Publications & Forms

Publications, including papers and reports, monthly newsletters, relevant to the Unified Program are listed below. Required reporting forms and instructions are also included for use by Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA), Designated Agencies (DA), Participating Agencies (PA) and the regulated community. Most of the forms below are in MS Word and/or Adobe Acrobat format.

• Unified Program Compliance Concept
• Inspection Report Writing Guidance
• Unified Program Administrative Advisory Group (UPAAG) Work Plan
• Newsletters
• Bulletins
• Business-to-CUPA Reporting Forms
• CUPA-to-State Summary Reporting Forms
• Summary Report Data
• Guidance for Administrative Enforcement Order (AEO) and Hearing Procedures
• Reports to the State Legislature

Unified Program Compliance Concept

• Workshop Presentation (PDF)
• Notice of Public Workshops (PDF)
• Performance Model (PDF)
• Concept Outline (PDF)

Guidance for Inspection Report Writing for Unified Program Agencies

• Inspection Report Writing Guidance Document (PDF)

Unified Program Administrative Advisory Group (UPAAG) Work Plan

•  UPAAG 2007 Work Plan (PDF)

Unified Program Consolidated Forms (UPCF) for “Business to CUPA” reporting

• Business Activities (PDF | MS Word)
• Business Owner/Operator Identification (PDF | MS Word)
• Hazardous Materials Inventory - Chemical Description (PDF | MS Word)
• Operating Permit Application – Facility Information (PDF | MS Word)
• Operating Permit Application – Tank Information (PDF | MS Word)
• Certification of Installation /Modification (PDF | MS Word)
• Underground Storage Tanks -  Monitoring Plan (PDF | MS Word)
• Recyclable Materials Report (PDF | MS Word, 123 KB)
• Onsite Hazardous Waste Treatment Notification - Facility Page (PDF | MS Word, 74 KB)
• Onsite Hazardous Waste Treatment Notification - Unit Page (PDF | MS Word, 67 KB)
• Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Treatment (CESQT) Page (PDF | MS Word, 59 KB)
• Conditionally Exempt - Specified Wastestreams (CESW) Page (PDF | MS Word, 43 KB)
• Conditionally Authorized (CA) Page (PDF | MS Word, 50 KB)
• Permit By Rule Page (PDF | MS Word, 57 KB)
• Conditionally Exempt - Limited (CEL) Page (PDF | MS Word, 40 KB)
• Certification of Financial Assurance (PDF | MS Word, 78 KB)
• Remote Waste Consolidation Site Annual Notification (PDF | MS Word, 58 KB)
• Hazardous Waste Tank Closure Certification (PDF | MS Word, 78 KB)

Required Summary reporting forms and instructions for “CUPA to State” reporting

• Surcharge Transmittal Report MS Word, 30 KB / Instructions (PDF)
• Annual Single Fee Summary Report MS Word, 58 KB / Instructions (PDF)
• Annual Inspection Summary Report MS Word, 53 KB / Instructions (PDF)
• Annual Enforcement Summary Report MS Word, 63 KB / Instructions (PDF)
• Semi-Annual Underground Storage Tank Program Report MS Word, 39 KB / Instructions (MS Word, 30 KB)
• Summary of Terms (PDF)
• Reporting Q and A (PDF)

• Biennial Tiered Permit Release Report
  Effective July 2004, this report is no longer required. DTSC submitted a "non-substantive rulemaking" to the Office of Administrative Law to repeal T27 CCR sections 15290 (b) and (c) (ii). Unified Program Agencies will not be required to submit Report 5 to DTSC by August 30, 2004.

Summary Report Data

Report 3: Inspection Activity

FY 02/03 MS Excel, FY 03-04 MS Excel, FY 04-05 MS Excel, FY 05-06 MS Excel, FY 06-07 MS Excel

Report 3: Inspection Activity - Consolidated Effort

FY 02/03 MS Excel, FY 03-04 MS Excel, FY 04-05 MS Excel, FY 05-06 MS Excel, FY 06-07 MS Excel

Report 4: Enforcement Actions Taken

FY 02/03 MS Excel, FY 03-04 MS Excel, FY 04-05 MS Excel, FY 05-06 MS Excel, FY 06-07 MS Excel

Reports to the State Legislature

Status of Unified Program Implementation and the Rural CUPA Reimbursement Account (PDF)
This report contains an update on the status of Unified Program Implementation statewide. It also contains information on the Rural CUPA Reimbursement Account status as of February 2002.

Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) Program Statewide Standards (PDF)
This report contains the established statewide standards for implementation of the Unified Program by local Unified Program Agencies. The Appendix to this report is the Compendium of CUPA Performance Standards (PDF)

Recommendations to Improve Unified Program Enforcement Consistency (PDF)
This report evaluates existing enforcement authorities and processes available under the Unified Program and recommends consideration of statutory changes to make enforcement more consistent.