What Is the Aboveground Storage Tank Act? The Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act-APSA applies to businesses with a total storage capacity at any one site of more than 1,320 gallons of petroleum products in tanks or containers larger than 55-gallons. APSA defines “Petroleum” as crude oil, or any fraction thereof, which...
Hazardous Materials Business Emergency Plan (HMBEP) All Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs), Participating Agencies (PAs), and regulated businesses in the state of California must submit forms electronically. Businesses have direct access to their Business Emergency Plans and Chemical Inventories through the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) . It also grants...
The Environmental Health Division implements the Hazardous Waste Inspection Program throughout Orange County. The purpose of this program is to ensure that all hazardous wastes generated by Orange County businesses are properly handled, recycled, treated, stored, and disposed. Program specialists inspect facilities that generate hazardous waste, evaluate hazardous waste generating...
Document Submittal Facility Compliance Inspections Violations Testing Designated Operator (DO) Plan Check & Repairs Permit to Operate New Owners Agency Information
Myth: Food safety isn't a problem. I've been cooking for years, and nobody has ever gotten sick from my food. . Fact: Even though the U.S. has one of the safest food supplies in the world, the CDC estimates that 48 million people a year get sick from something they ate...
About Us The Environmental Health Division routinely inspects hotels, motels, detention facilities, and organized/day camps to assure compliance with the requirements of the California Health and Safety Code. Complaints Rental housing such as detached dwellings and various types of attached or multi-user dwellings are inspected on a complaint basis only...
Learn More About Foodborne Illness CDC estimates that each year 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die. Foodborne illness (Food Poisoning) is an illness suspected to have resulted from consuming foods or beverages. There are over 250 organisms that can cause foodborne illness...
Services for the Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program Residential costs are paid through the foster care system, and the HCA contracts with the STRTP facilities to provide Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) to eligible youth and NMDs placed under the Assembly Bill 403 mandate. All referrals to the program are...
Disposal options for Orange County Businesses Big Green Box (batteries, portable electronic devices) Grainger (fluorescent lamps, batteries) Kinbursky Bros. (batteries, electronics) Lighting Resources (fluorescent lamps, ballasts) Mercury Disposal Systems (fluorescent lamps, batteries) Call 2 Recycle (rechargeable batteries, cellular phones) Waste Management Lamp Tracker (fluorescent lamps) Disclaimer The preceding list of...
What Qualifies as Medical Waste? Medical waste includes, but not limited to, biohazardous, infectious, pathology, pharmaceutical, and sharps wastes generated in a health care setting in the care of humans or animals. Please see section 117690 of the Medical Waste Management Act for a full definition. What We Do as...