Ordinance 014-1994 •
Commissioner Cheal
ORDINANCE NO. 014 -1994
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, POLLUTANTS
AND CONTAMINANTS AND RELEASE; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO UNDERTAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES
IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ,
POLLUTANTS OR CONTAMINANTS IN MONROE COUNTY; REQUIRING
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE; REQUIRING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY COUNTY
COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONDING TO THE RELEASE FROM
POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE COUNTY
COSTS FROM THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
UNDER 42 USCA 9623 AND 40 CFR 310; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
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MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: o rn
Section 1 . Definitions . )
A. Hazardous substance means :
a) any substance designated pursuant Jrto. 'tectn
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1321(b) (2) (A) of Title 33 ,
b) any element , compound, mixture, solution, or substance
designated pursuant to section 9602 of this title,
c) any hazardous waste having the characteristics iden-
tified under or listed pursuant to section 3001 of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act [42 USCA § 6921] (but not including any waste
the regulation of which under the Solid Waste Disposal Act
Disposal Act [42 USCA § 6901 et seq. ] has been suspended by Act
of Congress) ,
d) any toxic pollutant listed under section 1317 (a) of
Title 33 ,
e) any hazardous air pollutant listed under section 112 of
the Clean Air Act [42 USCA § 7412] , and
f) any imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture
with respect to which the EPA Administrator has taken action
pursuant to section 2606 of Title 15. The term does not include
petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is
not otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous
substance under subparagraphs (a) through (f) of this paragraph,
and the term does not include natural gas , natural gas liquids ,
liquified natural gas , or synthetic gas usable for fuel (or
mixtures of natural gas and such synthetic gas) .
B. Pollutant or contaminant shall include, but not be
limited to, any element, substance, compound, or mixture, includ-
ing disease-causing agents , which after release into the environ-
ment and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation, or assimilation
into any organism, either directly from the environment or
indirectly by ingestion through food chains , will or may rea-
sonably be anticipated to cause death, disease, behavioral
abnormalities , cancer, genetic mutation, physiological mal-
functions (including malfunctions in reproduction) or physical
deformations , in such organisms or their offspring; except that
the term " pollutant or contaminant " shall not include petrole-
um, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is not
otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous
substance under subparagraphs (a) through (f) of Sec. 1 (A) of
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this Ordinance, and shall not include natural gas , liquified
natural gas , or synthetic gas of pipeline quality (or mixtures of
natural gas and such synthetic gas) .
C. Release means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching,
dumping, or disposing into the environment (including the aban-
donment or discarding of barrels , containers , and other closed
receptacles containing any hazardous substance or pollutant or
contaminant ) within Monroe County but excludes
a) any release which results in exposure to persons solely
within a workplace, with respect to a claim which such persons
may assert against the employer of such persons ,
b) emissions from the engine exhaust of a motor vehicle,
rolling stock, aircraft , vessel , or pipeline pumping station
engine,
c) release of source, byproduct , or special nuclear
material from a nuclear incident, as those terms are defined in
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 USCA § 2011 , et seq. ] , if such
release is subject to requirements with respect to financial
protection established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under
section 170 of such Act [42 USCA § 2210] , and
d) the normal application of fertilizer.
For the purposes of this Ordinance, release also means the
threat of release.
Section 2.
A. In the event of the release of a hazardous substance,
pollutant or contaminant , the County Administrator is authorized
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to act by undertaking temporary emergency response measures to
prevent or mitigate injury to human health or the environment
associated with the release. The measures may include , but are
not limited to , security fencing, source control , release con-
tainment, neutralization or other treatment methods , contaminated
run-off control , and similar activities which mitigate the
immediate threats to human health and the environment. All
temporary emergency measures undertaken by the County Administra-
tor shall, when possible, be consistent with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, 42
USCA 9601 , et seq. ) , the National Contingency Plan (42 USCA
9605) , and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
(42 USCA 11001 , et seq. ) .
B. The County Administrator shall, within 24 hours of
undertaking the temporary emergency response measures , contact
the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the US Coast
Guard (USCG) to provide the Federal Government with an opportuni-
ty to determine if a Federal response is necessary.
C. No later than the date of the completion of the
temporary emergency response measures to the release of hazardous
substances , pollutants or contaminants , the County Administrator
shall seek reimbursement of the cost to the County of those
measures from all potentially responsible parties and their
insurance companies to the full extent allowed by federal and
state law. In addition, the County Administrator shall actively
seek out any grants or reimbursement which may be available from
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the State of Florida to cover the costs of the County' s temporary
emergency response.
Section 3 .
A. If after 60 days from the date of completion of the
County' s temporary emergency response to the release of hazardous
substances , pollutants or contaminants , it reasonably appears to
the County Administrator that any potentially responsible parties
or their insurance companies are unwilling or unable to pay the
cost of the County' s response and that reimbursement or a grant
from the State of Florida is unlikely, the County Administrator
is authorized to file an application with the EPA pursuant to 42
USCA 9623 and 40 CFR 310 for reimbursement of those costs allowed
under the statute and rule. The application shall be filed not
later than one year after the date of the completion of the
County' s emergency response.
B. If subsequent to the County' s receipt of reimbursement
from the EPA, the County obtains a recovery for the temporary
emergency response costs from a potentially responsible party, an
insurance company , the State of Florida, or other source, the
County Administrator is authorized to direct the Clerk to refund
the amount of the EPA reimbursement to that agency.
C. If the County receives EPA reimbursement for the
temporary emergency response, the County Administrator and Clerk
are directed to retain all County records pertaining to that
reimbursement for a period of ten years from the date of the
receipt of the reimbursement. Upon the expiration of the ten
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years , the records shall not be disposed of until the EPA is
contacted pursuant to 40 CFR 310 .70 .
D. 40 CFR 310 .50 only allows for one application for
reimbursement regardless of the number of local governments which
incurred costs in the temporary emergency response release of
hazardous substances , pollutants or contaminants . Therefore, if
the County and another local government (e.g. the City of Key
West) join in a temporary emergency response, the County Adminis-
trator is authorized to represent the County in any negotiation
with the other local government(s) with regard to which entity
shall file the EPA application and the equitable division of any
reimbursement received from the EPA. The County Commission
shall, however, approve any agreement reached by the County
Administrator before such shall become binding on the County.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or provision of this ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of
this ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.
Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
said conflict.
Section 6. The provisions of this ordinance shall be
included and incorporated in the Code of Ordinances of the County
of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and
shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform
numbering system of the Code.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon receipt of official notice from the Office of the Secretary
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of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance has been
filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 21st day of July , A.D. , 1994.
Mayor London yes
Mayor Pro Tem Cheal yes
Commissioner Harvey yes
Commissioner Freeman yes
Commissioner Reich yes
(SEAL) BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk OF MONROE OUNTY, FLORIDA
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3117 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY MONROE COUNTY 88820 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY
MARATHON, FLORIDA 33050 500 WHITEHEAD STREET PLANTATION KEY, FLORIDA 33070
TEL. (305) 289-6027 KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040 TEL. (305) 852-7145
TEL. (305) 292-3550
August 10, 1994
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mrs. Liz Cloud, Chief
Bureau of Administrative Code and Laws
Department of State
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Dear Mrs. Cloud:
Enclosed please find a certified copy of Ordinance No. 014-1994 defining
Hazardous Substances, Pollutants and Contaminants and Release; Authorizing the
County Administrator to undertake emergency response measures in the event of a
release of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants in Monroe County;
Requiring the County Administrator to contact the Federal Government in the event of a
release; Requiring the County Administrator to seek reimbursement for any County
costs incurred in responding to the release from potentially responsible parties;
Authorizing the County Administrator to seek reimbursement for those County costs
from the Federal Environmental Protection Agency under 42 USCA 9623 and 40 CFR
310; Providing for severability; Providing for repeal of all ordinances inconsistent
herewith;Providing for incorporation into the Monroe County Code; and providing an
effective date.
This Ordinance was adopted by the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners at a Regular Meeting in formal session on July 21, 1994. Please file for.
record.
Danny L. Rolhage
Clerk of Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk to the
. Board of County Commissioners
By: Isabel C. DeSantis
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Deputy Clerk
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NOTICEo'F INTENTION TO CON-
, SID_rt ADOPTION OF COUNTY
ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO . -`^
• WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on , •' Sty `,
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Thursday, July 21, 1994, at 10:00 ��4 ^ Ki_, 3S't'
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3841 N. Roosevelt Boulevard, Key (,;4:
fix, �i r i 4 11,,L,_West, Monroe County, Florida, the ' , r' :,.�;:,�;,,
Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Floirda, intends to Published ��1a�,'- `consider the adoption•of the follow- Iy
ing County ordinance: { •
• ' ORDINANCE NO.-1994 i Key West, Monroe County, Florida 33040
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING HA'Z- +:;.
' ARDOUS SUBSTANCES, POLLUT-
ANTS AND CONTAMINANTS AND '
' RELEASE; AUTHORIZING THE
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO UN- LORiDA
' DERTAKE EMERGENCY RE- • '
.SPONSE MEASURES IN THE MONROE:
EVENT OF A RELEASE OF HAZ- '
i ARDOUS SUBSTANCES, POLLUT-
ANTS OR CONTAMINNANTS :IN e undersigned authority personally appeared Randy Erickson, who on oath
MONROE COUNTY; •REQUIRING
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Is Advertising Manager of The Key West Citizen, a daily newspaper published
TO'CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOV-
1 ERNMENTIN THE EVENT OFACRE- in Monroe County, Florida; that the attached copy of the advertisenierit, being
LEASE; REQUIRING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTATOR TO SEEK REIM-
FORCOSTSENT INCURREDANY IN RESPOND- 'tter oCOUNTY f_.0' ; _ (,)[.n. -- C ZO-rc1 o S JbS-i- /�C2
ING TO THE RELEASE FROM PO- , �•
TENTIALLY .RESPONSIBLE PAR-
' TIES; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY'
.ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIM- -
BURSMENT FOR THOSE COUNTY i COSTS FROM THE FEDERAL EN- court, was published in said newspaper in the
VIRONMENTAL .PROTECTION ��
AGENCY.UNDER 42 USCA 9623 i )0 L 1, 4 l 0��
AND 40 CFR 310; PROVIDING FOR )
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR ' •
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN-
CONSISTENT HEREWITH; PRO- ,1 •
•:VIDING FOR • INCORPORTATION ther says that the said The Key West Citizen is a newspaper published at Key
INTO THE MONROE pOUNTY
• CODE; AND PROVIDING-FOR AND ;f Monroe County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been
' EFFECTIVE DATE y
• Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Flor- ' published in said Monroe County, Florida, each day (except Saturdays and
id
a Statutes, notice is given that if a 'Idays) and has been entered as second-class mail matter at the post office in
i person decided to appeal any deci-
sioh made by the Board with respect I said Monroe County, Florida, for a period of 1 year next preceding the first
to any matter considered at such ,
hearing or meeting, he will need a )f the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he has
record of the proceedings, and that,
for such purpose,hemay_needto-en for promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission
sure that a verbatirri• record of the ',I the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said
proceedings 18 made, which record
includes the testimony and eyid.ende
upon which the-appeal is to be
based. /
Copies of the above-referenced ordi- I
d__Le.„6,_.....,__
nance are available for review at the ' 0.'
various public libraries in Monroe I County, Florida. (Signature of Affiant)
Dated at Key West, Florida this 29th ;
day of June, 1994. • t���
DANNY L.KOLHAGE :I subscribed before me thls,2 day of „aG
Clerk of the Circuit Court..
and ex officio Clerk of the .
Board of County Commissioners , • •
, of Monroe County,Florida
July 4&8, 1994 ':„ig,, NA jC �Fl1Ure o Notary Public)
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SEAL i ,; EXPIRES:March 9,1998
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Personally Known or Produced Identification
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM ITNAN MAY CONCERN
that on Thursday, July 21, 1994', at 10:00-A.M. at the Holiday Inn
Beachside,3841 N.Roosevelt Boule .,d,Key West,Monroe County,
Florida,the Board of County CommissioneN of Monroe County,Florida,
intends to consider the adoption of the followi.a County ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. 1994
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,
POLLUTANTS AND CONTAMINANTS AND RELEASE;AUTHO-
RIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORTO UNDERTAKE EMER-
OBEld
AV� GENCY RESPONSE MEASURES IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE OF
�/ HAZARDOUS SUB STANCES,POLLUTANTS OR CONTAMINANTS
DAGNY WOLFF IN MONROE COUN'TY;REQUIRING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRA- . ,
, TOR TO CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE EVENT
Editor&Publisher BC OF A RELEASE;REQUIRING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO
SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY COUNTY COSTS INCURRED ,
IN RESPONDING TO THE RELEASE FROM POTENTIALLY RE- '
SPONSIBLE PARTIES;AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINIS-
TRATORTO SEEKREIMBURSEMENTFORTHOSECOUNTY COSTS
FROM THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
UNDER 42 USCA 9623 AND 40 CFR 310; PROVIDING FOR
SEV ERABILITY;PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
PROOF OF PUBLICATION ' INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION
INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE;AND PROVIDING AN EF-
FECTIVE DATE.
STATE OF FLORIDA ) Pursuant to Section 286.0105,Florida Statutes,notice is given that if
COUNTY OF MONROE ) , a person decided to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to
any matter considered at such hearing or meeting,he will need a record of
the proceedings,and that,for such purpose,he may need to ensure that a
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared_DAG verbatim record of the proceedings is made,which record includes the
,who on oath, says that she is EDITOR& testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. ,
of THE REPORTER, a weekl news a er ublished at Tavernier P Copies of the above-referenced ordinance are available for review at
y p p p the various public libraries in Monroe County,Florida.
that the attached copy of advertisement,being a_LEGAL AD. , DATED at Key West,Florida,this 29th day of June,1994.
DANNY L.KOLHAGE !
IN THE MATTER OF NOTICE OF INTENTION Clerk of the Circuit Court
IN THE Court, was published i and ex officio Clerk of the
in, Board of County Commissioners
newspaper in the issues of 7/7 and 7/14/94 . , of Monroe County,Florida
Affiant further says that the said REPORTER is a newspaper put -
at Tavernier, in said Monroe County,Florida, and that the said new; Published:7/1 and 7/14/94
heretofore been continuously published in the said Monroe County, The Reporter
each week(on Thursday), Tavernier,FL 33070
and has been entered as second class maii
the Post Office in Tavernier,in said County of Monroe,Florida, for •
one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of
and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any fit
corporation any discount, rebate,commission or refund for the pure • _ .- .-----
this said advertisement for publication inthe said newspaper.
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SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS
14TH_DAY OF_JULY_A.D.,1994- /& /9 .
NOTARY PUBLIC
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MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: 1114 Apvt`I2tnicts9 .it(g2Ctt3 nil 45,i'1
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION •
• ' THE FLORIDA KEYS KEYNOTER
Published Twice Weekly
' MARATHON, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF MONROE)
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Tom Tuell • who on oath, says that he/she
is Editor of the FLORIDA KEYS KEYNOTER, a twice weekly newspaper published at MARATHON, in
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a NOTICE OF INTENTION
IN THE MATTER OF: ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. -19949sdinan in the
defining hazardous substances
• Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues
of July 2 1 9 1994 •
Alliant further says that the said FLORIDA KEYS KEYNOTER is a newspaper •
at MARATHON, in said MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, and that the said news- o no.-8lzosoo' ; •
NOTICE OFINTENTION
paper has heretofore been continuously published in said MONROE COUN- • - OFCOUN1DYORDDINANCE` • 1
I •
TY, FLORIDA, twice each week (on Wednesday and Saturday) and has been -NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO)
;-WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that,
•on Thursday,July 21. 1994, at;
entered as second class mail matter at the post office in MARATHON, in �5�.10:00 A.M., at the Holiday Inns
Boulevade, 3841 N. Roosevelt
Boulevard, .Key West; Monroe
said MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,for a period of one year next preceding County, sof `
, otymmssior Mon;
roe County, Florida,- intends tol
the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant fur- consider the adoption of'the.foF1lowingCountyordinance: - {
ther says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm, or corpo- ORDINANCE NO. ,•1994 I
''-AN ORDINANCE DEFINING!
ration any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of secur- - HAZARDOUS -SUBSTANCES,/
POLLUTANTS AND CONTAMI-
NANTS AND RELEASE;AUTHO,
ing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper.(SEAL) RIZING.THE COUNTY ADMINIS-
• TRATOR TO UNDERTAKE.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE'.MEA-! ,
SURES IN'THE EVENT OF A RE-
LEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUB-1
STANCES, •P.OLLUTANTS OR
CONTAMINANTS IN MONROE;
COUNTY; REQUIRING. THE,
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.TO;
CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOV-;
ERNMENT IN,THE EVENT.OF.A
RELEASE; REQUIRING •THE,
'CEOUNTYE IADMINISTRATOR;TROE
-ANY Y.
COUNTY S COSTSE FIIN-ii
`- CURRED IN RESPONDING TOI
.�, :;THE RELEASE FROM POTEN-.
TIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES;;
AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
-'ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK RE-
_ IMBURSEMENT FOR- THOSE
// COUNTY..COSTS.FROM.-THEE
-FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
4oARY LOU SOLLBERGER PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER%
42 USCA.9623 AND 40 CFR:.
MCORIn1 310; PROVIDING FOR-SEVER-'
�QI�RY Y Exp, $1:1:4/96 -•ABILITY•. PROVIDING FOR RE-'
`P! PEAL O ALL ORDINANCES IN-1
•CONSISTENT HEREWITH;PRO-,'
(seal) ,•.-,- , �ust�c Q Banded By Service Ins INVIDING FOR INCORPORATION'
to C) No. CC219643 I CODE;AND E MONROE
ROVID NG COUNTY!
N Er-
F �� FECTIVE DATE. '. ;_I
Pt' 'Known1 J Gifu,LA ff"Pursuant to Section 286.0105,1
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS //` I Florida Statutes,-notice to ppeal:
'that-rf a arson decided to apppeal
.any decision made by the Board,
:with respect.to any,matter.con-
;sidered at such hearings or meet-;
•ings,he will.need'a record of the
—� ..proceedings, and that, for'such,
®®// purpose,he may need.f ensure
-DAY O F (,t—_ A.D. 1 9 that a verbatim record of the pro-
ceedings is made,which record
__ •',includes the testimony and`evi-
.;'dence upon which the appeal is,'
•
,to be based.-_ • - .
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• "Copies of the-above-referahced.
•ordinance'flat- u available for rkes in;
14 ine various F on libraries ins
Monroex.- County,Florida.
-- -- --�— DATED at Key West,Florida,this.
9th day of June,'"994.
°i- ' • DANNY L.KOLHAGE
1 Clerk of the Circuit.Court
- -and ex officio Clerk:Cif the'
i Board of_County Commissioners
• .of Monroe County,.Florida'
I:,Publish:Julie 2&9,1994 •
•
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on
Thursday, July 21 , 1994 , at 10 : 00 A.M. at the Holiday Inn
Beachside, 3841 N. Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, Monroe County, '
Florida, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, intends to consider the adoption of the following County
ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. -1994
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, POLLUTANTS
AND CONTAMINANTS AND RELEASE; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO UNDERTAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES
IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,
POLLUTANTS OR CONTAMINANTS IN MONROE COUNTY; REQUIRING
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE; REQUIRING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY COUNTY
COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONDING TO THE RELEASE FROM
POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE COUNTY
COSTS FROM THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
UNDER 42 USCA 9623 AND 40 CFR 310; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE'DATE
Pursuant to Section 286 . 0105 , Florida Statutes , notice is
given that if a person decided to appeal any decision made by the
Board with respect to any matter considered at such hearings or
meetings , he will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for
such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the
proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Copies of the above-referenced ordinance are available for
review at the various public libraries in Monroe County, Florida.
DATED at Key West, Florida, this 29th day of June, 1994.
• DANNY L. KOLHAGE
Clerk of the Circuit Court and
ex officio Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida
(SEAL)
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on
Thursday, July 21 , 1994, at 10 : 00 A.M. at the Holiday Inn
Beachside, 3841 N. Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, Monroe County,
Florida, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, intends to consider the adoption of the following County
ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. -1994
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, POLLUTANTS
AND CONTAMINANTS AND RELEASE; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO UNDERTAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES
IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,
POLLUTANTS OR CONTAMINANTS IN MONROE COUNTY; REQUIRING
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE; REQUIRING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY COUNTY
COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONDING TO THE RELEASE FROM
POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE COUNTY
COSTS FROM THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
UNDER 42 USCA 9623 AND 40 CFR 310 ; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES .
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
Pursuant to Section 286. 0105 , Florida Statutes , notice is
given that if a person decided to appeal any decision made by the
Board with respect to any matter considered at such hearings or
meetings , he will need a record of the proceedings , and that, for
such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the
proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Copies of the above-referenced ordinance are available for
review at the various public libraries in Monroe County, Florida.
DATED at Key West, Florida, this 29th day of June, 1994.
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
Clerk of the Circuit Court and
ex officio Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida
(SEAL)
Commissioner Cheal
ORDINANCE NO. -1994
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, POLLUTANTS
AND CONTAMINANTS AND RELEASE; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO UNDERTAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEASURES
IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,
POLLUTANTS OR CONTAMINANTS IN MONROE COUNTY; REQUIRING
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTACT THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE; REQUIRING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY COUNTY
COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONDING TO THE RELEASE FROM
POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE COUNTY
COSTS FROM THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
UNDER 42 USCA 9623 AND 40 CFR 310; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that :
Section 1 . Definitions.
A. Hazardous substance means :
a) any substance designated pursuant to section
1321 (b) (2) (A) of Title 33 ,
b) any element , compound, mixture , solution, or substance
designated pursuant to section 9602 of this title ,
c) any hazardous waste having the characteristics iden-
tified under or listed pursuant to section 3001 of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act [42 USCA § 6921] (but not including any waste
the regulation of which under the Solid Waste Disposal Act
Disposal Act [42 USCA § 6901 et seq. ] has been suspended by Act
of Congress) ,
- - d) any toxic pollutant listed under section 1317 (a) of
Title 33 ,
e) any hazardous air pollutant listed under section 112 of
the Clean Air Act [ 42 USCA § 7412] , and
f) any imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture
with respect to which the EPA Administrator has taken action
pursuant to section 2606 of Title 15 . The term does not include
petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is
not otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous
substance under subparagraphs (a) through (f) of this paragraph,
and the term does not include natural gas , natural gas liquids ,
liquified natural gas , or synthetic gas usable for fuel (or
mixtures of natural gas and such synthetic gas) .
B. Pollutant or contaminant shall include, but not be
limited to , any element , substance, compound, or mixture, includ-
ing disease-causing agents , which after release into the environ-
ment and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation, or assimilation
into any organism, either directly from the environment or
indirectly by ingestion through food chains , will or may rea-
sonably be anticipated to cause death, disease, behavioral
abnormalities , cancer , genetic mutation, physiological mal-
functions (including malfunctions in reproduction) or physical
deformations , in such organisms or their offspring; except that
the term " pollutant or contaminant " shall not include petrole-
um, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is not
otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous
substance under subparagraphs (a) through (f) of Sec. 1 (A) of
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this Ordinance, and shall not include natural gas , liquified
natural gas , or synthetic gas of pipeline quality (or mixtures of
natural gas and such synthetic gas) .
C. Release means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching,
dumping , or disposing into the environment (including the aban-
donment or discarding of barrels , containers , and other closed
receptacles containing any hazardous substance or pollutant or
contaminant ) within Monroe County but excludes
a) any release which results in exposure to persons solely
within a workplace, with respect to a claim which such persons
may assert against the employer of such persons ,
b) emissions .from the engine exhaust of a motor vehicle,
rolling stock, aircraft , vessel , or pipeline pumping station
engine,
c) release of source, byproduct , or special nuclear
material from a nuclear incident , as those terms are defined in
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 USCA § 2011 , et seq. ] , if such
release is subject to requirements with respect to financial
protection established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under
section 170 of such Act [42 USCA § 2210] , and
,d) the normal application of fertilizer.
For the purposes of this Ordinance, release also means the
threat of release.
Section 2.
A. In the event of the release of a hazardous substance,
pollutant or contaminant , the County Administrator is authorized
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to act by undertaking temporary emergency response measures to
prevent or mitigate injury to human health or the environment
associated with the release. The measures may include , but are
not limited to , security fencing, source control , release con-
tainment, neutralization or other treatment methods , contaminated
run-off control , and similar activities which mitigate the
immediate threats to human health and the environment. All
temporary emergency measures undertaken by the County Administra-
tor shall, when possible , be consistent with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, 42
USCA 9601 , et seq. ) , the National Contingency Plan (42 USCA
9605) , and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
(42 USCA 11001 , et seq. ) .
B. The County Administrator shall, within 24 hours of
undertaking the temporary emergency response measures , contact
the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the US Coast
Guard (USCG) to provide the Federal Government with an opportuni-
ty to determine if a Federal response is necessary.
C. No later than the date of the completion of the
temporary emergency response measures to the release of hazardous
substances , pollutants or contaminants , the County Administrator
shall seek reimbursement of the cost to the County of those
measures from all potentially responsible parties and their
insurance companies to the full extent allowed by federal and
state law. In addition, the County Administrator shall actively
seek out any grants or reimbursement which may be available from
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the State of Florida to cover the costs of the County' s temporary
emergency response.
Section 3 .
A. If after 60 days from the date of completion ,of the
County' s temporary emergency response to the release of hazardous
substances , pollutants or contaminants , it reasonably appears to
the County Administrator that any potentially responsible parties
or their insurance companies are unwilling or unable to pay the
cost of the County' s response and that reimbursement or a grant
from the State of Florida is unlikely, the County Administrator
is authorized to file an application with the EPA pursuant to 42
USCA 9623 and 40 CFR 310 for reimbursement of those costs allowed
under the statute and rule. The application shall be filed not
later than one year after the date of the completion of the
County' s emergency response.
B. If subsequent to the County' s receipt of reimbursement
from the EPA, the County obtains a recovery for the temporary
emergency response costs from a potentially responsible party, an
insurance company , the State of Florida, or other source, the
County Administrator is authorized to direct the Clerk to refund
the amount of the EPA reimbursement to that agency.
C. If the County receives EPA reimbursement for the
temporary emergency response, the County Administrator and. Clerk
are directed to retain all County records pertaining to that
reimbursement for a. period of ten years from the date of the
receipt of the reimbursement. Upon the expiration of the ten
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years , the records shall not be disposed of until the EPA is
contacted pursuant to 40 CFR 310 .70 .
D. 40 CFR 310 . 50 only allows for one application for
reimbursement regardless of the number of local governments which .
incurred costs in the temporary emergency response release of
hazardous substances , pollutants or contaminants . Therefore, if
the County and another local government (e.g. the City of Key
West) join in a temporary emergency response, the County Adminis-
trator is authorized to represent the County in any negotiation
with the other local government(s) with regard to which entity
shall file. the EPA application and the equitable division of any
reimbursement received from the EPA. The County Commission
shall, however, approve any agreement reached by the County
Administrator before such shall become binding on the County.
Section 4 . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or provision of this ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of
this ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.
Section 5 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of
said conflict.
Section 6. The provisions of this ordinance shall be
included and incorporated in the Code of Ordinances of the County
of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and
shall , be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform
numbering system of the Code.
Section 7 . This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon receipt of official notice from the Office of the Secretary
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of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance has been
filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County; Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held •
on the day of , A.D. , 1994.
Mayor London
Mayor Pro Tem Cheal
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Reich
(SEAL) BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Attest : DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By By
Deputy Clerk Mayor/chairman
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DIVISION OF ELECTIONS
Bureau of Administrative Code
The Elliot Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250
(904) 488-8427
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August 16 , 1994
Honorable Danny L. Kolhage
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Monroe County Courthouse
500 Whitehead Street
Key West, Florida 33040
Attention: Isabel De Santis, Deputy Clerk
Dear Mr . Kolhage :
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125.66 , Florida Statutes,
this will acknowledge your letter of August 10, 1994 and
certified copies of Monroe County Ordinance Numbers 94-13,
€9" 14 4and 94-15, which were received and filed in this office
on August 15 , 1994 .
Sincerely,
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Liz Cloud, Chief
Bureau of Administrative Code
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