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Volume: 2007 Number: 202
October 19, 2007

California Governor Signs Measure Addressing VOC Intrusion Into Structures

LOS ANGELES–California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed legislation Oct. 13 updating the state’s hazardous waste and water cleanup laws to address growing concern about the potential for subsurface toxics at contaminated sites to foul indoor air.

A.B. 422 adds a provision to the California Superfund Act that requires health and environmental risk assessments the law mandates for reuse of contaminated property to also consider vapor intrusion into existing or proposed structures at the site.

Specifically, the new law requires “the development of reasonable maximum estimates of exposure to volatile organic compounds that may enter structures that are on the site or that are proposed” for the site.

The bill also requires that the cleanup standards required under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act be consistent and no less stringent than those required under the California Superfund Act.
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