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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10221991 - 1.69 ` j.( TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator _ _ Costa V, - a �� :w£. Po October 10, 1991- o-.- �"y`` County DATE: spq-couK AUTHORIZATION FOR PAYMENT OF FEE TO ABAG FOR THE HAZARDOUS SUBJECT: WASTE CAPACITY ALLOCATION COMMITTEE SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: 1. Authorize the Health Services Director to pay the Association of Bay Area Governments a fee of $6,376 so that Contra Costa County can continue to participate in the Capacity Allocation Committee . which is attempting to enter into inter jurisdictional agreements with other counties in order to provide , for the appropriate disposal of hazardous waste produced in the Bay Area. 2 . Reaffirm the appointment of Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak as the Board' s representative on the ABAG Capacity Allocation Committee. BACKGROUND The ABAG Capacity Allocation Committee ( renamed from. the Facility Allocation Committee) was created to develop a regional approach to siting hazardous waste management facility capacity among the nine Bay Area counties. Supervisor McPeak has been serving as the Board' s representative on the Committee. Richmond City Councilwoman Rosemary Corbin represents the cities in Contra Costa County on the Committee. County staff and Paul De Falco, Chairman of the County' s Hazardous. Materials Commission, have been active on the Technical Advisory Committee. The Capacity Allocation Committee (CAC) developed a formula for CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTYeS YES SIGNATURE: J RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ff9",'1eZ& ACTION OF BOARD ON October 22, 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _� OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE 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: ATTESTED OCT 2 2 1991 PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Please See Page 2. SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY M382 (10/88) estimating how much hazardous .waste will be generated in the year 2000 in each county in the Bay Area by type of waste. Based on those figures and projections about how much treatment and disposal capacity will exist, a method was developed to distribute responsibility for siting "capacity" for different types of hazardous waste to each county according to its contribution to the region' s deficit in terms of treatment and disposal capacity. In August, 1991 a final report was issued. Contra Costa County had the second highest deficit contribution and was assigned responsibility for incineration. However, that may be modified if the CAC can reach agreement with Kings County to accept our region' s "residuals" . If that occurs, then the region would not need to assign responsibility for a residuals repository, which currently is the responsibility of Santa Clara County. Instead, Santa Clara County would be responsible for incineration. These. discussions will be occurring in the next few months. It is essential for Contra Costa County to be a party to these discussions in order to limit the County' s responsibility to site .all manner of hazardous waste facilities in the County in order to provide for the proper disposal of all of the hazardous waste. which is produced in the County. Draft Inter jurisdictional Agreements will. be coming before the Board in the near future to assist in meeting the Bay Area' s responsibility 'to provide for the proper disposal of all hazardous waste produced in the region. The CAC has been very productive over the past year. Over the coming year it will update the Hazardous Waste Facility Allocation Plan as new data becomes available, pursue Interjurisdictional Agreements with counties outside of the region and sponsor as pollution prevention program. It is therefore recommended that the Health Services Director be authorized to pay the membership fee which supports the work of the CAC and that Supervisor McPeak be appointed to continue as the Board' s representative. cc: County Administrator Auditor-Controller Hazardous Materials Commission (Via HSD) ABAG (Via HSD) Health Services Director Barbara Masters, Staff to the Hazardous. Materials Commission