(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) “Burn dump site” means a solid waste disposal site that meets all of the following conditions:
(A) Was operated prior to 1972.
(B) Is closed.
(C) Prior to closure, was a site where open burning was conducted.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
(3) “Regional board” means a California regional water quality control board.
(4) “Remediation oversight agency” means the entity responsible for environmental oversight on a burn dump site remediation project.
(5) “Sensitive land use” means either of the following:
(A) Use for residences, schools, day care facilities, hospitals and hospices, and other facilities or structures that have a high density of occupation on a daily basis.
(B) Use as a park, golf course, or any other, similar open-space area that is made available for public use, when the park, golf course, or open-space area has a potential for human exposure to hazardous substances.
(b) On or before June 30, 2003, the department, in consultation with the board and the State Water Resources Control Board, shall develop protocols to be utilized by the board and the local enforcement agencies for site investigation and characterization of hazardous substances at burn dump sites.
(1) The protocols shall include, but need not be limited to, both of the following items:
(A) Sampling and analysis protocols to be utilized by the board and the local enforcement agencies for site investigation and characterization of hazardous substances at burn dump sites.
(B) Appropriate abatement measures for nonsensitive land uses.
(2) In addition, the protocols may include either or both of the following items:
(A) Cleanup guidelines, levels, or thresholds for one or more typical constituents of concern based on nonsensitive land uses.
(B) Specifications for confirmation sampling on partial and complete clean-closed sites.
(c) Whenever the board receives an application for funding under this article for a burn dump site, the board shall use the protocols developed by the department under subdivision (b) to investigate and characterize hazardous substances at the site.
(d) Once sufficient site information is available, the board shall notify the department and the appropriate regional board of the board’s interest in providing funding and remediation oversight for the site.
(e) For a nonsensitive land use site, the board shall proceed as the remediation oversight agency, following the notification required under subdivision (d), unless the department or regional board requests a site consultation meeting under subdivision (g).
(f) For an existing or proposed sensitive land use site, the board shall request a site consultation meeting under subdivision (g).
(g) For sites with existing or proposed sensitive land uses or water quality impacts, or where otherwise requested by the department or a regional board, the board, the department, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the appropriate regional board shall hold a site consultation meeting to determine which agency will provide remediation oversight. If, following a review of the site information, the department or a regional board requests to provide remediation oversight, that request shall be granted. If the department or a regional board does not request to provide remediation oversight, remediation oversight of the site shall remain with the board. In cases where the board requested the meeting, the determination of remediation oversight agency shall be made within 30 days of the board’s request for the meeting.
(h) The board may require the imposition of an environmental restriction on any burn dump site where solid waste or residuals from the burning of solid waste is left in place. The environmental restriction shall meet the requirements described in Section 1471 of the Civil Code, and the restrictions shall run with the land.
(i) On or before March 30, 2003, the board and the department shall enter into an agreement relating to the funding of any activities of the department appropriately conducted pursuant to this section.
(j) Nothing in this section is intended to limit the authority of the board, the department, the State Water Resources Control Board, or a regional board pursuant to other provisions of law.
(k) Nothing in this section is intended to preclude any qualifying entity from applying for and receiving funding assistance under any other provision of law.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 589, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)