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2. Chemical dumps in ocean off Southern California - Wikipedia

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   Starting in 1975, contaminated waste disposal in the San Pedro Channel was prohibited. Thereafter, uncontaminated dredge materials continued to be disposed of at approved EPA sites in the San Pedro Channel. [1] Since 1985, fish consumption advisories and health warnings have been posted in Southern California because of elevated DDT and PCB levels.

3. List of Superfund sites in California - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...

4. California Department of Toxic Substances Control - Wikipedia

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   The Hazardous Waste Control Act of 1972 [3] established legal standards for hazardous waste. Accordingly, in 1972, the Department of Health Services (now called the California Health and Human Services Agency) created a hazardous waste management unit, staffing it in 1973 with five employees concerned primarily with developing regulations and setting fees for the disposal of hazardous waste.

5. California reaches $7.5 million settlement with Walmart over ...

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   California Attorney General Rob Bonta, seen in April 2021. Bonta on Tuesday Oct. 22, 2024, announced a $7.5 million settlement with Walmart over alleged unlawful disposal of hazardous waste and ...

6. Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites List - Wikipedia

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   The Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites List, also known as the Cortese List—named for Dominic Cortese—or California Superfund, is a planning document used by the State of California and its various local agencies and developers to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act requirements in providing information about the location of hazardous materials release sites.

7. Hazardous waste in the United States - Wikipedia

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   "In terms of hazardous waste, a landfill is defined as a disposal facility or part of a facility where hazardous waste is placed in or on land and which is not a pile, a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment, an underground injection well, a salt dome formation, a salt bed formation, an underground mine, a cave, or a corrective action ...