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FROMi Supervisor Fanden Contra
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Supervisor Powers Costa
DATEt January 23, 1990 VL_ u*
SUBJECTt Reviewing Regulators and Regulations
SPECIFIC RXQUEST(S) OR RBCOMMENDATION(S) at BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Establish a task force to review regulations and enforcement
practices of agencies that deal with environmental problems,
including BAAQMD,. RWQCB, DONS, EPA and our Health
Department.
This task force will be composed of elected and community
representatives from waterfront communities where heavy
industry is located, along with agency, state, federal and
industry representatives.
BACKGROUND:
Because most heavy industry lies along the waterfront, where
health statistics reflect a high cancer rate and air quality
is not in compliance with clean air standards, many
environmental problems continue year to year without
significant improvement. Likewise, water pollution
continues. to occur , as a result of many factors including
excessive diversion of fresh water flows, runoff of
pesticides from farming, municipal and industrial sewage and
uncontrolled surface runoff from streets throughout the Bay
area.
Because many of these problems are common industry to
.industry, or community to community, it is time to look at
the process in which regulation occurs and to determine
whether or not adequate regulation does exist, or if not,
where improvements can be made. .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTS YES 616NAYUREs
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OP BOARD COMMITTELr
APPROVE �. OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON January 23, 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X
REFERRED to the Environmental Affairs Committee (Supervisors Torlakson and Fanden)
for review.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ASSENT _^ ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS 113 A TRUE
. AYESt NOESi _...__ AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENTi ABSTAINI AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Cot Supervisor Torlakson ATTESTED 079 �q9d
Supervisor Fanden f Phil Batched ,Clerk of the bardof
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County Admini's.t'r&tor,
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