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<br />e <br /> <br />Mr. Cleland said staff is primarily hoping the ordinance will a1d efforts to <br />prevent accidents involving hazardous materials. For this reason, heavy <br />emphasis is being placed on inspections and education. <br /> <br />Mr. Cleland introduced Fred Scalise, who has served as a hazardous materials <br />consultant for the City over the past eight months. Mr. Scalise said the <br />primary purpose of this ordinance is incident prevention. One recurring <br />question throughout the planning process has been whether the City even needs <br />to implement an ordinance. Currently there are approximately 200 businesses <br />with hazardous materials in Eugene. Staff has analyzed 15 different <br />businesses for their vulnerability; Mr. Scalise presented visual material <br />showing how much of the city would be affected if these businesses were to <br />have an accident. At least three or four businesses would affect major parts <br />of the city if they had a significant accident. Mr. Scalise said this <br />indicates the city is vulnerable and does have reason to be concerned about <br />hazardous materials. <br /> <br />Mr. Scalise said the Hazardous Materials Ordinance is only a single element <br />of a comprehensive program to deal with hazardous materials. Two major <br />elements included in the ordinance allow for inspection and data acquisition, <br />and code enforcement. These elements have major implications for how the <br />City could respond in case of an accident. They allow fire inspectors to <br />make annual inspections of businesses and to get information about the types <br />of chemicals each business is using and how those chemicals are being stored. <br />Mr. Scalise said this type of information is invaluable because it allows the <br />Haz Mat Team and emergency response crews to respond more safely and <br />effectively. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Mr. Scalise said the emergency response plan remains to be implemented. This <br />will require community education and staff training, and an experienced <br />hazardous materials officer must be hired. In addition, the response plan <br />must be tested. <br /> <br />Greta Utecht, Permit and Information Center, explained some of the changes <br />that will occur in Chapter 3 of the City's Business License Program as a <br />result of this ordinance. She said the City currently issues approximately <br />600 fire safety licenses to businesses whose activities pose potential impact <br />on public health and safety. If the Hazardous Materials Ordinance is <br />adopted, 200 to 230 of the 600 businesses currently issued fire safety <br />licenses would be issued hazardous materials licenses instead. The hazardous <br />material license would be renewed annually. Applications for this license <br />would be reviewed by both the Hazardous Materials Officer and the Fire <br />Marshal's Office. Fees for this license would be based on the amounts and <br />toxicity of materials a business deals with. <br /> <br />Ms. Utecht said the ordinance would also change the way the remalnlng 300 to <br />370 fire safety licenses are processed. These licenses would be issued one <br />time only and would remain valid as long as the business continued to meet <br />the conditions cited in its license. Applications for these licenses would <br />be reviewed by the Fire Marshal's Office and the businesses would be <br />inspected annually. The fee for this license would be increased to $120. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br /> <br />January 23, 1989 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br />