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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ��"6 L- _ Contra
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator n .'� `s Costa
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County
DATE: Ap r i 1 24, 1989
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 2133 (Bader)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of SUPPORT for AB 2133 by Assemblyman Bader relating to
hazardous substances.
BACKGROUND:
Under existing law the person whose negligence causes an emergency response
which is necessary in order to protect the public from a threat to public
health due to a hazardous substance release can be billed for the cost of
such a response.
Assemblyman Bader has introduced AB 2133 , which does the following:
Authorizes the public agencies participating in an emergency response to
designate one or more agencies to bring an action to recover the
reimbursable expenses incurred by all of the agencies.
Permits actions to recover expenses under these provisions to be joined
with other actions against the responsible person or persons.
Authorizes the expense of monitoring ambient levels of airborne hazardous
substances to determine whether the area must be evacuated to be included
in the costs which may be charged to a responsible person.
The County Health Officer, Dr. William Walker, has recommended that the
Board of Supervisors indicate their support for AB 2133 on the basis that
it would simplify the process for recovering the costs of responding to
hazardous materials releases and would expand the type's of costs which can
be recovered. We concur with this recommendation and therefore recommend
that the Board indicate its support for AB 2133, .
_CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: /
yy' RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
JL APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ONMay , 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
Ae�UNANIMOUS(ABSENT 3 ) 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 MAY Z 1989
CC: Health Services Director ATTESTED
County Health Officer PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Counsel SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Office of Revenue Collection
Assemblyman Bader
Les Spahnn, Jackson/Barish & Assoc].4tes DEPUTY
M382 (10/88)