Title
Ordinance adding Chapter 14.06 to the South San Francisco Municipal Code to manage polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) during building demolition projects.
body
WHEREAS, building demolition is a significant source of PCBs in urban stormwater; and
WHEREAS, stormwater is the largest identified source of PCBs flowing into the San Francisco Bay; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Regional Stormwater NPDES permit ("NPDES permit") requires permitees to manage PCB-containing materials during building demolition; and
WHEREAS, Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA) developed a model ordinance ("Model Ordinance" or "Ordinance") to assist permitees in managing PCBs during building demolition and to effectuate a significant PCB load reduction; and
WHEREAS, adoption and implementation of the Ordinance will result in a 2 kilogram per year PCB load reduction during the current NPDES permit term; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance targets priority building materials that may contain relatively high levels of PCBs, especially in buildings constructed between 1950 and 1980; and
WHEREAS, the priority building materials are caulking, thermal/fiberglass insulation, adhesive/mastic, and rubber window gaskets; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the provisions of Section 15308 of CEQA Guidelines which exempts actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt and implement the Ordinance in order to reduce PCBs in stormwater runoff originating in the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that based on the entirety of the record before it, as described below, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby ORDAIN as follows...
Click here for full text