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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Cwtra
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DATE: May 1, 1986 c . urty
SUBJECT: Legislation: Assembly Bill 4162
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECONIMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: I;
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Adopt a position of support for AB 4162 by Assemblywoman Killea.
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BACKGROUND: j
Under existing law;, local health officers who are designated by
the State Department of Health Services can enforce State
regulations and standards concerning hazardous waste. A local
health officer is authorized to make specific inspections to
carry out the laws regulating hazardous waste.
Contra Costa County is currently delegated inspection authority
by the State Department of Health Services for all hazardous
waste facilities except for those that have interim or final
permits for disposal of hazardous wastes on site.
Assemblywoman Killea has introduced AB 4162 which would remove
this exception and allow the State to delegate inspection and
enforcement responsibility to the county for facilities disposing
of hazardous waste on site if the Environmental Protection Agency
concurs in the delegation of authority and if the State
determines that the county' s hazardous waste management program
is adequately staffed and includes sufficient expertise to carry
out this authority.
To finance this additional authority, the bill also provides for
the State to reimburse the county from Federal funds the State
receives for this purpose. In addition, the local health officer
would be authorized to establish fees to be paid by the
facilities inspected to the extent that the Federal funds are
insufficient to cover the cost of the inspection program.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: - YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): Oow/!. //4i//
ACTION OF BOARD ON Mair 69 1706 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 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 SUPERVISOR ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED
Health Services Director
PHIL BATCH LOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Assemblywoman Lucy Killea
Kathy Snodgrass, Jackson/Barish SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
M38217-83 ,DEPUTY