§ 15187. Local Information Management Systems - Electronic Reporting.

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

(1) A CUPA that establishes and implements a local reporting portal is required to accept all Unified Program data elements and submittal elements submitted by any regulated businesses in its jurisdiction.

(2) A CUPA's local reporting portal shall be able to transfer or exchange electronic data submitted by regulated businesses to CERS using the data exchange technical specifications provided by Cal/EPA.

(b) A regulated business shall use CERS to meet regulatory reporting requirements. However, if a CUPA has a local reporting portal approved by Cal/EPA, then a regulated business may use the local reporting portal to meet regulatory reporting requirements.

(c) If not otherwise manually entered into CERS, a CUPA's local information management system shall be able to transfer inspection, violation, and enforcement information to CERS, using the data elements in the Unified Program Data Dictionary and the data exchange technical specifications provided by Cal/EPA.

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

(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 CUPA's jurisdiction.

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 A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-10-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.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).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 25404(b), (c), (d) and (e) and 25404.6(c), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25503(a), 25503.5(a) and (b), 25505 and 25509, Health and Safety Code.