Soco West, Inc. v. California Environmental Protection Agency

Opinion

RYLAARSDAM, Acting P. J.

This case involves the interpretation of Health and Safety Code section 25187, subdivision (b)(1)(A) (all further undesignated statutory references are to this code). The issue is whether that statute required defendants California Environmental Protection Agency’s Department of Toxic Substances Control and the director of that department (collectively, DTSC) to transfer the cleanup of a hazardous waste site from chapter 6.5 (Chapter 6.5) to chapter 6.8 (Chapter 6.8) of division 20 of the code upon written request from plaintiff Soco West, Inc. (Soco), or merely…