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Summary of Laws and Regulations for *CA IIA* CalDES Hazardous Material Spill / Release Reporting GOVERNOR'SOFFICE OF EMEROERCY SERVICES (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the use or potential use does not include the immediate transfer to or from an approved atmospheric tank or approved portable tank that is regulated as loading or unloading incidental to transportation by Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (1) "Handler" means a business that handles a hazardous material. (m) "Hazardous material' means a material that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment if released into the workplace or the environment. "Hazardous materials" include, but are not limited to, hazardous substances, hazardous waste, and any material that a handler or the unified program agency has a reasonable basis for believing that it would be injurious to the health and safety of persons or harmful to the environment if released into the workplace or the environment. (n) "Hazardous substance" means any substance or chemical product for which one of the following applies: (1) The manufacturer or producer is required to prepare a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for the substance or product pursuant to the Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 6360) of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Labor Code) or pursuant to any applicable federal law or regulation. (2) The substance is listed as a radioactive material in Appendix B of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10.1) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, maintained and updated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (3) Hazardous materials or substances listed in Part 172 (commencing with Section 172.1) and Part 173 (commencing with Section 173.1) of Subchapter C of Chapter I of Subtitle B of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (4) The materials in the listings specified in subdivision (b) of Section 6382 of the Labor Code. (o) "Hazardous waste" means hazardous waste, as defined by Sections 25115 and 25117 and by subdivision (g) of Section 25316. (p) "Office" means the Office of Emergency Services*'. (q) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment, unless permitted or authorized by a regulatory agency. (u) "Threatened release" means a condition, circumstance, or incident making it necessary to take immediate action to prevent, reduce, or mitigate a release with the potential to cause damage or harm to persons, property, or the environment. EBState Laws & Regulations: HSC 25501 c. Release Reporting Requirements HSC 25510. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the handler or an employee, authorized representative, agent, or designee of a handler, shall, upon discovery, immediately report any release or threatened release of a hazardous material to the unified program agency, and to the office*', in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 25503. The handler or an employee, Page 4 California Governor's Office of Emergency Services 3650 Schriever Ave Mather, CA95655 Feb 2014