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DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS 24000-26250›CHAPTER 6.8. Hazardous Substance Account 25300-25395.45›ARTICLE 2. Definitions 25310-25327

§ 25317

California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

“Hazardous substance” does not include:

(a) Petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is not otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous substance in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 25316, and natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel (or mixtures of natural gas and such synthetic gas), or the ash produced by a resource recovery facility utilizing a municipal solid waste stream.

(b) Nontoxic, nonflammable, noncorrosive stormwater runoff drained from underground vaults, chambers, or manholes into gutters or storm sewers.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 23, Sec. 2.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

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