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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10091984 - 2.11 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY , CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on October 9, 1984 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden , McPeak , Torlakson NOES: None ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder ABSTAIN: None -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBJECT: Status of 13 State Superfund Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites in Contra Costa County The Board received an October 3, 1984 report from Health Services Department , Environmental Health Division , concerning the status of compliance efforts for the 13 State Superfund hazardous waste disposal sites (copy of which is attached and by reference incorporated herein) . Dan Bergman , Assistant Health Services Director , Environ- mental Health , stated that the report was basically a summary of his staff's research through State Department of Health Services and the Regional Water Quality Control Board files on the 13 Superfund sites . Mr . Bergman noted that the State Department of Health Services and the Regional Water Quality Control Board are the primary regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the Superfund sites and the responsibility for enforcing abatement and closure of the sites . Mr . Bergman stated that the 13 Superfund sites in Contra Costa County had been placed in three categories . The first category consists of sites for which highly complex characterization , mitiga- tion , and abatement plans are required and which will require several more years to achieve abatement . The second category consists of sites for which significant characterization work has been done and with a focused effort of the two responsible State agencies could be concluded in a timely manner . The third category lists the remaining nine (9 ) identified Superfund sites where major work has been done or where the perceived significance of risk is not great , or some combination of the two . Mr . Bergman informed the Board that in the opinion of his staff if one agency were to provide a coordinated focus on these particular sites and define additional effort required it would be possible to achieve abatement and closure and have them removed from the Superfund list . He recommended that the Board authorize the Environmental Health Division staff to act in such a coordinator role in order to expedite abatement and closure of the nine sites . Supervisor Sunne W. McPeak commented on the need for a specific time frame for abatement action on the Superfund sites , and questioned Mr . Bergman as to the feasibility of requiring an abatement plan to be developed within the next 3 months . Mr . Bergman stated that he felt that 3 months would be a reasonable amount of time to define an abatement strategy for each site and that a realistic closure plan could be developed in 6 months . Mr . Paul deFalco , Chairman , Hazardous Waste Task Force , appeared before the Board , advised that the Task Force had this day filed an interim report , and referred to the difficulties the Task Force has encountered in obtaining basic data from existing State files . He noted that they have had to request the Environmental Health staff to solicit the information from the State Health Services Department , which creates competition for the limited resources of Mr . Bergman' s staff . Mr . Bergman stated that his staff is committed to the abate- ment and closure of the Superfund sites and also to assisting the 1 0088 Hazardous Waste Task Force in carrying out its objectives , and that in his opinion they could do both. There being no further discussion , IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the recommendations contained in the report from the Health Services Department , Environmental Health Division , with respect to the 13 State Superfund sites are APPROVED . IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that staff is DIRECTED to , within 3 months , define and identify an abatement strategy for those sites for which there is no plan , and within 6 months to develop an abatement plan for said sites . IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the October 9, 1984 Interim Report of the Contra Costa County Hazardous Waste Task Force is ACKNOWLEDGED and said Task Force is requested to proceed as originally charged . CC: Director of Health Services Environmental Health Division Hazardous Waste Task Force County Administrator Ihereby eerttfyth;ti`isi� cop}•nt r' F�f'. L^CtfG!� c......, 1;: v'. ...... .. .. .. .. ...^.i:` 'ct Cti'le Board ut Supe;-.'!'.Gr;, en i_i,c 'M o ATTESTED: CA-0�t/ 9. /qsw PHIL CI:r:: of .f,e Goard of 8upere;sons c!d Cour.iy :administrator By Deputy Q© IL °9 2