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Home My WebLink About02/03/1998, 1 - INTERIM HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR INSPECTION FEES council M°°°°`D 2/3/98 acEnaa REpont C I T Y OF SAN LUIS O B I S P O FROM: Robert F.Neumann,Fire Chief a Prepared By: Spencer Meyer,Fire Protection Specialist SUBJECT: INTERIM HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR INSPECTION FEES CAO RECOMMENDATION Adopt a resolution setting interim fees for hazardous waste generator inspections. DISCUSSION Background Senate Bill (SB) 1082 (Calderon Bill) of 1993 (Health and Safety Code chapter 6.11)required the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection agency (Cal/EPA) to develop and implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulation program. The program, known as the Unified Program,was to be managed by a Certified Unified Program Agency(CUPA). The program was to establish a single hazardous waste permit fee for each facility or business handling and/or storing hazardous materials by consolidating, coordinating and making consistent the following six programs: * Hazardous Waste (generator and treatment program) * Aboveground Storage Tanks (AST) (spill prevention and countermeasure plan) *Underground Storage Tanks (UST) * Hazardous Materials Release Response plans and Inventory * Risk Management and Prevention(acutely hazardous materials) - * Uniform Fire Code(UFC) (Hazardous materials response plans/inventories) - On October 22, 1996, City Council conceptually approved consent allowing the County to become the CUPA with the City to act as a Participating Agency(PA). As a PA,the City would be responsible for performing all six program elements of the Unified Program within the city limits, while the County performs outside those limits. On December 3, 1996 the Council approved an agreement with the County for the implementation of the element requirements. Waste Generator Fees As it is currently structured, the Fire Department administers the Unified Program and the Utilities Department(Pretreatment Section) provides all the required field/site inspections. The City has established and collects hazardous materials fees for all the above referenced programs, Council Agenda Report—Interim Hazardous Waste Generator Inspection Fees Page 2 with the exceptions of Hazardous Waste Generators and the State surcharge fees established as part of SB 1082. To date,the County Environmental Department has performed all the Waste Generator inspections(127 generator sites)within the City and has established and charges fees annually relating to this program. As part of the PA Program,the City will now be assuming this responsibility and must establish an appropriate fee. It is recommended that Council adopt the County's current waste generator fee structure for this program until such time as a required Cost For Services Study can be performed and a single fee billing system can be implemented with the County. As summarized below,it may take up to eighteen months in cooperation with the County to establish a single fee and billing system for all the Program Elements. By maintaining the County's present fee structure,there would be no immediate change for waste generating City businesses which fall within the regulations of the current Unified Program. • Agree upon concept with the County 3/98 • Draft workscope; issue RFP 5/98 • Award contract 8/98 • Complete analysis 12/98 • City and County start agreeing to review 2/99 findings and conceptually agree on fee structure • Present findings to regulated businesses 4/99 • Hold public hearings; adopt fees 6/99 CONCURRENCES The Director of Finance, Fire and Utilities Departments concur with this recommendation. FISCAL IMPACT Since 1989, the County of San Luis Obispo(Environmental Health Department)has carried out the inspection and enforcement program for the waste generators within our City. The City will now be assuming this responsibility. Adopting this resolution would result in an increase of hazardous materials program revenues by approximately$11,000. These revenues will help offset staff costs anticipated with start-up, implementation and administration of the new Unified Program. ALTERNATIVES • No charge for the program and absorb these costs in the General Fund. 0 Establish anew fee structure for cost recovery before performing a joint cost of services study. Council Agenda Report.—InterimMazardous Waste Generator.Inspection Fees- page_3 ATTACHMENTS Resolutionsetting interim fees for hazardous waste generator inspections. RESOLUTION NO. (1998 Series) A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO SETTING INTERIM FEES FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR INSPECTIONS WHEREAS, on December 5, 1996,the City entered into an agreement with the County of San Luis Obispo for the purpose of implementing the elements of a unified hazardous waste and materials management regulation program, and WHEREAS, the City currently charges fees for all the elements of this program except hazardous waste generator inspections, which are currently set and charged by the County; and WHEREAS, the goal of the program is to establish one permit/fee; and WHEREAS, it is the City's goal to perform a comprehensive cost of services study, in cooperation with the County, in order to establish a unified rate structure that fully recovers in the future the cost of providing these services; and WHEREAS, in the interim, it is necessary to set fees for this service. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo that it adopt the County's fees for these services as provided in Exhibit A(Waste Generators) into the City's current fee schedule; however,the city's fees in the future will 3c change as the County's fees change,until such time as a comprefiensive cost of service study is completed. On,motion of - - ;seconded by and.on the following roll call vote;. APES:. NOES: ABSENT: the foregoing Resolution was passed and,adopted•this - —_day of-_-- - --- -- --- — --• 1998.. ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor Allen Settle APPROVED AS TO FORM: i Atto- y �'S N NN N N CO N �l C) 01 CD O m v O in N D m v z n T n Z g v n n O D cn p m m c D C y A7 v N y m y U7 Ul Ln Z .C+ <. C m c m o o rn m W + ca 3 — m = m o o cc = rn = m M caA m y f0 to m y = mm 7 Zg ° CL D O 0 ma � m a M m rM CD CD V7 o fn m W W O O O O Ln Ln m z .< m c W m W m O O N m m D m r M w m y' m 'a m r Cl) m a m d m W f W c „� 0 o °• cmi C 3 H .my. m m = Z. y . .. = s m. 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