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AIQ ORDINANCE ADDING CHA.~TER 37
TO THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE
The }3oard of Supervisors of the Countyo u~ Butte, State
of Califo~nia, DO ORDAIN, as ~ollow5:
Section l. That Chapt~~ 37 0~ ~he Butte County Code
~.s hereby added to read as fo7.l.ows :
Sec. 37-1. Tit~.~. This Chanter may be known and znay
P~e cite~3 -anct ref.~rred to as the 'Underg~ound Storaqe Permit
Ord~nance o~ the County of But-te. .
Sec. 37-2. Authori~y. This Chapter is enacted pu.rsuanl
~o authori~y con~~erred ~y Sec~ions 476, 510~ 252$3. arid 252~37 of
the Health and Safe~y Code of th~ Sta-~e a~ Ca1.i~arnia:
Sec. 37-3. :~indings. The Baard of Supervisors of the
, County of_ ~3utte her~by ~inds and declares that the undergraund
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storac;e o~ hazardous subs-~ances ~osea ~~ a potenta.al threat of
contamination to -~he ground and surface wa~te~'s o~ the County and
~here~ore to ~he health and sa~e~y af a11. citizens of ~he County,
and purs~.ant to Section 510 of the Hea~th and Sa~e~y Code o~' ~he
State o~ California, that thc expenses o~ the Health O~ficer o~
this Cnunt,y in ~he enforcemen~ of_ statutes, orders, rul.es, or
regulatians prescribed by State o.`f.icers or departments relat~.ng
to regulation of underqraund storaqe of hazardous Fnaterials which
either xequire or authorize the Health Officer oE '~his County ~o
per~o~m spECified acts, are not ntet by any ~ees prc~scribed by the
Sta-te.
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Sec. 37-4. ~urpase. ~~ is the purpose of th~s
ordinance to adopt the re~ula~ians for the construction and
manitorang of faci~z~ies used for the und~~qround storaae o~
hazardous substances, as adopted by the S~ate Wate~ Resources
Coritrbl Board:unde~~~_Chanter 6~.7~.of th~,'Hea.lth an.d Sa.fety'' ~
Cade; and to establish a procedure for isstiance of permits for
the use af these ~acilit~es; and to autharize the presc~iption
of su.ch ~ees as wi~I pay ~he reasanable expensc~s of ~the Health
Officer incux~~ed in such en~o~cement of regulations relatin.q ta
undergrorx~d ha~ardous substance storage ~acil~t~es.
Sec. 37-5. Citi~s,~. The provis~.ons of this Chapter
may apply withir~ any city in ~he Coun~y whez-~. the Governinc~ Baard
thereaf consents to County health administ~ation for that city
pursuant to Sectian 476 of the Hea7.th and Safety Cade of the
State of Califo~nia; and the schedule of fees authorized by
this Chapter shall be applicable in the area in which thc: Health
Officer of this Co~nty en~orces a~V sta~ute, ordcx~ q~arantine,
rule, o~ rec~ulatian p~escribed by a S~.ate Hea~.th Off.~cer or
departmen-t rel.atinc~ to ~ub~~c health.
Sec. 37 -5. Scope and Def_initions. ~'or the ptirnpse
of this Chaptex, unless the p~'av~.sions or cont.ex~~. in,dicate~
otherwise, the terrns and w~rds used herein shall have the Meaning~
as set forth iz-~. the Underground 5tarage o~ Hazardous Substances
Law commencing with Section 2528I o~ the Health and Safe~y Code
of Ca~.ifornia.
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Sec. 37-7. Pe~n~ts Requ~~ed.
A. No person shall operate a faci~ity within Butte
County ~~r the undergrou~d storage of any hazardaus s~bstance,
unl.ess by authori'ty of a va~.~.d, unexpired, and unrevoked Permit
to Operate issued to the owner purs~ant to the provisions o~
~~c. 37-8 or 37-9.
B. A person aperates a~acili~y in v'io~.atian of ~this
sec~ion if the person, ~aithout a required Permit ta Operate in
e~~eat, supervises, inspec-~s, directs, o~ganizes, rnanages, or
controls, or i.s in any way ~esponsible ~or or ~.n cha.~ge af the
facility for which th~ permit z.s requ~red.
C. Compl.iance wa.th ~he provisions o~ this Chapte~
does not consta.tute or excuse co~npliance with any a~her provision
of law app~icable to installation., maintenance, or operata~on o.f
a facility, or to the use ~or which the undergraund storage tank
or ~acil~ty is installed, aperated, a~ maintained.
Sec. 37-8. Permits To Operate New Facili~ies. No
underground storage tank o~ facil~ty shall b~ ~.nstal.led after
Janua~y ~., 1986, t~nless a Permit ~o Operate is first obtained
~rom the Health Off~cer. A Perznit to Opera~e shall not be issued
f~or any underground storage tank or faci.lity insta~led a~ter
~Tanuary 1, ~986, unless the tan.k or facili~y meets the require-
ments identi~ied in Sec~ion 25291 o~'-~he Health and Safety Code.
Sec. 37 -9. Permi-ts to Operate ~xis~.a.ng Facil.ities.
A. No underground sto~age tank or facility insta~~~.ed
an or before Janua~y 1, 1986, and used ~or the s~orage of
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hazardaus substances shall co~tinue to opera~e unless a P~rmit
' to Operate is obtained by July l, 1986.
- ~. For every underground stora~e tank installed on or
be~o~e January i, 1986, and u5ed for the storage of hazardous
substances, all of the r~aui~ements identified in Sc~ction 25292
of the Health and Saf_ety Code m~s~ be met prior ~o the issuance
of the Permit to Operate.
Sec. 37-10. App~ication Contents. An appli.cation for
a Permit to Operate shall be ~i1ed with ~he Health D~partment or~
a fo~n p~escribed by the Health O~f_icer, and shall be acco~npaniecl
by any fee set by the 3oard o~ Supervisors.
Sec. 37-11 Issuance. The Health Office~ shall act
upon the appl.ication not later than 90 days after ~he date it is
accepted as complete, unless (1} thE ap~licant has filed with the
Health Off_icer ~„r~itten notice of a reauest and received writ-ten
appxaval for extension of time w.ithin which action is taken an
the ~7round5 tha~ additional time is requix'ed -~o prepare or presen.t
plans or other infarmation, obtaan zoning varianc~s a~ other
pe~ni.ts, ar znake other corrections remedying inconsistencies wi~h
the p~ovisions o~ this Chapter; or (2) the Health Of~ic~~ has on
file a written notice fron~ a public agency showing jus~t cause for
an exten.sion af tzme, and has anproved an ex~ension o~ time
pursuant th~reto.
Sec. 37-~12. Term. The ~erm of the Permit to Operate
shall be fi~cre vears, at which time ~the permitte~ ~nay apply for
reissuance pursuant to Sections 37 --7 and 37 -~.1.
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Sec. 37-13. Permit Contents.
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A. The Perm~t ~a Operate sha~~ contain a comp~ete
description of the ente~~ris~ fo~ which it is issued, ~he date of
issuance and date o~ expira~ion, a de5cription o~ the me~hod of
monitor~ng, and a~~ condi~ians upon wl~ich the permit has been
issued. A cony of ~h~ p~rmit sha11 be kept on the premises and
shal~ be made available to the ~~ealth Offic~r upon demand.
B. As a~andition of any Permit ta Operate, the
permi~tee shall comPlete and ~i1~ ~aith the Health Officer an
annual report which details any changes in the usage of any
underqround storage tanks, ~ncluding the s~orage o~ n~w hazardous
substances, cl~an~es in ~onitorin~ ~rocedu~es, and unau~harized
release occurrences.
Sec. 37~I~. Fees. Each appl~ca~ian shall be accom-
panied by the .fees n~~sc~ibed by resolution of the noa~d o~
Supervisors. No permit shall be granted or renewed unless the
applica~~ pays said fees. The total ~ee shall i~clude a S~ate
surcharqe, the amount o~ which shall be de~err.~ined b_y the
Le~islature annuall_y, to cover the costs of the State ~M1Jater
Resources Cont~o~ Boaxd zn carrying ou~ its responsibilities
under Chapter 6.7 of the Hea~~h and Safety Cade.
Sec. 37-15. Trans~erability. Exce~t as pxov~ded in
Spction ?5~3~ af the T~ea~~h ~and-'Safe~y' Code, nci ~erson assti*ning
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o~i~iership o:~ a~.facility `shall aperate it unless a Permit to
O;~erate has ~beeri issued'6r trans~erred to the ~person. ~ ~
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Sec. 37 -16. n'iona.~aring.
A. Every operator of an undergraund storage ~acility
shall manitor the facil.ity; ~sing the method specified on the per-
mit for the £acilit~~. Records shal~. be kept in sufficient detail.
to enable the Hea.~-~h O~f~cer to determine ~.hat the ape~-a-~ar has
under~aken aY1 mani-toring ac~ivities required by the Permit to
ppera~e.
B. If the o~erator is not the owner, the owne~ shall
provide a copy af the permit ~o the aperator, en,te~ into a
written contract with the aperator which requires ~he operator
to monitor the ~acili~ty as set ~'orth ~.n the permit, and provide
the operat~r wath a copy o~ ,Section 25299 of the Heal-~h and
Safe~y Code. The awne~ shall noti~y the Fiealth 0£~icer of any
change af operator.
Sec. 37 -~-7. Inspecta~ons. rn accordan.ce with
Sections 25?_88 and 25289 0~ ~he Health and Safety Code, the
Health Offkcer sha~.l inspect every underground storage tank ar
facility at least once every three yc~ars. The Health Officer
May r~q~ire ~he perfnattee to em~loy, periodically, sp~c~.al
inspectors ~o conduct an audit or assessment of the permittee's
~aci~.ity ta determine compl.iance with -this Chapter and the
~rovision o~ Chapter 6.7 of the Health and Safety Code.
Sec. 37-~.8. U~authorized Release. Any unautho~ized
release shall be recorded and reported in, accardance.with
Sectians 25294, 25?.95, and 25~296 of the Health an.d Sa~e-ty Code
o~ Cal~.:~ornia.
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~ Sec. 37-19. Cleanup. Cleanup of unautho~ized
2 releases sha11 be in accordance with Section 25297 of the Hea~th
3 and Safety Code. _
~ 5ec. 37-20. Repai~s. Any physical modification~ includ
s inc~ ~ep~acemen~ of an underqround storage tank or fac~.li~y, sha~1
g be unde~taken in compl.iance ~ai.th ~his Chapter and al~ provisions
7 0~' ~.aw applicable to the use for which -~he unde~gr~~nd starage
g tank o~ ~acility is installed, opera~ed, or maintained.
g Sec. 37 -2~. Revoca-~ion.
~p A. An.y Permit to OPerate issued pursuant to this
I1 Chatate~ may be revaked during its te~ upon one or mo~e of the
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13 l. An unautharized release sub~ect to Sec~ion 25Z95
~.e~ af_ the Health and Safety Code.
15 2. Madi~ica-~~on.s have been ~nade to the underg~aund
18 storage tank or facility in va.olation af the
~,~' Permit to Ope~a~e.
18 3. The nermi~-~ee has vialatcd one o~ more
~9 condi~ions u~o~. which -~he pc~rmit has been issued.
20 S. The Health c~f_ficer may revoke a Permi~ -ta Ope~ate
21 by issuina and serving u.~on. a perzna.ttee a written notice of
22 r~voca-~ion. The no~ice sha3.~. state the reasan (s} ~or revocation
23 and a copy o~ this Chapter sha11, be appended ta it. The revoca-
2~ tion becomes ef_fective 15 days after the date of_ sc~~vice, unless
~g the permittee files an appeal within. ~he time and zn accordance
2~ w~.th the p~avis~ons establ~shed by the County. If such an appeal
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is ~iled, the revocation shall not become e~fective until a final
decision on ~he app~a~ is made.
Sec. 37-22. Abanda~me~t. No person shall abandan
an underground storage tank or clase or tempo~arily cease
oneratinc~ an underground storage tank except as provided in.
Secta.on 2529~ of the Health and 5a~ety Code.
Sec. 37-23. Viola~ions. A viola~ion a£ any of the
p~ovisions o~ this Chapter or failure to camply wi.th any of ~he
rec~ulato~`y recruirements .of_ this Chapt~~ is punishable in accor-
d~nce with the provisian of Sect~on 25299 o~'-~he Heal.th and
Sa~ety Code.
Sec. 37-24. Admin~.s~ration. The Health Off_icer is
charrted with ~riinary responsibility for the admina.stration o~
thi.s Chanter and znay develop thos~ forms, Pxacedures, and repor~s
reasanably necessar1 to administer this Chapter to achieve its
purnoses.
Sec. 37-25. Sus~ension af Chapter, I~ a ci~.y,
pursuant to H~alth and Safety Code Sect~.on 25283, adopts an
ardinance by which the city assumes r~sponsibi~.ity for .imple-
rner~tinc~ Chap-~er 6.7 (commencznc~ with 5ection 2528Q) of
Division 20 of the I3ealth and Safety Code, the provisions o~
this Chaz~ter sha~.l be suspen.ded as ~o that city and as to all
undercrround storage faci~ities for hazardous substances located
within the jurisdictiona3. limi~s o~ the citv for so iang as the
city's ordinance is in ef:~ec~.
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5ec~ion 2. This ordinance is hereby and it is declared
to be in full force and ef.fect ~rom and a~te~ thirty (30) days
af~er the date of zts passaqe; and befare the e~pirat~on a~
fi~teen (1.5) days after it~ passac~e, this ordinance shall be
published ance with the names of the members o~' the Board o:E
Supe~visors votinc~ ~or and agains-~ it in the ~h~ ~~ Enterpri s~
~er,~rd , a new'spaper ~aub~.ished in ~.he County af Butte,
State af Calzfo~nia.
PASSED AP3D ADOPTEJ by the Board o:~ Supe~visoxs oi the
County o~ Butte, State o~' California, an the 22rzd day of
, Januar.Y , 19 86 , by the follaraznq vote:
AY~S: 5upervisors Do7an, ~9cZ~turf ar~ri ~Jh~e7ei~
NOES : St~oervi sor Fu7 ti~r~ a~d Chai rr~~n ~~cLa~gf~l ~n
ABSEN'I' : ~fAt~2
N~T VOTIN~ : i"~one
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~D ~~eLAU~HL i,' Chai ~man o f' the
Butte County Board af Superviso~s
AT~'~ST :
MAR'~Tt~' ~T . YJICHOLS ~
Chye:~ Adzninistrative O~fic~r
and C~.erk of the Eoard
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