California Health and Safety Code

§ 13062

HSC § 13062 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 12 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Commencing January 1, 2022, a person shall not discharge or otherwise use for training purposes class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals.

(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), and upon an action brought by the Attorney General, a city attorney, a county counsel, or a district attorney, a person that violates subdivision (a) shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a first violation, and not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each subsequent violation.

(2)An individual firefighter shall not be personally liable for payment of the civil penalty imposed pursuant to paragraph (1).

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 308, Sec. 3. (SB 1044) Effective January 1, 2021.