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PR.5

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	May 12, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary’s Award for Environmental Achievement

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/12/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	William Walker, MD, 957-5403
cc:	T Scott C Rucker Jackie Peterson

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 12, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Recognize Randy Sawyer, Chief Environmental Health and Hazardous Materials Officer for the Contra Costa County Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA), for receiving the Secretary’s Award for Environmental Achievement from the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA).

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

BACKGROUND:

Randy Sawyer has distinguished himself as a leader among California unified program managers and as a national expert in chemical process safety. He has been a vital contributor to efforts to improve the California Accidental Release Prevention Program, and his work has been essential to the success of the CalEPA Interagency Refinery Task Force.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

As a member of the Unified Program’s policy setting body and Co-Chair of the Unified Program’s policy steering committee for the California Accidental Release Prevention Program for more than a decade, Randy has taken on issues concerning the most hazardous facilities in the state. He also was one of the primary architects of the Contra Costa County Industrial Safety Ordinance, which is now recognized as one of the most effective industrial safety regulatory programs in the country and is a model for state and federal regulatory reform efforts.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Not applicable.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.