Appendix 4501. Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise provides, the following definitions shall apply to this Article:

(a)

"Act" means Chapter 6.11 (commencing with Section 25404), Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100), Chapter 6.67 (commencing with Section 25270), Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280), Chapter 6.75 (commencing with Section 25299.10), and Chapter 6.95 (commencing with Section 25500) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended, and all other provisions of state law pertaining to the unified program, including without limitation any and all regulations and standards promulgated by the State of California to implement said provisions, as amended.

(b)

"Contract hourly rate" means the hourly cost of the County to provide on behalf of the CUPA the services of a County employee with a given job classification as established from time to time by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in accordance with the County's standard accounting procedures. The hourly cost shall be that of an Environmental Health Specialist III ("EHS III") or an Environmental Health Specialist IV ("EHS IV"), as may be specifically provided.

(c)

"County" means the County of Ventura, a political subdivision of the State of California.

(d)

"CUPA" means the Environmental Health Division of the Resource Management Agency of the County in its capacity as the Certified Unified Program Agency, as defined by Section 25404 of the Health and Safety Code.

(e)

"CUPA jurisdiction" means all of the unincorporated and incorporated areas of Ventura County, except for the incorporated area of the City of Oxnard.

(f)

"Hazardous Materials Business Plan/Risk Management Plan" means all of those activities authorized or required by Chapter 6.95 (commencing with Section 25500) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code and related state statutes, regulations and standards, as amended, to be implemented as a part of the unified program.

(g)

"Hazardous Materials Management Plan and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statement" means all of those activities authorized or required by Section 25404 (c)(6) of the Health and Safety Code and related state statutes, regulations and standards, as amended, to be implemented as a part of the unified program.

(h)

"Participating agency" means, unless otherwise provided, the City of Santa Paula Fire Department and the City of San Buenaventura Fire Department as participating agencies, as defined in Section 25404 of the Health and Safety Code.

(i)

"Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, business concern, partnership, limited liability company, association, and corporation, including but not limited to, a government corporation, city, county, district, commission, the state or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, any interstate body, and the federal government or department or agency thereof to the extent permitted by law.

(j)

"Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan" means all of those activities authorized or required by Chapter 6.67 (commencing with Section 25270 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code and related state statutes, regulations and standards, as amended, to be implemented as a part of the unified program.

(k)

"Unified program" means the unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program to be implemented by the CUPA and participating agencies in the CUPA jurisdiction, as authorized or required by Chapter 6.11 (commencing with Section 25404) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code and related state statutes, regulations and standards, as amended.

(l)

"Unified program facility" means any area, room, enclosure, structure, building, lot or contiguous group of lots located in the CUPA jurisdiction where any operation or activity is conducted that is subject to any requirement that a permit or approval be obtained or is subject to any inspection or regulation under the unified program. One facility may include more than one lot provided such lots are contiguous with one another. Operations or activities on sites that are not contiguous, even if controlled by the same person or integrated within the same operation or business, shall be deemed separate facilities.

(m)

"Unified program manager" means the Deputy Director of the Environmental Health Division of the Resource Management Agency of the County of Ventura that is assigned to manage the CUPA and his or her duly appointed representatives.

(n)

"Underground Storage Tank Program" means all of those activities authorized or required by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280) and Chapter 6.75 (commencing with Section 25299.10) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code and related state regulations and standards, as amended, to be implemented as part of the unified program.