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CUPA
The Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) unifies and consolidates under one roof the various requirements for businesses handling hazardous materials, generating or treating hazardous wastes, or operating aboveground or underground storage tanks. CUPA thereby enhances consistency, reduces duplication, and simplifies compliance for the regulated public. The Tulare County Environmental Health Division was certified as a CUPA in December, 1996.
The overall CUPA requirements are found in Health & Safety Code (HSC) Chapter 6.11 and California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 27, Division 1, Subdivision 4, Chapter 1. CUPA is responsible for the following six programs:
- Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans & Inventory (“Business Plan”) - Authority: HSC Chapter 6.95, Article 1 & Title 19 CCR Chapter 4.
- Underground Storage Tanks (UST) - Authority: HSC Chapter 6.7 & Title 23 CCR, Division 3, Chapters 16 & 17
- Hazardous Waste Generators Authority - Authority: HSC Chapter 6.5 & Title 22 CCR Division 4.5
- Onsite Hazardous Waste Treatment (“Tiered Permit”) - Authority: HSC Chapter 6.5 & Title 22 CCR Division 4.5
- Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (APSA) Authority: HSC Chapter 6.67
- California Accidental Release Prevention (“CalARP”) Authority: Chapter 6.95, Article 2 & Title 19 CCR Chapter 4.5
The Consolidated Permit Plan contains the permitting procedures and requirements for the programs.
CUPA Programs
Above Ground Petroleum storage
