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RESOLUTION URGTNG ADOPTION OF SACRAMIIVTO VALLEY
AI12 BASIN COORDINA~ING COUNCIL PROPOSAL REGARDING
DISPOSAL OF WdOD WASTE
WHEREAS, §39296 of the Hea~th and Sa~ety Code prohibits
the use of open fires for the purpose of disposal of combustible or
flammab].e waste, including trees and wood waste, after December 31,
1971, and
WHEREAS, this pronibition wi11 necessitate the disposal
of a high valume of wood waste by depositing it in sanitary land fi11
sites used as solid waste dumps, will cause such sites to be rapidly
fill.ed, and wi11 greatly increase the costs to the public and to private
land developers due to the necessity of locating and obtaining additional
sanitary land fill sites and d~xe to the high cost of transporting such
wood waste from its original loca~~.an to the land fill sites, and
WHEREAS, suitable sanitary land fill sites are difficult
ta locate and obtain due to water pollution contro7. restrictions and
esthetic problems,and
WHEREAS, ~.he Sacramen~o Va~.1ey Air Basin Coordinating
Council has proposed ~hat §§39297.5 and 39297.6 be added to the
Health and Sa~ety Code to aliow local authorities to grant variances
for ~he on-site open-burning of waod waste and to require the Air
Resources Board to conduct studies of alternative methods of disposing
of wood waste other than by open burning, a copy of which propasal is
attached as Exhibit '~A"o
NOW, THII2EFORE, be it resolved:
l. That this Board urge the California Legislature to
adopt the proposal of the Sacramento Valley Air Basin Coordinating
Council attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
2. Tha~ a ~opy of thzs Resolution be sen~ to the
Honorable Ray Johnson, Assemblyman, the Honorable Fred Marler, Senstor
and to such other parties as this Board designates.
PASSED AND ADOFTED by the Butte County Board of Super-
visors this ~~~h.day of January, 1972, by the following vote:
AyFjS; Madi~an, Pliaxon, P11cI~illop, Aeynolds, and Chaa.rman Gi].mat
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING:
0
AR GI , airman o t e Butte
County Bo of Supervisors
ATTEST:
CLARK A. NELSdN, County Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk of the Board
By ~,, Q ~a X X •
PkUYUSEL AUll1TiUN TU A55~;~giLY IiILL 16 (I:ETCHUM) ly7U
Chaptar lU - Article 3 hxceptions
Sectiouc :ty297.,~ az~d :~yly"/,u are added to Che kiQa2th and Sa.aty Code~
to ruad:
39297,5 - I,ocal ur regional auti~otity may}on petitzon £ar vartance~ grant yucti a
varianca €or tt~e on czte ~gon burning of woad WAACR grown o~ the proppxty. Na lacal
or rega.ana3. auGhoriGy may grant yuch an on site open burning varianee after July 1~ 1y75.
392y7.b - T'hs lioard anall conduc[ studiac of the aitarnative mathode of diopoei.ng
of woud wastQ oti~Qr than isy open ouxning.
STiA'fL;M1:ti1 Jr' i:iTliNT
'fne on aite burning of high volun~e wooa waeCe~ will graatly pralong thQ lif~ of aanitary
landfill Yitea, llue to watar pollution reetrictiona and aeott~etic problemo~ seciitary
].an~filJ, sitee are very difficulc Lo locatQ or obtAfn. Therefora~ it ia oaoeutial to
reserve ti~isr vxluable rEaca for iiigii priority wa~to ouch aa garbage and low volume
ruoi~iah, lt is ti~e iniant of the Legislatura~ by the enactment of thie eoction~ thaC
on yits upen t3LLfill{1$ of woud waetQ be reasonab2y ragulated, T[~e open bcrning oY wood
wasta sthall not cc.~dta a puolic nui~anca nor aigniffcantly reduca the quality of Che
ambient air. It iu aloo tt~e tntent of tha Legislxture to aCimalate Ch~ development
ot alternate means of dioposing u1 wood waete ottier t-tian by open burninq.
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