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Ordinance No. 5466
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Amending Chapter 16.11 of Title 16 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Add
Regulations for Management of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) During
Demolition to Implement Stormwater Management and Pollution Prevention
Measures in Compliance With the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit
The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. Elevated levels of PCBs have been detected in fish in the San Francisco Bay,
making them less safe for consumption.
B. Urban stormwater runoff is considered a significant pathway for PCBs into the
Bay, and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Board
through the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (MRP) now in effect, has required Bay Area
municipalities to address sources of PCBs in stormwater runoff discharged to the Bay from
municipal separate storm sewers (referred to as
C. The MRP requires that permittees, including the City of Palo Alto, adopt an
effective protocol and implement a program focused on the demolition of buildings likely to
contain building materials with relatively high levels of PCBs. Under the MRP, the program
must be implemented by July 1, 2019.
D. Consistent with the MRP and a screening protocol resulting from a coordinated
regional effort to implement this MRP requirement, the regulations established by this
Ordinance focus on projects that involve the demolition of an entire building constructed or
remodeled between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1980 (except singlefamily homes, two
family homes, and woodframed structures), as projects that are high priority for PCBs
containing building materials based on structure age, use, and construction.
SECTION 2. Chapter 16.11 of Title 16 is hereby amended to add a new Section
16.11.060 to read as follows:
16.11.060 Management of PCBs During Building Demolition.
(a) Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this Section is to establish regulations
related to the management of building materials containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
during building demolition activities in order to reduce the discharge of PCBs into the San
Francisco Bay through stormwater runoff. This Section implements the requirements of the
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municipal regional stormwater permit (MRP) issued by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Quality Board applicable to the City.
(b) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the
following meaning.
1.Covered that involves the demolition of an entire
building constructed or remodeled between January 1, 1950 and December
31, 1980, inclusive. A covered project does not include a singlefamily
residence, twofamily residence or any woodframed structure.
2.
3.PCB Assessment means a document package approved
by the Director of Public Works and provided by the City that includes an
overview of the screening process, applicant instructions, a process flow
chart, a screening assessment form, and a protocol for assessing Priority
Building Materials before building demolition.
4.
(i) Caulking (i.e., around windows and doors, at structure/walkway
interfaces, in expansion joints);
(ii) Thermal or fiberglass insulation (i.e., around HVAC systems, boilers,
or heating transfer piping, and inside walls or crawl spaces);
(iii) Adhesive/mastic (i.e., below carpet and floor tiles, under roofing
materials, under flashing); and
(iv) Rubber window gaskets (i.e., used in lieu of caulking to seal around
windows in steelframed buildings).
(c) Screening Assessment Requirement. Any person undertaking a project that
involves the demolition of an entire building shall submit a complete screening assessment for
PCBs in Priority Building Materials with the building demolition permit application. The
screening assessment shall be completed in compliance with the PCB Assessment Applicant
Package, in a form approved by the Director, and shall provide information documenting the
results of the screening, including:
1. Owner and project information, including location, year building was
constructed and remodeled (if applicable), description of building
construction type and use, and anticipated demolition date.
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2. Determination of whether the project is a covered project.
3. If the project is a covered project, the concentration of PCBs in each
Priority Building Material present in the building or buildings proposed
for demolition. If PCBs concentrations are determined through
representative sampling and analysis, the applicant shall include a
laboratory reports.
4. For each Priority Building Material present with a PCBs concentration
equal to or greater than 50 ppm, the approximate amount (linear feet or
square feet) of that material in the building.
5.
(d) Agency Notification, Abatement, and Disposal of Identified PCBs.
1. Applicant shall comply with the requirements set forth in the PCB
Assessment Applicant Package including, but not limited to, requirements
regarding the notification of other regulatory agencies, as applicable,
prior to building demolition.
2. Applicant shall determine if additional agency notification or approvals,
or additional sampling for and abatement of PCBs, is required under
other applicable law. Applicant shall comply with all Federal and State
laws and regulations, including but not limited to health, safety, and
environmental laws and regulations, that relate to management and
cleanup of any and all PCBs, including but not limited to PCBs in Priority
Building Materials, other PCBscontaminated materials, PCBs
contaminated liquids, and PCBs waste. The requirements of this Section
do not replace or supplant the requirements of State or Federal law,
including but not limited to the Toxic Substances Control Act, 40 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 761, and California Code of Regulations
(CCR) Title 22.
(e) Obligation to Notify City of Changes. Applicants shall submit written
notifications documenting any changes in the information submitted in compliance with this
Section to the Director when changes in project conditions affect the information submitted
with the permit application.
(f) Recordkeeping. Applicants shall maintain documentation of the results of the
Priority Building Materials Screening Assessment for a minimum of five years after submittal to
the City.
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(g) Liability. Applicant is responsible for safely and legally complying with the
requirements of this Section. Neither the issuance of a permit under the requirements of the
Director or Building Department, nor the compliance with the requirements of this Section or
with any condition imposed by the City, shall relieve any person from responsibility for damage
to persons or property resulting therefrom, or as otherwise imposed by law, nor impose any
liability upon the City for damages to persons or property.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any
reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or
sections of the Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it should have adopted the
Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of
to CEQA Guidelines Section 15308,
Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment. This exemption applies to
actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the
maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the
regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment. The Ordinance is
also exempt from CEQA pursuant to Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with
certainty that there is no possibility that the Ordinance will have a significant effect on the
environment.
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SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall be effective on the thirtyfirst day after the date of
its adoption. This Ordinance shall not apply to any project for which a complete building
demolition permit application has been submitted as of the effective date of the Ordinance.
INTRODUCED: May 20, 2019
PASSED: June 3, 2019
AYES: CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, FINE, KNISS, KOU, TANAKA
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
Assistant City Attorney City Manager
Director of Public Works
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