HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 09201988 - 88-74 ORDINANCE NO. 88- 74
(Immediate notification of Accidental Release
of Hazardous Materials)
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County ordains as
follows (omitting the parenthetical footnotes from .the official
text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance
Code) :
SECTION I . SUMMARY. This ordinance amends Division 450 of the
County Ordinance Code, to specifically require that all releases
of hazardous materials, reportable under any law, to any
federal, State or other local agency, be reported immediately to
the County Health Services Department.
SECTION II . Section 450-2. 002 of the County Ordinance Code is
amended, to provide a more detailed summary of the matters
covered under Health and Safety Code Chapter 6 .95 (S 25500 et
seq. ) , to read:
. 450-2. 002 Purpose. Health and Safety Code Chapter 6 .95
requires, among other things, that any business which handles a
specified quantity of a hazardous material establish a business
plan for emergency response to a release or threatened release of
a hazardous material, which includes an inventory of hazardous
materials handled by the business, and report to the
administering agency and the State Office of Emergency Services;
occurrences of specified releases or threatened releases of
hazardousmaterials .
The purpose of this Division is to impose regulations in
addition to Health and Safety Code Chapter 6 ,.95, for the
protection of the public and .emergency rescue personnel in the
County, and to facilitate implementation of said chapter, as
authorized by Health and Safety Code Section 25500 .
(Ords . 88- 74 § 2, 87-5 §2. )
SECTION III . Section 450-2.016 is added to the County Ordinance
Code, to read:
450-2 . 016 .: Report Reguired. (1) In addition to -the
releases or threatened releases ,of hazardous materials required
to be reported under Health and Safety Code Section 25507, a
handler shall, immediately upon discovery, report to the
administering agency, any release of a . hazardous material
reportable under any law, to any federal, State or otherlocal ' ,
regulatory agency.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term "hazardous
material" includes any material, substance oz- chemical defined as
a hazardous material, hazardous substance or hazardous waste
under .any law requiring report of a release of .such. material,
chemical or waste to any .federal, state or other local regulatory
agency.
(3) This section does not apply to any person engaged in
the transportation of a hazardous material on a highway subject
to and in compliance with, , the requirements of Sections 2453 and
23112 .5 of the Vehicle Code.
(Ord'. , 88
SECTION IV. "EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30
days after passage, and within 15 days of passage shall be
. .published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and
Against it in the Contra Costa Times., a newspaper published in
this County.
PASSED on Sept 20, 1988 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, McPeak, To.rlakson, Schroder.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None .
ABSTAIN: None .
ATTEST: Phil Batchelor, Clerk
of the Board and County
Administrator
AId 100By:
Deputy Boar KChair
[SEAL]
ORDINANCE NO. 88- 74