California Health and Safety Code

§ 25159.16

HSC § 25159.16 Effective Sep 23, 1986Div. 20 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 5.6

Statute text

(a)If the department or regional board determines that there is migration of hazardous waste constituents, or a threat of migration of hazardous waste constituents, from an injection well into any strata or waters of the state outside the injection zone, the department shall prohibit the discharge of any hazardous waste into the injection well until removal and remedial actions have been conducted to abate the migration or threat.

(b)The department shall determine, after the remedial and removal actions required pursuant to subdivision (a) are completed, whether the injection well should be continued to be used for the discharge of hazardous wastes. The department shall not approve the continued use of the injection well for the discharge of hazardous waste unless the department makes both of the following determinations:

(1)The removal or remedial action abated the contamination, or threat of contamination, from the migration or threat of migration.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1013, Sec. 2. Effective September 23, 1986.