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CaIEPA Adopts the 24 the Annual Hazardous Materials tegories for use in the Hazardous Materials <br /> Inventory Reporting oMa erials Business Plan (HMBP) Submittals <br /> in CERS <br /> What this means for UPAs: <br /> UPAs will continue to ensure regulated businesses complete the Hazardous Materials <br /> Inventory of the hazardous materials business plan submittal utilizing the appropriate (new) <br /> federal hazard categories. <br /> What this means for CERS: <br /> • On December 28, 2017, the 24 new Federal Hazard Categories will be incorporated <br /> into CERS. Though the existing 5 federal hazard categories will remain in CERS for <br /> historical purposes, they will be considered obsolete. <br /> The "Hazardous Material Inventory Upload Template" (MS Excel template) available in <br /> CERS will be revised to incorporate the new federal hazard categories. <br /> • The most commonly reported hazardous materials in the CERS Chemical Library <br /> are currently being revised by CaIEPA to reference the new applicable federal <br /> hazard categories. Hazardous materials will be restored to the CERS Chemical Library <br /> as the new classifications are updated. If the new federal hazard category is not <br /> referenced for an existing chemical in the CERS Chemical Library use the federal hazard <br /> category information listed in Section 2 of a current Safety Data Sheet (SDS). <br /> CERS will display "Warning" alerts when a Hazardous Materials Inventory is <br /> submitted using the 5 obsolete federal hazard categories. <br /> What this means for CaIEPA: <br /> A Title 27 rulemaking to incorporate the 24 new federal hazard categories as additional data <br /> elements into the Data Dictionary (Chapter 2, Hazardous Materials Inventory-Chemical <br /> Description), relative to the chemical inventory will be adopted and effective January 1, 2018. <br /> For additional information: <br /> Please see: "Background: The California Environmental Protection Agency (CaIEPA) Adopts <br /> the 24 New Federal Hazard Categories for use in Chemical Inventory Reporting of Annual <br /> 2018 Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) Submittals in the California Environmental <br /> Reporting System (CERS)" document available at: https://cers.calepa.ca aov/wp- <br /> content/uploads/sites/61/2017/12/Federal-Hazard-Class-1 2272017-l.pdf <br /> For questions, please contact: <br /> • Your local UPA (Directory: http://cersapps.calepa.ca.gov/Public/Directorv) <br /> • CaIEPA Unified Program, cupa(o)-calepa.ca.gov <br /> • Dan Firth, CaIEPA CERS Coordinator, at daniel.firth(a)calepa.ca.gov <br /> Page 3 of 3 <br />