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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - INFORMATION GUIDE The following are guidelines to identify businesses and to help building permit applicants determine whether they need to comply with the hazardous materials reporting requirements of Chapter 6.95 of the California Health and Safety Code with the Administering Agency. In San Joaquin County,the Office of Emergency Services(OES)has been appointed to be the Local Administering Agency. The program will provide County and other emergency response agencies with data needed for quick and safe response to hazardous material incidents and community right-to-know. This form becomes an official disclosure which will be kept on file by OES for future reference. Should you have any questions,please call our office at(209)468-3969. "Hazardous Material" means any material that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics,poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment if released into the work place or the environment. (Includes fuels, petroleum products, paints, propane, oxygen, ammonia (AHM), chlorine (AHM),pesticides,fertilizers,and hazardous wastes...). GUIDELINES: Ouestions 1: If you answered"No",the business is exempted from completing the Hazardous Materials Management Plan(HMMP). If at a later date the applicant determines that their business or a tenant will be handling hazardous materials,the applicant must inform OES within 30 days. Questions 1 and 2: If you answered"Yes",the business or future occupant must meet requirements of Chapter 6.95 Section 25505 of the California Health and Safety Code prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy. Businesses which handle hazardous materials, at the California Threshold Planning Quantities,are required to file a HMMP. Please contact our office for further information. If you answered"Yes"to Question 2 but your situation applies to one of the following exemption;please,mark the appropriate boxes on the survey form. A. Retail Exemption - Products packaged for direct distribution to the general public are exempt from the program. However, written findings may be used to eliminate the exemption for the following reasons: 1) Quantity creates an unacceptable public hazard, 2) Product is being used directly by the business as part of its operations in addition to being sold to the general public, and 3)general public does not have ready access to the product as it is stored by the business,i.e.,large quantities in a warehouse. B. Medical Exemption - Medical offices which use on jy oxygen and/or nitrous oxide in quantities less than 1,100 cubic feet. C. Farm Exemption-Operation of a farm for the exclusive purpose of cultivating the soil. The definition of farm in the law is not be construed to include businesses providing commercial pest control services,fertilizer application services, product processing services,or packing shed services. Farms qualifying for the exemption are still required to submit an annual chemical inventory and fee to the County Agricultural Commissioner's Department. Please contact the County Agricultural Commissioner's Department for further information.Businesses operating a commercial business that meets the program requirements in addition to operating a "farm" as defined must comply with the HMMP program for those materials associated with the commercial business. Questions 3 and 4: If you answered "Yes", the owner or future occupant handling an Acutely Hazardous Material must meet the requirements of Chapter 6.95,Sections 25533 and 25534 prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. Businesses will be required to file an Acutely Hazardous Materials Registration Form and possibly complete a Risk Management and Prevention Program (RMPP). Rev:1/96