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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
001470
Name:
Settlement of Lawsuit
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
8/21/2000
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
8/21/2000
10/27/2000
Enactment date:
247-00
Enactment #:
Title:
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.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg_Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
8/3/2000
1
RECOMMENDED..
Audit and Government Efficiency
Committee
10/3/2000
1
Pass
PASSED, ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
10/10/2000
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
10/16/2000
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
10/27/2000
1