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ABAG llF2~/B6 <br /> <br /> Attachment A <br /> <br /> Alameda County Pilot Household and Small Quantity Generators <br /> Hazardous Wastes Collection Programs <br /> <br />ABAG and The Alameda County Health Agency will conduct a Pilot Household Hazardous <br />Wastes Collection Program in Spring 1987. One-day collection programs will operate in six <br />areas for citizens to safely dispose of hazardous wastes from their homes. One collection center will <br />be set up within each of these six areas (final site locations to be determined): <br /> <br /> I. Albany / Berkeley / Ema3ndlle 4. Hayward / Castro Valley <br /> 2. Oakland / Alameda / Piedmont 5. Union City / Newark / Fremont <br /> 3. San Leandro / San Lorenzo 6. Pleasanton / Livermore / Dublin <br /> <br /> The role of ABAG and the Alameda County Health Agency in the Household <br /> Hazardous Wastes Collection Programs will be the provision of the following: <br /> <br /> 1. Assistance in setting up the local Collection Days; <br /> <br /> 2. Ei:lucationalfmformational literature in quantities for public dislribution; <br /> <br /> 3. Countywide press releases and public information announcements; <br /> <br /> 4. Contracted hazardous waste disposal company to receive wastes, sort, pack and dispose of <br /> hazardous wastes for each of the six local collection days; <br /> <br /> 5. Reduced cost for hazardous waste disposal through the operation of six collection days by <br /> one contracted hazardous waste disposal company; <br /> <br /> 6. Financial assistance of $ 10,000 towards the operation of each of the six local Collection <br /> Days (to be applied toward the hazardous wastes disposal contract); <br /> <br /> 7. Guidance for the establishment of local funding mechanisms to operate continuing <br /> Household Hazardous Wastes Ccollection Programs in cities; and <br /> <br /> 8. A concurrent Pilot Collection Program for Small Quantity Generators(SQG) of Hazardous <br /> Waste which will be targeted at small businesses generating less than 100 kg of hazardous <br /> waste/month. The Pilot SQG Program will arrange assistance for small businesses to <br /> comply with legal paperwork and offer reduced disposal rates through a contracted <br /> hazardous waste hauler. <br /> <br /> The role of the participating cities/jurisdictions in the Household Hazardous <br /> Wastes Collection Programs will be: <br /> <br /> 1. Distribution of educationalfmformational material and notification of local households; <br /> <br /> 2. To cooperate in the organization and operation of a local Household Hazardous Waste <br /> Collection Day in Spring 1987 - through provision of items such as: a temporary collection <br /> site, staff/volunteer personnel for non-technical activities or public safety personnel; and <br /> <br /> 3. Payment of the remainder of the hazardous waste disposal costs, which will depend on the <br /> actual amount of wastes collected and will be divided between the participating cities in <br /> each local Collection Day based on number of households within each city or area. The <br /> estimated cost will range from $1.00-$1.50 per household based on information from <br /> Collection Days conducted in Hayward, Union City and Fremont during Fall 1986. <br /> <br /> <br />