The local agency may request the following agencies to utilize that agency’s authority to remedy the effects of, and remove, any hazardous substance which has been released from an underground storage tank:
(a) The department which may take action pursuant to Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 25300) and, for this purpose, any unauthorized release shall be deemed a release as defined in Section 25320.
(b) A regional water quality control board may take action pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code and, for this purpose, the discharged hazardous substance shall be deemed a waste as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 13050.
(Added by renumbering Section 25285 by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1038, Sec. 18.)