Section 25359.6 Of Article 5. Uses Of The State Account From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.8. >> Article 5.
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. (a) The director shall notify, within 20 working days,
each of the appropriate county health officers as to all the
potential abandoned sites of which the department has knowledge or
which the department is investigating for releases of hazardous
substances that may have occurred or might be occurring at abandoned
sites. The county health officers may request quarterly updates on
the status of the investigations of these sites.
As used in this section, "abandoned site" means an inactive
disposal, treatment, or storage facility which cannot, with
reasonable effort, be traced to a specific owner, a site whose owner
is the subject of an order for relief in bankruptcy, or a location
where a hazardous substance has been illegally disposed.
(b) Within 10 working days of the identification of an abandoned
site, the department or a county health officer shall notify the
other agency of the status of the site. The department and the county
health officer shall inform the other agency of orders to fence and
post these sites and the status of compliance with those orders. The
department or the county health officers may request quarterly
updates of the testing, enforcement action, and remedial or removal
actions that are proposed or ongoing.