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taken, and establish the cleanup A site subject to a DTSC order goals to be accomplished. or enforceable agreement pursuant to section 25355.5 or • The responsible party must agree 25358.3, or a site where DTSC to meet the cleanup goals that has initiated an action pursuant the local health agency to section 25355. determines necessary. • A site subject to a DTSC • The local agency officer must corrective action order issued provide written notification to pursuant to sections 25187 or the Department of Toxic 25187.7. Substances Control (DTSC) and the appropriate 0 A site subject to a RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control cleanup and abatement order Board (RWQCB) at least 10 days issued pursuant to section 13304 before entering into a remedial of the Water Code. action agreement. (These written notices are referred to A facility that is subject to in this Fact Sheet as "SB 1248 the recuirements of section notifications. ") - 25200.10 or 25200.14. • Upon project completion, the PROC=URE FOR SB 1248 NOTIFICATIONS local agency may provide the responsible party with a letter Local agencies are required to or other documentation that provide DTSC and the appropriate certifies that the cleanup goals RWQCB with written notification at in the written agre-ement were least 10 working days prior to completed. entering into a remedial action agreement, pursuant to section [The full text of SB 1248 is 512.3. At a minimum, these notices attached to the Fact Sheet.] must include the name and address of the responsible party; the name and DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY address of the site owner; the address and location of the site SB 1248 establishes criteria for where the remedial action will determining whether a site is occur; and a description of any eligible for local agency kncwn. or planned local, state, or supervision. Generally, SB 1248 federal regulatory involvement at provides that local agencies should the site. not supervise sites that involve complex hazardous substance or Local agencies should direct their hazardous waste releases that are SB 1248 notifications to the more appropriately handled by a appropriate DTSC regional office to state agency. avoid any unnecessary delays. A local agency is authorized to The addresses and phone numbers of withdraw from a written remedial DTSC's Regional Offices are shown action agreement if: below. The completed SB 1248 notifications must be mailed to • The release is "sufficiently" DTSC's Regional Office (in the complex or if it may present a region) where the site is located, "significant" potential human addressed as follows: health or environmental hazard. Local agencies are expected to Attention: Site Mitigation Program refer releases of this nature to Senate Bill 1248 NOTIFICATION -- LOCAL DTSC or a RWQCB. (See sections CLEANUP AGTJ9EMEN'r 512 (d) (1) , (2) , and (3) .) A local agency shall not enter into a written remedial action agreement, and SB 1248 does not apply to: • A site listed _pursuant to section 25356. Local Cleanup Agreements Page 2 (February 6. 1996)