BILL NUMBER: SB 1398	CHAPTERED  08/25/00

	CHAPTER   245
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 24, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 18, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 1, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 12, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 8, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kelley

                        JANUARY 27, 2000

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1398, Kelley.  Underground storage tanks.
   Existing law generally regulates the storage of hazardous
substances in underground storage tanks and requires underground
storage tanks that are used to store hazardous substances and that
are installed after January 1, 1984, to meet certain requirements
concerning secondary containment and monitoring.  Existing law
defines the term "underground storage tank" for purposes of these
provisions and exempts, from those requirements, an underground
storage tank that meets specified requirements, including if the
owner or operator of the underground storage tank conducts daily
inspections of the tank.
   This bill would revise the requirements for the exemption of such
a tank, to instead require the owner or operator of the underground
storage tank to conduct weekly inspections of the tank.


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


  SECTION 1.  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.
   (b) Nothing in this section prohibits 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.