California Health and Safety Code

§ 25159.10

HSC § 25159.10Div. 20 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 5.6

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Specific state laws and regulations have been enacted to prevent leaks and hazardous waste discharges to land, such as those from underground storage tanks, surface impoundments, pits, ponds, or lagoons.

(b)The present federal law which regulates the discharge of hazardous waste to land in injection wells is inadequate to fully protect California’s water supplies from contamination. As a result, underground injection of hazardous waste presents a serious short-term and long-term threat to the quality of waters in the state.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1591, Sec. 1.