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FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
Costa
DATE: February 24, 1987 County
SUBJECT: Preparation of County Hazardous
Waste Management Plan
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECCMMENDATION(.S) a BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Authorize the Chair to notify the State Department of Health
Services and each city in the County that the County elects
to prepare a county hazardous waste management plan pursuant
to Article 3 . 5 of Chapter 6 . 5 of Division 20 of the Health
and Safety Code as added by AB 2948 (Chapter . 1504, Statutes
of 1986) .
2 . Authorize the Hazardous Materials Council to prepare and
forward to the Board of Supervisors for approval an
application for funds pursuant to Section 25135 . 8 of the
Health and Safety Code in an amount sufficient to finance
the preparation of a hazardous waste management plan, and to
provide staffing . to the Hazardous Materials Council and
Hazardous Materials Commission.
BACKGROUND:
In 1986, the Legislature passed, and the Governor signed,
landmark legislation on the subject of hazardous waste planning
at the local level. This legislation--AB 2948 by Assemblywoman
Sally. Tanner--authorizes counties to prepare a hazardous waste
management plan for the County in lieu of preparing the hazardous
waste portion of the solid waste management plan. AB 2948
requires that counties notify the State Department of Health
Services and each city in the county, by March 31, 1987, of their
intent to exercise this option. Failure to so notify the State
by March 31, 1987 allows one or more cities to prepare the
hazardous waste management plan on behalf of the county. AB 2948
specifies the items which must be covered in the plan and the
timeframe for completion of the plan, for review and approval by
the cities, and for review and approval by the State. AB 2948
authorizes $10 million, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
for the cost of preparing the plan. Of this money, $4 million is
to be released to the counties on July 1, 1987 and $3 million
more on January 1, 1988 and July 1, 1988 . These funds are to be
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S : ALI? yaw
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 3, lg87 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
2^ 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
1 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.
County Administrator MAR 3 1987
cc: Haz. Materials Commission (via CAO) ATTESTED _
Haz. Materials Council (via CAO) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SDHS (via CAO) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contra Costa Cities (via CAO)
41M382/7-63 BY DEPUTY
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allocated to the counties in proportion to the amount of
hazardous waste which is generated in each county.
AB 2948 requires that an advisory committee be appointed to
assist the county in the preparation and administration of the
county hazardous waste management plan. When the Board of
Supervisors appointed the Hazardous Materials Commission in
December, 1986 it structured the Commission so that it meets the
composition required by AB 2948 for the advisory committee. The
Hazardous Materials Commission, at its initial meeting on
February 18, recommended the following to the Board of
Supervisors:
o that the Board of Supervisors notify the State and the
cities that it intends to prepare a separate county
hazardous waste management plan;
o that the Board of Supervisors ask its Hazardous
Materials Council to prepare an application for funds
to allow for the preparation of the hazardous waste
management plan.
The Hazardous Materials Council concurs in these recommendations.