Policies and Procedures

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CUPA Forms

CUPA Forms Submitted into CERS

All CUPAs and regulated facilities are required to file CUPA forms electronically beginning Jan 1, 2013. For more information, refer to our Electronic Reporting (CERS) page.

THE ENTIRE BUSINESS EMERGENCY / CONTINGENCY PLAN, INCLUDING ALL THREE SUBMITTAL ELEMENTS (FACILITY, INVENTORY, AND EMERGENCY/TRAINING PLANS) MUST BE SUBMITTED ANNUALLY. IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, THE DUE DATE IS MARCH 1.

CERS Submittal Elements

Facility Information - Information entered directly into CERS.

Business Activities - Instructions / Worksheet
Business Owner/Operator Identification - Instructions / Worksheet

Hazardous Materials Inventory - Instructions
Site Maps - General Map Instructions

Can use San Bernardino template, template provided in CERS, or other form meeting requirements

Emergency Response/Contingency Plan

Consolidated Emergency Response Contingency Plan Template
Agency Notification – Include as part of Emergency Response/Contingency Plan or upload separately

Employee Training Plan – upload as separate document unless included with Emergency Response/Contingency Plan

Required only if CUPA created initial record in CERS for your facility. Call CERS help line at 909.386.8432 for more information.

CERS does not currently support any data entry or document uploads for CalARP.

Authority

The following information/forms must be uploaded into CERS by the UST owner/operator and updated within 30 days of a change in information. The State Water Resource Control Board forms are available in current versions and may have additional electronic format options.

UST Facility Operating Permit Application – enter information directly into CERS
UST Tank Information/Monitoring Plan (one for each tank) – enter information directly into CERS
UST Monitoring Site Plan - upload site-specific map as a pdf into CERS
UST Certificate of Financial Responsibility - upload current and signed document into CERS
Sample Chief Financial Officer Letter- upload current and signed document into CERS
UST Response Plan – upload document as a pdf into CERS
UST Owner/Operator Written Agreement (select “Exempt” in CERS if tank owner is the tank operator) – otherwise upload signed document as a pdf into CERS
UST Designated Operator Statement - upload signed document into CERS
UST Certificate of Installation/Modification – enter information directly into CERS

For more information about APSA and SPCC Plans, refer to our APSA/SPCC page.

Authority

SPCC statute – 40 CFR 112

APSA Statue – CHSC Chapter 6.67 Section 25270-25270.13

Authority

For more information about Universal Waste, refer to our Universal Waste Program page.

Home Owners

Find a Universal Waste Disposal site on the San Bernardino County Fire Household Hazardous Waste webpage. Please see Universal Waste snipit for details.

Information about Tiered Permitting facilities should be entered directly into CERS.

The Hazardous Materials Division maintains lists of consultants who provide various services. Please call 909.386.8401 to obtain an appropriate list.

Authority

Release Reporting

Any releases or threatened releases of hazardous materials must be reported to the Hazardous Materials Division CUPA at 1.800.33.TOXIC (In California) or 909.386.8425 and to the State Office of Emergency Services (OES) Warning Center.