2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 25400.25-25400.28 Article 4. Site Assessment and Remediation

25400.25.  (a) A property owner who receives an order issued
pursuant to Section 25400.22 that property owned by that person is
contaminated by a methamphetamine laboratory activity, a property
owner who owns property that is the subject of an order posted
pursuant to subdivision(i) of Section 25400.22, and a person
occupying property that is the subject of the order, shall
immediately vacate the affected unit that is determined to be in a
hazardous zone by the local health officer.
   (b) No later than 30 days after receipt of an order issued
pursuant to Section 25400.22, the property owner shall demonstrate to
the local health officer that the property owner has retained a
methamphetamine laboratory site remediation firm that is an
authorized contractor to remediate the contamination caused by the
methamphetamine laboratory activity.
25400.26.  (a) A property owner who receives an order issued
pursuant to Section 25400.22 that property owned by that person is
contaminated by a methamphetamine laboratory activity, or a property
owner who owns property that is the subject of an order posted
pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 25400.22, shall utilize the
services of an authorized contractor to remediate the contamination
caused by the methamphetamine laboratory activity, in accordance with
the procedures specified in this section.
   (b) The property owner and the local health officer shall keep all
required records documenting decontamination procedures for three
years following certification that the property is habitable.
    (c) The property owner or the property owner's authorized
contractor shall submit a preliminary site assessment work plan to
the local health officer for review no later than 30 days after
demonstrating to the local health officer that an authorized
contractor has been retained to remediate the contamination caused by
the methamphetamine laboratory activity.
    (d) (1) No later than 10 working days after the date the PSA work
plan is submitted by the property owner, the local health officer
shall review the PSA work plan to determine whether the PSA work plan
complies with this chapter, including the procedures established
pursuant to Section 25400.35.
    (2) If there are any deficiencies in a submitted PSA work plan,
the local health officer shall inform the property owner and
authorized contractor, in writing, of those deficiencies no later
than 15 days of the date that the PSA work plan was submitted to the
local health officer.
   (3) If the local health officer approves the plan, the local
health officer shall inform in writing, the property owner and
authorized contractor no later than 15 days of the date that the PSA
work plan was submitted to the local health officer.
    (e) (1) After a PSA is completed in accordance with the PSA work
plan, the property owner and authorized contractor shall prepare a
PSA report in accordance with Section 25400.37 and submit the PSA
report to the local health officer.
   (2) If after a PSA is completed in accordance with a PSA work
plan, and the local health officer, upon review of the PSA report,
determines there is no level of contamination at a site that requires
remediation, the local health officer shall take the actions
specified in Section 25400.27.
    (f) The property owner shall complete remediation of all
applicable portions of the contaminated property in accordance with
this chapter no later than 90 days after the date that the PSA work
plan has been approved by the local health officer. The local health
officer may extend the date for completion of the remediation, in
writing.
25400.27.  (a) If a local health officer determines that property
that has been the subject of a PSA report has been remediated in
accordance with this chapter, or if the local health officer makes
the determination specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of
Section 25400.26, the local health officer shall issue a no further
action determination.
   (b) For real property, within 10 working days of the date of
making the determination or of receiving payment for the amount of
the lien recorded pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of
Section 25400.22, whichever is later, the local officer shall do both
of the following:
   (1) Release the lien recorded with the county recorder. The
release shall specify all of the following:
   (A) The name of the agency on whose behalf the lien is imposed.
   (B) The recording date of the lien being released.
   (C) The legal description and the assessor's parcel number.
   (D) The record owner of the property.
   (E) The recording instrument, or book and page, of the lien being
released.
   (2) Send a copy of the release stating that the property was
remediated in accordance with this chapter, does not violate the
standard for human occupancy established pursuant to this chapter,
and is habitable, to the property owner, local agency responsible for
the enforcement of the State Housing Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with
Section 17910) of Division 13), and all recipients pursuant to this
section and Section 25400.22.
25400.28.  Until a property owner subject to Section 25400.25
receives a notice from a local health officer pursuant to Section
25400.27 that the property identified in an order requires no further
action, all of the following shall apply to that property:
   (a) Except as otherwise required in Section 1102.3 or 1102.3a of
the Civil Code, the property owner shall notify the prospective buyer
in writing of the pending order, and provide the prospective buyer
with a copy of the pending order. The prospective buyer shall
acknowledge, in writing, the receipt of a copy of the pending order.
   (b) The property owner shall provide written notice to all
prospective tenants that have completed an application to rent an
affected dwelling unit or other property of the remediation order,
and shall provide the prospective tenant with a copy of the order.
The prospective tenant shall acknowledge, in writing, the receipt of
the notice and pending order before signing a rental agreement. The
notice shall be attached to the rental agreement. If the property
owner does not comply with this subdivision, the prospective tenant
may void the rental agreement.