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Staff Report for Resolution Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to sign and file, for and on Behalf of the City of San Leandro, a California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) Grant Application to Implement Electronic Reporting using the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS), and Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to enter into and sign, for and on Behalf of the City of San Leandro, an Agreement with Cal/EPA Agreeing to Implement Electronic Reporting with CERS
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution to authorize the City Manager to sign and file a grant application with the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) for assistance in implementing electronic reporting requirements. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies for certain costs mandated by the state. Accepting the grant funds will allow the City to purchase new equipment, new software, and to implement training to fully implement CERS electronic reporting. The grant funds will also allow staff adequate time to effectively address long term local funding. The proposed resolution would also authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Cal/EPA regarding the use and accounting of the grant funds for implementation of CERS electronic reporting.
BACKGROUND
Assembly Bill (AB) 2286 (Feuer, PDF) was signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, chaptered on September 29, 2008, and went into effect January 1, 2009. The law requires all regulated businesses and all regulated local government agencies, called Unified Program Agencies (UPA), to use the Internet to submit required Unified Program information to the State. This information is currently submitted by paper forms. The reportable information includes facility data regarding hazardous material regulatory activities, chemical inventories, underground and aboveground storage tanks, and hazardous w...
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