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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4517_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 4517 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS APPROVING THE COUNTY HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE TANNER ACT WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2948 (Tanner Act, Chapter 1504, Statutes of 1986) authorizes counties to adopt, as an element of the general plan, a county hazardous waste management plan pursuant to guidelines adopted by the State Department of Health Services (herein after called State) and specifies procedures for the preparation, revision, adoption, approval and amendment of the plan; and WHEREAS, the County of San Bernardino Board of Supervisors authorized, by resolution, the preparation of the hazardous waste management plan (herein after called Plan) , and a Plan has been prepared with the assistance of the County Hazardous Waste Management Advisory Committee and input from the cities, local and regional agencies and the public; and WHEREAS, the Plan includes comprehensive goals and policies for the effective management of hazardous waste in the county, these goals include: 1. To protect the health and welfare of the public, environment, and economy of San Bernardino County through a comprehensive program that ensures safe and responsible management of hazardous waste/material. 2. To reduce the amount of hazardous waste generated in the County by providing improved programs for hazardous waste source reduction and recycling. 3 . To ensure proper management of hazardous waste/material by identifying and encouraging safe and efficient methods for managing hazardous waste/material and by providing for needed hazardous waste facilities in San Bernardino County. 4. To prevent hazardous waste from being permanently disposed into land, or emitted into the air without being processed by an economically and technically feasible alternative technology. 5 . To involve the public, industry, and government in a comprehensive process that develops solutions for the management and disposal of hazardous waste. 6. To establish a framework for the development of San Bernardino County' s share of hazardous waste facilities. 7 . To recognize that consumers contribute to the generation of hazardous waste, thus, limiting industrial growth is not an appropriate means of reducing the County's commitment in hazardous waste management. 8 . To encourage and develop public education programs on the proper management and disposal of hazardous waste. WHEREAS, The Plan was submitted to the City for review and approval as mandated by the Tanner Act which requires, as one of the requirements for State approval of the Plan, that the County obtain approval form 50% of the cities with 50% of the incorporated population; and WHEREAS, the County must submit the Plan to tl;e State for their approval by June 1 , 1989; and WHEREAS, the City will have an opportunity to adopt some form of the CHWMP at a later dated consistent with the Tanner Act which states that within 180 days after receiving notification from the State that the County Plan has been approved, the City must do one of the following: 1 . Adopt a city hazardous waste management plan containing all of the elements required by the Tanner Act and which is consistent with the approved County Plan. 2. Incorporate the applicable portions of the approved County Plan, by reference, into the City General Plan. 3 . Enact an ordinance which requires that all applicable zoning, subdivision, conditional use permit, and variance decisions are consistent with the portions of the approved County Plan which identify general areas of siting criteria for hazardous waste facilities; and WHEREAS, the Plan when adopted by the county and cities will serve as the primary planning document for the management of hazardous waste in the county and will provide for local involvement in the siting of hazardous waste facilities; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redlands hereby approves the County Hazardous Waste Management Plan as required by the Tanner Act. ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 16th day of May, 1989 . Mayor of the City of Redlands ATTEST: Ac�_r�' Deputy City Clerk i I , Beatrice Sanchez , Deputy City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the forgoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of May, 1989 , by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Wormser, DeMirjyn , Cunningham, Larson; Mayor Beswick NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: None Deputy City Clerk