1. (a) A CUPA may establish and implement a local reporting portal that can receive electronic data from regulated businesses within the jurisdiction of the CUPA.

   1. (1) The CUPA shall process all Unified Program data elements and submittal elements submitted to a local reporting portal by regulated businesses.
   2. (2) The local reporting portal shall be able to transfer or exchange electronic data submitted by regulated businesses to CERS using the Data Exchange Technical Specifications.
2. (b) A regulated business shall use CERS to meet regulatory reporting requirements. However, if a CUPA has a local reporting portal approved by CalEPA, then a regulated business may use the local reporting portal to meet regulatory reporting requirements.
3. (c) If not otherwise manually entered into CERS, a CUPA's local information management system or local reporting portal shall be able to transfer electronic data submitted by regulated businesses and inspection, violation, and enforcement information to CERS, using the data elements in the CERS Data Dictionary and the Data Exchange Technical Specifications established by CalEPA.

4. (d) Locally required supplemental information collected, if any, and the applicable local code citations shall be included in both the local reporting portal and CERS.

   1. (1) A local ordinance is required to be documented in CERS if it affects reporting requirements.
5. (e) PAs shall not have a local reporting portal unless provided by the CUPA for use by all regulated businesses to meet all Unified Program reporting requirements throughout the jurisdiction of the CUPA.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 25404(b), 25404(c), 25404(d), 25404(e) and 25404.6(c), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25503(a), 25505 and 25509, Health and Safety Code.

History

1. New section filed 1-8-99 as an emergency; operative 1-8-99 (Register 99, No. 2). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-10-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-8-99 order transmitted to OAL 4-2-99 and filed 5-14-99 (Register 99, No. 20).

3. Repealer and new section filed 4-13-2007; operative 5-13-2007 (Register 2007, No. 15).

4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (c) and (e)(3) filed 3-21-2008 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2008, No. 12).

5. Repealer and new section filed 12-17-2013; operative 12-17-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2013, No. 51).

6. Amendment of subsections (a)-(c) and amendment of Note filed 6-14-2018; operative 7-1-2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2018, No. 24).

7. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(2) and (c)-(d), new subsection (d)(1) and amendment of subsection (e) filed 3-14-2024; operative 7-1-2024 (Register 2024, No. 11).