17212.2
. (a) The governing board of a school district may make a
written request upon a person, corporation, public utility, local
publicly owned utility, or governmental agency for information
necessary or useful to assess and determine the safety of a proposed
schoolsite or an addition to an existing schoolsite, pursuant to
Section 17251 and this chapter, including pipelines, electric
transmission and distribution lines, railroads, and storage tanks.
The written request shall identify the physical location of the
schoolsite for which information is sought, describe the information
sought, and contain a statement as to why the information is needed
or useful. Information requested may include all of the following:
(1) Railroad operations involving hazardous or toxic materials, as
reported to a governmental agency; frequency, speed, and schedule of
railroad traffic; grade, curves, and condition of railroad tracks;
and railroad accident occurrence.
(2) Whether there are existing pipelines, planned pipelines, or
easements for pipelines on, or in proximity to, as specified pursuant
to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17251, the schoolsite,
including the location of the pipeline, the age of the pipeline, the
pipeline material, the class of pipeline, the diameter of the
pipeline, the depth at which the pipeline is buried, the wall
thickness of the pipeline, the product or products transported by the
pipeline, the operating pressure of the pipeline, the history of
spills or leaks of material being transported by the pipeline, as
reported to a governmental agency, and the location of the shutoff
valves for the pipeline that are capable of preventing or halting the
transport of product or products to the schoolsite.
(3) Whether there are easements for planned or existing lines for
the transmission or distribution of electricity, electrical
transformers, or electrical substations on or in proximity to, as
specified pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17251,
the schoolsite, the location of easements for, planned, or existing
lines, transformers, or substations, the voltages currently handled
or planned to be handled by the line, transformer, or substation, the
ground clearance, if applicable, of a line, transformer, or
substation, and the depth of burial, if applicable, of the line,
transformer, or substation as specified by the Public Utilities
Commission.
(4) The location, age, construction type, safety record, and
product stored in a storage tank.
(b) A person, corporation, public utility, local publicly owned
utility, or governmental agency receiving a written request for
information pursuant to this section shall provide a written response
within 30 calendar days of receipt of the request, that provides the
requested information, identifies available public information or an
available report to a governmental agency, or provides written
justification why the requested information is not being provided. A
claim that the requested information is proprietary or confidential
is a legitimate justification for the requested information to not be
provided. The governing board of a school district may grant
additional time to respond to a request for information pursuant to
this section.
(c) A school district may file a complaint with the appropriate
regulatory agency or legislative body for a violation of the
requirements of this section. The regulatory agency or legislative
body may appoint a representative to work toward informally resolving
the complaint.