Res 02-018RESOLUTION NO. 02- 018
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
ENDORSING THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S TENTATIVE
DECISION FOR THE NPDES PERMIT FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S POINT
LOMA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DISCHARGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
THROUGH THE POINT LOMA OCEAN OUTFALL
WHEREAS, on February 8, 2002, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency issued Tentative Order No. R-92002-0025, NPDES Permit No. CA0107409 for
the City of San Diego; and
WHEREAS, this tentative order was based on careful review by the
Environmental Protection Agency of all available scientific evidence which indicates that
the current system of treatment performed at the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment
Plant causes no environmental harm to the ocean or shoreline environments; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency's evaluation of the current
system of wastewater treatment found that this system fully protects the environment
and the public health; and
WHEREAS, the NPDES Permit proposed by the Environmental Protection
Agency provides full protection of the public health and environmental; and
WHEREAS, the expenditures necessary to upgrade the plant to an unneeded
and unwarranted level of Secondary Treatment would impose unnecessary financial
burdens on the ratepayers of the Participating Agencies of the Metropolitan Sewerage
System,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that for and on the behalf of the
citizens of Poway, the City Council of the City of Poway hereby declare their
endorsement of and support for the Tentative Order issued by the Environmental
Protection Agency for an NPDES Permit for the City of San Diego's Point Loma
Wastewater Treatment Plant to continue its discharge of treated wastewater to the
Pacific Ocean at its present level of treatment.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway
at a regular meeting this 12
Michae'l'P.-C~, Mayor
ATTEST:
E-0ri ~Anne ~eoples, C~ty Clerk
Resolution No. 02-018
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Lori Anne Peoples, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 02-018 was duly adopted by the
City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 12th day of March, 2002, and
that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: EMERY, GOLDBY, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: HIGGINSON
Loti Anne Peoples, Ci~y~lerl~
City of Poway