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San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department
<br /> HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM
<br /> This survey form is intended to identify businesses which need to comply with the hazardous materials emergency planning
<br /> and reporting requirements of the California Health and Safety Code (HSC) Chapter 6.95. This Chapter requires businesses
<br /> which handle hazardous materials to prepare emergency plans for their employees to use in an emergency. Businesses must
<br /> submit a copy of this plan, along with an annual inventory of their hazardous materials, to public safety agencies for use in
<br /> protecting emergency responders and the general public. In San Joaquin County, the Environmental Health Department
<br /> (EHD) has been authorized to administer this program as the Certified Unified Program Agency or CUPA. Should you have
<br /> any questions about the CUPA program or this form, please contact EHD at(209)468-3420.
<br /> Please consider the following guidelines when completing the questions on page 1:
<br /> Question 1:
<br /> The (HSC) section 25501(p) defines a "Hazardous Material" as any material that, because of its quantity, concentration, or
<br /> physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the
<br /> environment if released into the workplace or the environment. "Hazardous Materials" include but are not limited to,
<br /> hazardous substances, hazardous waste, and any material that a handler or the administering agency has a reasonable basis
<br /> for believing that it would be injurious to the health and safety of persons or harmful to the environment if released into the
<br /> workplace or the environment. This includes, but is not limited to, fuels, petroleum products, paints, propane, oxygen,
<br /> ammonia, chlorine, pesticides, fertilizers, and used oil. If a business generates any amount of hazardous waste they must
<br /> enroll in the EHD Hazardous Waste Generator Program. Answer"Yes" if you use a material that meets the definition above in
<br /> any quantity at least once in the year. If you are unsure, contact the EHD at (209)468-3420 for assistance. If you answer
<br /> "No"and at a later date your business, or a tenant on your property, begins handling hazardous materials, you must inform the
<br /> EHD within 30 days.
<br /> Question 2:
<br /> If you answer "Yes", you must meet the requirements of HSC Chapter 6.95. The EHD will be contacting
<br /> assistance. These requirements must be met prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy. If you answer o",Youtour rofficce
<br /> may conduct an inspection after you begin operations to verify your exemption.
<br /> The HSC establishes some modified requirements or program exemptions for certain uses of hazardous materials. If you
<br /> answered "Yes" to questions 1 and 2, a determination must be made if your business meets one of the exemptions listed.
<br /> Check the appropriate boxes on page 1. The EHD will contact you to make a final determination R your business meets the
<br /> exemptions.
<br /> A. Retail Exemption-Products packaged for direct distribution to the general public are exempt from the program.
<br /> This exemption may not apply if any of the following conditions exist:
<br /> 1.The quantity handled creates an unacceptable public hazard
<br /> 2. The material is being used directly by the business as part of its operation in addition to being sold to
<br /> the general public
<br /> 3. The general public doesn't have ready access to the product as stored by the business (e.g. in a
<br /> warehouse),
<br /> B. Modified Farm Exemption - Farms, as stated in Question 2B on page 1, must meet modified grogram
<br /> reouirements. The definition of a farm in the law doesn't include businesses providing commercial pest control
<br /> services, fertilizer application services, product processing services, or packing shed services for farmers.
<br /> Farms qualifying for the exemption are still required to submit an annual chemical inventory and fee to the San
<br /> Joaquin County Office of the Agricultural Commissioner (OAC) along with other requirements. Please contact
<br /> the OAC for further information at(209) 953-6000. Businesses operating a commercial business in addition to a
<br /> ,arm as defined must comply with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Program for those materials
<br /> associated with the commercial business.
<br /> Question 3:
<br /> The Federal and State governments have defined approximately 366 chemicals as an "Acutely Hazardous Material" (AHM).
<br /> The most common AHM used in the county include: Chlorine, Ammonia, Sulfuric Acid, Methyl Bromide, Acrolein, Sulfur
<br /> Dioxide, Formaldehyde, Nitric Acid,Vinyl Acetate Monomer, Hydrogen Peroxide, and many types of Pesticides.
<br /> Answer"Yes"if you use any of these specific chemicals in any quantity at any one time of the year. Contact the EHD if you're
<br /> unsure for assistance.
<br /> Question 4:
<br /> Answer"Yes"if the boundary of your property or facility is or will be within 1,000 feet of the boundary of a school. (Grades K-12)
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