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Item 11.
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CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT
September 15, 2022
TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FROM: COLLEEN HENRY, SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE INSPECTOR
REVIEWED BY: LORI SCHECTEL, ENVIRONMENTAL & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
DIVISION MANAGER
ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2022-070 ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING
POLLUTION PREVENTION AND TO DECLARE SEPTEMBER 19-25, 2022
AS POLLUTION PREVENTION WEEK AT CENTRAL SAN
Pollution Prevention Week begins each year on the third Monday in September. This event is recognized
nationally and is used to encourage pollution prevention awareness. Central San has actively supported
Pollution Prevention Week since it started in California in 1993, including adopting a yearly resolution
proclaiming Pollution Prevention Week in Central San's service area.
Central San's Pollution Prevention Week activities include:
• Pollution Prevention Week Resolution highlighting Central San's ongoing commitment to pollution
prevention
• Household Hazardous Waste Facility
• Mt. View Sanitary District Partnership
• Contra Costa Green Business Program Partnership
• Contra Costa Clean Water Program Partnership
• Pharmaceutical Disposal Program
• Education and Outreach Programs
• Visionary Partner of Sustainable Contra Costa
• Social Media Posts
• Recap of Awards featured in the Lateral Connection and Pipeline
• Annual Awards Program
o Sustainable Contra Costa Awards Gala on September 22, 2022
Staff recommends adopting the attached proposed resolution declaring September 19-25, 2022 as this
year's Pollution Prevention Week at Central San.
September 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 53 of 104
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Strategic Plan re-In
GOAL TWO: Environmental Stewardship
Strategy 2- Educate on pollution prevention and environmental protection
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Proposed Resolution
2. Presentation
September 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 54 of 104
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Attachment 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-070
A RESOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT
DECLARING POLLUTION PREVENTION WEEK
WHEREAS, it is the mission of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San) to
protect public health and the environment; and
WHEREAS, the presence of hazardous substances in homes and businesses in the
Central San service area, which could be improperly discharged to sanitary sewers or
storm drains, creates a potential threat to public health and the environment; and
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources
Control Board, and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board support
reducing hazardous discharges at the source through more efficient use, conservation,
product substitution, recycling, reuse, and waste reduction, which is termed pollution
prevention; and
WHEREAS, pollution prevention techniques will reduce the amount of hazardous
substances being discharged to sanitary sewers and storm drains; and
WHEREAS, Central San accepts and properly disposes of household and commercially-
generated hazardous waste from the cities of Clayton, Concord, Danville, Lafayette,
Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, and Walnut Creek, and the
unincorporated communities in central Contra Costa County, and adopting pollution
prevention measures will reduce the amount, cost of handling, and proper disposal of this
waste; and
WHEREAS, since our Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility opened in 1997,
over 630,000 residential and small business customers have been served by collecting
more than 47 million pounds of hazardous waste, which was either reused, recycled, or
properly disposed of; and
WHEREAS, Central San partners with the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff, the
communities of Alamo, Danville, Lafayette, Martinez, and Walnut Creek, and the service
organizations of RecycleSmart, and Republic Services of Contra Costa County to provide
free collection and proper disposal of more than 155,000 pounds of unwanted or expired
residential pharmaceutical waste in central Contra Costa County since February 2009;
and
WHEREAS, Central San, a certified green business, is partnering with other agencies
and businesses in the county to certify and recognize green businesses through the
Contra Costa Green Business Program; and
WHEREAS, Central San is partnering with the Contra Costa Clean Water Program to
inspect businesses to reduce storm water pollution; and
September 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 55 of 104
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Resolution No. 2022-070
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WHEREAS, Central San is partnering with the Mt. View Sanitary District to provide
environmental compliance inspection services to reduce pollution at its source in their
service area; and
WHEREAS, Central San conducts and supports programs to educate customers about
pollution prevention and how critical the proper use, storage, and disposal of hazardous
substances in the household and workplace are to protecting the environment; and
WHEREAS, Central San offers educational programs in the areas of water quality,
pollution prevention, wastewater treatment, water supply, and the aquatic life of the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for more than 6,000 elementary, middle, and high school
students in its service area; and
WHEREAS, Central San is a Visionary Partner of Sustainable Contra Costa and
conducts its Annual Pollution Prevention Week Recognition Program, which includes
Recycled Water Champions, Water Quality Community Partners, a Pollution Prevention
Partner, and Pollution Prevention Award Winners to honor Central San customers that
conserve and protect water quality and the environment, at Sustainable Contra Costa's
14th Annual Leadership In Sustainability Awards Gala on the evening of Thursday,
September 22, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Monday, September 19 through Sunday, September 25, 2022, is recognized
nationally as Pollution Prevention Week.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that it is the policy of Central San to encourage
and promote pollution prevention practices, technologies, and education that will reduce
the discharge of hazardous substances to sanitary sewers and storm drains; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors declares that September 19
through September 25, 2022, be recognized within the Central Contra Costa Sanitary
District as Pollution Prevention Week.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of September 2022, by the Board of Directors of
Central San, by the following vote:
AYES: Members:
NOES: Members:
ABSENT: Members:
David R. Williams
President of the Board of Directors
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
September 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 56 of 104
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Resolution No. 2022-070
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COUNTERSIGNED:
Amelia Berumen
Secretary Pro Tem
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
Approved as to form:
Kenton L. Alm, Esq.
Counsel for the District
September 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting Agenda Packet- Page 57 of 104
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Attachment 2
September 15,2022
Pollution Prevention
Week
Colleen Henry
Senior Environmental Compliance Inspector
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P2 Week Resolution Highlights
Commitment to pollution prevention
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility
Local government partnerships to collect and properly
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Partnerships: Green Business, Contra Costa Clean Water
Program, and Mt. View Sanitary District
Educational Programs
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P2 Week Resolution
Recommend adoption of
Resolution No. 2022-070 declaring
September 19-25, 2022
Pollution Prevention Week at
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
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