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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board provide conceptual review and approval, as required by Board Policy A-3, for the Environmental Management Department, to amend the Ordinance Code Chapter 8.38 - Hazardous Materials, repeal Ordinance Code Chapter 8.40 - Underground Storage Tanks, and repeal Ordinance Code Chapter 8.41 - Fuel Containing MTBE, in order to better align with and comply with revisions to local and state regulations.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In order to incorporate and comply with local and state regulations, the Environmental Management Department (Environmental Management) recommends the Board conceptually approve changes to County Ordinance Code Chapter 8.38 - Hazardous Materials. Pursuant to Board Policy A-3, amendments to County ordinance code must be presented to the Board for conceptual review and authorization. Below is a brief summary of the revisions and consolidation of hazardous materials programs and practices into one ordinance.
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 Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) as provided for under California Code of regulations Title 27, Division 1, Subdivision 4. The current program only permits Underground Storage Tanks (USTs), which is addressed in a separate ordinance under Chapter 8.40 - Underground Storage Tanks. This new revision will repeal Chapter 8.40 in its entirety and replace it with an ordinance that will fully support the CUPA program by the introduction of a consolidated hazardous materials permit, which will cover all regulated elements of the CUPA program.
Chapter 8.40 - Underground Storage Tanks
The Board first adopted Chapter 8.40 - Unde...
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