California Public Utilities Code

§ 7718

PUC § 7718 Effective Sep 26, 2013Div. 4 · Ch. 1 · Art. 10

Statute text

(a)The Railroad Accident Prevention and Immediate Deployment Force is hereby created in the California Environmental Protection Agency. The force shall be responsible for providing immediate onsite response capability in the event of large-scale releases of toxic materials resulting from surface transportation accidents and for implementing the state hazardous materials incident prevention and immediate deployment plan. This force shall act cooperatively and in concert with existing local emergency response units. The force shall consist of representatives of all of the following:

(1)Department of Fish and Game.

(2)California Environmental Protection Agency.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 506. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.