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§ 12.5-146 FORMAL REQUEST FOR SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING.
   (a)   If a preliminary request is approved for further processing, the requestor shall submit a formal written request plus seven copies of same to the environmental manager.
   (b)   The formal request shall:
      (1)   Document contacts with the following persons regarding the release:
         a.   T.U. Electric Company;
         b.   Lone Star Gas Company;
         c.   Southwestern Bell Telephone Company;
         d.   Sammons Cable;
         e.   Any other utility company with a city franchise or license;
         f.   Texas department of transportation (if applicable);
         g.   Tarrant County water control and improvement district (if applicable);
         h.   Tarrant County department of transportation and public works (if applicable);
         i.   Trinity River Authority (if applicable); and
         j.   The adjacent private property owner (if applicable).
      (2)   Contain detailed information regarding the proposed sampling, including:
         a.   The exact location of all sampling sites, the type and depth of the samples, the hours of operation and barricading;
         b.   The equipment to be used in the sampling;
         c.   The names and qualifications of the businesses involved in the sampling, and the name, title and phone number of the project manager who will oversee the sampling; and
         d.   The timetable for all sampling operations.
   (c)   After receiving the formal request, the environmental manager shall send copies of the request to the following city officials/departments:
      (1)   City attorney;
      (2)   Risk management division of finance;
      (3)   City fire chief;
      (4)   City traffic engineer;
      (5)   Department of water, engineering services division;
      (6)   [Reserved];
      (7)   Department of planning and development; and
      (8)   Department of parks and recreation (if the request will involve use of city parks land).
   (d)   The officials/departments listed in subsection (c) above may provide the environmental manager with requirements to be imposed on the requestor, and other recommendations including alternate sites. The environmental manager shall review such requirements and recommendations and shall incorporate them into the use agreement to the degree practicable, but shall have the approval authority of the formal request. However, any sampling which will be done in city right-of-way shall also require the approval of the city traffic engineer on matters of traffic safety.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995; Ord. 14934, § 5, passed 1-22-2002; Ord. 17522, § 5, passed 4-27-2007; Ord. 18319-09-2008, § 6, passed 9-30-2008)