§ 8.42.070. Filing of a hazardous material disclosure form.

A.

Any business or facility in the city that handles a hazardous material or waste, must submit its initial disclosure form at the time it begins operations, or at the time it first begins to handle or generate a hazardous material or waste that must be disclosed. In accordance with the requirements of this Chapter, including but not limited to Health and Safety Code Sections 25531 through 25543.2, a risk management plan must be completed and submitted to the Administrator prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy for acutely hazardous materials that exceed the applicable threshold planning quantity. The form and content of the disclosure shall conform to the requirements of Section 8.42.080 of this Chapter.

B.

In addition to the requirement set forth in subsection A of this section, each handler/generator shall submit a completed disclosure form annually, or when required to do so under the terms of subsection C of this section. The Administrator shall have the authority to amend or change the applicable form from time to time as he or she deems appropriate in his or her sole discretion to accomplish the purposes of the unified program and this Chapter. Handlers shall complete the form that is in effect at the time they are required to submit such form. It shall be the responsibility of the handler to obtain from the Administrator the applicable form.

C.

A handler shall file a revised disclosure form within fifteen (15) days after any of the following:

1.

Introduction of a new hazardous material or waste, or an increase of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total quantity of a hazardous material or waste previously disclosed, unless the material or waste is subject to any of the exemptions set forth in Section 8.42.090;

2.

Change of business address;

3.

Change of business ownership; or

4.

Change of business name.

(Ord. 12057 § 1 (part), 1998)