§ 78035 The definitions set forth in this article govern the interpretation …
§ 78040 “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
§ 78045 “Contract competitor” means any person competing for a state contract …
§ 78050 “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
§ 78055 “Director” means the Director of Toxic Substances Control.
§ 78060 “Feasibility study” means the identification and evaluation of …
§ 78065 “Federal act” means the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, …
§ 78070 “Federally permitted release” has the same meaning as defined in …
§ 78075 (a) “Hazardous substance” means:(1) Any substance …
§ 78080 “Operation and maintenance” means those activities initiated or …
§ 78085 “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, …
§ 78090 “Phase I environmental assessment” means a preliminary assessment of …
§ 78095 “Preliminary endangerment assessment” means an activity that is …
§ 78100 “Regional board” means a California regional water quality control …
§ 78105 (a) “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, …
§ 78110 A “release authorized or permitted pursuant to state law” means any …
§ 78115 “Remedial design” means the detailed engineering plan to implement …
§ 78120 “Remedial investigation” means those actions deemed necessary by the …
§ 78125 “Remedy” or “remedial action” includes all of the …
§ 78130 “Removal action work plan” means a work plan prepared or approved by …
§ 78135 “Remove” or “removal” includes the cleanup or removal of released …
§ 78140 “Response,” “respond,” or “response action” have the same meanings as …
§ 78145 (a) (1) “Responsible party” or “liable person,” for the …
§ 78150 “Secretary” means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
§ 78155 “Site” has the same meaning as the term “facility” is defined by …
§ 78160 “Site cleanup evaluation” means an evaluation by the department of …
§ 78165 “State account” means the Toxic Substances Control Account …
§ 78168 “State board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
§ 78170 “Tier” means a grouping of hazardous substance release sites that …

Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 45 > Part 2 > Chapter 1 > Article 3 - Definitions

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Local agency: as used in this chapter , has the same meaning as provided in Section 66000. See California Government Code 66018.5
  • Local agency: as used in this chapter , means a local agency as defined in Section 66000. See California Government Code 66025
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
  • Town: includes "unincorporated town" and "village. See California Government Code 21