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Public Notice

MAJOR INCIDENT PUBLIC REPORT:  Pursuant to 19 CCR §5110.12(j), the following major incident investigation report(s) are publicly available:

Chevron Fire Incident Investigation Summary - October 2, 2025 Loss of Containment
Posted 4/1/2026

 

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California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) Surcharge Reminder: ESFD Environmental Safety Division

Post Date:12/21/2023 7:34 AM

The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) has increased the state oversight surcharge on all CUPA regulated facilities from $49 to $84 dollars effective July 1, 2021. The increase includes $27 to cover the cost of upgrades to the state reporting system CERS and $8 to cover the increased costs of overseeing the Unified Program. The CERS portion of the increase is in effect for four years, after which time it will be adjusted to only cover the cost of ongoing maintenance and operations of CERS NextGen.

New Unified Program businesses or program elements will incur the new oversight surcharge fee of $84.00 effective July 1, 2021. Existing Unified Program businesses will pay the difference of the previous oversight surcharge and the new oversight surcharge in addition to the annual billing amounts in Fiscal Year 2022-2023. 

Additional information can be found at https://calepa.ca.gov/cupa.  Any questions or concerns about the surcharge increase can be directed to CalEPA at cupa@calepa.ca.gov.

Read the full CalEPA Unified Program State Surcharge Increase Statement

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Beach Cities CAER

What is Beach Cities CAER?

Beach Cities CAER (Community Awareness and Emergency Response) is a non-profit public benefit organization focused on providing a forum for increasing community awareness of the continuous improvement of coordinated fire department and industry emergency preparedness and response programs. BCCAER is a team of public agency emergency management officials, fire departments, schools, manufacturing industries and chemical transporters in the South Bay region with the goal of enhancing public safety.

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