Res 02-040RESOLUTION NO. 02-040
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY,
CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO'S APPEAL TO THE
STATE COASTAL COMMISSION FOR RENEWAL OF THE MODIFIED 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 11 2002, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency issued Tentative Order No. R-92002-0025, Modified NPDES
Permit No. CA0107409 for the City of San Diego; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 02-018, on
March 12, 2002, endorsing the Environmental Protection Agency's Tentative
Order No. R-92002-0025, Modified 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 State Coastal Commission is required to certify the City of
San Diego's application for renewal of Tentative Order No. R-92002-0025,
Modified NPDES Permit No. CA0107409; and
WHEREAS, the State Coastal Commission denied certification of the City
of San Diego's application for renewal of Tentative Order No. R-92002-0025,
Modified NPDES Permit No. CA0107409; and
WHEREAS, the State Coastal Commission, by denying to certify the City
of San Diego's application for renewal of Tentative Order No. R-92002-0025,
Modified NPDES Permit No. CA0107409, overruled its own staff, the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Regional Water Quality Control
Board; and
WHEREAS, the State Coastal Commission failed to include any findings
or basis of support for its denial; 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.
Resolution No. 02-040
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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 declares its
support for the City of San Diego's Appeal to the State Coastal Commission for
renewal of the Modified 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 23rd day of April, 2002.
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[~ri~n-ne ~'-eopies, ~ity O~erk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
Mic~or
I, Lori Anne Peoples, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby
certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 02-040
was duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City Council
held on the 23rd day of April, 2002, and that it was so adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: EMERY, GOLDBY, HIGGINSON, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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City of Poway