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M The egislature therefore declares that it is in the public ( interest to establish a continuing program for the purpose of preventing contamination from, and improper storage of, hazardous substances stored underground. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to establish orderly procedures that will ensure that newly constructed un erground storage tanks meet appropriate standards and that existing tanks be properly maintained, inspected, and tested so that the health, proper y, and resources of the people of the state will be protected. (Added by tats. 1984, Ch. 1038.) 25281. FoI purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) 'Boar means the State Water Resources Control Board. "Regional boardmeans a California Regional Water Quality Control Board. (b) 'Depament' means the State Department of Health Services. (c) •Facity• means any one, or combination of, underground storage tanks used byaingle business entity at a single location or site. (d) •Hazeous substance' means all of the following liquid and solid substanc, unless the department, in consultation with the board, determines thatthe substance could not adversely affect the quality of the waters of tstate: (1) Substances on the list. prepared by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 6382 of the Labor Code. (2) Hazard us substances, as defined in Section 25316. (3) Any s bstance or material which is classified by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) as a flammable liquid, a class II combustible liqu d, or a class III -A combustible liquid. (e) 'Local agency" means the department, office, or other agency of a county or city designated pursuant to Section 25283. (f) 'Opera or• means the operator of an underground storage tank. (g) "Owner means the owner of an underground storage tank. Ch) "Perso " means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, in luding a government corporation, partnership, or association. 'P rson• also includes any city, county, district, the state, any department or agency thereof, or* the United States, to the extent authorize by federal law. (i) •Pipe• means any pipeline or system of pipelines which is used in connection with the storage of hazardous substances and which are not intended to transport hazardous substances in interstate or intrastate commerce or to transfer hazardous materials in bulk to or from a marine vessel. (j) 'Prima containment, means the first level of containment, such as the portion o a tank which comes into immediate contact on its inner surface with the azardous substance being contained. (k) "Produc -tight' means impervious to the substance which is contained, or is to be contained, so as to prevent the seepage of the substance from t e primary containment. To be product -tight, the tank shall not be s bject to physical or chemical deterioration by the substance which i contains over the useful life of the tank. (1) 'Second ry containment' means the level of containment external to, and separate rom, the primary containment. -207-