Welcome to the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS)
New CERS Feature: Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) Annual Certification
Assembly Bill 1429 went into effect January 1, 2020 and may change Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) reporting timeframes for your facility.
In collaboration with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the California CUPA Forum Board, CalEPA deployed a new feature in the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) on September 18, 2020, allowing a business owner/operator to easily certify Hazardous Material Business Plan (HMBP) information in CERS as complete, accurate and, if applicable, meeting EPCRA reporting requirements.
For further information and guidance, please reference CalEPA’s
Unified Program Violation Library Update
Effective October 1, 2020, the Unified Program Violation Library in CERS has been updated. Unified Program elements with revised citations are: Underground Storage Tank Program, California Accidental Release Prevention Program, and the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act Program. Inspections that occur on or after October 1, 2020, will be associated with the revised version of the violation. Violations affiliated with the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule regulations are not currently included.
To obtain APSA Program documents previously made available on the OSFM APSA Program website, please contact OSFM at cupa@fire.ca.gov
To comply with state accessibility requirements per Assembly Bill 434, CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) has removed documents from the OSFM APSA Program website until each is revised to meet accessibility requirements. Once the documents are revised to meet accessibility requirements, each will be made available on the OSFM APSA Program website. In the interim, links to the OSFM APSA Program website within the CERS APSA submittal element have been replaced with OSFM’s contact email, cupa@fire.ca.gov. Please send an email to OSFM staff at cupa@fire.ca.gov to request APSA Program documents, such as the following: Tank Facility Statement, Tier II Qualified Facility SPCC Plan template, Farm Fact Sheet, and Guide on Tanks In Underground Areas (TIUGAs). For assistance with CERS, please contact cers@calepa.ca.gov.
Chemical Inventory Reporting of the Annual 2018 Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) Submittals Must Reference the 24 New Federal Hazard Categories
Effective December 28, 2017, CalEPA will be replacing the existing five (5) federal hazard categories available in CERS used for the completion of chemical inventories as part of the annual hazardous materials business plan submittal with twenty-four (24) new federal hazard categories adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) as a result of changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).
Supporting documentation:
Background (PDF, 3 pp, 599 KB)
Business Guidance (PDF, 3 pp, 967 KB)
For questions concerning submittal information and reporting requirements, please contact your local regulating Certified Unified Program Agency: https://cersapps.calepa.ca.gov/Public/Directory
For questions concerning the deployment of CERS 3 or for assistance in accessing the CERS Testing, Training, or Staging environments, please contact: CERS@calepa.ca.gov
