Laserfiche WebLink
"I'Apanos Jet <br /> Center <br /> Page 2 <br /> cancer, birth defects; or cagier reproductive harm, to be informed about exposures <br /> to chemicals that cause caner, birth defects, ;or gather reproductive harm, to <br /> secure strict enforcement of the laws controlling'haardous chemicals and deter <br /> actions that threaten public health and safety; and to shift the cast of hazardous' <br /> waste clear a s more canto offenders and less onto law-abidin tax a ers <br /> p P <br /> t £7 trtttrduntbrae of Hazardous Subtances'i(eflv �ar , 1 " <br /> . <br /> A. Is.1w. flndi and declarations states that <br /> several lrnow:n :cases, underground `storage `l�t feu ' <br /> ur ettted and uncontrolled releases of hazardous;su <br /> 1' <br /> tau , ese releases have contaminated public drinking war sti <br /> and created a potential threat to the public health and to t c the <br /> state <br /> (4) The L.egisleture has previously enacted laws regulating the mariage Brat. <br /> of hazardous wastes, including statutes providing the means to dean up <br /> releases 41 hazardous substances into the environment 'e,: he p�bl�c <br /> health,;diornestc livestock, wildlife, and the environment are endangered <br /> Currentlaws do not specifically govern the construction, maintenance, <br /> testing, and the use of underground tanks used for the storage of <br /> hazardous wastes prior to disposal, for the purposes of protetinge <br /> public health and the environment. <br /> 25280.5. Additional legislative findings and declarations. <br /> The LegWature finds and declares all of the following: <br /> aSubchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title <br /> 42 of the United States {erode provides for regulations of undergro nd <br /> storage tanks and allows underground storage tanks to be regulated <br /> pursuant to a state ro ram, in lieu of a federal r€ ram, in states wlicl <br /> p p g p �' <br /> areauthor ze l to implement these provisions <br /> b <br /> is in the interest of the people oaf the stat, in order to avoid direct` <br /> r tfi tion by the federal government + f persons already subject to <br /> reglatitan under state law pursuant to this chapter; to athorize the state; <br /> to implement the provisions of Subehapt r Ix �eommenc�ng with S.-c iom <br /> 9 of Chapter 82 of Titled of the united States bode, includiinacts <br /> ame.. l g or supplementing$ubchapter lX and any,federal reg or d <br /> Iain WPM pursuant to Subchapter lX. <br /> Deffeo t�f lnterst include: hazardous substancesam unatl <br /> re M <br /> 2529,5.'U nautlionzet release; reporting requirement ; review tar perm ; anf ual <br /> report to Letslrture <br /> Requarerr encs for tl'te corrpletidn of an Unauthorized Release report (LIAR) <br />