California Health and Safety Code

§ 79810

HSC § 79810 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 45 · Part 2 · Ch. 8 · Art. 7

Statute text

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning:

(a)“Easement” means a conservation easement, as defined in Section 815.1 of the Civil Code.

(b)“Environmental assessment” means an investigation of real property, conducted by an independent qualified environmental consultant, to discover the presence or likely presence of a release or a threat of a release of a hazardous substance at, on, to, or from the real property. An environmental assessment shall include, but is not limited to, an investigation of the historical use of the real property, any prior releases, records, consultant reports and regulatory agency correspondence, a visual survey of the real property, and, if warranted, sampling and analytical testing.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.