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Learn What Local Companies Are Doing To Prevent Accidents

The California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program requires companies with regulated chemicals to submit a Risk Management Plan (RMP). Contra Costa County's Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) requires regulated facilities to submit a Safety Plan (SP). The Risk Management Plan and Safety Plan includes:

A description of the hazardous materials present,
The accident prevention programs in place,
The facility's emergency response program, and
The management systems in place to implement the overall program.

The CalARP Program also requires Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) to perform document reviews and audits to ensure companies are in compliance with the CalARP/ISO Program regulations, and are following their RMP/SP. Facility RMPs, Safety Plans, and Preliminary Audit Findings may be reviewed at the Contra Costa Health Services Hazardous Materials Programs Office located at 4333 Pacheco Blvd. in Martinez. Call 925-646-2286 to schedule an appointment. A forty-five day public comment period for the RMPs, Safety Plans, and Preliminary Audit Findings listed below begins October 29, 2008 and will end on December 13, 2008. These documents may also be reviewed at the libraries listed below.

Air Liquide at Tesoro Preliminary Audit Findings: Martinez Library
Calpine Los Medanos Energy Center RMP: Pittsburg Library
The Dow Chemical Company Preliminary Audit Findings: Pittsburg Library
General Chemical Bay Point Works Preliminary Audit Findings & Safety Plan: Bay Point Library
GWF Power Systems Preliminary Audit Findings & RMP: Antioch, Bay Point, and Pittsburg Libraries
MECS Preliminary Audit Findings: Martinez Library
Mirant Contra Costa Power Plant Preliminary Audit Findings: Antioch Library
Mirant Pittsburg Power Plant Preliminary Audit Findings: Pittsburg Library

Under the Contra Costa County Industrial Safety Ordinance, CCHS is required to have a public meeting on the Safety Audit and contents of the Safety Plan for General Chemical Bay Point Works:

CCHS will make a presentation to the Bay Point Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) and the public on the safety audit for General Chemical Bay PointWorks at Ambrose Community Center (3105 Willow Pass Road, Bay Point, CA) @ 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Your written comments, postmarked no later than December 13, 2008, should be sent via email to (ARPTeam@hsd.cccounty.us) or to the following address:

Contra Costa Health Services
Hazardous Materials Programs
c/o Randy Sawyer
4333 Pacheco Blvd.
Martinez, CA 94553

Contra Costa Health Services will respond to all written comments. Contra Costa Health Services will hold public meetings to discuss RMPs or Preliminary Audit Findings if there is sufficient public interest. Contra Costa Health Services will incorporate all written comments into the RMP reviews or Final Audit Findings as appropriate.

Content provided by Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Programs of Contra Costa Health Services.