California Health and Safety Code

§ 25209

HSC § 25209Div. 20 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 9.6

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a)Hazardous waste discharged into land treatment units may migrate beyond the treatment zone of the land treatment unit and thereby threaten the public health and the environment and pose a serious threat to the quality of the waters of this state.

(b)With the exception of land treatment units, all major forms of land disposal units are required by law to be equipped with liner and leachate collection and removal systems to ensure sufficient protection of the public health and safety and the environment and to protect the quality of the waters of this state. It is in the public interest to extend these requirements to include land treatment units.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1374, Sec. 1.