Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The unified program agency with jurisdiction over a stationary source or facility may have access to inspect the stationary source and review all technical and other information in the stationary source’s possession that is reasonably necessary to allow the unified program agency…

(a) An owner or operator of a stationary source submitting an RMP pursuant to this article shall submit the RMP to the unified program agency after the RMP is certified as complete by a qualified person and the stationary source owner or operator. The unified program agency shall…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, an owner or operator of a stationary source shall prepare an RMP if an RMP is required pursuant to Part 68 (commencing with Section 68.1) of Subchapter C of Chapter I of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations or if the unifie…

Within 15 days after the unified program agency determines that an RMP is complete, the unified program agency shall make the RMP available to the public for review and comment for a period of at least 45 days. A notice briefly describing and stating that the RMP is available for…

Any fee imposed on any stationary source to cover the unified program agency’s cost of implementing the accidental release prevention program pursuant to this article shall be imposed only through the single fee system established pursuant to Section 25404.5.

(a) A person or a stationary source with one or more covered processes shall comply with the requirements of this article no later than the latest date specified in Subpart A (commencing with Section 68.1) of Part 68 of Subchapter C of Chapter I of Title 40 of the Code of Federal…

(a) A person or a stationary source that was required to prepare, submit, and implement a risk management and prevention program pursuant to this article as it read on December 31, 1996, and which is required to prepare and submit an RMP pursuant to this article, shall continue t…

(a) Each local implementing agency shall develop an integrated alerting and notification system, in coordination with local emergency management agencies, unified program agencies, local first response agencies, petroleum refineries, and the public, to be used to notify the commu…

(a) (1) An owner or operator of a stationary source that is engaged in activities described in Code 324110 or 325110 of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), as that code read on January 1, 2014, and with one or more covered processes that is required to prep…

(a) Subject to subdivision (e), the definitions in subdivision (b) of Section 25536.7 shall apply for purposes of this section, except that the criterion described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 25536.7 shall not be applicable. (b) An owner or…

On or before February 1, 2018, an owner or operator of a stationary source that claims that it is exempt from the requirement in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 25536.7 pursuant to the exception in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 25536.7 shall file with th…

(a) (1) The unified program agency shall inspect every stationary source required to be registered pursuant to this article at least once every three years to determine whether the stationary source is in compliance with this article. (2) The requirements of this section do not a…

(a) Where a stationary source has one or more covered processes, and is subject to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 25500) for the same substance, compliance with this article shall be deemed compliance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 25500) for that…

(a) If a stationary source believes that any information required to be reported, submitted, or otherwise provided to the unified program agency pursuant to this article involves the release of a trade secret, the stationary source shall provide the information to the unified pro…

The agency and each unified program agency, in implementing this article, shall, upon request, involve and cooperate with local and state government officials, emergency planning committees, and professional associations.

(a) A person or stationary source that violates this article shall be civilly or administratively liable to the unified program agency in one of the following amounts, as applicable: (1) For a violation that occurs on or before December 31, 2018, not more than two thousand dollar…

A person or stationary source that knowingly violates this article after reasonable notice of the violation is guilty of a misdemeanor and may, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year. If the violation results in, or significantly cont…

Any person or stationary source who violates any rule or regulation, emission limitation, permit condition, order, fee requirement, filing requirement, duty to allow or carry out inspection or monitoring activities, or duty to allow entry, established pursuant to this article and…

Any person or stationary source who knowingly makes any false material statement, representation or certification in any record, report, or other document filed, maintained, or used for the purpose of compliance with this article, or destroys, alters, or conceals any such record,…

Any person or stationary source who knowingly violates any requirement of this article, including any fee or filing requirement, for which delegation of federal implementation and enforcement authority has been obtained pursuant to subsections (l) and (r) of Section 112 of the fe…

If civil penalties are recovered pursuant to Section 25540 or 25540.5, the same offense shall not be the subject of a criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 25541 or 25541.3. When a unified program agency refers a violation to a prosecuting agency and a criminal complaint is fi…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that for those facilities with an RMP incorporating some, or all, of the federal or state process safety management program under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 651 et seq.) and the California Occupat…

The agency shall obtain and maintain state delegation of the federal accidental release prevention program established pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 7412 of Title 42 of the United States Code. Substances that are regulated under this article only because they are regulate…

(a) Any person may submit a petition to the agency for the addition of a material to, or for the deletion of a material from, the regulated substances list adopted pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (i) of Section 25532 or to revise the existing state th…

(a) A stationary source that intends to modify a facility that may result either in a significant increase in the amount of regulated substances handled by the facility or in a significantly increased risk in handling a regulated substance, as compared to the amount of substances…

The agency, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, shall periodically do all of the following: (a) Review each regulated substance on the list established pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (i) of Section 25532 and, ta…

The Office of Emergency Services shall develop informational guidelines for facilities required to comply with Chapter 116 (commencing with Section 11001) of Title 42 of the United States Code and with this chapter, and shall assist the unified program agencies in ensuring full d…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The people of California have the right to know the hazards posed by toxic releases near their homes, schools, and workplaces. They have the right to know how much pollution is being released into the water, air, and so…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “California Toxic Release Inventory Program Act of 2007.”

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control. (b) “Facility” means a facility subject to the federal act, as provided by Section 11002 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as that section …

(a) On or before January 1, 2009, the department shall develop and implement the California Toxic Release Inventory Program pursuant to this article. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the department shall, when implementing the program, comply with the requ…

(a) The program established pursuant to this article shall require a facility to submit a toxic chemical release form to the department, in accordance with the existing federal regulations, if the facility is not required by the federal regulations to submit a toxic chemical rele…

(a) The department may adopt regulations to implement the program as emergency regulations. The emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted by the department in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Titl…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Bakken oil” means petroleum crude oil, Class 3, sourced from the Bakken shale formation in the Williston Basin. (b) “Hazardous material” means a substance or material that the United States Secret…

(a) No later than January 31, 2015, and every three months thereafter, a rail carrier shall prepare and submit to the office commodity flow data for the prior three months broken down by county and track route relevant to the 25 largest hazardous material commodities transported …

Each rail carrier shall maintain a response management communications center, which shall provide real-time information to an authorized public safety answering point or 911 emergency response center about the train consist involved in a hazardous material or oil cargo spill or o…

(a) Each rail carrier shall provide the office with a summary of the rail carrier’s hazardous materials emergency response plan. The rail carrier’s hazardous materials emergency response plan summary shall not be posted on a public Internet Web site. (b) The office shall provide …

A recipient of the reports and plans provided pursuant to Sections 25547.2 and 25547.6 shall comply with Part 15 (commencing with Section 15.1), Part 1520 (commencing with Section 1520.1), and Part 172 (commencing with Section 172.1) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations…