Section 25280.5 Of Chapter 6.7. Underground Storage Of Hazardous Substances From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.7.
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 provides for regulation of
underground storage tanks and allows underground storage tanks to be
regulated pursuant to a state program, in lieu of a federal program,
in states which are authorized to implement these provisions.
(b) It is in the interest of the people of the state, in order to
avoid direct regulation by the federal government of persons already
subject to regulation under state law pursuant to this chapter, to
authorize the state to implement the provisions of Subchapter IX
(commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the
United States Code, including any acts amending or supplementing
Subchapter IX and any federal regulations and guidelines adopted
pursuant to Subchapter IX.