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property or into the ground, groundwater, or surface water of the property. The term includes hazardous substances or petroleum products even under conditions in compliance with laws. The term is not intended to include de minimis conditions that generally do not present a material risk of harm to public health or the environment and that generally would not be the subject of an enforcement action if brought to the attention of appropriate governmental agencies. SARA - Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 - Extended CERCLA and makes substantial changes in the doctrines of Federal law governing liability for cleanup of hazardous waste sites. SB 245 - California law that requires that non-residential property owners inform buyers of known or suspected hazardous substance releases on site. solid waste disposal site-a place, location, tract of land, area, or premises used for the landfill disposal of solid wastes as defined by state solid waste regulations. The term is synonymous with the term landfill and is also known as a garbage dump, trash dump,or similar term. standard historical sources- those sources of information about the history of uses of property specified in 7.3.4 of the Records Review Section of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of Practice E 1527. strict and several liability - the doctrine under CERCLA and SARA that holds, if any one party can be assigned any portion of the responsibility for an indivisible environmental harm, that party can be held financially and legally accountable for all of the liability. This is also known as the "deep pockets" doctrine. SWRCB- California State Water Resources Control Board TOXIC PITS-Toxic Pits Cleanup Act Sites List underground storage tank- any tank, including underground piping connected to the tank, that is or has been used to contain hazardous substances or petroleum products and the volume of which is 10% or more beneath the surface of the ground. UST- underground storage tank visually and/or physically observed—During a site visit pursuant to Practice E 1528, or pursuant to this practice, this term means observations made by vision while walking through a property and the structures located on it and observations made by the sense of smell, particularly observations of noxious or foul odors. The term "walking through" is not meant to imply that disabled persons who cannot physically walk may not conduct a site visit; they may do so by the means at their disposal for moving through the property and the structures located on it. wastewater - water that is or has been used in an industrial or manufacturing process, conveys or has conveyed sewage, or is directly related to manufacturing, processing, or raw materials storage areas at an industrial plant. Wastewater does not include water originating on or passing through or adjacent to a site, such as storm water flows, that has not been used in industrial or manufacturing processes, has not been combined with sewage, or is not directly related to manufacturing, processing, or raw materials storage areas at an industrial plant.