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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM : Phil Batchelor , County Administrator Contra
0 Costa
DATE ! June 9 , 1987 County
ount /
SUBJECT: Recognition of E. I . du Pont de Nemours & Company �� ����11
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors commend and publicly
acknowledge the performance of the management and employees of
the E. I . du Pont de Nemours & Company for their outstanding
achievement in environmental safety and in their continuing
effort to reduce hazardous waste generation.
Acknowledge receipt of E. I . du Pont de Nemours and Company
Antioch Plant Emergency Responders Handbook and commend the
plants management and staff for their commitment to increasing
community awareness of how to respond to a toxic incident.
BACKGROUND:
The E. I . du Pont de Nemours & Company has just received the
prestigious World Environmental Center ' s 1986 Gold Medal for
International Corporate Environmental Achievement. One of
their most significant contributions is that since 1982, the Du
Pont Company has reduced their hazardous waste generation by
24 , 000 tons per year .
Additionally, the attached "Emergency Responder Handbook" is a
recent publication by the company to aid in community
understanding and how to respond to a chemical emergency.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: 1
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
S IGNATURE15):
ACTION OF BOARD ON - June 16, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE 130ARD
ABSENT; ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS CMI THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: Office .of Emergency Services ATTESTED
County Administrator Administrator H BCOREPI , CLRK OF THE BOARD OF
Health Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Sheriff n
Riverview Fire Protection District l y
Hazardous Materials Commission By (7D" 'DEPUTY
M38217-83
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Recognizing )
E. E. duPont de Nemours & ) RESOLUTION NO. 87/367
any )
WHEREAS the E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company is
recognized as contributing significantly to the economic stability
of the County; and
WHEREAS the management and staff of the E. I. duPont de
Nemours & Company have been concerned with the health and safety
of the surrounding environs; and
WHEREAS E. I. duPont de Nemours has recently published a
community awareness Emergency Responder Handbook; and
WHEREAS the management and staff of the E. I. duPont de
Nemours & Company have, since 1982, reduced hazardous waste
generation by 24,000 tons per annum; and
WHEREAS the duPont Company has received the prestigious
World Environment Center's 1986 Gold Medal for International
Corporate Environmental Achievement;
NOW THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors COMMENDS and APPLAUDS the management and employees of
the E. I. dePont de Nemours & Company for their outstanding
accomplishments in the field of environmental safety.
PASSED on June 16, 1987 by unanimous vote of the
Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
16th day of June , 1987 .
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By: Deputy Clerk