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Summary of Laws and Regulations for
<br /> *CA IIA*
<br /> CalDES Hazardous Material Spill / Release Reporting
<br /> GOVERNOR'SOFFICE
<br /> OF EMEROENC,SERVICES
<br /> damage to the health and safety of persons and the environment from the release or threatened release
<br /> of hazardous materials into the workplace and environment.
<br /> (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section
<br /> 25531) do not occupy the whole area of regulating the inventorying of hazardous materials and the
<br /> preparation of hazardous materials response plans by businesses, and the Legislature does not intend to
<br /> preempt any local actions, ordinances, or regulations that impose additional or more stringent
<br /> requirements on businesses that handle hazardous materials. Thus, in enacting this article and Article 2
<br /> (commencing with Section 25531), it is not the intent of the Legislature to preempt or otherwise nullify
<br /> any other statute or local ordinance containing the same or greater standards and protections.
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<br /> State Laws & Regulations: HSC 25500
<br /> b. Definitions
<br /> HSC 25501. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of
<br /> this chapter:
<br /> (c) "Business" means all of the following:
<br /> (1) An employer, self-employed individual, trust, firm,joint stock company, corporation, partnership,
<br /> or association.
<br /> (2) A business organized for profit and a nonprofit business.
<br /> (3) The federal government, to the extent authorized by law.
<br /> (4) An agency, department, office, board, commission, or bureau of state government, including, but
<br /> not limited to, the campuses of the California Community Colleges, the California State University,
<br /> and the University of California.
<br /> (5) An agency, department, office, board, commission, or bureau of a city, county, or district.
<br /> (e) (1) "Certified unified program agency" or "CUPA" means the agency certified by the secretary to
<br /> implement the unified program specified in Chapter 6.11 (commencing with Section 25404) within a
<br /> jurisdiction.
<br /> (j) "Emergency rescue personnel" means a public employee, including, but not limited to, a firefighter or
<br /> emergency rescue personnel, as defined in Section 245.1 of the Penal Code, or personnel of a local
<br /> emergency medical services (EMS) agency, as designated pursuant to Section 1797.200, or a poison
<br /> control center, as defined by Section 1797.97, who responds to any condition caused, in whole or in part,
<br /> by a hazardous material that jeopardizes, or could jeopardize, public health or safety or the environment.
<br /> (k) "Handle" means all of the following:
<br /> (1) (A)To use, generate, process, produce, package, treat, store, emit, discharge, or dispose of a
<br /> hazardous material in any fashion.
<br /> (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), "store" does not include the storage of hazardous materials
<br /> incidental to transportation, as defined in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, with regard to
<br /> the inventory requirements of Section 25506.
<br /> (2) (A) The use or potential for use of a quantity of hazardous material by the connection of a marine
<br /> vessel, tank vehicle, tank car, or container to a system or process for any purpose.
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