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To BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
FROM; Cwtra
DATE: CW
April 16, 1986 IQ
SUBJECT; Legislation: Assembly Bill 2657 (Elder)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of support for AB 2657 by Assemblyman Elder.
BACKGROUND:
Existing law requires any business which handles hazardous
materials to file hazardous material inventories and business
plans for emergency response with the administering agency. AB
2657 would establish within the State Department of Health
Services a Commission on Hazardous Materials Management Training.
This Commission would be authorized to develop and implement
training programs for local and State agencies for the
enforcement of hazardous materials statutes and regulations and
for incident response. The Commission would be required to
establish a certification program for local and State employees
responsible for enforcing hazardous materials regulations. The
bill would also require any person granted a Certificate to
enforce the standards and regulations adopted by the Department
concerning hazardous waste.
The bill would also create a Hazardous Waste Materials Management
Training account for the purpose of making training grants to
local governments and State agencies. The bill would appropriate
$400,000 from the Hazardous Waste control account for the purpose
of making training grants.
The Health Services Director has reviewed AB 2657 in some detail
and recommends that the Board of Supervisors support it. He
notes that in-depth training, investigating, and enforcing
hazardous materials statutes and regulations is important in
order to allow staff to pursue appropriate remedies for
violations of State hazardous materials ' laws.
The additional coordination, training resources, and grants
provided by AB 2657 will prove extremely useful and, therefore,
deserve the support of the Board of Supervisors.
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ACTION OF BOARD ON April ZZs 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Health Services Director �CHELORCLERK OES Director PHIL BAF THE BOARD OF
Chief, Consolidated Fire Dist. SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assemblyman Dave Elder
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