Under existing law, the Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates the handling and management of hazardous substances, materials, and waste, and other toxic substances.
This bill would require that any cleanup standards finalized on and after January 1, 2020, by the department for a site contaminated with any material over which the department has jurisdiction to be, at a minimum, protective of reasonably foreseeable land uses of the site, as provided. The bill would require the department, in finalizing cleanup standards for a contaminated site, to consider, among other factors, the history of, and potential for, future migration of contamination offsite or to groundwater or surface water.