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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFO&NIA.
In the fatter of the Proposed
Establishment of Anchorage Area ) RESOLUTION No. 67/41
in Suisun Bay near Part Chicago. �
WHEREAS the Board having received a Public Notice issued by the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers relative to the request of the U. S. Coast Guard for
establishment of an anchorage in Suisun Bay for ammunition ships, and said notice
having requested comments by January 30, 1967; and
WUE«-:S the Board having considered the hazard to life and property in
Port Chicago and adjoining industrial areas which .might arise through accidental„
explosion of :such cargoes;
1I0W BE IT T ASCI=VES that the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
is hereby requested in the event that it othez-wise approves the establis" ent of
said anchorage, the Coast Guard be required to limit the amount of explosives on
shipboard within the anchorage area to such prudent quantity as will ensure that
life and property in the adjoining cunities, industrial plants, and nearby
shipping, will not be endangered, and to enforce the prescribed', limits,
PAS,a AJ--,D ADOPTED on this 24th day of January, 1967, by the fouowing
vote of the Hoard:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny,, Alfred M. Dias, Janes E. Moriarty,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Linscheid.
11013:
None.
ABS T; None,
RM,OLUTION. NO. 67/41