2007 California Health and Safety Code Article 2. Establishment Of Remediation And Reoccupancy Standards

CA Codes (hsc:25400.16)

25400.16.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), property
contaminated by methamphetamine laboratory activity is safe for human
occupancy for purposes of this chapter only if the level of
methamphetamine on any indoor surface is less than, or equal to, 0.1
micrograms per 100 square centimeters.
   (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if property is
contaminated by methamphetamine laboratory activity that included the
use of lead or mercury compounds, in addition to the requirements of
subdivision (a), property is safe for human occupancy for purposes
of this chapter only if both of the following standards are met with
regard to that property:
   (1) The total level of lead is less than, or equal to, 20
micrograms per square foot.
   (2) The level of mercury is less than, or equal to, 50 nanograms
per cubic meter in air.
   (c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall become inoperative on the
effective date that the department, in consultation with the office,
adopts a health-based target remediation standard for methamphetamine
to determine when a property contaminated by methamphetamine
laboratory activity only is safe for human occupancy, in which case
any reference in this chapter to a human-occupancy standard specified
in this section shall mean only the health-based target remediation
standard for methamphetamine adopted by the department.
   (d) The department shall conduct two public workshops, one in
northern California and one in southern California, for the purpose
of discussing with affected stakeholders the actions needed to
further implement the goals of this chapter. The department may
include, as topics for discussion, possible funding sources for local
governments for the purposes of implementing this chapter, whether
this chapter should be revised to address the contamination of
properties by the illegal manufacturing of other controlled
substances, and the results of the Illegal Drug Lab Risk Reduction
Project conducted by the California Environmental Protection Agency
pursuant to its adopted environmental justice action plan.