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Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco and the Environmental Law Foundation against Matco-Norca for $10,000, which will be divided as follows: $5,000 as partial reimbursement to the Environmental Law Foundation for its costs in prosecuting this action, $2,500 as partial reimbursement to the City and County of San Francisco for its costs in prosecuting this action, and $2,500 into a Cy Pres fund to support projects to improve water quality in the State of California; the lawsuit was filed on December 28, 1999 in the Superior Court of California for the City and County of San Francisco, Case No. 308832; entitled the people of the State of California by and through San Francisco City Attorney Louise H. Renne, et al., v. Matco-Norca, et al.; other material terms of said settlement are: (1) prior to August 1, 2000, Matco-Norca shall provide a Proposition 65 "Hand Tag" warning sign securely affixed on all brass ball shut off valves it manufactures and intended for sale or use in California whose NSF test statistic Q for lead leached into water is greater than 5 micorgrams per liter; (2) as of August 1, 2000, all brass ball shut off valves manufactured by Matco-Norca and intended for sale or use in California shall have a NSF test statistic Q for lead leached into water that is less than or equal to 5 micrograms per liter; (3) by August 1, 2000, Matco-Norca shall submit a certificate of compliance to the Environmental Law Foundation that brass ball shut off valves it manufactures and intended for sale or use in California are in compliance with the terms of this agreement; (4) Matco-Norca shall submit an amended certificate of compliance to the Environmental Law Foundation within three days of shipment for sale or use of brass ball shut off valves that are not covered by the original certificate of compliance.
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