Section 25509.2.

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(1) Persons attempting to do business in this state are increasingly experiencing excessive and duplicative regulatory requirements at different levels of government.

(2) To streamline and ease the regulatory burdens of doing business in this state, compliance with the hazardous materials release response plans and inventory requirements of this chapter shall also suffice to meet the requirements of the California Fire Code with regard to the requirement for a hazardous materials management plan and hazardous materials inventory statement, as set forth in Chapter 27 of the California Fire Code and its appendices.

(3) Businesses which are required to comply with this chapter do so on one form, with one fee and one inspection. The administering agency shall forward the data collected, within 15 days of receipt and confirmation, with other local agencies in a format easily interpreted by those agencies with shared responsibilities for protection of the public health and safety and the environment.

(4) Enforcement of this chapter and the California Fire Code shall be coordinated.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 13143.9, and any standards and regulations adopted pursuant to that section, a business that files the annual inventory form in compliance with this article, including the addendum adopted pursuant to Section 25503.9, as required by the local fire chief to comply with Section 2701.5.2 of the California Fire Code, as adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13143.9, shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section 2701.5.2 of the California Fire Code, as adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13143.9.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 13143.9, and any standards and regulations adopted pursuant to that section, a business that establishes and maintains a business plan for emergency response to a release or a threatened release of a hazardous material in accordance with Section 25503.5, shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section 2701.5.1 of the California Fire Code, as adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13143.9.

(d) Except for the addendum required by the local fire chief, the administering agency shall be the sole enforcement agency for purposes of determining compliance pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c).

(e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, this section does not affect or otherwise limit the authority of the local fire chief to enforce the California Fire Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 603, Sec. 15. Effective October 8, 2011.)