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r JUL 111984 BOOK 57 P,, S 7 TO: The Honorable Members DATE: July 21 1984 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners HAZARDOUS WASTE SUBJECT: ASSESSMENT PROJECT Robert M. Keating, AICPpflK Hazardous Waste FROM: planning & Development REFERENCES: CHIEF Director It is requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at this regular meeting of July 11, 1984. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS On July 1, 1983, the Florida Legislature passed the Water Quality Assurance Act, a•law which addresses various environmental issues in'the state. One such issue is hazardous waste. This act mandates a local involvement in the area of hazardous waste management. It requires that hazardous waste assessments be conducted for each county and that an on-going notification program be established by each county. To ensure that the local hazardous waste assessments are undertaken, the Legislature has provided funding for county governments to do the assessments. This funding will be provided through the Regional Planning Council, the agency which is required to coordinate local assessments with technical assistance to be provided through the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (FDER). In fact, the Regional Planning Council is responsible for completing the local assessment if a county decides not to participate in the program. In establishing time frames for the completion of local hazardous waste assessments, all counties Within the state have been divided into three groups according to regional planning councils. Those in the first group were.required to complete their assessments during FY 1983-1984; those in the second group (including all counties within the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council) must complete their assessments during the 1984-1985 fiscal year,. while those in the third group must do their assessments in FY 1985-1986. For its four county area, the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council has been allocated $175,000, an amount which includes a fifteen percent share for the Council, itself, to monitor the program and undertake administrative activities. The county hazardous waste assessment involves four components. First, each potential hazardous waste generator must be identified, notified, and surveyed. A representative sample of these potential generators must then be interviewed on-site. It is necessary to collect, maintain, summarize, and report all data developed from this portion of the study. The second component is to identify all abandoned dump sites in the county. The third component is to assess the operating procedures at the sanitary landfill concerning hazardous waste management. The final component of the assessment is identifying the need for off-site management services in the county and the selection of at -least two potential sites for hazardous waste storage facilities. 7