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FROM: Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
Costa
DATE: Introduced on March 3, 1987 for Action on County
March 10 , 1987 .J
SUBJECT: Enactment of Ordinance to Implement County Policy Requiring
Termination of Liquid Hazardous Waste Disposal to Land and
Ensuring Closure of IT Ponds by July 1, 1988
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Direct County Counsel to prepare a county ordinance to enact
the adopted position of the Board of Supervisors to terminate
liquid hazardous waste disposal to land fill or surface
impoundments by July 1, 1988 . Recommendation No. 26 of the
Hazardous Waste Task Force adopted by the Board of
Supervisors provided:
26 ( a) as of July 1, 1988 , except as provided for in the
Task Force' s recommendations, no person shall
dispose of liquid wastes in hazardous waste
landfills in Contra Costa County or use any land
disposal method to dispose of liquid hazardous
waste, or hazardous waste containing free liquids.
Further, direct County Counsel to incorporate appropriate
enforcement provisions in the ordinance so the Board of
Supervisors can ensure compliance with our adopted policy and
closure of the IT ponds by July 1., 1988 .
Refer draft ordinance to the Hazardous Materials Commission
for review and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.
BACKGROUND
The Hazardous Waste Task Force recommended unanimously and the
Board of Supervisors adopted the above policy. The Health
Services Department has publicly declared that it needs
additional legal tools to implement our policy. The adoption
of the ordinance is, therefore, necessary.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 17, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF.SUPERVISOORyS� ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Counsel ATTESTED
County Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and
Count�jy' dmini s tra for
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY