CaliforniaHazardous waste: site remediation: residential suitability guidelines.
What it does
Existing law authorizes, when a release of waste occurs and remedial action is required, a responsible party, as defined, to request a local officer to supervise the remedial action if the site is not already overseen by the Department of Toxic Substances Control or a regional water quality control board. Existing law authorizes the department or a regional water quality control board to retain or assume oversight authority from a local officer, as specified.
More detail
This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, working jointly with the department and in consultation with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, to develop guidelines for developers and for agencies overseeing development-specific site remediations and making determinations of site suitability, as provided. The bill would require the board, in conjunction with the department, to develop thresholds of significance for contaminants from different sources and for different future uses, as provided. The bill would specify that sites with contamination above those thresholds shall be deemed not suitable for residential use.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 14May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.Latest
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- May 4May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 20Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 20Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 16Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.Major
- Apr 15From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3900.) (April 15).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 15.
- Apr 8Re-referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING.Minor
- Mar 26Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Mar 26Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.Major
- Mar 4Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and L. GOV.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- Feb 19Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced