{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-78285","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 78285","heading":"","body":"For purposes of this article, and for purposes of Section 16722 of the Government Code as applied to this article, the following definitions apply:\n(a) “Board” means the department.\n(b) “Committee” means the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Committee created pursuant to Section 78295.\n(c) “Director” means the director.\n(d) “Fund” means the state account.\n(e) “Orphan site” means a site with a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance with no reasonably identifiable responsible parties.\n(f) “Orphan share” means those costs of removal or remedial action at sites with a release or threatened release of hazardous substances, which costs are in excess of amounts included in a cleanup agreement.\n(g) “Responsible party” means a person who is, or may be, responsible or liable for carrying out, or paying for the costs of, a removal or remedial action.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 45. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE [78000. - 81050.]","PART 2. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE ACCOUNT [78000. - 81050.]","CHAPTER 2. Financial Provisions [78200. - 78370.]","ARTICLE 5. Hazardous Substance Cleanup Bond Act of 1984 [78280. - 78345.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"cee915fec44da5be0e7df35d73ccd7b637c40ed014aefa63dda2863c191e2127","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-78280","next":"us-ca/hsc-78290"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}