California Accidental Release Prevention Program
CalEPA oversees the statewide implementation of the California Accidental Release
Prevention (CalARP) program, which aims to prevent accidental releases of extremely
hazardous substances that pose the greatest risk of immediate harm to the public and
the environment, minimize the damage if releases do occur, and to satisfy community
right-to-know laws.
Note: CalEPA is providing these training opportunities as a courtesy and does not endorse any trainings provided by other entities or agencies. To submit training opportunities for consideration for publication on this page, please email calarp@calepa.ca.gov.
Upcoming Training Opportunities
27th California Unified Program Annual Training Conference
Date: Monday, March 24 through Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time: 8:00AM – 5:00PM
Location: Marriott, Anaheim, Orange County
For more information: https://calcupa.org/.
CalARP Training Outline:This outline lists courses that are ranked by level of expertise for the CalARP program. Unified Program Agency (UPA) inspectors may reference this document for guidance, based on their level of expertise, to further their knowledge and skills. 27th_California_CUPA_Training_Conference_CalARP_Training_Outline.pdf
Additional Training Resources
CalEPA Enforcement Training Resources
Fundamental Inspector Course (FIC)
Prerequisite to Basic Inspector Academy.
This online course contains an overview of CalEPA’s boards, departments, and offices as well as environmental law, environmental science, the role of the environmental inspector, and basic health and safety guidance for field staff. While the target audience for FIC is new and existing government-employed regulatory inspectors/investigators who enforce environmental laws and regulations, members of the public and regulated facility owners, operators, and employees may also find the online FIC course to be helpful.
Registration: Create an account on the Air Resources Board’s (ARB) Training Website at https://arb.csod.com/client/arb/default.aspx. For questions related to registration, please contact the ARB Training Coordinator at arbtrain@arb.ca.gov.
Basic Inspector Academy (BIA)
Inspectors can register for the BIA course through the ARB’s training website after completing the required online prerequisite training, Fundamental Inspector Course.
CalEPA’s Office of the Secretary is responsible for developing a training program to ensure that the Boards and Departments take consistent, effective, and coordinated enforcement and compliance actions to protect public health and the environment. The information presented in the BIA training program is intended to provide baseline knowledge on universal inspection, investigation, and enforcement techniques that support and/or complement existing State and local agency programs. BIA is open to new and existing government-employed regulatory inspectors/investigators who enforce environmental laws and regulations and, tribal enforcement partners.
More Information: https://calepa.ca.gov/enforcement/Enforcement-Training-Resources/
For questions about the Fundamental Inspector Course or Basic Inspector Academy, please contact: Hasti Javid, CalEPA Enforcement Officer at Hasti.Javid@calepa.ca.gov.
CUPA Forum Board’s (CFB) Training Resources
CFB Training Center
The CFB has long identified training as a core function of the organization with an annual unified program training conference as the hallmark event. In addition, through a Training Issue Coordinator, training events, opportunities, and planning activities are facilitated through regional training coordinators (RTCs) in each of the four CUPA Forum Regions.
More Information: https://calcupa.org/training/index.html
Learning Management System (LMS) Continuing Education Courses
All Unified Program Agencies (UPAs) receive complimentary indefinite access to the LMS and all 2023 Annual Conference Full Registration Attendees will have access (through December 31, 2023) to a growing list of CUPA Program related Courses. Also, if you have a Full Conference Registration for the 2024 Annual Conference, you will have unlimited access to our LMS Courses through December 31, 2024. Over the next few months, we plan to convert the rest of the 26 Sessions that were recorded at our recent Annual Conference into Courses on our LMS.
More Information: https://calcupa.org/lms-agenda/index.html
Unified Program Training Framework (March 12, 2012)
This training framework was developed by the Unified Program Training Steering Committee and California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) to implement voluntary training guidance that provides consistency throughout the State for the education of new and established inspectors. The use of a standardized training framework will help to assure the Unified Program is conducted in a coordinated, consolidated and consistent manner throughout the State. The Framework supports CUPAs and PAs in acquiring the required technical expertise to implement the program elements by identifying training required by law as well as recommended training.
More Information: cupa-training-framework.pdf
Legal Authority:
California State Law: California Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 6.95, Article 2, Sections 25531 to 25543.3
California State Regulations: California Code of Regulations, Title 19, Division 5, Chapter 2, Sections 5050.1 to 5160.1
If you have any questions regarding the CalARP program, please contact the program at CalARP@calepa.ca.gov.