§ 8.64.020. Definitions.

The terms used in this chapter shall be as defined in the Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans and Inventory Law Chapter 6.95 CH&SC as amended, and the Hazardous Materials Release Reporting, Inventory and Response Plans Regulations as specified in Title 19 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), as amended, except for the following:

"Business" means an employer, person, self-employed individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, limited liability company, corporation, partnership, or association. "Business" shall also include a business organized for profit or nonprofit and any agency, department, office, board, commission, or bureau of a city, county, state, federal, or special district. For purposes of this Ordinance, households that generate, store, handle, dispose, treat or recycle hazardous materials of the kind and in the amounts customary for traditional households, do not constitute a business.

"Business emergency plan" means a separate plan for each business location that meets the requirements of Chapter 6.95 CH&SC.

"CUPA" means the Certified Unified Program Agency.

"Cumulative quantity" means the total amount of hazardous materials categorized into one Department of Transportation, Hazard Class number, as described in 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

"Department of environmental health (DEH)" means the county community health agency, department of environmental health.

"Director" means the director of the department of environmental health or his or her designee.

"Handle" means to use, generate, process, produce, package, re-package, treat, store, emit, discharge, or dispose of a hazardous material in any fashion.

"Permittee" means a business or person that holds a permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

"Unified program consolidated form" (UPCF) means the form designed for use by businesses providing a standardized format. This document consolidates information regulated businesses are required to provide for different program elements to the CUPA.

(Ord. 651.3 § 2, 2001)

(Ord. 651.4, §§ 2—6, 4-14-2009)