BILL NUMBER: AB 1674	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Saldana

                        JANUARY 20, 2010

   An act to amend Sections 25270.2, 25270.6, and 25283.5 of the
Health and Safety Code, relating to hazardous substances.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1674, as introduced, Saldana. Hazardous substances: underground
storage tanks.
   (1) Existing law generally regulates the storage of hazardous
substances in underground storage tanks, including imposing certain
requirements on those underground storage tanks installed on or after
July 1, 2003, and before July 1, 2004, or on or after July 1, 2004.
Existing law exempts from the underground storage tank requirements
an underground storage tank that meets specified criteria, one of
which is that the applicable local agency determines without
objection from the State Water Resources Control Board that the
underground storage tank meets or exceeds the requirements generally
imposed by that regulation.
   This bill, with respect to the criteria that an underground
storage tank is required to meet for an exemption, would delete the
requirement that the board not object to the local agency's
determination. The bill also would provide that the underground
storage tank is not required to meet the specified requirements for
underground storage tanks installed on or after July 1, 2003, and
before July 1, 2004, or on or after July 1, 2004.
   (2) The Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act defines terms for its
purposes, including defining "tank facility" as one or more
aboveground storage tanks, including any piping that is integral to
the tanks, that contain petroleum and that are used by a single
business entity at a single location or site.
   This bill, instead, would define "tank facility" for those
purposes as one of those tanks that is used by an owner or operator,
rather than a single business entity, at a single location or site.
   (3) The Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act authorizes the Unified
Program Agency (UPA) to waive a specified fee, that pays the
necessary and reasonable costs incurred by the UPA in administering
the act, when a state or local government agency submits a tank
facility statement, the submission of which triggers payment of the
fee.
   This bill would delete the authorization for the UPA to waive that
fee for a state or local government agency that submits the
statement.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25270.2 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   25270.2.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
   (a) "Aboveground storage tank" or "storage tank" means a tank that
has the capacity to store 55 gallons or more of petroleum and that
is substantially or totally above the surface of the ground.
"Aboveground storage tank" does not include any of the following:
   (1) A pressure vessel or boiler that is subject to Part 6
(commencing with Section 7620) of Division 5 of the Labor Code.
   (2) A tank containing hazardous waste, as  defined
  described  in subdivision (g) of Section 25316,
if the Department of Toxic Substances Control has issued the person
owning or operating the tank a hazardous waste facilities permit for
the storage tank.
   (3) An aboveground oil production tank that is subject to Section
3106 of the Public Resources Code.
   (4) Oil-filled electrical equipment, including, but not limited
to, transformers, circuit breakers, or capacitors, if the oil-filled
electrical equipment meets either of the following conditions:
   (A) The equipment contains less than 10,000 gallons of dielectric
fluid.
   (B) The equipment contains 10,000 gallons or more of dielectric
fluid with PCB levels less than 50 parts per million, appropriate
containment or diversionary structures or equipment are employed to
prevent discharged oil from reaching a navigable water course, and
the electrical equipment is visually inspected in accordance with the
usual routine maintenance procedures of the owner or operator.
   (5) A tank regulated as an underground storage tank under Chapter
6.7 (commencing with Section 25280) of this  code 
 division  and Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 2610) of
Division 3 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (6) A transportation-related tank facility, subject to the
authority and control of the United States Department of
Transportation, as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding between
the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, dated November 24, 1971, set
forth in Appendix A to Part 112 (commencing with Section 112.1) of
Subchapter D of Chapter I of Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
   (b) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.
   (c) (1) "Certified Unified Program Agency" or "CUPA" means the
agency certified by the Secretary for Environmental Protection to
implement the unified program specified in Chapter 6.11 (commencing
with Section 25404) within a jurisdiction.
   (2) "Participating Agency" or "PA" means an agency that has a
written agreement with the CUPA pursuant to subdivision (d) of
Section 25404.3, and is approved by the secretary, to implement and
enforce the unified program element specified in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) of Section 25404, in accordance with Sections 25404.1
and 25404.2.
   (3) (A) "Unified Program Agency" or "UPA" means the CUPA, or its
participating agencies to the extent that each PA has been designated
by the CUPA, pursuant to a written agreement, to implement and
enforce the unified program element specified in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) of Section 25404. The UPAs have the responsibility
and authority, to the extent provided by this chapter and Sections
25404.1 and 25404.2, to implement and enforce the requirements of
this chapter.
   (B) After a CUPA has been certified by the secretary, the unified
program agency shall be the only agency authorized to enforce the
requirements of this chapter.
   (C) This paragraph does not limit the authority or responsibility
granted to the board and the regional boards by this chapter.
   (d) "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall
operation of a tank facility.
   (e) "Owner" means the person who owns the tank facility or part of
the tank facility.
   (f) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock
company, corporation, including a government corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, or association. "Person" also
includes any city, county, district, the University of California,
the California State University, the state, any department or agency
thereof, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal
law.
   (g) "Petroleum" means crude oil, or a fraction thereof, that is
liquid at 60 degrees Fahrenheit temperature and 14.7 pounds per
square inch absolute pressure.
   (h) "Regional board" means a California regional water quality
control board.
   (i) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing
into the environment.
   (j) "Secretary" means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
   (k) "Storage" or "store" means the containment, handling, or
treatment of petroleum, for a period of time, including on a
temporary basis.
   (l) "Storage capacity" means the aggregate capacity of all
aboveground tanks at a tank facility.
   (m) "Tank facility" means one or more aboveground storage tanks,
including any piping that is integral to the tanks, that contain
petroleum and that are used by  a single business entity
  an owner or operator  at a single location or
site. For purposes of this chapter, a pipe is integrally related to
an aboveground storage tank if the pipe is connected to the tank and
meets any of the following:
   (1) The pipe is within the dike or containment area.
   (2) The pipe is between the containment area and the first flange
or valve outside the containment area.
   (3) The pipe is connected to the first flange or valve on the
exterior of the tank, if state or federal law does not require a
containment area.
  SEC. 2.  Section 25270.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   25270.6.  (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2009, and on or before
January 1 annually thereafter, each owner or operator of a tank
facility subject to this chapter shall file with the UPA a tank
facility statement that shall identify the name and address of the
tank facility, a contact person for the tank facility, the total
storage capacity of the tank facility, and the location, size, age,
and contents of each storage tank that exceeds 10,000 gallons in
capacity and that holds a substance containing at least 5 percent of
petroleum. A copy of a statement submitted previously pursuant to
this section may be submitted in lieu of a new tank facility
statement if no new or used storage tanks have been added to the
facility or if no significant modifications have been made. For
purposes of this section, a significant modification includes, but is
not limited to, altering existing storage tanks or changing spill
prevention or containment methods.
   (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an owner or operator of a tank
facility that submits a business plan, as defined in subdivision (e)
of Section 25501, to the UPA, and that complies with Sections
25503.5, 25505, and 25510, satisfies the requirement in paragraph (1)
to file a tank facility statement.
   (b) Each year, commencing in calendar year 2010, each owner or
operator of a tank facility who is subject to the requirements of
subdivision (a) shall pay a fee to the UPA, on or before a date
specified by the UPA. The governing body of the UPA shall establish a
fee, as part of the single fee system implemented pursuant to
Section 25404.5, at a level sufficient to pay the necessary and
reasonable costs incurred by the UPA in administering this chapter,
including, but not limited to, inspections, enforcement, and
administrative costs. The UPA shall also implement the fee
accountability program established pursuant to subdivision (c) of
Section 25404.5 and the regulations adopted to implement that
program.  The UPA may provide for a waiver of these fees when
a state or local government agency submits a tank facility
statement. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 25283.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   25283.5.  (a) An underground storage tank that meets all of the
following criteria is exempt from the requirements of this chapter:
   (1) All exterior surfaces of the tank, including connected piping,
and the floor directly beneath the tank, can be monitored by direct
viewing.
   (2) The structure in which the tank is located is constructed in
such a manner that the structure provides for secondary containment
of the contents of the tank, as determined by the local agency
designated pursuant to Section 25283.
   (3) The owner or operator of the underground storage tank conducts
weekly inspections of the tank and maintains a log of inspection
results for review by the local agency  , 
designated pursuant to Section 25283, as requested by the local
agency.
   (4) The local agency designated pursuant to Section 25283
determines  without objection from the board  that
the underground storage tank meets requirements that are equal to or
more stringent than those imposed by this chapter.  However, the
underground storage tank is not required to meet the requirements
imposed by Section 25290.1 or 25290.2. 
   (b)  Nothing in this section prohibits   This
section does not prohibit  a local fire chief or an enforcement
agency, as defined in Section 16006, from enforcing the applicable
provisions of the local or state fire, building, or electrical codes.