to be a contribution towards any potential liability for response costs or damages imposed pursuant to the federal act upon a state agency that arranged for the disposal or treatment of a hazardous substance at that site.