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Committee forwards health‑code changes requiring electronic hazardous‑materials registration
Summary
The Rules Committee advanced an ordinance to update Article 21 of the health code so businesses register hazardous materials and underground storage tanks electronically via the state's reporting system (SIRS), remove a local hazardous‑material reduction‑plan requirement, and add a fee‑adjustment form; the item was forwarded to the full Board with no objections.
Supervisor Norman Yee chaired the Rules Committee on Feb. 20 as staff presented an ordinance to amend the San Francisco Health Code to require electronic registration of hazardous materials and underground storage tanks.
Cindy Commerford, who identified herself as manager of Planning and Fiscal Policy in the Environmental Health Branch of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, told the committee the proposal contains three changes to Article 21. The first aligns local law with state law (citing Cal. Health & Safety Code §25404 and AB 2286) and…
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