HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-37 - Hazardous Materials Release Response PlanRESOLUTION NO. 87 -37
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS PERTAINING TO HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS RELEASE RESPONSE PLANS
• WHEREAS, the state legislature has found that, in order
to protect the public health, safety and the environment, it is
necessary to establish business and area plans related to the
handling and release, or threatened release, of hazardous
materials, and has established minimum standards for content of
these plans; and
WHEREAS, the business and area plans would provide basic
information on the location, type, quantity, and health risks of
hazardous materials handled, used, stored or disposed of in the
state, which could be accidentally released into the environment,
and this information is not now available to firefighters, health
officials, planners, regulatory agencies and other interested
persons; and
WHEREAS, responsibility for the implementation of
Chapter 6.95 of Division 20 of the Health & Safety Code of the
State of California may be assumed by a City pursuant to
ordinance or resolution, and, once assumed, the City has
exclusive jurisdiction within its corporate limits to administer
and implement those provisions of state law relative to hazardous
materials release response plans; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
wishes to assume this responsibility pursuant to Section 25502 of
the Health & Safety Code, and intends to designate the Fire
• Department, which currently enforces regulations affecting the
handling, storage and use of hazardous materials as the agency
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within the City responsible for administering hazardous materials
release response plans and inventories.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach as follows:
1. The City of Newport Beach, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 25502 of the Health & Safety Code of the
State of California, hereby assumes responsibility for the
implementation of Chapter 6.95 of Division 20 of the Health &
Safety Code of the State of California and declares that it has
exclusive jurisdiction within the boundaries of the City of
Newport Beach for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
that chapter; and
2. The City Council hereby designates the Newport
Beach Fire Department as the agency responsible for administering
and enforcing the provisions of the Health & Safety Code
described above; and
3. That the Fire Chief shall immediately notify the
Office of Emergency Services of the City Council's designation of
that Department as the agency responsible for administering and
enforcing the laws described above.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of March, 1987.
ATTEST:
City