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DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS 24000-26217›CHAPTER 6.8. Hazardous Substance Account 25300-25395.45›ARTICLE 2. Definitions 25310-25327

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California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

“Hazardous substance” means:

(a) Any substance designated pursuant to Section 1321 (b)(2)(A) of Title 33 of the United States Code.

(b) Any element, compound, mixture, solution, or substance designated pursuant to Section 102 of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9602).

(c) Any hazardous waste having the characteristics identified under or listed pursuant to Section 6921 of Title 42 of the United States Code, but not including any waste the regulation of which under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.) has been suspended by act of Congress.

(d) Any toxic pollutant listed under Section 1317 (a) of Title 33 of the United States Code.

(e) Any hazardous air pollutant listed under Section 7412 of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(f) Any imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture with respect to which the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has taken action pursuant to Section 2606 of Title 15 of the United States Code.

(g) Any hazardous waste or extremely hazardous waste as defined by Sections 25117 and 25115, respectively, unless expressly excluded.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective May 26, 1999.)

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