HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1963 - 0066RESOLUTIO!~NO.63—66
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,
5,6,7 and 11 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,
EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO H.R.3166
The Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts
Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 of Orange County,California,
DO HEREBY RESOLVE as follows:
Section 1:That we are opposed to H.R.3166 now
pending before the first session of the 88th Congress in the
House of Representatives in the following respects for the reasons
indicated:
(a)The addition of subsection (c)after section
1(b)establishing as a policy the keeping of waters
as clean as possible as opposed to the policy of
attempting to use the full capacity of such waters for
waste assimilation.
The reason for our opposition to the proposed
change of policy Is that the present and existing
policy is to fully utilize all of the benefits and
uses to which water can be and Is being used.No
disagreement is expressed to the principle that no
use should be made of water that would endanger or
materially decrease any other beneficial use of the
water.
(b)The proposed increases of appropriations
from $600,000.00 to $1,000,000.00 and $2,1~O0,000.00
to $~I,000,000.00 are opposed because we believe
each area and local agency should take care of its
own problems for the reason that most of the causes
of problems are locally created and capable of local
control.Only where problems are created by situa
tions of interstate magnitude should federal assis
tance be sought and received.
(c)We are opposed to grants of any type made
for the separation of combined sewers because this
situation where it exists is purely local and was
and is contrary to good planning and proper
development.
(d)We are opposed to the granting of author
ity to any federal agency or administrator which
would by its very nature tend to regulate waters
which are intrastate as opposed to interstate.For
this reason we strongly oppose the proposal to
authorize the Secretary to issue regulations con
cerning what may be discharged into waters which
might be classed as tributary to interstate or
navigable waters as contemplated in Section ~of
H.R.3166.
Section 2 For the above and foregoing reasons,we
strongly urge the defeat or amendment in conformity with
the ideas expressed herein of H.H.3166.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
)SS.
COUNTY OF ORANGE
I,FRED A.HARPER,Secretary of the Boards of Dir
ectors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7
and 11 of Orange County,California,do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Resolution No.63—66 was regularly
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passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Boards on the
8th day of May,1963~,by the followIng roll call vote,to wit:
AYES:Directors Cornwell,Bell,Callens,Bousman,Cook,
Coons,Workman,Culver,Doney,Dunham,Furman,
Gemmill,Hall,Hock,Kanno,Lambert,McBratney,
Meyers,Parks,Shull,Reese,Stewart,Stoddard,
and Featherly.
NOES:NONE
ABSENT:Directors Lorenze and Wright.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand
this 8th day of May,1963.
Fred A.Harper,Sec etary of the
Boards of Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,
5,6,7 and 1].of Orange County,
Call fo rn I a
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