HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 20551
COUNCIL ORDINANCENO. 20551
COUNCIL BILL 5140
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DELEGATING AUTHORITY
TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR REMOVAL OF CHEMICALS
FROM THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES LIST AND
UPDATING TRACKING INSTRUCTIONS, AND AMENDING
SECTIONS 3.690 AND 3.696 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971.
ADOPTED:February 23, 2015
SIGNED:February 24, 2015
PASSED:7:0
REJECTED:
OPPOSED:
ABSENT: Poling
EFFECTIVE: March 27, 2015
ORDINANCE NO. 20551
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE
CITY MANAGER FOR REMOVAL OF CHEMICALS FROM THE
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES LIST AND UPDATING TRACKING
INSTRUCTIONS,AND AMENDING SECTIONS3.690 AND 3.696 OF
THE EUGENE CODE, 1971.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
Sections 3.690 and3.696 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to
provide as follows:
3.690Hazardous Substances User Fee –Purpose
. Sections 3.690 through
3.696 contain the procedures for payment by certain businesses that use
hazardous substances of the hazardous substance user fees, as established
in section 3.694 of this code, in a manner consistent with article VII of
amendment IV to the Eugene Charter of 2002 (the “amendment”), taking into
consideration the mandate of the courts in the litigation involving the
amendment.
3.696Hazardous Substances -Addition and Removal of Chemicals to
Hazardous Substances List and Changes to Reporting and Accounting
Thresholds
.
(1)
Within 60 days of learning that a chemical has been added to or
removed from one or more of the lists described in Article III, section E,
subsections 1(a), (b), (c), (f) and (g), 2, 3, and 4, of Amendment IV to
the Eugene Charter of 2002, the city managershall request advice from
the toxics board as to whether the new chemical should be added to or
removed from the list of substances required to be reported under
Amendment IV to the Eugene Charter of 2002. If the chemical is to be
added, thecity managershall also request the toxics board’s advice on
the appropriate reporting threshold and materials accounting threshold
for each chemical in question.
(2)
After obtaining the advice of the toxics board as provided in subsection
(1) of this section, and after following the procedures described in
section 2.019 of this code, the city manager may adopt an
administrative rule that adds or removes a chemical or chemicals to the
list of chemicals subject to the requirements of Amendment IV to the
Eugene Charter of2002and, for added chemicals,establishes
reporting and materials balancing thresholds for that chemical or those
chemicals if the manager determines that such a rule is consistent with
the purpose and intent of Amendment IV to the Eugene Charter of
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