Welcome to the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS)
To obtain templates, documents or additional information for the APSA Program, please contact OSFM at cupa@fire.ca.gov
CAL FIRE Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) has recently launched its new website to comply with state accessibility requirements per Assembly Bill 434. Certain links to templates and documents previously available on the OSFM APSA Program or Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP) and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements (HMIS) websites have been removed, including the Tier II Qualified Facility SPCC Plan template, Farm Fact Sheet, and Guide on Tanks In Underground Areas (TIUGAs). Access to APSA Program and HMMP/HMIS links, templates and documents located within CERS have been replaced with OSFM’s contact email, cupa@fire.ca.gov. To request APSA Program and HMMP/HMIS templates and documents, please send a request via email to OSFM staff at cupa@fire.ca.gov. Once documents are revised to meet accessibility requirements, each will be made publically available by OSFM on the appropriate APSA Program or HMMP/HMIS website.
Unified Program Violation Library Update
Effective September 1, 2019, 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 September 1, 2019, will be associated with the revised version of the violation. Violations affiliated with the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule regulations are not currently included.
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
