Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, Health System
Heather Forshey, Director, Environmental Health Services
Subject: Adopt an Ordinance Amending Chapter 4.92 of Title 4 - Sanitation and Health of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, Consisting of Section 4.92.010 to Section 4.92.190, and Retitling the Subsequent Ordinance as Hazardous Materials Storage Ordinance
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 4.92 of Title 4 - Sanitation and Health of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code consisting of section 4.92.010 to section 4.92.190 and retitling the subsequent Ordinance as Hazardous Materials Storage Ordinance, previously introduced on June 26, 2018, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
On January 1, 1997, the California Environmental Protection Agency certified San Mateo County as a Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA), authorized to implement the six program elements in the State's Unified Program as defined by State law (Health and Safety Code Section Chapter 6.11, section 25404 et seq. and California Code of Regulations Title 27, section 15100 et seq.). These six programs are currently known as: Hazardous Waste Generation and Hazardous Waste Onsite Treatment, Aboveground Storage Tanks, Underground Storage Tanks, Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans and Inventories, Uniform Fire Code Hazardous Materials Management Plans and Inventories, and California Accidental Release Prevention.
Prior to becoming a CUPA in 1997, San Mateo County had developed its own ordinance, Chapter 4.92 of Title 4 - Sanitation and Health of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code (Chapter 4.92), addressing only one Unified Program element, the storage of hazardous materials in underground tanks. This version of Chapter 4.92 - in its current form - duplicates many State requirements, lacks consistency with curre...
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