§ 16-408. Public health, safety and welfare.  


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  • Extraction operations, which fall within the scope of this article which operations include all related uses shall abide by the public health, safety, and welfare safeguards of this article. Owners and/or operators of such activities shall:

    (1)

    Comply with applicable water quality standards set forth in chapter 34 of this Code;

    (2)

    Upon request of the regulatory authority, SAWS or public works environmental, provide to the city's and/or SAWS satisfaction, documentation evidencing the characterization, handling, and disposal of any industrial waste generated by the activity. Documentation which will satisfy the characterization inquiry includes process knowledge literature and/or waste analysis records;

    (3)

    Upon request of the regulatory authority and/or SAWS, independent of the Federal Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, (EPCRA), provide copies of material safety data sheets (MSDS) for material maintained, stored, or used on the site. The materials, subject of this section, are those materials whose properties for volatility, flammability, explosive potential, corrosiveness, radioactivity, or other toxic or hazardous property allow them to be listed in the North American Emergency Response Guidebook, current edition and as amended;

    (4)

    Upon request of the regulatory authority and/or SAWS, provide a site plan, when the regulatory authority and/or SAWS determines a site plan is necessary to an independent environmental assessment or other inquiry pertinent to the public health, safety, or welfare.

(Ord. No. 87907, § 5, 6-4-98)