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1-4 legal obligation to notify should be made by legal counsel based on the particular facts of a specific situation. In the State of California, releases of hazardous substances are addressed is in the Hazardous Substance Account Act (HSAA). Section 25359.4 of the HSAA entitled, "Unauthorized release of a hazardous substance; Penalty" states: "(a) A person shall not release, or allow or cause a release of, a hazardous substance into the environment which is not authorized or permitted pursuant to state law." The HSAA defines "release" in §25320. as: "... any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment." Another factor to be considered is §25359.7. of the HSAA entitled, "Notice to buyer of real property of hazardous substance located on or beneath property; Notice to owner by lessee or renter." This section requires an owner of nonresidential property who has reasonable cause to believe that a release on or beneath the property has occurred to provide written notice of such release prior to the property's sale, lease, or rental. Furthermore, lessees or renters are required to provide such notice to the owner within a "reasonable period of time" whenever they have reasonable cause to believe that a release has occurred. Penalties for failure to provide notice are $5,000 for each separate violation. 1.6 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION .� To address the areas of concern identified during the Phase I ESA, the following objectives have been identified: • Determine whether reported leakage from the former gasoline UST has impacted soil or ground water within the confines of the property • Determine whether the discharge of brine solution to ground surface has caused any lasting affects to soil or ground water • Assess subsurface soil at the septic leachfield to determine whether related con- stituents are likely to have been discharged through the septic system. :24"7 ■ i "REALISTIC SOLUTIONS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PROBLEMS"