HomeMy WebLinkAbout07. Adopt Resolution 2023-028 to encourage and promote pollution prevention and to declare September 18-24, 2023 as Pollution Prevention Week at Central SanDCENTRALSAN
MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
POSITION PAPER
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Item 7.
SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2023-028 TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE
POLLUTION PREVENTION AND TO DECLARE SEPTEMBER 18-24,2023
AS POLLUTION PREVENTION WEEK AT CENTRAL SAN
SUBMITTED BY: INITIATING DEPARTMENT:
COLLEEN HENRY, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
COMPLIANCE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR ERC -ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
REVIEWED BY: LORI SCHECTEL, ENVIRONMENTAL & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
DIVISION MANAGER
GREG NORBY, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER - OPERATIONS
Roger S. Bailey
General Manager
ISSUE
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.
BACKGROUND
Central San's Pollution Prevention Week activities include:
Pollution Prevention Week Resolution highlighting Central San's ongoing commitment to pollution
prevention
Social Media Posts
• Annual Awards Program
o Sustainable Contra Costa Awards Gala on September 19, 2023
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• Recap of Awards featured in the Lateral Connection and Pipeline
ALTERNATIVES/CONSIDERATIONS
The Board could choose not to declare pollution prevention week.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
None.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
This item was not heard by a Committee.
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION
Adopt Resolution No. 2023-028 to encourage and promote pollution prevention and to declare September
18-24, 2023 as Pollution Prevention Week at Central San.
Strategic Plan Tie -In
GOAL TWO: Environmental Stewardship
Strategy 2 - Educate on pollution prevention and environmental protection
ATTACHMENTS:
1. 2023 Pollution Prevention Week Resolution 2023-028
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-028 Attachment 1
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
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Resolution No. 2023-028
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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
15th Annual Leadership In Sustainability Awards Gala on the evening of Tuesday,
September 19, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Monday, September 18 through Sunday, September 24, 2023, 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 18
through September 24, 2023, be recognized within the Central Contra Costa Sanitary
District as Pollution Prevention Week.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of September 2023, by the Board of Directors of
Central San, by the following vote:
AYES:
Members:
NOES:
Members:
ABSENT:
Members:
Barbara D. Hockett
President of the Board of Directors
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Resolution No. 2023-028
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COUNTERSIGNED:
Katie Young, CMC
Secretary of the District
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
County of Contra Costa, State of California
Approved as to form:
Kenton L. Alm, Esq.
Counsel for the District
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