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. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following
definitions govern the construction of this article:
(a) "Agricultural handler" means a business operating a farm that
is subject to the exemption specified in Section 25507.1.
(b) "Area plan" means a plan established pursuant to Section 25503
by a unified program agency for emergency response to a release or
threatened release of a hazardous material within a city or county.
(c) "Business" means all of the following:
(1) An employer, self-employed individual, trust, firm, joint
stock company, corporation, partnership, limited liability
partnership or company, or other business entity.
(2) A business organized for profit and a nonprofit business.
(3) The federal government, to the extent authorized by law.
(4) An agency, department, office, board, commission, or bureau of
state government, including, but not limited to, the campuses of the
California Community Colleges, the California State University, and
the University of California.
(5) An agency, department, office, board, commission, or bureau of
a city, county, or district.
(6) A handler that operates or owns a unified program facility.
(d) "Business plan" means a separate plan for each unified program
facility, site, or branch of a business that meets the requirements
of Section 25505.
(e) (1) "Certified unified program agency" or "CUPA" means the
agency certified by the secretary to implement the unified program
specified in Chapter 6.11 (commencing with Section 25404) within a
jurisdiction.
(2) "Participating agency" or "PA" means an agency that has a
written agreement with the CUPA pursuant to subdivision (d) of
Section 25404.3, and is approved by the secretary, to implement or
enforce one or more of the unified program elements specified in
paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 25404, in
accordance with Sections 25404.1 and 25404.2.
(3) "Unified program agency" or "UPA" means the CUPA, or its
participating agencies to the extent each PA has been designated by
the CUPA, pursuant to a written agreement, to implement or enforce a
particular unified program element specified in paragraphs (4) and
(5) of subdivision (c) of Section 25404. For purposes of this article
and Article 2 (commencing with Section 25531), the UPAs have the
responsibility and authority, to the extent provided by this article
and Article 2 (commencing with Section 25531) and Sections 25404.1
and 25404.2, to implement and enforce only those requirements of this
article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 25531) listed in
paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 25404.
(4) The UPAs also have the responsibility and authority, to the
extent provided by this article and Article 2 (commencing with
Section 25531) and Sections 25404.1 and 25404.2, to implement and
enforce the regulations adopted to implement the requirements of this
article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 25531) listed in
paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 25404. After a
CUPA has been certified by the secretary, the unified program
agencies shall be the only local agencies authorized to enforce the
requirements of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section
25531) listed in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (c) of Section
25404 within the jurisdiction of the CUPA.
(f) "City" includes any city and county.
(g) "Chemical name" means the scientific designation of a
substance in accordance with the nomenclature system developed by the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry or the system
developed by the Chemical Abstracts Service.
(h) "Common name" means any designation or identification, such as
a code name, code number, trade name, or brand name, used to
identify a substance by other than its chemical name.
(i) "Compressed gas" means a material, or mixture of materials,
that meets either of the following:
(1) The definition of compressed gas or cryogenic fluid found in
the California Fire Code.
(2) Compressed gas that is regulated pursuant to Part 1
(commencing with Section 6300) of Division 5 of the Labor Code.
(j) "Consumer product" means a commodity used for personal,
family, or household purposes, or is present in the same form,
concentration, and quantity as a product prepackaged for distribution
to and use by the general public.
(k) "Emergency response personnel" means a public employee,
including, but not limited to, a firefighter or emergency rescue
personnel, as defined in Section 245.1 of the Penal Code, or
personnel of a local emergency medical services (EMS) agency, as
designated pursuant to Section 1797.200, who is responsible for
response, mitigation, or recovery activities in a medical, fire, or
hazardous material incident, or natural disaster where public health,
public safety, or the environment may be impacted.
(l) "Handle" means all of the following:
(1) (A) To use, generate, process, produce, package, treat, store,
emit, discharge, or dispose of a hazardous material in any fashion.
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), "store" does not include the
storage of hazardous materials incidental to transportation, as
defined in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, with regard
to the inventory requirements of Section 25506.
(2) (A) The use or potential use of a quantity of hazardous
material by the connection of a marine vessel, tank vehicle, tank
car, or container to a system or process for any purpose.
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the use or potential use
does not include the immediate transfer to or from an approved
atmospheric tank or approved portable tank that is regulated as
loading or unloading incidental to transportation by Title 49 of the
Code of Federal Regulations.
(m) "Handler" means a business that handles a hazardous material.
(n) (1) "Hazardous material" means a material listed in paragraph
(2) 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 workplace or the environment, or a material specified in an
ordinance adopted pursuant to paragraph (3).
(2) Hazardous materials include all of the following:
(A) A substance or product for which the manufacturer or producer
is required to prepare a material safety data sheet pursuant to the
Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act (Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 6360) of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Labor
Code) or pursuant to any applicable federal law or regulation.
(B) A substance listed as a radioactive material in Appendix B of
Part 30 (commencing with Section 30.1) of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, as maintained and updated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
(C) A substance listed pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
(D) A substance listed in Section 339 of Title 8 of the California
Code of Regulations.
(E) A material listed as a hazardous waste, as defined by Sections
25115, 25117, and 25316.
(3) The governing body of a unified program agency may adopt an
ordinance that provides that, within the jurisdiction of the unified
program agency, a material not listed in paragraph (2) is a hazardous
material for purposes of this article if a handler has a reasonable
basis for believing that the material would be injurious to the
health and safety of persons or harmful to the environment if
released into the workplace or the environment, and requests the
governing body of the unified program agency to adopt that ordinance,
or if the governing body of the unified program agency has a
reasonable basis for believing that the material would be injurious
to the health and safety of persons or harmful to the environment if
released into the workplace or the environment. The handler or the
unified program agency shall notify the secretary no later than 30
days after the date an ordinance is adopted pursuant to this
paragraph.
(o) "Office" means the Office of Emergency Services.
(p) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching,
dumping, or disposing into the environment, unless permitted or
authorized by a regulatory agency.
(q) "Retail establishment" means a business that sells consumer
products prepackaged for distribution to, and intended for use by,
the general public. A retail establishment may include storage areas
or storerooms in establishments that are separated from shelves for
display areas but maintained within the physical confines of the
retail establishments. A retail establishment does not include a pest
control dealer, as defined in Section 11407 of the Food and
Agricultural Code.
(r) "Secretary" means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
(s) "Statewide information management system" means the statewide
information management system established pursuant to subdivision (e)
of Section 25404 that provides for the combination of state and
local information management systems for the purposes of managing
unified program data.
(t) "Threatened release" means a condition, circumstance, or
incident making it necessary to take immediate action to prevent,
reduce, or mitigate a release with the potential to cause damage or
harm to persons, property, or the environment.
(u) "Trade secret" means trade secrets as defined in either
subdivision (d) of Section 6254.7 of the Government Code or Section
1061 of the Evidence Code.
(v) "Unified program facility" means all contiguous land and
structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land that
are subject to the requirements of paragraphs (4) and (5) of
subdivision (c) of Section 25404. For purposes of this article,
"facility" has the same meaning as unified program facility.