National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The City of Santa Ana is mandated to ensure that no pollution is allowed to enter into any drainage facility that the City owns or maintains by the Federal Program called NPDES. Learn more.
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Madison Park Neighborhood Association
GREEN-MPNA (Getting Residents Engaged in Empowering Neighborhoods) and its programming emerged from needs identified by Madison Park parents and youth, including (1) supporting youth and families to pursue educational and leadership opportunities and (2) improving health equity outcomes through wellness programs and environmental justice policy work. Learn more.
Local Regulatory Agencies and Environmental Justice Organizations
Orange County Water District The Orange County Water District (OCWD) is responsible for managing the vast groundwater basin that provides most of northern and central Orange County’s drinking water. Orange County Health Care Agency The OC Health Care Agency serves the entire county and is charged with protecting and promoting individual, family, and community through a variety … Continued
State Regulatory Agency
Department of Toxic Substances Control The role of the DTSC is to protect California’s people and the environment from the harmful effects of toxic substances by restoring contaminated resources, enforcing hazardous waste laws, reducing hazardous waste generation, and encouraging the manufacture of chemically safer products. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment The Office of Environmental … Continued
Federal Regulatory Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mission is to protect human health and the environment. Learn more
What happens if the contractor changes or requires resubmittal of plans?
SolarAPP+ allows up to 3 revisions under the $35.00 fee. They must resubmit the application to SolarAPP+ and once the resubmittal is approved, they will receive a modified permit number, for example: Original SolarAPP+ ID: SA20230117-242-19-1234-A First Approved Revision SolarAPP+ ID:SA20230117-242-19-1234-B Second Approved Revision SolarAPP+ ID: SA20230117-242-19-C Third and Last Approved Revision SolarAPP+ ID: SA20230117-242-19-1234-D … Continued
What if the Contractor wants to do a panel upgrade at the same time?
There will be an option for an electrical panel upgrade when applying for your SolarAPP+ application
Does SolarAPP+ collect fees and will the City be charging fees?
SolarAPP+ collects a one-time fee of $35.00. The City application fee is separate and is the same as a regular solar permit.
How does Santa Ana make sure the solar application is not proposing installations on unpermitted structures in the City?
When the contractor applies for SolarAPP+ on NREL Site, there will be a question to verify the building is permitted. If the building is not permitted, they are ineligible to apply on NREL’s SolarAPP+ and instead must apply for the regular solar permit. Click here for more information.
How does SolarAPP+ integrate with Santa Ana PBx?
Once the solar contractor gets their plan approved by SolarAPP+, the solar contractor applies for the permit on PBx with their SolarAPP+ approval code, and the permit is issued right away.