Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 8. ZONING |
Division 84. LAND USE DISTRICTS |
Chapter 84-63. LAND USE PERMITS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INVOLVING HAZARDOUS WASTE OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL |
§ 84-63.1002. Hazard score — Permit required.
Unless otherwise exempt from the requirements of this chapter, a land use permit shall be required for a development project proposed for the management of hazardous material and/or hazardous waste if any of the following apply:
(a)
The development project obtains a hazard score of eighty or more pursuant to the formula set forth in Section 84-63.1004; or
(b)
For hazard category A materials, the development project stores twice the quantity specified as the threshold planning quantity on the extremely hazardous materials list (Appendix A of 40 Code of Federal Regulations Chapters I, Subchapter J Part 355), as amended from time to time, or two thousand pounds, whichever is less; or
(c)
For hazard category A or B materials, the development project will result in a new process unit(s) unless the process unit complies with Section 84-63.1004(d)(1) through (d)(6), Credit for reductions or projects to be closed. Modifications to an existing process unit do not constitute a new process unit; or
(d)
For hazard category B materials, any development project that has a fill to the maximum capacity of forty thousand tons or more unless the development project complies with Section 84-63.1004(d)(1) through (d)(6), Credit for reductions or projects to be closed.
(Ords. 98-48 § 5, 96-50, 96-20).