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Who Regulates What in Santa Clara County Page Updated on 12/31/2008

Santa Clara County has four CUPAs (Certified Unified Program Agencies) and five Participating Agencies that administer the various hazardous materials, hazardous waste and underground storage tank programs within their respective jurisdictions. To see which agency administers which programs, refer to the table below. Clicking on the agency name will take you to a complete description of that agency's program and contact information.

CUPAs:

Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health (DEH)

Gilroy Building, Life and Environmental Safety (Gilroy BLES)

Santa Clara City Fire Department (SC City FD)

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (SV DPS)

Participating Agencies operate under a Memorandum of Understanding with Santa Clara County DEH:

Milpitas Fire Department (Milpitas FD)

Mountain View Fire Department (MVFD)

Palo Alto Fire Department (PA FD)

Santa Clara County Fire Department (SCC FD)

San Jose Fire Department (SJ FD)

*Note: Santa Clara County Office of the Fire Marshal (County FM) is responsible for plan review for fire code compliance for new construction in San Martin, Stanford and the unincorporated areas. They are not part of the Unified Program (see paragraph below).

There are six programs administered locally under the State's Unified Program:

Hazardous Materials Business Plans (California Health and Safety Code Chapter 6.95)
Hazardous Waste Generator Program (California Health and Safety Code Chapter 6.5)
Hazardous Waste Tiered Permitting (California Health and Safety Code Chapter 6.5)
Underground Storage Tanks (California Health and Safety Code Chapter 6.7)*
Aboveground Storage Tank SPCC Plans (California Health and Safety Code Chapter 6.67)
California Accidental Release Prevention Program - Cal ARP (California Health and Safety Code Chapter 6.95)

*Effective 1/1/2009, responsibility for the Underground Storage Tank program in the City of Palo Alto transferred to Santa Clara County DEH .

In addition, the Santa Clara County agencies administer the following programs under local authority:

California Fire Code
Hazardous Materials Storage Ordinance (Local Ordinance)
Toxic Gas Ordinance (Local Ordinance)

City or County Area	Business Plans	Hazardous Waste	Tiered Permit	Under Ground Tanks	Above Ground Tanks	CalARP	Calif Fire Code	Hazmat Storage	Toxic Gases
Campbell	SCC FD	DEH	DEH	SCC FD	SCC FD	DEH	SCC FD	SCC FD	SCC FD
Cupertino	SCC FD	DEH	DEH	SCC FD	SCC FD	DEH	SCC FD	SCC FD	SCC FD
Gilroy	Gilroy BLES	Gilroy BLES	Gilroy BLES	Gilroy BLES	Gilroy BLES	Gilroy BLES	Gilroy BLES	Gilroy BLES	Gilroy BLES
Los Altos	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	SCC FD	DEH	DEH
Los Altos Hills	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	SCC FD	DEH	DEH
Los Gatos	SCC FD	DEH	DEH	SCC FD	SCC FD	DEH	SCC FD	SCC FD	SCC FD
Milpitas	Milpitas FD	DEH	DEH	Milpitas FD	Milpitas FD	DEH	Milpitas FD	Milpitas FD	Milpitas FD
Moffett Field	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	Moffett	DEH	DEH
Monte Sereno	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	SCC FD	DEH	DEH
Morgan Hill	SCC FD	DEH	DEH	SCC FD	SCC FD	DEH	SCC FD	SCC FD	SCC FD
Mountain View	MVFD	MVFD & DEH	MVFD & DEH	MVFD	MVFD	DEH	MVFD	MVFD	MVFD
Palo Alto	PA FD	DEH	DEH	DEH*	PA FD	DEH	PA FD	PA FD	PA FD
San Jose	SJ FD	DEH	DEH	SJ FD	SJ FD	DEH	SJ FD	SJ FD	SJ FD
San Martin	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	County FM	DEH	DEH
Santa Clara City	SC City FD	SC City FD	SC City FD	SC City FD	SC City FD	SC City FD	SC City FD	SC City FD	SC City FD
Saratoga	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	Saratoga FD & SCC FD	DEH	DEH
Stanford	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	County FM	DEH	DEH
Sunnyvale	SV DPS	SV DPS	SV DPS	SV DPS	SV DPS	SV DPS	SV DPS	SV DPS	SV DPS
Unincorporated Areas	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	DEH	County FM	DEH	DEH

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