In their discretion, the Director of the Department of the Environment or the Director’s designee may transmit to the Local Enforcement Agency information that the Department of the Environment has discovered through the implementation and enforcement of Environment Code Chapter 14. Based on information the Department of the Environment has discovered, the Director or designee also may transmit to the Local Enforcement Agency a written finding that a Facility (as defined in Environment Code Section 1401) may have violated the requirements or prohibitions in California Public Resources Code Section 40000 et seq., the regulations enacted thereunder, or this Article 6. Within 30 days after receiving such a written finding from the Department of the Environment or within 15 days after taking any enforcement action, whichever is earlier, the Local Enforcement Agency shall transmit a written response to the Department of the Environment. The Local Enforcement Agency’s written response shall describe any enforcement action that the Local Enforcement Agency has taken in connection with the information transmitted by the Department of the Environment or describe the reasons the Local Enforcement Agency determined that enforcement action was not necessary or appropriate.
(Added by Ord. 144-21, File No. 201151, App. 9/24/2021, Eff. 10/25/2021, Oper. 1/1/2022)