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DIVISION 45. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE 78000-81050›PART 2. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE ACCOUNT 78000-81050›CHAPTER 5. Cleanup of Hazardous Substance Releases 78850-79400›ARTICLE 5. Community Advisory Groups 78950-78975

§ 78950

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

(a) At each site, a community advisory group may be established by the affected community to review any response action and comment on the response action to be conducted in that community.

(b) (1) If the department or regional board, whichever is overseeing a response action, receives a petition signed by at least 50 members of a community affected by the response action at a site, the department or regional board shall assist the petitioners to establish a community advisory group to review the response action at the site.

(2) If the department or regional board, whichever is overseeing a response action, receives a resolution adopted by the legislative body of the jurisdiction within which the response action has been or will be initiated, the department or regional board shall assist the legislative body to establish a community advisory group to review the response action at the site.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)

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