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O5 <br /> ATTACHMENT B <br /> IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BOARD OPERATION BETWEEN <br /> JULY 1, 1987 AND JUNE 1988 <br /> The Environmental Affairs Board (EAR) will continue to act as a <br /> consultative body to the County Commissioners on environmental matters <br /> identified by the general citizenry or the Commissioners. On the basis of the <br /> Board's activities in the previous year, there will be four standing <br /> committees in this fiscal year: watershed protection, hazardous substances, <br /> natural resources, and solid waste. The full EAR will continue to meet once a <br /> month. Committees will meet as often as they deem necessary. <br /> Each of these committees will be responsible for reviewing reports and <br /> other activities Undertaken by county departments pursuant to recommendations <br /> made by the EAB in its first year. These activities include but are not <br /> limited to: <br /> 1. consultation on the scope and requirements of a natural resources <br /> inventory for Orange County <br /> 2. consultation on scope and requirements of regional solid waste <br /> disposal task force consultant reports <br /> 3. consultation on policy guidelines for use of a computerized <br /> geographic map information system <br /> 4. consultation on activities of county water use committees <br /> 5. consultation on county reports on efficacy of sediment control <br /> ordinances. <br /> Each committee will report its findings regarding these activities to the <br /> full Environmental Affairs Board. Should corrections be necessary, the full <br /> Board may recommend such modifications to the Commissioners. <br /> .,• " <br /> The EAB plans to report to the Governor's Waste Management Board <br /> Industrial Liaison Committee on a quarterly basis to apprise it of our <br /> progress. A final report will be submitted to the Governors Waste Management <br /> Board in June, 1988. <br />