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WEBSITES <br /> State Regulations <br /> http://www.oal.ca.gov <br /> State Statutes <br /> http://Ieginfo.legislature.ca.gov <br /> Federal Regulations <br /> http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ <br /> Federal Reportable Quantities <br /> http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/release/rq/index.htm <br /> See California Labor Code §9030 and the Safe Drinking Water <br /> and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) for other <br /> reporting requirements. <br /> DEFINITIONS <br /> Q: What is a "Hazardous Material'? <br /> A: "Any material that, because of its quantity, concentration, <br /> or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant <br /> present or threatened hazard to human health and safety or to <br /> the environment, if released into the workplace or the environ- <br /> ment...:' (Health and Safety Code, §25501 (m)) <br /> Q: What is a release? <br /> A: "Any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, empty- <br /> ing, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or dis- <br /> posing into the environment, unless permitted or authorized <br /> by a regulatory agency.. <br /> (Health and Safety Code, §25501 (q) and CERCLA §101 (22)) <br /> Q: What is a threatened release? <br /> A: A threatened release is a condition creating a substantial <br /> probability of harm that requires immediate action to prevent, <br /> reduce, or mitigate damages to persons, property, or the envi- <br /> ronment. (Health and Safety Code §25501 (u)) <br /> 9 <br /> 69 of 8 <br />