IT Corporation was a United States industrial company whose principal business was the disposal of industrial hazardous waste . At least as early as the 1970s the company was one of the largest market share holders of the liquid hazardous waste disposal sector in the western U.S. One of the principal facilities was a large set of industrial waste disposal ponds in Martinez, California .
7-698: The business activities of IT fell under strict regulation by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, as well as the Contra Costa County Health Department. The proximity of the Martinez ponds to sensitive receptors including residences, led to odor complaints from individuals, especially on low wind velocity days when
14-570: Is governed by a 24-member Board of Directors composed of elected officials from each of the nine Bay Area counties. The board has the duty of adopting air pollution regulations for the district. It is one of 35 Air Quality Management Districts in California. The first meeting of the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District (as it was initially known) board of directors was on November 16, 1955, possessing
21-1475: The Board has 12 standing committees on which the board members sit. BAAQMD oversees regional data on air pollution and has the authority to declare Spare the Air alerts, when residents should take extra precautions when going outside and may be prohibited from engaging in activities such as burning. 511 Contra Costa built an RSS feed using these data, and released an iPhone application to alert people with allergies or other environmental sensitivities about air quality alerts. Administration: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Administration.aspx Communications: https://www.baaqmd.gov/news-and-events/press-releases Compliance & Enforcement: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Compliance-and-Enforcement.aspx Engineering: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Engineering.aspx Finance: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Finance.aspx Human Resources: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Human-Resources.aspx Information Services: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Information-Services.aspx Legal: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Legal.aspx Planning, Rules & Research: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Planning-and-Research.aspx Strategic Incentives: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Strategic-Incentives.aspx Technical Services: http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Technical-Services.aspx Some example stationary sources in
28-601: The IT project manager for the decommissioning is a named defendant in the environmental crimes trial United States v. San Diego Gas and Electric (2007). Bay Area Air Quality Management District The Bay Area Air Quality Management District ( BAAQMD ) is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California 's San Francisco Bay Area : Alameda , Contra Costa , Marin , Napa , San Francisco , San Mateo , Santa Clara , southwestern Solano , and southern Sonoma . The BAAQMD
35-539: The county health department and the state water board. Generally water quality testing confirmed the satisfactory operation of IT's liner control program. In early 2002, after IT declared bankruptcy, substantially all IT assets and some liabilities were sold to the Shaw Group . Prior its bankruptcy, IT Corporation was involved in the Encanto Gas Holder decommissioning for San Diego Gas and Electric , and
42-603: The duty of regulating the sources of stationary air pollution in the San Francisco Bay Area , that is, most sources of air pollution with the exception of automobiles and aircraft. The Air District's board of directors is made up of 24 locally appointed representatives from 9 Bay Area counties. Each county's population determines the number of representatives on the Board, as follows: Board members are appointed by their County's Board of Supervisors and/or their County's City Selection Committee. In addition,
49-469: The ponds were upwind of residences. IT established an "on call" air monitoring response to test odor whenever the city of Martinez received a citizen complaint. These tests, together with routine periodic monitoring, provided an extensive database to assist in managing waste pond decision-making. To protect groundwater, IT conducted regular groundwater and waste pond sampling to test for a range of analytes as well as pH . These test results were submitted to
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