California Health and Safety Code

§ 25208.4

HSC § 25208.4Div. 20 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 9.5

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless the person was granted an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b) on or before December 31, 1987, pursuant to Section 25208.4, as it read on December 31, 1988, or pursuant to Section 25208.13 or 25208.18, a person shall not discharge liquid hazardous wastes or hazardous wastes containing free liquids into a surface impoundment, if the surface impoundment, or the land immediately beneath it, contains hazardous wastes and is within one-half mile upgradient from a potential source of drinking water. A person who owns a surface impoundment which meets the conditions specified in this subdivision shall close the impoundment.

(b)A person may apply to a regional board to exempt a surface impoundment from subdivision (a) pursuant to this subdivision. A person shall submit the application for exemption to the regional board on or before January 1, 1986.

(1)A regional board shall either grant or deny an exemption from subdivision (a) on or before December 31, 1987. A regional board may grant an exemption from subdivision (a) only if the regional board makes both of the following findings:

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1366, Sec. 3) by Stats. 1988, Ch. 920, Sec. 3. Section operative January 1, 1989, by its own provisions.