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Home » US Law » 2022 California Code » Health and Safety Code - HSC » DIVISION 20 - MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS » CHAPTER 6.5 - Hazardous Waste Control » ARTICLE 12 - Financial Responsibility and Closure and Maintenance of Facilities

Section 25245.

25245. (a) The department shall adopt, and revise when appropriate, standards and regulations which shall do both of the following: (1) Specify the financial assurances to be provided by the owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility that are necessary to respond adequately to damage claims arising out of the operation of that type of facility […]

Section 25245.4.

25245.4. (a)  (1)  (A)  On and before September 30, 1996, a facility or transportable treatment unit operating pursuant to a permit-by-rule is exempt from any standard or regulation requiring the provision of financial assurances for the costs of closing a treatment unit of the facility authorized under a permit-by-rule or closing the transportable treatment unit […]

Section 25246.

25246. (a)  Each owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility shall submit hazardous waste facility closure and postclosure plans to the department and to the California regional water quality control board for the region in which the facility is located. The plans shall contain the owner’s or operator’s estimate of the cost of closure […]

Section 25246.1.

25246.1. (a) (1) The department shall request, and an owner or operator of a facility shall submit to the department for review and approval, a written cost estimate for corrective action if all of the following are met: (A) The department has identified a release or releases of a hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituent into the environment […]

Section 25246.2.

25246.2. (a) All of the following requirements apply if a written cost estimate for corrective action is required pursuant to Section 25246.1: (1) A corrective action cost estimate shall be based on, and be no less stringent than, the ASTM International Standard E2150. (2) (A) An owner or operator of a facility requiring corrective action under department oversight shall […]

Section 25247.

25247. (a) The department shall review each plan submitted pursuant to Section 25246 and shall approve the plan if it finds that the plan complies with the regulations adopted by the department and complies with all other applicable state and federal regulations. (b) The department shall not approve the plan until at least one of the following […]

Section 25248.

25248. The owner or operator of a facility for which closure and postclosure plans have been approved shall carry out the plans during the closure and postclosure period required by law. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1631, Sec. 42.)

Section 25249.

25249. On the effective date of this article, any operator subject to former Division 7.5 (commencing with Section 14000) of the Water Code shall be subject to this article. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 90, Sec. 3. Effective March 2, 1982.)