California Health and Safety Code

§ 25403.1

HSC § 25403.1 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 20 · Ch. 6.10

Statute text

(a)(1) (A) A local agency may, in accordance with this chapter, take any action that the local agency determines is necessary and that is consistent with other state and federal laws to investigate or clean up a release on, under, or from blighted property that the local agency has found to be within a blighted area within the local agency’s boundaries due to the presence of hazardous materials following a Phase I or Phase II environmental assessment pursuant to subdivision (f), whether the local agency owns that property or not. When taking action pursuant to this chapter, if the local agency does not own property that is the subject of the investigation and cleanup activities, the local agency has the right to enter that property, if, upon providing notice to the owner of that property in accordance with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the owner of the property does not respond to the notice or the local agency reasonably deems the response inadequate.

(B)The local agency shall contact the department or the appropriate regional board prior to issuing a notice pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) in connection with a property on the National Priority List or a property or release subject to any of the following:

(i)Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100).

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 258, Sec. 91) by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 115. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.