CHAPTER 6.7. Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances [25280. - 25299.8.]

Chapter 6.7 added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1046, Sec. 3.

§§ 25280–25299.8 · 68 sections

§ 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 use or…
§ 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 Code…
§ 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 of an…
§ 25281 For purposes of this chapter and unless otherwise expressly provided, the following definitions apply: (a) “Automatic line leak detector” means any method of…
§ 25281.5 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (m) of Section 25281, for purposes of this chapter, “pipe” means all parts of a pipeline, or system of pipelines, used in…
§ 25281.6 (a) A tank located in a below-grade structure and connected to an emergency tank system, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 25281.5, is exempt from the…
§ 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 each…
§ 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 regulations…
§ 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.
§ 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…
§ 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 been issued by…
§ 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…
§ 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 or overfill while…
§ 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, or…
§ 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 years. This…
§ 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 following: (1) Violation…
§ 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 operator of the tank, or,…
§ 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 permit to operate an…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25290 (a) “Trade secrets,” as used in this chapter, includes, but is not limited to, any formula, plan, pattern, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure,…
§ 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…
§ 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 to comply pursuant to this…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25291 Every underground storage tank installed after January 1, 1984, shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) The underground storage tank shall be…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25292.1 All underground tank systems shall meet the following operational requirements: (a) The underground tank system shall be operated to prevent unauthorized…
§ 25292.2 (a) All owners and operators of an underground tank system shall maintain evidence of financial responsibility for taking corrective action and for…
§ 25292.3 (a) Upon the discovery of a significant violation of any requirement in this chapter, or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, that poses an…
§ 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 1,000 feet…
§ 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 public drinking water…
§ 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. Records of…
§ 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…
§ 25295 (a) (1) An unauthorized release that escapes from the secondary containment, or from the primary containment, if no secondary containment exists, increases the…
§ 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 both of the…
§ 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…
§ 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 25297.1, the…
§ 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…
§ 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 both, where…
§ 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…
§ 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 the request of…
§ 25296.30 (a) The board, in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, shall develop guidelines for the investigation and cleanup of methyl…
§ 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…
§ 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 the…
§ 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…
§ 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 pursuant…
§ 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,…
§ 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 make a…
§ 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 hazardous…
§ 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 appropriation…
§ 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.…
§ 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…
§ 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 thousand dollars…
§ 25299.01 (a) If a person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in any acts or practices that violate this chapter, or Chapter 6.75 (commencing with…
§ 25299.02 Every civil action brought under this chapter shall be brought by the city attorney, the county counsel, the district attorney, or the Attorney General in the…
§ 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 office of…
§ 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…
§ 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),…
§ 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 and 25284.1,…
§ 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 and enforce any…
§ 25299.3 (a) The board shall adopt regulations implementing this chapter. (b) Every city and county shall undertake its regulatory responsibilities under this chapter.…
§ 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 in…
§ 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…
§ 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 an underground…
§ 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 which a state may exercise…
§ 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 2001–02 Regular…