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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 6, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: HazMat Ordinance <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Draft Ordinance Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br /> Douglas Thoren, 732-2196 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report on a proposed "Orange County Oil <br /> Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Ordinance" . <br /> BACKGROUND: The County Attorney's Office, working in conjunction with <br /> the Emergency Management Department, has produced a draft "Orange <br /> County Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Ordinance" . The <br /> ordinance would protect the land and waters over which Orange County <br /> has jurisdiction from pollution by oil and other hazardous substances. <br /> It would afford the County a legal basis for recovering costs of the <br /> County and other local emergency response agencies incurred during <br /> responses to control or mitigate the effects of hazardous materials <br /> spills. <br /> The ordinance, in combination with a Memorandum of Agreement <br /> (currently under development) between the State Division of <br /> Environmental Management and the County, also would provide the <br /> Director of Emergency Management and his agents the authority to take <br /> immediate steps to control or mitigate a hazardous materials spill on <br /> private property. The Orange County Local Emergency Planning Committee <br /> (LEPC) has reviewed and provided comments on drafts of the ordinance at <br /> its November 1994 meeting. <br /> Staff requests that the Board provide comments, questions, or direction <br /> concerning the draft ordinance at the February 6 meeting. Staff plans <br /> then to complete coordination with the State and bring a final version <br /> of the ordinance back to the Board for consideration later this year. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the <br /> report for information only - no action is required at this time. <br />