ARTICLE 2. Hazardous Materials Management

Article 2 added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1260, first Sec. 3.

§§ 25531–25543.3 · 36 sections

§ 25531 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a significant number of chemical manufacturing and processing facilities generate, store, treat, handle, refine,…
§ 25531.1 The Legislature finds and declares that the public has a right to know about acutely hazardous materials accident risks that may affect their health and…
§ 25531.2 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that as the state implements the federal accidental release prevention program pursuant to this article, the agency will…
§ 25532 Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Accidental release” means an unanticipated…
§ 25533 (a) The program for prevention of accidental releases of regulated substances adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to…
§ 25534 (a) For any stationary source with one or more covered processes, the unified program agency may make a determination as to whether there is a significant…
§ 25534.05 (a) The agency, in consultation with the unified program agencies, industry, the public, and other interested parties, shall adopt regulations for all of the…
§ 25534.06 (a) A city or county that adopts, amends, or repeals an ordinance related to the regulation of regulated substances pursuant to this article shall do so at a…
§ 25534.1 Each RMP required to be prepared pursuant to this article shall give consideration to the proximity of the facility or proposed facility to populations located…
§ 25534.2 Any new or modified stationary source which is required to prepare an RMP pursuant to this article shall be subject to the requirements of Section 65850.2 of…
§ 25534.5 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…
§ 25535 (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…
§ 25535.1 (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…
§ 25535.2 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…
§ 25535.5 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…
§ 25536 (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…
§ 25536.5 (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…
§ 25536.6 (a) Each local implementing agency shall develop an integrated alerting and notification system, in coordination with local emergency management agencies,…
§ 25536.7 (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…
§ 25536.8 (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…
§ 25536.9 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…
§ 25537 (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…
§ 25537.5 (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…
§ 25538 (a) If a stationary source believes that any information required to be reported, submitted, or otherwise provided to the unified program agency pursuant to…
§ 25539 The agency and each unified program agency, in implementing this article, shall, upon request, involve and cooperate with local and state government officials,…
§ 25540 (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…
§ 25540.1 A person or stationary source that knowingly violates this article after reasonable notice of the violation is guilty of a misdemeanor and may, upon…
§ 25540.5 Any person or stationary source who violates any rule or regulation, emission limitation, permit condition, order, fee requirement, filing requirement, duty to…
§ 25541 Any person or stationary source who knowingly makes any false material statement, representation or certification in any record, report, or other document…
§ 25541.3 Any person or stationary source who knowingly violates any requirement of this article, including any fee or filing requirement, for which delegation of…
§ 25541.5 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…
§ 25542 (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…
§ 25543 The agency shall obtain and maintain state delegation of the federal accidental release prevention program established pursuant to subsection (r) of Section…
§ 25543.1 (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…
§ 25543.2 (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…
§ 25543.3 The agency, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, shall periodically do all of the following: (a) Review each regulated…