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RESOLUTION NO. .;(t 9(
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH COMMITTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE SOUTH COAST AREAWIDE WASTE
TREATMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROPRIATE TO ITS JURISDICTION
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et. seq., as
amended) seeks to develop a cooperative Federal, State, regional, and
local government program to prevent and control sources of pollution to
ground and surface waters in order to restore and maintain the chemical,
physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters; and
pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of
1972, as amended, the Southern California Association of Governments
(herein referred to as SCAG) has prepared an Areawide Waste Treatment
Management Plan for the South Coast Area with the assistance of the
Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino. the
City of Los Angeles, the Newport-Irvine Waste-Management Planning
Agency, the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, and the Ventura
Regional County Sanitation District; and
WHEREAS, the 'Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the South Coast Area
will be adopted by SCAG and forwarded to the State Water Resources
Control Board for certification and thereafter will be forwarded to the
Federal Environmental Protection Agency in compliance with Section 208{b)(3)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended; and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS, the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the South Coast Area
proposes management agencies to be responsible for plan implementation
and pursuant to published United States Environmental Protection Agency
guidelines [42 Fed. Reg. 44111 (1911)] must indicate each management
agency's willingness to proceed to carry out its responsibilities as
identified in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach is assigned certain responsibilities in the
Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the South Coast Area,
approved by the SCAG Executive Committee on February 1, 1979;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that it is the intent of the City Council of the
City of Seal Beach:
SECTION 1. To proceed with implementation of its responsibilities as set forth
in the 208 Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan as approved by SCAG,
said responsibilities specifically described as follows:
(a) Maintain a street sweeping program with consideration given
to increasing their effectiveness in reducing wasteloads
to receiving waters, to the extent financially feasible.
(b) Maintain current litter control programs, to the extent
financially feasible.
(c) Maintain current catchbasin and storm drain cleaning programs
with consideration given to increasing program effectiveness,
to the extent financially feasible.
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SECTION 2. To forward copies of this resolution to the Southern California
Association of Governments.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
day of
, 1979, by the
Councilmen
Councilmen
Counci 1 men
Mayor
Ci ty Cl erk
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