California Health and Safety Code § 101480

(a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control. (2) “Local officer” means a county health officer, city health officer, or county director of environmental health who has been granted authority by the city’s or county’s governing body to enter into a remedial action agreement and oversee a remedial investigation or remedial action, or both, at a waste release site. (3) “Operation and maintenance” means those activities initiated or continued at a waste release site following completion of a remedial action deemed necessary to protect public health, safety, or the environment, to maintain the effectiveness of the remedial action at the waste release site, or to achieve or maintain the cleanup goals established in a remedial action agreement pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c). (4) “Person” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 25118. (5) “Regional water quality control board” means an entity formed pursuant to Section 13201 of the Water Code. (6) “Release” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 78105. (7) “Remedial action” or “remediation” means any action taken by a responsible party to clean up a released waste, to abate the effects of a released waste, or to prevent, minimize, or mitigate damages that may result from the release of a waste. “Remedial action” includes the restoration, rehabilitation, or replacement of any natural resource damaged or lost as a result of the release of a waste. (8) “Remedial action agreement” means an agreement between a local officer and a responsible party pursuant to which the local officer oversees the investigation, remediation, or operation and maintenance of a waste release site that includes the information set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c). (9) “Remedial investigation” or “investigation” means those actions deemed necessary to determine the full extent of a waste release at a site, identify the public health and environmental threat posed by the waste release, collect data on possible remedies, and otherwise evaluate the waste release site for purposes of developing a remedial action. (10) “Responsible party” means a person who, pursuant to this section, requests a local officer to oversee a remedial investigation or remedial action, or both, with respect to a released waste. (11) “State board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (12) “Waste” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 101075. (b) Whenever a release of waste occurs and remedial action is required, and that waste release site is not being overseen by the department or the regional water quality control board, a responsible party may request the local officer to oversee the remedial investigation or remedial action, or both. A local officer may agree to oversee the remedial investigation or remedial action, or both, if the local officer determines, based on available information, that staff resources and the requisite technical expertise and capabilities are available to the local officer to adequately oversee the remedial investigation or remedial action, or both, and if the local officer has met both of the following requirements: (1) The local officer has complied with the notification requirements in Section 101487. (2) The local officer has, within the past 12 months, submitted to the department and the regional water quality control board all of the following information: (A) A description of the technical expertise and staff resources available to the local officer to oversee the investigation or remediation, or both, of waste release sites, including the résumés of appropriately licensed professionals, licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of, or Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 7800) of, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. The local office

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