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<br />527 MISCELLANEOUS .PROVISIONS § 25509
<br />Section 25509, shall not be available for inspection. The
<br />administering agency shall transmit copies of the entire business
<br />plan or any information contained in the business plan to any
<br />requesting state or local agency.
<br />(b) Any person who files an inventory form required under
<br />Section 25509 with the administering agency shall be deemed to
<br />have filed the inventory form required by subsection (a) of
<br />Section 11022 of Title 42 of the United States Code with the
<br />state emergency response commission and emergency planning
<br />committee established pursuant to Section 11001 of Title 42 of
<br />the united States Code.
<br />(c) The administering agency shall, upon request. transmit the
<br />information collected pursuant to this chapter to the -Chemical
<br />Emergency Planning and Response Commission, established by
<br />the Governor as the state emergency response commission
<br />pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 11001 of Title 42 of the
<br />United States Code, and to the local emergency planning
<br />committee established pursuant to subsection (c) of Section
<br />11001 of Title 42 of the United States Code. (Added by
<br />Stats.1985, c. 1167, § 1. Amended by Stats.1986, a 463, § 11, eff.
<br />Juh• 23.1986,•. Stats.1988, c. 1585, § 7.)
<br />Code of Regulations References
<br />Implementation and maintenance of the unified .program, see 27 Cal.
<br />Code of Regs. § 15180 et seq.
<br />§ 25507. Release or threatened release of hazardous material;
<br />report; exception
<br />(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the handler or any
<br />employee, authorized representative, agent, or designee of a
<br />handler shall, upon discovery, immediately report any release or
<br />threatened release of a hazardous material to the administering
<br />agency, and to the office, in accordance with the regulations
<br />adopted pursuant to Section 25503. Each handler and any
<br />employee, authorized representative, agent, or designee of a
<br />handler shall provide all state, city, or county fire or public health
<br />or safety personnel and emergency rescue personnel with access
<br />to the handler's facilities.
<br />(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any person engaged in
<br />the transportation of a hazardous material on a highway which is
<br />subject to. and in compliance with, the requirements of Sections
<br />2453 and 231125 of the Vehicle Code. (Added by Stats.1985, c.
<br />1167, § I. Amended by Stats.1986, c. 463, § 12, eff. July 23, 1986;
<br />Stars. 198& c. 1585, § 8.)
<br />Cross.References
<br />Hazardous materials transportation by rail, release or threatened Telease,
<br />report, see Public Utilities Code§ 76725.
<br />- § 25507.1- Emergency notice;. form; -guidelines
<br />(a) Any business required to submit a followup emergency
<br />notice pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11004 of Title 42 of
<br />the United States Code, as that section reads on January 1, 1989,
<br />or as it maybe subsequently amended, shall submit the notice on
<br />a form approved by the office.
<br />?` (b) The office may adopt guidelines for the use of the forms
<br />x required by subdivision (a). (Added by Stats.1988, c 1585, § 9.)
<br />§ 25507.2. Training and response; release or threatened re-
<br />lease of hazardous material
<br />In order to tarry out the purposes of this chapter, -an
<br />administering agency may train for, and respond to, the release,
<br />or threatened .release, of a .hazardous material. (Added by
<br />SramJ990, c.:824 (S -B.2858), § -2.) ,
<br />§ 255073. Requests for submission of information submitted
<br />in toxic chemical release form; exceptions; use of informa-
<br />tion
<br />The California. Environmental Protection Agency may request
<br />any business to submit the information required to be submitted
<br />in the toxic chemical release form specified in subsection (g) of
<br />Section 11023 of Title 42 of the United States Code, or a
<br />simplified version of that form, except that the form shall not be
<br />required of any retail business, any business which has fewer
<br />than 10 employees, or any business which manufactures, process-
<br />es, or otherwise uses a toxic chemical in an amount less than the
<br />applicable threshold ,amount specified in subsection (f) of
<br />Section 11023 of Title 42 of the United States Code. The
<br />California Environmental Protection Agency shall use this
<br />information to collect adequate standardized quantitative data
<br />for use in multimedia applications, such as pollution prevention.
<br />(Added by Stars. 1992, c. 684 (S.B.1524), § 3,)
<br />§ 25507.10. Emergency rescue personnel; response to release
<br />of acutely hazardous material; ,notice given if within one-
<br />half mile of school
<br />The emergency rescue personnel, responding to the reported
<br />releaseor threatened aelease.of:an acutely hazardous material or
<br />to any fire or explosion involving a material that involves a
<br />release that would .be required to -be reported pursuant to
<br />Section 25507, shall immediately advise the superintendent of
<br />the school district having jurisdiction, where the location of the
<br />release or threatened release is within one-half mile of a school.
<br />(Added by Stars. 1991, e. 1183 (A -B.928), § 8.)
<br />§ 25508. Authority to inspect; frequency of inspection; county
<br />agricultural commissioner, priority; scheduling; index of
<br />acutely hazardous materials
<br />(a) In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, any
<br />employee or authorized representative of an administering
<br />agency has the authority specified in Section 25185, with respect
<br />to the premises of a handler, and in Section 251855, with respect
<br />to real property which is within 2,000 feet of the premises of a
<br />handler, except that this authority shall include inspections
<br />concerning hazardous material, in addition to hazardous waste.
<br />(b) In addition to the requirements of Section 25537, the
<br />administering agency shall conduct inspections of every business
<br />subject to this article at least once every three years to determine
<br />if the business is in compliance with this article. However, the
<br />administering agency may designate the county agricultural
<br />commissioner to conduct the inspections of agricultural handlers.
<br />The administering agency or its designee for agricultural han-
<br />dlers shall give priority, when conducting these inspections, to
<br />inspecting facilities which store an -amount of acutely hazardous
<br />materials, as defined in Section 25532, equal to, or greater than,
<br />the amount specified in subdivision (a) of Section 25536. In
<br />establishing a schedule for conducting inspections pursuant to
<br />this section, the administering agency may adopt and use an
<br />index of the volatility, toxicity, and quantity of acutely hazardous
<br />materials and hazardous materials. Administering agencies and
<br />designees shall attempt to schedule the inspections conducted
<br />pursuant to this section and Section 25537, when applicable,
<br />during the same time period. (Added by Stats.1985, C. 1167, § 1.
<br />Amended by Stars.1986, c. 463, § 13, eff. Juh` 23, 1986: Stars. 1990,
<br />c. 1662 (S.B.2263), § 4.)
<br />Cross References
<br />Conviction of violation of this section as misdemeanor, see Health and
<br />Safety Code § 25514.3.
<br />§ 25509. Inventory form; contents; amount of hazardous
<br />material; federal requirements I-
<br />(a) The annual inventory fa m -shall include, but shall not be
<br />limited to, information on all of the following which arehandled
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