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FROM: Costa
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator 's
County
DATE: February 21, 1990
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SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: SB 1790 (Rosenthal)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
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RECONPEMDATION: .
Adopt a position in SUPPORT of SB 1790 by Senator Rosenthal which
would regulate , the use of CFC' s in commercial refrigeration
equipment and the servicing of such units.
BACKGROUND:
SB 1790 is identical to SB 116 (Rosenthal) which was vetoed by the
Governor in 1989 .
The bill makes a statement of legislative findings regarding the
dangers of CPC' s to the environment and notes that large
quantities of such CFC' s are used in retail food refrigeration
and freezing" systems, cold storage warehouses and
air-conditioning units used to cool large commercial and
industrial buildings. The findings also note that methods are
available that reduce emissions from CFC' s and reduce the virgin
use of CFC' s.
The bill prohibits the intentional venting or disposal of CFC' s
from refrigeration systems and requires the reuse or recycling of
the CFC when servicing or disposing of the refrigeration system.
The bill exempts recyclable CFC' s from regulation under hazardous
waste statutes; if they contain no hazardous constituents other
than those inherent in the CFC' s and if they are recycled or
reused at the site where the CFC' s were used.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Yes YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): L pl/L
ACTION OF BOARD ON February 21 , 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
yy I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
J1_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: County Administrator ATTESTEDr2 10
Community
�Development Director' PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK O THE BOARD OF
Resource Recovery Specialist SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Catherine Kuts�uris, Staff to the
Environmental Affairs Committee
M382 (10/88)
County Counsel, BY DEPUTY
Les Spahnn
SRJ. Jackson,, Barish & Associates
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The bill requires the owner or operator of a retail store, cold
storage warehouse or commercial or industrial building which uses
a refrigeration system containing CFC' s to establish an inventory
of all refrigeration systems, when they were installed, whether
or not they are operative, the total volume of CFC charge for
each unit, the last date when the unit was serviced and a
description of the type of service that was performed. The bill
also requires that a record of all services performed on each
unit be maintained. This record must identify who serviced the
unit, the amount of CFC put into the unit, the amount of CFC
removed from the unit, who handled the CFC, how the CFC was
handled, including whether it was recycled onsite or was taken
offsite. This record must include documentation of all purchases
of CFC and for which units the CFC was purchased.
The above records must be maintained at the site where the
refrigeration unit is located and must be made available on
request to a district attorney and county health officer plus a
variety of state officials.
The bill provides for civil penalties in varying amounts for
violations of various sections of the bill and, for continuing
violations, for each day that violation continues. Any person
who makes a false statement in any of the above records or
inventory is liable for a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 for
each separate violation or, for continuing violations, for each
day that violation continues.
Criminal penalties are provided for anyone convicted of
intentional venting or disposal of CFC' s.
It appears that passage of SB 1790 would further the Board of
Supervisors ' environmental goals and it is therefore recommended
that the Board indicate their support of SB 1790.