DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 106500-119406›PART 9. RADIATION 114650-115342›CHAPTER 5. Containment of Radioactive Materials 114705-114835›ARTICLE 1. Control of Radioactive Contamination of the Environment 114705-114780
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California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the dumping of radioactive waste, including the scuttling of radioactive nuclear submarines, into the Pacific Ocean, could adversely affect the California coastal zone.
(b) The California Coastal Commission, in cooperation when appropriate with the department, the Department of Justice, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, shall use any means available to the commission, pursuant to law, to prevent any dumping of radioactive waste in the Pacific Ocean by any public or private entity, unless the commission finds that the dumping would be consistent with the goals and policies of Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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