Economic and Community Development Department
34009 Alvarado-Niles Road
Union City, CA  94587

Chris Boykin
Acting CUPA Program Manager
(510) 675-5358
Fax (510) 487-2117

The Environmental Program Division is responsible for the safe management of hazardous materials and hazardous wastes within the City. 

The Environmental Program Division is the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) which is the administrative agency that and oversees and enforces the following local, state and federal hazardous materials and hazardous waste regulatory programs:

			Hazardous Materials Business Plan for materials in quantities greater than or equal to:
			55 gallons for liquids   500 pounds for solids   200 ft for compressed gas   Threshold quantities for extremely hazardous materials
			Hazardous Waste generators (including on-site hazardous waste treatment)
			Any amount of hazardous waste
			Underground Storage Tanks
			Construction, operation, repair and removal of underground storage tank systems to store hazardous materials and /or waste
			Above Ground Storage Tanks
			1,320 gallons or greater of petroleum based liquid product (gasoline, diesel, oil) in tank(s) or containers must prepare a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan by November 10, 2010
			Risk Management Plan/California Accidental Release Program
			Over threshold quantities of extremely hazardous substances must prepare a Risk Management Plan.

The CUPA also includes the Clean Water Program as part of its inspection services.

The CUPA  provides its regulated businesses several convenient benefits such as a single point of contact for permitting, billing and inspections; uniformity and consistency in enforcement of regulations; and a single fee system incorporating all of the applicable fees from the CUPA programs.