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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 80235

Definitions

Known as the Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act

The act spans §§ 78000–81050 (357 sections).

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2

(a) “Hazardous material” means a substance or waste that, because of its physical, chemical, or other characteristics, may pose a risk of endangering human health or safety or of degrading the environment. “Hazardous material” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A hazardous substance, as defined in Section 25281 or subdivision (a) of Section 78075.

(2) A hazardous waste, as defined in Section 25117.

(3) A waste, as defined in Section 101075, or as defined in Section 13050 of the Water Code.

(4) A substance specified in subdivision (b) of Section 78075.

(b) “Hazardous material” does not include undisturbed naturally occurring hazardous material unless it will adversely affect the reasonable use of a property after response action is completed.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.