Alameda County
Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Hazardous Materials Division (Certified Unified Program Agency)
In short
Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Hazardous Materials Division (Certified Unified Program Agency) issues 4 permits we publish for Alameda County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical/Sharps Waste Generator Registration | Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Hazardous Materials Division (Certified Unified Program Agency) | Small-quantity generator with on-site treatment: $546. Small-quantity generator without on-site treatment: $94. Larger tiers scale up to $1,832 for a large-quantity generator with on-site treatment. | annual | 2026-09-28 |
| Hazardous Waste Generator Registrationonly if it applies to you | Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Hazardous Materials Division (Certified Unified Program Agency) | Non-RCRA generator tiers, by employee count: self-employed $453, 1-4 employees $543, 5-9 employees $640, 10-19 employees $895, scaling up to over-499 employees at $2,025. CA/RCRA Large Quantity Generator tiers are higher: self-employed $814, scaling up to over-499 employees at $3,627. | annual | 2026-09-28 |
| Underground Storage Tank (UST) / Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (APSA) Permitonly if it applies to you | Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Hazardous Materials Division (Certified Unified Program Agency) | UST permit: 1 tank $2,146, scaling up to 10 tanks at $3,885 (plus additional per-tank amounts beyond 10); new UST installation is $8,768 for the first tank plus $840 for each additional tank; a State UST surcharge of $20 per tank tier applies, up to $400 at 20 tanks. APSA permit: exempt farm/nursery/construction storage $523; 1,320-5,000 gallons $841; 5,001-10,000 gallons $890; over 10,000 gallons $1,683. | annual | 2026-09-28 |
| Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) / CUPA Registrationonly if it applies to you | Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Hazardous Materials Division (Certified Unified Program Agency) | ACDEH's HMBP tier schedule runs from Category 1 (1-5 material types) at $762 up to Category 8 at $1,118, with higher tiers (6-10, 11-20, 21-100, and over-100 material types) scaling further, up to $32,209 at the largest, Category-22 tier. A separate County CUPA oversight administrative fee of $23 and a State CUPA oversight administrative fee of $49 apply on top of the tier fee. | annual | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Medical/Sharps Waste Generator Registration
A veterinary clinic generating sharps, expired pharmaceuticals or other biohazard waste registers as a medical waste generator with ACDEH. Unlike the HMBP/CUPA, hazardous-waste and UST/APSA programs above, ACDEH administers medical waste generator registration on a countywide basis rather than splitting it among the county's seven separate CUPAs. The fee depends on generator size and whether the clinic treats waste on-site (for example with an autoclave) versus shipping it out for treatment, with on-site treatment carrying the higher fee at every tier.
Hazardous Waste Generator Registration
A business generating hazardous waste — auto-repair shops disposing of waste oil, antifreeze or solvents, veterinary clinics disposing of sharps or pharmaceutical waste, and salons disposing of spent chemicals in volume — registers as a hazardous waste generator with its CUPA, following the identical seven-way agency split described in the HMBP/CUPA record above. This registration applies to a business in ACDEH's own territory (Alameda, Albany, Dublin, Emeryville, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont and the unincorporated area); a business in Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Union City or Berkeley registers with that city's own CUPA instead, at that agency's own fee schedule.
Underground Storage Tank (UST) / Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (APSA) Permit
An auto-repair shop with underground fuel or waste-oil tanks, or a contractor's yard with a fuel storage tank above the APSA threshold, permits it through its CUPA — again split the same seven ways as the HMBP/CUPA record above. This fee schedule and application path apply to a business in ACDEH's own territory (Alameda, Albany, Dublin, Emeryville, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont and the unincorporated area); the same tank in Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Union City or Berkeley is permitted by that city's own fire department or environmental program instead, at that agency's own fee schedule.
Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) / CUPA Registration
Any business storing hazardous materials above threshold quantities (55 gallons liquid, 500 lbs solid, or 200 cubic feet compressed gas, aggregated) must file a Hazardous Materials Business Plan and register with its CUPA through the state's CERS system — but WHICH agency that is depends on which of the 14 cities the business sits in. ACDEH is the CUPA for Alameda, Albany, Dublin, Emeryville, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont and the unincorporated area only; this record, its fee schedule and its ACDEH filing process apply to that territory. The other six cities each run their own CUPA instead of ACDEH: Fremont Fire Department for Fremont, Hayward Fire Department for Hayward, Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department for Livermore and Pleasanton, the City of San Leandro's own Environmental Services Section for San Leandro (under its own municipal code, not an ACDEH chapter), Union City's own Environmental Programs Division for Union City, and the City of Berkeley's own Toxics Management Division for Berkeley. Industries most likely to trip the threshold include auto-repair (used oil, solvents, refrigerants, batteries), veterinary (anesthetic gases, cleaning chemicals), salons with large-volume acetone or chemical storage, and contractors storing fuel or paint at a yard; restaurants and coffee shops are usually below threshold but can trip it with bulk CO2 or cleaning-chemical storage.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Alameda County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- ACDEH General Fee Schedule (food facility, plan check, mobile/temporary food, HMBP/CUPA, hazardous-waste generator, UST/APSA, and medical-waste generator fee tables)Alameda County Department of Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Berkeley Municipal Code §15.08.070 — Berkeley's own CUPA (Toxics Management Division)City of Berkeley · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) — San Leandro's own CUPA for the City of San LeandroCity of San Leandro, Environmental Services Section · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- CUPA Profiles — statewide directory confirming Alameda County's seven separate CUPAsCalifornia CUPA Forum · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- CUPA Programs — ACDEH's own seven-city-plus-unincorporated CUPA territoryAlameda County Department of Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Environmental Programs / CUPA — Union City's own CUPA for the City of Union CityCity of Union City, Environmental Programs Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Hazardous Materials — Hayward Fire's own CUPA for the City of HaywardCity of Hayward Fire Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Hazardous Materials Division / Certified Unified Program AgencyAlameda County Department of Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Hazardous Materials Management / CUPA — Livermore-Pleasanton Fire's own CUPA for Livermore and PleasantonLivermore-Pleasanton Fire Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
Other offices serving Alameda County
- Alameda County Community Development Agency, Planning Department
- Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, Food Protection Program
- Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Animal Services
- Alameda County Public Works Agency, Building Inspection Department (Permit Center)
- Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Business License Tax Unit
- Alameda County Clerk-Recorder
- Alameda County Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division
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