The City Council finds and declares:
(A) The purpose of this chapter is to implement provisions of the Unified Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Material Management Regulatory Program (“Unified Program”), Chapter 6.11, Division 20, California Health & Safety Code, commencing with § 25404 (the “Act”) and applicable sections within Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations.
(B) The purpose of this chapter is also to consolidate all hazardous waste and material regulatory authority and compliance requirements within one chapter of the Santa Fe Springs Municipal Code.
(C) The consolidation of environmental protection programs within the Unified Program will reduce excessive and duplicative regulatory requirements that businesses experience at different levels of government, thereby easing the regulatory burdens of doing business in the city.
(D) Effective March 1, 1997 and thereafter, the City of Santa Fe Springs Fire Department (renamed “Santa Fe Department of Fire-Rescue”) was designated as a Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) by the California Environmental Protection Agency.
(E) It is the intent of the City Council that the Environmental Protection Division of the Santa Fe Springs Department of Fire-Rescue (hereafter referred to as the “Fire Department”), administers and enforces all programs within the Unified Program. These consist of:
(1) Hazardous Waste Control. Chapter 6.5, Division 20, California Health & Safety Code, §§ 25100 et seq., and California Code of Regulations (“CCR”), Title 22, Division. 4.5, relating to hazardous waste generators and hazardous waste generators conducting on-site waste treatment conditionally exempted, conditionally authorized, and under permit by rule;
(2) Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances. Chapter 6.7, §§ 25280 et seq. and 6.75, Division 20 of the California Health & Safety Code, CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapters 16 and 18;
(3) Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans and Inventory. Article 1, Chapter 6.95, Division 20 of the California Health & Safety Code §§ 25500 et seq., and CCR, Title 19, Division 2, Chapter 4;
(4) California Accidental Release Prevention Program. Article 2, Chapter 6.95, Division 20 of the California Health & Safety Code §§ 25531 et seq., and CCR, Title 19, Division 2, Chapter 4.5;
(5) Hazardous Materials Management Plan and Inventory Statement. California Health & Safety Code § 13143.9 and the 2013 California Fire Code (CFC), Sections 5001.5.1 and 5001.5.2;
(6) Aboveground Storage of Petroleum. Chapter 6.67, Division 20 of the California Health & Safety Code §§ 25270.5 et seq.;
(F) All other provisions of law enforceable by the CUPA, including any amendments to the statutes and regulations listed in divisions (E)(1) through (6) of this section, shall be administered by the Fire Department.
(G) In addition to the Unified Program elements, the following environmental and life safety protection programs shall be administered and enforced by the Fire Department:
(1) Industrial waste. The County Code provisions and all future amendments thereto are adopted herein by reference.
(2) Site mitigation. The standards in § 97.330 of this chapter entitled “Site Assessment/Remedial Investigation and Remedial Action.”
(3) Storm water. Provisions in the current Los Angeles County Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (Los Angeles County MS4) permit issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, pertaining to industrial/commercial facilities defined as critical sources.
(4) California Fire Code. Provisions within the California Fire Code that are not administered by the Fire Prevention Bureau and at the discretion of the Fire Chief.
(H) This chapter applies to all businesses subject to the Unified Program elements listed in division (E)(1) through (6) and/or the environmental and life safety protection programs listed in division (G)(1) through (4).
(Ord. 990, passed 4-9-08; Am. Ord. 1060, passed 7-10-14)