HomeMy WebLinkAbout109-98RESOLUTION 109-98
APPLYING FOR REISSUANCE OF THE TOWN' S MUNICIPAL STORMWATER
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
PERMIT AND ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING THE CONTRA COSTA CLEAN
WATER STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR 1998-2003
WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under amendments to the 1987 Federal
Clean Water Act, imposed regulations mandating local governments to reduce to the maximum
extent practicable the amount of pollutants in stormwater discharged from municipal storm drain
conveyance systems; and,
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Boards
specifically required all municipalities in Contra Costa County to have municipal stormwater
NPDES permit coverage; and,
WHEREAS, under the authority of California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act, the State Water
Resources Control Board and its regional boards have been delegated the authority to adopt
NPDES permits and waste discharge requirements for municipal stormwater discharges; and,
WHEREAS, in April 1991, the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley Regional Water Quality
Control Boards notified all municipalities in Conira Costa County of the requirement to submit a
NPDES Permit Application by May 17, 1993; and,
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville is opposed to unfunded federal mandates; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a
municipal stormwater NPDES permit CA0029912 and Waste Discharge Requirements for all
municipalities within its jurisdiction in Contra Costa County on September 15, 1993; and, the
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a municipal stormwater NPDES
permit CA0083313 and Water Discharge Requirements for all municipalities within its
jurisdiction in Contra Costa County on January 28, 1994 with both permits remaining in effect
for five years; and,
WHEREAS, the adopted NPDES permits require all municipalities in Contra Costa County
to apply for reissuance of their municipal stormwater NPDES permits by the San Francisco Bay
Regional Water Quality Control Board on September 15, 1998 and the Central Valley Regional
Water Quality Control Board on January 1, 1999; and,
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Clean Water Program's Management Committee has prepared
and approved a new Contra Costa Clean Water Program Stormwater Management Plan for the
period of September 1998 through August 2003; and,
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Clean Water Program Stormwater Management Plan 1998-
2003 mainly represents a continuation of the stormwater pollution prevention and control
activities and costs that are currently being implemented; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Danville Town Council that:
The Town of Danville hereby agrees to apply to the San Francisco Bay and/or the
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board for reissuance of its municipal
stormwater NPDES permit(s) to discharge water from its municipal storm drain system,
and
The Town accepts, adopts and commits to implement to Contra Costa Clean Water
Program Stormwater Management Plan 1998-2003 and requests the Contra Costa
Clean Water Program Manager to submit this plan to the San Francisco Bay and the
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Boards as part of the application for
NPDES permit reissuance, and
The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to the
Contra Costa Clean Water Program Manager.
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on July 7, 1998 by the
following vote:
AYES: Waldo,
NOES: Shimansky
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
Arnerich, Doyle, Greenberg
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:
CITY ATTORNEY
CITY CLERK
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