Effective January 1, 2013, all businesses that submit facility information such as hazardous materials business plans, underground storage tank, and hazardous waste generator forms and related documents, will be required to use the internet to submit this information to their local agency electronically through an electronic information management system known as the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS). Unified Program Consolidated Forms (UPCF) are no longer valid and will NOT be accepted by EHD.
Guidance Documents and Publications:
- Site Map
Use this form to provide a scaled map of your facility. - Emergency Response Contingency Plan Form
This form is used to develop plans and procedures in the event of a spill or emergency response involving hazardous materials or hazardous waste - Remote Facility Exemption Request Form
This form is used for an unstaffed HMBP remote facility. - California Hazardous Waste ID Number
Hazardous waste generators must complete and submit this form to Cal. Dept. of Toxic Substances Control to obtain, reactivate or make corrections of an EPA ID number.
Underground Storage Tanks (UST)
UST program forms can be found HERE.
Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks (APSA/SPCC)
Tier I facilities are those:
- With no more than 10,000 gallons of oil, and
- With no single container exceeding 5,000 gallons, and
- Which has had no single discharge to navigable waters exceeding 1,000 gallons and no two discharges each exceeding 42 gallons within any 12 month period in the prior 3 years.
- SPCC Tier I Template
Tier II Facilities are those
- With no more than 10,000 gallons of oil, and
- Have a single container greater than 5,000 gallons, and
- Which has had no single discharge to navigable waters exceeding 1,000 gallons and no two discharges each exceeding 42 gallons within any 12 month period in the prior 3 years.
- SPCC Tier II Template
Additional APSA Guidance:
- APSA reporting in CERS
- Bulk container fact sheet
- EPA Guidance contructing new secondary containment
- Release Reporting Matrix - February 2014
- WRRDA SPCC farm fact sheet
California Accidental Release Prevention Plan (CALARP)
- Registration
Required to be submitted for all facilities with a regulated substance at or above the threshold quantity