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. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(a) "Blighted area" means an area in which the local agency
determines there are vacancies, abandonment of property, or a
reduction or lack of proper utilization of property, and the presence
or perceived presence of a release or releases of hazardous material
contributes to the vacancies, abandonment of property, or reduction
or lack of proper utilization of property.
(b) "Blighted property" means property with the presence or
perceived presence of a release or releases of hazardous material
that contributes to the vacancies, abandonment of property, or
reduction or lack of proper utilization of property.
(c) "Clean up" or "cleanup" means an action taken to remove, as
defined in Section 25323, remediate, as described in subdivision (a)
or (b) of Section 25322, or otherwise abate the effects of a release
of hazardous material.
(d) "Cleanup plan" means a document that details the actions to be
taken to clean up a release of a hazardous material.
(e) "CUPA" means the Certified Unified Program Agency certified to
implement the unified program pursuant to Chapter 6.11 (commencing
with Section 25404).
(f) "Department" means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(g) "Designated agency" means an agency designated by the local
agency pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (e) of Section
25403.1.
(h) "Director" means the Director of Toxic Substances Control.
(i) "Hazardous material" has the same meaning as defined in
subdivision (d) of Section 25260.
(j) "Investigation" means an action taken to determine the source,
nature, and extent of a release of hazardous material with
sufficient detail to provide a reasonable basis for decisions
regarding the cleanup of the hazardous material. An investigation
does not include a Phase I or Phase II environmental site assessment.
(k) "Investigation plan" means a document that specifies actions
to be taken to investigate a suspected release of hazardous material.
An investigation plan does not include a Phase I or Phase II
environmental site assessment.
(l) "Local agency" means both of the following:
(1) A county, a city, or a city and county.
(2) A "housing authority," as provided in Section 34240, if the
housing authority is an entity assuming the housing functions of a
former redevelopment agency pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision
(a) of Section 34176 and the property subject to this chapter was
transferred from that successor agency to the housing authority.
(m) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock
company, business concern, partnership, limited liability company,
association, and corporation, including, but not limited to, a
government corporation. "Person" also includes any local agency,
county, district, commission, the state or any department, agency, or
political subdivision thereof, any interstate body, and the federal
government or any department or agency thereof to the extent
permitted by law.
(n) "Phase I environmental assessment" means a preliminary
assessment of a property to determine whether there has been, or may
have been, a release of hazardous material based on reasonable
available information about the property and general vicinity. A
Phase I environmental assessment shall meet the most current
requirements adopted by the American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) for Standard Practice for Environmental Site
Assessment: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process or meet the
requirements of Part 312 (commencing with Section 312.1) of Title 40
of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(o) "Phase II environmental assessment" means an intrusive study
where actual physical environmental samples are collected and
analyzed to characterize the type and distribution of hazardous
material in the environment. A phase II environmental assessment
shall meet the most current requirements adopted by the American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) for Standard Practice for
Environmental Site Assessments: Phase II Environmental Site
Assessment Process.
(p) "Qualified independent contractor" means an independent
contractor who is any of the following:
(1) An engineering geologist who is certified pursuant to Section
7842 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) A geologist who is registered pursuant to Section 7850 of the
Business and Professions Code.
(3) A civil engineer who is registered pursuant to Section 6762 of
the Business and Professions Code.
(q) "Regional board" means a California regional water quality
control board.
(r) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching,
dumping, or disposing into the environment on blighted property.
(s) "Responsible party" means a person described in subdivision
(a) of Section 25323.5 of this code or subdivision (a) of Section
13304 of the Water Code.
(t) "Site designation committee" means the committee established
pursuant to Section 25261.
(u) "State board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.