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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No -Z--a <br /> Meeting Date: October 17 , 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; At the February 6 , 1995 meeting, the County Commissioners <br /> received a report an a proposed "Orange County Oil Pollution and <br /> Hazardous Substances Control Ordinance" . The ordinance would protect <br /> the land and waters over which Orange County has jurisdiction from <br /> pollution by oil and other hazardous substances. It would afford the <br /> . County a legal basis for recovering costs of the County and other local <br /> emergency response agencies incurred during responses to control or <br /> mitigate the effects of hazardous materials spills. <br /> The draft ordinance presented at that time contemplated the development <br /> of a Memorandum of Agreement between the State Division of <br /> Environmental Management and the County, which 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. Efforts by the County Attorney to complete an <br /> agreement with DEM since the February 1995 report have not been <br /> productive. Accordingly, the Attorney has revised the proposed <br /> ordinance to accomplish the same purposes outlined in the previous <br /> draft ordinance, by relying on other statutory authority available to <br /> the County. <br /> Staff will respond to Board comments or questions, and bring the <br /> ordinance back for formal adoption by the Board at a future meeting . <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the <br /> report for information only - no action is required at this time. <br />