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Businesses Must Report Electronically to CERS or a Local Reporting Portal
All businesses must now submit Unified Program-related information to CERS instead of on paper forms. Alternatively, some CUPAs have developed local web portals that businesses may choose to use to meet this requirement. More information...

CERS Training Portals
Experiment and gain familiarity with using CERS by using the Business Training Portal and/or the Regulator Training Portal.  Learn more here...

Are you a Multi-Facility/Multi-Jurisdictional Business?
If your business/organization operates multiple CUPA-regulated facilities located in multiple CUPAs, CERS now supports creation of a single corporate identity that allows consolidated management of ALL of your facilities by one or more authorized users. To establish a multi-facility business and consolidate any existing CERS facilities under your business, you need to submit documentation to Cal/EPA.

What is CERS?
The California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) is a statewide web-based system to support California Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs) and Participating Agencies (PAs) in electronically collecting and reporting various hazardous materials-related data as mandated by the California Health and Safety Code and new 2008 legislation (AB 2286). Under oversight by Cal/EPA, CUPAs implement Unified Program mandates that streamline and provide consistent regulatory activities.
 

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Final CERS EDT XML Schemas Released (Version 1.00)

by CERS Administrator | Apr 24, 2012
Cal/EPA has released the final CERS EDT Schemas (Version 1.00), which are available at:
http://cers.calepa.ca.gov/TempDocs/EDT/CERS2EDT-Ver-1dot00.zip

Cal/EPA considers these XML Schemas as final unless Cal/EPA or EDT clients uncover any serious errors that could not be ignored or reasonably worked around in client and/or server code. Cal/EPA will recommend to the Unified Program's Data Steering Committee that any future schema changes be staged annually, with the first adoption deadline being a specific date sometime in the March 2013-October 2013 timeframe, and technical implementation in CERS and local systems occurring in an 8-16 month timeframe after that, depending upon the nature and complexity of the changes.

In late May 2012 Cal/EPA will release draft/testing EDT web services for Facility Submittal Exports, Action Notifications, and the Violation/Chemical Libraries. Cal/EPA anticipates a production release of these services during July 2012. In late 2012 Cal/EPA will implement additional web services for Facility Submittals (needed by local reporting portals) and CME data (inspections/enforcements).

[A more detailed version of this message was cross-posted on the CERS EDT Implementers listserv]

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