Section 25209 Of Article 9.6. Land Treatment Units From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 9.6.
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. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Hazardous waste discharged into land treatment units may
migrate beyond the treatment zone of the land treatment unit and
thereby threaten the public health and the environment and pose a
serious threat to the quality of the waters of this state.
(b) With the exception of land treatment units, all major forms of
land disposal units are required by law to be equipped with liner
and leachate collection and removal systems to ensure sufficient
protection of the public health and safety and the environment and to
protect the quality of the waters of this state. It is in the public
interest to extend these requirements to include land treatment
units.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a uniform and
workable procedure for implementing requirements for liner and
leachate collection and removal systems in all existing land
treatment units, and replacements and lateral expansions of existing
and new land treatment units, and to ensure that the vadose zone and
groundwater beneath all land treatment units is adequately monitored
to detect the presence of any contamination. Land treatment units in
operation in this state must be made safe, or closed if necessary, to
protect public health and safety and the environment, including the
waters of the state.