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Council Members Gadus and Komives
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Repealing Toledo Municipal Code section 1513.13, "Spill notification" and enacting a new section 1513.13, "Spill Notification and Public Right to Know."
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Toledo Municipal Code section 1513.13 currently requires that all spills, leaks, discharges of emissions of certain hazardous substances be reported to the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department and the Division of Environmental Services. In an effort to assure that this information and the risks associated with such substances is readily available to the public, this amendment requires that information regarding verified discharge events is available to the public in a searchable online database, as well as published in the local newspaper.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Toledo Municipal Code section 1513.13 "Spill Notification" which reads as follows is hereby repealed:
1513.13. Spill notification.
Each facility shall immediately report to the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department and Division of Environmental Services any information concerning any spill, leak, discharge or emission of any hazardous substance which is required to be reported to or filed with any federal or State agency under applicable law including but not limited to the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, CERCLA and SARA.
SECTION 2. That a new Toledo Municipal Code section 1513.13 "Spill Notification and Public Right to Know" is enacted to read as follows:
1513.13. Spill Notification and Public Right to Know.
Each facility shall immediately report to the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department and Division of Environmental Services any information concerning any spill, leak, discharge or emission of any hazardous substance which is required to be reported to or filed with any federal or State agency under applicable law including but not limite...
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