Resolution - 8302RESOLUTION NO. 8302
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WHEREAS, Section 25135.1(b) of the California Health
and Safety Code authorizes the County of Los Angeles.to
adopt a county hazardous waste management plan pursuant
to guidelines adopted by the State Department of Health
Services; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Los Angeles elected to prepare a Hazardous Waste Management
Plan on March 10, 1987; and,
WHEREAS, the draft County Hazardous Waste Management
Plan was circulated for public review from January 6,-1988
to April 21, 1988; and,
WHEREAS, the County Hazardous Waste Management Plan
establishes -siting criteria for development of needed off -site
hazardous waste management facilities or expansion of existing
facilities; and,
WHEREAS, the County Hazardous Waste Management Plan
includes a map identifying general geographical areas within
the cities and unincorporated area where the siting criteria
might be applied and could potentially be suitable for
off -site facilities (except residuals repositories); and
WHEREAS, all comments received through public meetings/
hearings and from the cities within the County, various
public agencies, environmental groups, industry/manufacturing
groups and interested parties were reviewed and the County
Hazardous Waste Management Plan was completed under the
guidance of the County Hazardous Waste Management Advisory
Committee; and
WHEREAS, the County Hazardous Waste Management Plan
is subject to the approval by the majority of the cities
within the incorporated area of the County; and,
WHEREAS, the County Hazardous Waste Management Plan
was submitted to the City of West Covina for approval;
and,
WHEREAS, the County Hazardous Waste Management plan
was reviewed by the West Covina Waste Management and Environ-
mental Quality Commission on December 15, 1988; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission recommended the City Council:
a. find that the Los Angeles County Hazardous Waste
Management Plan, dated September 1988, is consistent
with the best interests of the City of West Covina;
b. approve the Los Angeles County Hazardous Waste
Management Plan provided it be amended to provide
that the County of Los Angeles shall join the
Southern California Hazardous Waste Management
Authority by July 1, 1990.
C. direct the Planning Commission to review the approved
Los Angeles County Hazardous Waste Management
Plan and include it by reference to the Land Use
Element of the General Plan.
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the County
of Los Angeles that it become a member of the Southern
California Hazardous Waste Management Authority and the
requirement is not provided in the plan, and
WHEREAS, membership by Los Angeles County in the Southern
California Hazardous Waste Management Authority will substantial-
ly assist in the implementation of the substantive provisions
of the proposed County Hazardous Waste Management Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of West Covina approves the County Hazardous
Waste Management Plan provided it be amended to provide
that the County of Los Angeles shall join the Southern
California Hazardous Waste Management Authority by July
1, 1990.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1"th day of February
1989.
Mayor
ATTEST:,
:City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina,
California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the lath
day of February 1989, by the following vote
of the Council.
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
McFadden, Lewis, Bacon, Manners
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Tarozzi
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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City Clerk