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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of Ordinance 5114 amending in its entirety Chapter 8.38 - Hazardous Materials, Ordinance No. 4101 of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code pertaining to Hazardous Materials, thereby repealing in their entirety both Chapter 8.40 - Underground Storage Tanks, and Chapter 8.41 - Fuel Containing MTBE, and consolidating Chapter 8.40 into the revised Chapter 8.38.
FUNDING: General Fund / Hazardous Materials Permit fees (no change to current cost or revenue).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On December 10, 2019 (Item 43), the Board continued this matter to December 17, 2019 for Final Passage (Second Reading).
Environmental Management Department (Environmental Management), is recommending the Board amend Title 8, Public Health & Safety, Chapter 8.38 - Hazardous Materials, within the County (Ordinance 4101), in its entirety in order to incorporate all regulated elements of the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) pertaining to facilities that generate, store, or treat hazardous materials or hazardous waste. Additionally, Environmental Management is recommending the Board, upon adoption of the amended Chapter 8.38 - Hazardous Materials, repeal in their entirety Chapter 8.40 - Underground Storage Tanks, and Chapter 8.41 - Fuel Containing MTBE. Consistent with Board Policy A-3, Ordinances - New or Amended, the Board provided conceptual approval on April 23, 2019 (Item No. 16, File No. 19-0577) to amend Chapter 8.38 and repeal Chapters 8.40 and 8.41 in order to better align with and comply with revisions to local and state regulations.
Chapter 8.38 - Hazardous Materials
The Board first adopted Chapter 8.38 - Hazardous Materials in 1990. This ordinance has since been revised in 1992 and most recently in 1997. The 1997 version allowed the County to align its hazardous materials program with the State’s requirements under the CUP...
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