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Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution Authorizing Public Health Director to Enter into a Grant Agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board for a Local Oversight Program for Underground Storage Tanks, as follows:
a) Approve and adopt a Resolution, which:
i) Ratifies and authorizes the Public Health Director to enter into a Grant Agreement (Number D20-08-006) with the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) in the amount not to exceed $291,136.00 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021 to implement a Local Oversight Program for the abatement of, and oversight of the abatement of, unauthorized releases of hazardous substances from leaking underground storage tanks;
ii) Authorizes the Public Health Director to execute future Grant Agreements or amendments to implement the Local Oversight Program through FY 2022-2023, if State funds are made available and unless otherwise directed by the Board of Supervisors, as long as the award is within 10% of the previous annual amount and there is no significant change in the scope of work required under the agreement.; and
iii) Authorizes the Public Health Director to certify that the County of Santa Barbara has and will comply with all applicable federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements related to the financial assistance funds received by the State Water Board for the Local Oversight Program; and
b) Determine, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), that the recommended actions are not a project subject to CEQA review because they consist of the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and furthermore that the actions are exempt from CEQA review pursuant to Guidelines Sections 15307 and 15308 as they consist of actions for the protection of natural res...
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