(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25395.28, any response action carried out under this article shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 6.65 (commencing with Section 25260). However, for purposes of Section 25262, the administering agency for any site that is the subject of a loan under this article shall either be the department pursuant to this article, or a regional board, the state board, or a local oversight program agency under contract with the state board pursuant to Section 25395.28, and a person shall not request that a different agency be designated as an administering agency for the site under Chapter 6.65 (commencing with Section 25260).
(2) For purposes of this section, the Site Designation Committee created by Section 25261 is not required to meet and formally designate the department, a regional board, the state board, or a local oversight program agency under contract with the state board, as specified in Section 25395.28, as the administering agency pursuant to Section 25262 for a site that is the subject of a loan under this article. Upon the approval of a loan under Section 25395.23, the department shall notify the Site Designation Committee of the administering agency for the site.
(b) For sites that are the subject of a loan under this article, all references in this chapter to a hazardous substance shall be deemed to be a reference to a hazardous material.
(c) Except as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25395.28, this chapter shall apply to a site that is the subject of a loan under this article, regardless of whether the site is on the list created pursuant to Section 25356.
(d) Except as provided in Section 25264, this article shall not be construed to limit the authority of the department, the regional board, or the state board to take any action otherwise authorized under any other provision of law.
(e) The department shall post, and update at least monthly, a list of loan applications received pursuant to this article on the department’s Internet website. The list shall include the name of the applicant, the location of the property that is the subject of the loan application, the administering agency, and a contact at the department for further information. The department shall also annually post on that website a summary of the response action status for each site with a loan approved under Section 25395.23.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 548, Sec. 8. Effective October 7, 2001.)