Project Name: Hazardous Materials Management Ordinance
Basin: R 
Sub-watershed Description:  The ordinance affects all watersheds that share a
portion of their area with the City of Laredo limits.  These include the Chacon
Creek, Zacate Creek, Sombrerito Creek and Manadas Creek Watersheds.  The
following approximat e the longitude and latitude of tributary confluence with
the Rio Grande.
Sombrerito Creek: 99* 33' 23"W by 27* 36' 49"N
Manadas Creek: 99* 30' 44"W by 27* 34' 08"N
Zacate Creek: 99* 29' 38"W by 27* 29' 57"N
Chacon Creek: 99* 28' 44"W by 27* 29' 11"N

Lead Entity: City of Laredo Fire Department
Other Participants: None.
Funding Source: Permitting Fee ($500.00 per permit)
Amount of Funding: $300,000.00 (Anticipated revenue from approximately 600
                                warehouses)
Project Start Year: 1997
Project Finish Year: continuous
Contact: Tomas Ramirez - Fire Chief
         City of Laredo
         1 Guadalupe St.
         Laredo, Tx. 78040
         tel: (956) 795-2150
         fax: (956) 795- 2914
         e-mail: tramirez@icsi.net

Abstract: The City of Laredo has created a Hazardous Materials Ordinance with
the underwriting provided by St. Mary's University School of Law Legal and
Social Justice Clinic.  The ordinance calls for the adoption of a new City of
Laredo Hazardous Ma terials Ordinance which provides for a citizens
environmental committee; hazmat storage and handling permits and procedures;
regulations and penalties for discharges, facilities, transportation vehicles;
transportation route designations, etc.  This new ordinance has been deemed
necessary due to the City becoming one of the largest inland ports in the United
States.  With the increase in trucks, trains and airplane cargo, the potential
for hazardous materials stored and\or transported through th e City has
increased.

Progress to Date: The ordinance has been written and is undergoing further
discussion about the implementation process.

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