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TO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator Costa
DATE'. December 24, 1986 County
SUBJECT: Designated Routes for the Transportation
of Radioactive Waste
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Acknowledge receipt of the report of the County Administrator on
this subject.
BACKGROUND:
On June 10, 1986, the Board of Supervisors referred to the County
Administrator for review and report a copy of the City of
Richmond' s Resolution 60-86 opposing use of city highways and
streets for the transportation of radioactive materials,
specifically spent radioactive fuel.
We have corresponded with the California Highway Patrol asking
for information on this subject. A copy of Captain L. P. Wood' s
letter of November 14 is attached.
We asked that a copy of the regulations which were to be released
in December be forwarded to us as soon as they were available.
In response, we received a telephone call from CHP Sergeant
Bladow, who indicated that the State Office of Administrative Law
(OAL) refused to approve the proposed regulations. OAL has
advised the CHP that federal regulations require that all
interstate highways must be designated as appropriate routes for
the transportation of radioactive wastes unless an alternate
route is designated. In situations such as the San Francisco to
Sacramento corridor, it is essentially impossible to find any
alternative route which could be designated. If the CHP is
unable to resolve this problem, it will be necessary to designate
both Interstate 80 and Interstate 680 as acceptable routes.
At this point, the CHP does not know how or when it will proceed
with the adoption of regulations because of the need to comply
with these federal requirements in order for OAL to approve the
regulations. We will continue to stay in touch with the CHP on
this issue, but it now appears that it may be some months before
new regulations are available.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE;
_ X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD/ COMMITTEE
- X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S : /leERo
ACTION OF BOARD ON r'311uary 1-1, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
CONTINUED to :January 20, 1987; .and REQUESTED staff -to provide more detailed
information.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT } AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: COUIItV Administrator ATTESTED
PHIL BATCH OR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
M382/7-83