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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL
BOARD TO REMEDIATE PETROLEUM CONTAMINATION AT 15305 SKYWAY, DE SABLA, CALIFORNIA AND
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE RELATED TRANSACTIONS
WHEREAS, in specified circumstances, section 25299.36 the California Health and Safety Code authorizes focal agencies
to undertake or contract for corrective action at underground storage tank (UST) sites which have had unauthorized
releases of petroleum; and
WHEREAS, subdivisions (c), (e), and (h) of section 25299.51 of the California Health and Safety Code authorize the State
Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to expend money from the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (USTCF)
to pay for corrective action and oversight costs incurred by local agencies at certain petroleum UST sites. The SWRCB
has established a subaccount of the USTCF, the Emergency, Abandoned, and Recalcitrant {EAR) Account, with funds
available for these purposes; and
WHEREAS, the SWRCB has established administrative procedures for providing cleanup funds to local agencies, which
include the issuance of Letters of Award to local agencies named on the EAR Account Annual Site List; and
WHEREAS, Butte County Public Health -~ Environmental Health Division has determined that corrective action at the
above-referenced site is authorized under the Health and Safety Cade and the site is an appropriate candidate for funding
assistance from the EAR Account, and the Butte County Public Health -Environmental Health Division has nominated the
site for EAR Account funding; and
WHEREAS, Butte County desires to receive EAR Account funds to be used to remediate petroleum UST contamination at
this site.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Butte County hereby: (1) authorizes the receipt of $100,000 from the State
Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Emergency, Abandoned, and Recalcitrant (EAR) Account funds to be used for
corrective action at 15305 Skyway, De Sabla, CA, and {2) authorizes the Environmental Health Director, or designee, to
negotiate and execute necessary documents and transactions to obtain the award of EAR Account funds and to
implement remediation at the contaminated site.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 27th day of October 2009 by the following
vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Kirlc; Lambert, Yamaguchi and Chair Connelly
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
ATTEST:
Greg G. Itu
Clerk of,th~
By
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Bill Connelly, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors