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JAMES HOSLER, Assistant Deputy Director, Chief of Pipeline Safety and CUPA - Cal Fire - OSFM

Jim Hosler Assistant Deputy Director CAL FIRE- Office of the State Fire Marshal Chief of Pipeline Safety and CUPA Long Beach / Sacramento California Manage the Pipeline Safety Division, CUPA Program an d the Firefighting Equipment and Foam program. The OSFM is granted exclusive safety regulatory and enforcement authority over intrastate hazardous liquid pipelines in California through certification by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). Hazardous liquid pipelines can carry commodities such as crude oil, gasoline, propane, and other types of hydrocarbons. An intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline is a pipeline that is located entirely within the borders of the State of California, including offshore state waters. USDOT PHMSA maintains exclusive federal authority over interstate pipeline, which is a pipeline that crosses state borders or begins in federal waters. CAL FIRE-OSFM is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the California Fire Code Hazardous Materials Management Plan/Hazardous Materials Inventory Statement (HMMP/HMIS) and the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (APSA) program elements. The HMMP/HMIS program ties in closely with the Hazardous Release Response Plan and Inventory (HMRR

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