City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0093R

• File #: 08-0093R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Decommissioning, Dismantling, and Closure of Hazardous Material Sites within Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/17/2008
• In control: Public Safety and Health Committee
• Final action: 8/10/2009
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Decommissioning, Dismantling, and Closure of Hazardous Material Sites within Baltimore City FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Fire Chief, the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, and the Baltimore City Housing Commissioner to present the inter-agency coordinated process regarding the identification, decommissioning, dismantling and/or closure of facilities where hazardous materials were produced or used in the manufacturing process; ascertaining the specific responsibilities assigned to each agency and identifying programmatic and authoritative overlap; and making certain that the Baltimore City government response to hazardous material handling, disposal, and containment of buildings with a history of hazardous material is sufficient to protect the lives and property of citizens, workers, and visitors in Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Agnes Welch
• Indexes: Hazardous Material, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/10/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
8/10/2009	0	City Council	Adopted
6/8/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/20/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/20/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/20/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Investigative Hearing - Decommissioning, Dismantling, and Closure of Hazardous Material Sites within Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Fire Chief, the Baltimore City Health Commissioner, and the Baltimore City Housing Commissioner to present the inter-agency coordinated process regarding the identification, decommissioning, dismantling and/or closure of facilities where hazardous materials were produced or used in the manufacturing process; ascertaining the specific responsibilities assigned to each agency and identifying programmatic and authoritative overlap; and making certain that the Baltimore City government response to hazardous material handling, disposal, and containment of buildings with a history of hazardous material is sufficient to protect the lives and property of citizens, workers, and visitors in Baltimore City.
Body
Recitals

Alarge part of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and environment is accomplished by regulating and encouraging that contaminated land in urban centers be secured and revitalized for use as safe and productive economic and/or green space. Securing, cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties with a hazardous material history is imperative to the healthy development of American cities. However, owing to ...