For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(b) “Direct oversight costs” means the costs to the department of overseeing a cleanup action, pursuant to the authority specified in subdivision (a) of Section 25269.2, that can be specifically attributed to a particular cost objective, including, but not limited to, sites, facilities, and activities.
(c) “Indirect oversight costs” means the costs to the department of activity that is of a common or joint purpose benefiting more than one cost objective and not readily assignable to a single case objective.
(d) “Pro rata” means the general administrative costs expended by central service agencies to provide centralized services to state agencies, as defined in the State Administrative Manual.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 91. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.)