Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 11.88 Miscellaneous

The degree of protection required by this division is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes. The standards set forth herein are minimal standards and this division does not imply that compliance will ensure that there will be no unauthorized release of hazardous substances. This division shall not create liability on the part of the County, or any officer or employee thereof for any damages that result from reliance on this division or any administrative decision lawfully made hereunder. All persons handling, storing, using, processing, and disposing of hazardous substances within the County should be and are advised to determine to their own satisfaction the level of protection in addition to that required by this division necessary or desirable to ensure that there is no unauthorized release of hazardous substances.

(Ord. 2015-0016 § 83, 2015; Ord. 83-0208 § 1 (part), 1983; Ord. 83-0206U § 1 (part), 1983.)

Guidelines and standards may be established by the Director and shall be maintained in the office of the Director and shall be available to the public. Such guidelines and standards, in the areas addressed therein, shall serve as an interpretation of this division.

(Ord. 2015-0016 § 84, 2015; Ord. 97-0016 § 77, 1997; Ord. 83-0208 § 1 (part), 1983; Ord. 83-0206U § 1 (part), 1983.)

A.

If an applicant or permittee believes that a request for information made by either the application form or otherwise pursuant to this division involves the release of a trade secret, the applicant or permittee shall so notify the Director in writing.

B.

Subject to the provisions of this section, the Director shall protect from disclosure any trade secret coming into his or her possession when requested to do so in writing by the applicant or permittee. No such trade secret shall be disclosed to anyone without the consent of the applicant or permittee except:

To an officer or employee of the County, the CUPA, the State of California, or the United States of America, in connection with the official duties of such officer or employee under any law for the protection of health, or to contractors of the County and their employees, if in the opinion of the Director such disclosure is necessary and required for the satisfactory performance of a contract for performance of work or for protection of health;

To any physician where the physician determines that such information is necessary to the medical treatment of his or her patient;

To the extent that the Director reasonably determines that disclosure is required by the California Public Records Act, section 6250 et seq., of the California Government Code; or

Upon a valid court order.

C.

Information certified by appropriate officials of the United States, as necessarily kept secret for national defense purposes, shall be accorded the full protection against disclosure as specified by such official or in accordance with the laws of the United States.

D.

The provisions of this section shall not permit an applicant or permittee to refuse to disclose information required pursuant to this division to the Director.

E.

The confidential treatment of the identity of such trade secret disclosed to the County does not apply where there has been any unauthorized release related to such trade secret material which is reportable in compliance with Chapter 11.76 or where such disclosure arises out of any official emergency response relating to the facility involving such trade secret information by public safety personnel of the County.

(Ord. 2015-0016 § 85, 2015; Ord. 97-0016 § 78, 1997; Ord. 83-0208 § 1 (part), 1983; Ord. 83-0206U § 1 (part), 1983.)

Every permittee shall comply with the reporting requirements of the Director, including the electronic submission requirements set forth in Chapter 6.7 and Chapter 6.11, Division 20, of the California Health and Safety Code and related regulations.

(Ord. 2015-0016 § 86, 2015.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division:

A.

If the facility is required to have an industrial waste disposal permit pursuant to Title 20, Division 2, of this code, an industrial wastewater discharge permit pursuant to the wastewater ordinance of the sanitation districts of Los Angeles County, or an industrial waste disposal permit from any other sewering agency within the County of Los Angeles, it shall be exempted from the provisions of this division provided the conditions and limitations of such permit satisfy the requirements of this division and the Director finds that the facility does not pose a threat to water quality.

B.

No provision of this division shall be construed to supersede any other provisions of this County code.

(Ord. 2015-0016 § 87, 2015; Ord. 97-0016 § 80, 1997; Ord. 84-0046 § 8, 1984; Ord. 83-0208 § 1 (part), 1983; Ord. 83-0206U § 1 (part), 1983.)

FOOTNOTES FOR TITLE 11

For statutory provisions on communicable disease, see Health and Saf. Code § 3000 et seq.

For department of health services Rules and Regulations on communicable disease control, see Part 1 of Appendix 1 of Title 11 of this code.

For additional rabies-control measures, see Division 1 of Title 10 of this code, on animals.

For statutory provisions on restaurant sanitation, see Health and Saf. Code § 28520 et seq.; for provisions on local regulation of restaurant sanitation, see Health and Saf. Code § 28693; for provisions on retail food establishments, see Health and Saf. Code § 28800 et seq.

For licensing and regulation of food-handlers and food preparation businesses, see Division 1 of Title 8 of this code on public health licenses.

For statutory provisions on retail food production and marketing establishments, see Health and Saf. Code § 28800 et seq.

For provisions on solid waste collection and disposal, see provisions in Title 20 of this code.

For statutory provisions on housing, see Health and Saf. Code § 17910 et seq.

For provisions on rent regulation and condominium conversion, see Division 3 of Title 8 of this code.

For other county provisions on water supply, see Division 1 of Title 20 of this code.

For statutory provisions on rodent control, see Health and Saf. Code § 1800 et seq.

For statutory provisions on the sanitation of public swimming pools, see Health and Saf. Code § 24100 et seq.

For provisions on protecting swimming pools from general hazards, see Ch. 11.54 of this code.

For other provisions on county water supply, sanitary sewers and industrial waste, and sewer maintenance districts, see Title 20 of this code.

Editor's Note: Ordinance 5307 on general hazards, originally enacted in 1949, was later amended in its entirety by Ord. 9415. Because Ord. 9415 changed the section numbers entirely, amendments to Ord. 5307 passed before 9415 could not be shown in legislative history notes; the following table sets out this information:

Section Amendments

12 Amended by 5847 § 3, 1951; 9313 § 1, 1967.

13 Amended by 5847 § 4, 1951; 7101 § 3, 1957.

14 Amended by 7333 § 3, 1958.

15 Amended by 5847 § 5, 1951; renumbered to be § 20.

15—19 Added by 7333 § 5, 1958.

20 Renumbered from § 15 and amended by 7333 § 4, 1958; amended by 7709 § 1 (part), 1960.

34 Amended by 7709 § 1 (part), 1960.

41 Amended by 7709 § 1 (part), 1960.

44 Added by 7709 § 2, 1960.

For excavations in county highways, see Title 16 of this code.

For other provisions on swimming pools, see Ch. 11.32 of this code.

For statutory provisions on the abatement of abandoned excavations, see Gov. Code § 50230 et seq.; for provisions on the abatement of nuisances by counties, see Gov. Code § 25845.

For county electrical code provisions, see Title 27 of this code; for building code provisions, see Title 26 of this code.

The Los Angeles County Flood Control District Code may be found at the back of Volume 5 of this code.

Ordinance 12266 amended and corrected Ordinance 12189 by attaching certain floodway maps and making them a part of Ordinance 12189.

For provisions on parks, beaches and harbors, see Titles 17 and 19 of this code.

For statutory provisions on smoking in public places, see Health and Saf. Code § 25940 et seq.; for provisions on smoking on common carriers, see Pub. Util. Code § 561. For provisions restricting smoking in county facilities, see Ch. 2.126 of this code.

The title of Ch. 11.84 was changed by Ord. 97-0016 § 67, 1997.

APPENDIX 1 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE

A Manual of Departmental Rules, Regulations and Control Procedures

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES

As revised 4/79