HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05122015 - PR.5RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recognize Randy Sawyer, Chief Environmental Health and Hazardous Materials Officer for the Contra Costa County
Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA), for receiving the Secretary’s Award for Environmental Achievement
from the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA).
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
Randy Sawyer has distinguished himself as a leader among California unified program managers and as a national
expert in chemical process safety. He has been a vital contributor to efforts to improve the California Accidental
Release Prevention Program, and his work has been essential to the success of the CalEPA Interagency Refinery Task
Force.
As a member of the Unified Program’s policy setting body and Co-Chair of the Unified Program’s policy steering
committee for the California Accidental Release Prevention Program for more than a decade, Randy has taken on
issues concerning the most hazardous facilities in the state. He also
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/12/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: William Walker, MD,
957-5403
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 12, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Stephanie Mello, Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker, Jackie Peterson
PR.5
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:May 12, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary’s Award for Environmental Achievement
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
was one of the primary architects of the Contra Costa County Industrial Safety Ordinance, which is now recognized
as one of the most effective industrial safety regulatory programs in the country and is a model for state and federal
regulatory reform efforts.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Not applicable.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.