Section 5080.5 - Defining Offsite Impacts to the Population(a) The owner or operator shall estimate in the RMP the population within a circle with its center at the point of the release and a radius determined by the distance to the endpoint defined in Section 5080.2(a).(b) Population to be defined. Population shall include residential population. The presence of institutions (schools, hospitals, long term health care facilities, child day care facilities, prisons), parks and recreational areas, and major commercial, office, and industrial buildings shall be noted in the RMP.(c) Data sources acceptable. The owner or operator may use the most recent Census data, or other more accurate information if it is available, to estimate the population potentially affected.(d) Level of accuracy. Population shall be estimated to two significant digits.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 19, § 5080.5
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25531 and 25534.05, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25531 and 25534.1, Health and Safety Code; and Section 68.30, Part 68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering section 2750.5 to new section 5080.5, including amendment of subsection (a), filed 3-6-2024 (Register 2024, No. 10).