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Staff Report for the City of San Leandro City Council to Adopt a City of San Leandro City Council Urgency Ordinance to Immediately Enact Regulations Applicable to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) During Building Demolition Projects and to Introduce For First Reading a City Of San Leandro City Council Ordinance to Enact Regulations Applicable to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) During Building Demolition Projects
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This item is for the City Council to adopt an Urgency Ordinance to give the City of San Leandro the necessary authority to ensure Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) do not enter municipal storm sewers systems (MS4s) from PCBs-containing materials in applicable structures at the time such structures are demolished.
This item also recommends that the City Council introduce for first reading an ordinance to regulate PCBs-containing materials in applicable structures at the time such structures are demolished to prevent PCBs from entering the municipal storm sewers system.
The passage of the urgency ordinance will ensure regulations are in effect on July 1, 2019 when the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit that applies to the City requires such regulations be in effect. The regular ordinance, if it goes through the ordinary ordinance passage and publication process, would be effective 30 days after its second reading, which would be July 31, 2019.
The City of San Leandro is required by the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (MRP) to reduce PCBs discharges in stormwater runoff. Specifically, the City is required by MRP Provision C.12.f. to provide authority for and develop a new program to manage PCBs-containing building materials during demolition. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt an Urgency Ordinance to add "PCBs Management Requirements During Building Demolition" to become effective immediately. Adoption of an urgency ordinance and simultaneously an ordinary ordinance will put the regu...
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