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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board adopt a Resolution authorizing the Director of said Department to execute and submit an application and all necessary documentation to the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) to secure grant funding in an amount up to $54,820 for a term of three years for the implementation of the California Electronic Reporting System (CERS) as provided by AB 2286.
FUNDING: Cal/EPA Certified Unified Program Agencies Trust Fund.
Resolution 032-2011
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $
Funding
Budgeted $
New Funding $54,820
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $54,820
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: There is no change in Net County Cost. If approved by the Cal/EPA, the Department will bring back the appropriate budget adjustments. No matching contribution is required for this grant.
Background: Industry supported SB 1082, approved by the Governor on September 20, 1993, requires local jurisdictions to apply for State certification to implement State mandated hazardous materials and hazardous waste programs. The legislation consolidates implementation of the various hazardous materials and hazardous waste inspection and enforcement activities into single agencies known as Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs). The County of El Dorado Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 311-95 authorizing Environmental Management to execute a CUPA application to Cal/EPA. The County of El Dorado Environmental Management Department received certification from Cal/EPA in 1996.
Owners and operators of businesses subject to the CUPA programs periodically submit reports of their hazardous materials handling and hazardous waste generation activities to the Environmental Management Department. Currently they are hard copy, paper reports. Environmental Management Department staff enters thi...
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