California Health and Safety Code

§ 25205

HSC § 25205 Effective Jul 12, 2021Div. 20 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in Section 25245.4, the department shall not issue or renew a permit to operate a hazardous waste facility pursuant to Section 25200 or 25201.6 unless the owner or operator of the facility establishes and maintains the financial assurances required pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 25245), including, but not limited to, financial assurances for the costs of corrective action, closure, and postclosure.

(b)The grant of interim status of a facility, or any portion of the facility, that is operating under a grant of interim status pursuant to Section 25200.5, based on the facility having been in existence on November 19, 1980, shall terminate on July 1, 1997, unless the department certifies, on or before July 1, 1997, that the facility is in compliance with the financial assurance requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 25245) for a facility in operation since November 19, 1980, for all units, tanks, and equipment for which the facility has authorization to operate pursuant to its grant of interim status.

(c)(1) The department shall review, at least once every five years, the financial assurances required to operate a permitted hazardous waste facility and the cost estimates used to establish the amount of the financial assurances required. The department may, in its discretion, revise the financial assurances and the cost estimates more often.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 73, Sec. 48. (SB 158) Effective July 12, 2021.