Health and Safety Code section 25185.5

For a property that is designated as a hazardous waste property or border zone property pursuant to the former Article 11 (commencing with Section 25220), an authorized representative of the department may, at any reasonable hour of the day, or as authorized pursuant to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, enter and inspect any real property that is within 2,000 feet of a deposit of hazardous waste or a hazardous waste property and do any of the following:

(a)

Obtain samples of the soil, vegetation, air, water, and biota on or beneath the land.

(b)

Set up and maintain monitoring equipment for the purpose of assessing or measuring the actual or potential migration of hazardous wastes on, beneath, or toward the land.

(c)

Survey and determine the topography and geology of the land.

(d)

Photograph any equipment, sample, activity, or environmental condition described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c). The photographs shall be subject to the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 25185.

(e)

This section does not apply to any hazardous waste facility that is required to be permitted pursuant to this chapter and that is subject to inspection pursuant to Section 25185.

(f)

An inspector who inspects pursuant to this section shall make a reasonable effort to inform the owner or his or her authorized representative of the inspection and shall provide split samples to the owner or representative upon request and shall comply with the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 25185.

Source: Section 25185.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=25185.­5.­ (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

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