Forms: Hazardous Materials Business Plans
Businesses that handle hazardous materials in California
are required to file Hazardous Materials Business Plans (HMBP's).
They consist of basic business information, an inventory of hazardous
materials handled at a given site, and emergency response and training
plans.
The California Health & Safety Code defines
hazardous materials in broad terms. It states that a hazardous material
is "any material that, because of its quantity, concentration,
or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant present
or potential hazard to human health and the environment if released
into the workplace or the environment." Common hazardous materials
include new and used oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, antifreeze,
solvents, etc. Generally speaking, hazardous materials must be reported
if they are handled in quantities equal to or greater than 55 gallons
for liquids, 200 standard cubic feet for compressed gases, and 500
pounds for solids. If you have a question as to whether or not a
material your business is handling should be reported in a HMBP,
please call our office at (707) 565-1152 and ask to speak with a
hazardous materials inspector.
There are two acceptable formats for reporting
hazardous materials - either one chemical per page or multiple chemicals
per page in a "spreadsheet." If your site handles hazardous
wastes and you use the multiple chemicals per page format, please
also submit the hazardous waste declaration page. The following
are PDF versions of both HMBP reporting formats. You will be able
to read them and fill them out on-line using Adobe Reader, which
you can download for free if you don't already have it. However,
you won't be able to save the completed documents to your computer
unless you have Adobe Acrobat, which must be purchased.
You may also choose to download the forms in Word format and save
them to your computer. If you don't have Microsoft Word, it must
be purchased.
These documents are saved in Microsoft Word. You must have Microsoft
Word to view Word files.
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One
Chemical Per Page