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File #: 130711    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 10/3/2013 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/5/2013
Title: Authorizing the formation of a Hazardous Material Policy Group, to consider and make recommendations on the abatement of additional hazardous substances at demolition sites prior to demolition and to report its findings to the Special Investigating Committee on Demolition Practices.
Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Blackwell
Attachments: 1. Signature13071100.pdf
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12/5/20130 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/21/20130 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.Pass  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/18/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
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11/18/20130 Committee of the Whole REPORTED FAVORABLY   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/14/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
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11/12/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20130 Committee of the Whole HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20130 Committee of the Whole RECESSED   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20130 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/10/20130 CITY COUNCIL Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20130 CITY COUNCIL Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage CalendarPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
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Authorizing the formation of a Hazardous Material Policy Group, to consider and make recommendations on the abatement of additional hazardous substances at demolition sites prior to demolition and to report its findings to the Special Investigating Committee on Demolition Practices.

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WHEREAS, The Health Code requires buildings constructed prior to 1980 to be inspected for asbestos and the presence of asbestos must be abated prior to demolition; and

WHEREAS, Numerous concerns have been brought before the Special Investigating Committee on Demolition Practices about other hazardous materials that may be present on demolition sites; and

WHEREAS, Some hazardous materials that are easily identified such as lead paints, oil solvents, PCB transformers, and other hazardous wastes are not required to be abated prior to demolition under the current Health Code provisions; and

WHEREAS, Popular methods of demolition including collapsing the building in upon itself, filling the basement and foundation with the debris, carting away the excess debris, or hand demolition, both of which may expose workers to toxic or hazardous materials; and

WHEREAS, These methods can create dust clouds that contaminate the air and soil. Any unremoved hazardous materials such as left-over paints, cleaners, and solvents that contaminate the soil risk release into the subsurface, potentially impacting groundwater quality; and

WHEREAS, The Special Investigating Committee finds it imperative to form a multidisciplinary Hazardous Materials Policy Group with representatives of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the Philadelphia Fire Department, the Philadelphia Water Department, the Department of Licenses and Inspections, Laborer's District Council Local 332, and other industry and environmental experts; and

WHEREAS, The Hazardous Materials Group, shall be tasked with identifying hazardous materials that should be abated from demolition sites prior to demoli...

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