HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 8591 (Hazardous Waste Management)RESOLUTION NO. 8591
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
REGARDING THE BAY AREA HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
CAPACITY ALLOCATION INTERJURISDICTIONAL AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the State of California authorized counties to prepare Hazardous Waste
Management Plans; and
WHEREAS, this Council and the Marin County Board of Supervisors approved the
Marin County Hazardous Waste Management Plan (CHWMP) in 1989 and revisionE
in 1991; and
WHEREAS, the CHWMP calls for the fair share siting of future hazardous waste
facilities;
WHEREAS the attached, proposed Hazardous Waste Management Planning
Interjurisdictional Agreement between the Member Counties of the Bay Area
Hazardous Waste Management Capacity Allocation Committee (Agreement) would
establish a fair share method for allocating responsibility among the counties to
provide hazardous waste management capacity within the region; and
WHEREAS, the regional approach favors pollution prevention and hazardous waste
minimization as well as providing needed capacity;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San
Rafael recommends that the Marin County Board of Supervisors approve the
Hazardous Waste Management Planning Interjurisdictional Agreement between
Member Counties of the Bay Area Hazardous Waste Management Capacity
Allocation Committee.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the Council of said City on the 6th day of January, 1992, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Cohen, Shippey, Thayer & Mayor Boro
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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JE E M. LEONCINI, CITY CLERK
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HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING
INTERJURISDICTIONAL AGREEMENT
between .
MEMBER COUNTIES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGIONAL HAZARDOUS
WASTE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY ALLOCATION COMMrt-i t✓t✓
This agreement is executed between each of the member counties of the Bay
Area Regional Hazardous Waste Management Capacity Allocation Committee.
Effective September 1991 the member counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,
Napa, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma.
WHEREAS, the State of California authorized Counties to prepare Hazardous
Waste Management Plans (Plans); and
WHEREAS, the member counties accept responsibility for planning for the
proper management of hazardous waste generated within each of their jurisdictions
according to the Fair Share principle; and
WHEREAS, the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties (member counties) have
executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a Regional Hazardous
Waste Management Capacity Allocation Committee (Committee); and
WHEREAS, the Committee, it's Technical Advisory Sub -committee, and county
staff have worked for over one year on developing the recommendations contained
herein; and
WHEREAS, the Committee's highest priorities are pollution prevention and
hazardous waste minimization as evidenced by the pollution prevention programs and
activities of member local governments. The Committee endorses reduction of
hazardous waste at the source rather than managing it after its generation through
implementation of the following hazardous waste management hierarchy: 1) source
reduction; 2) recycling and 3) waste treatment; and
WHEREAS, the MOU gives the Committee the responsibility to negotiate
intercounty agreements with counties having excess hazardous waste management
capacity with member counties as well as with non-member counties; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has developed a method to implement the allocation
of responsibility for providing hazardous waste management capacity among the member
counties based upon the Fair Share principle as set forth in the Committee Report dated
August 28, 1991 (Report);
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COPY
IJA, Page 2 of 3.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that each of the parties hereto agrees
to the following:
1. The member counties accept and approve the findings and
conclusions of the Report which establishes the fair share
method for allocation of responsibility to provide hazardous
waste management capacity within the jurisdictional
boundaries of the member counties.
2. Each member county agrees to provide siting opportunities,
consistent with their own County Hazardous Waste
Management Plan, for treatment or disposal capacity as set
forth in the Report.
3. Each member county agrees to the initial fair share
allocation of responsibility to provide siting opportunities as
described in the Report and summarized below.as follows:
Santa Clara
Residuals Repository Capacity
Contra Costa
Incineration Capacity
Sonoma
Stabilization Capacity
Solano
-Aqueous Metals Treatment Capacity
Alameda
Other Recycling Capacity
Napa
Other Recycling Capacity
Marin
Other Recycling Capacity
San Mateo and San Francisco* No allocation
San Mateo and San Francisco have met their fair share
responsibility pursuant to the criteria set forth in the Report.
4. Each member county agrees to revisions of the initial
allocation of responsibility as set forth in paragraph 3 hereof
pursuant to the methodology outlined in the Report (dated
August 28, 1991).
5. This agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and each such counterpart shall, for all
purposes, be deemed an original, and all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
IJA, Page 3 of 3.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have authorized this
Interjurisdictional Agreement to be executed effective the date set forth above.
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MIS
Clerk of the Board
Approved as to legal form and content:
County Counsel
COUNTY OF
Chairperson
Board of Supervisors