HomeMy WebLinkAbout08.a.6) Written Announcements8.aG)
Board Meeting of June 16, 2011
Written Announcements:
a) Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Program Status
on Moraga Pump Station
District staff Tim Potter, Environmental Compliance Superintendent, spoke with
Steve Morioka, Assistant Director of Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials
Programs, on June 9, 2011 to confirm the status of case involving the Moraga
Pump Station's previous anti - freeze /water mixture discharges. Mr. Morioka
confirmed that County Hazardous Materials Programs accepted the District's
follow -up letter dated May 13, 2011 and considers the case resolved going
forward with the procedures discussed during the May 11, 2011 meeting and
summarized in the May 13, 2011 letter. Mr. Morioka identified that the reason the
Hazardous Materials Program initiated this action was in response to pressure by
the State to have Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs) take appropriate
enforcement against government agencies with the objective that the CUPAs
enforce the laws to the same degree that the state agency would if they were to
conduct the inspections at governmental facilities. In response to this experience,
the District initiated a program to use the regulatory experience of the Source
Control staff to conduct periodic audits of the District's operational areas the
County inspects to identify potential problem areas so that corrective action can
be taken before the County's compliance inspections.
b) Chemicals for Fiscal Year 2011 -20112
District Operations staff recently bid both centrifuge polymer and sodium
hypochlorite chemicals. The bid results are as follows:
Centrifuge Polymer (Polydyne) $1.15 per pound
Sodium Hypochlorite (Basic Chemical) $0.512 per gallon
These competitive bids will provide the District significant savings. The savings
for fiscal year 2011 -2012 are as follows:
Centrifuge Polymer (Polydyne) $20,000 or 5% of the projected budget
Sodium Hypochlorite (Basic Chemical) $93,000 or 25% of the projected
budget