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� <br /> ` . <br /> ' <br /> l <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item <br /> 0o <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT �— <br /> - <br /> Meeting Date: October 17, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: BazMat Ordinance <br /> _______________________________________________________________________ <br /> DEPARTMENT Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Draft Ordinance Nick Waters, ext 3830 <br /> Douglas Tboreu, 732-2196 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Billa6orpogb 732-8I81 <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 on a proposed "Orange County Oil Pollution and <br /> Hazardous Substances control Ordinance" . The ordinance would protect <br /> the laud 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 D8M since the February 1995 report have not been <br /> pcodoctive. 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 /> ~ <br />