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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1971 - 0013RESOLUTION NO.71-13 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,ESTABLI SHING POLICY WITH RESPECT TO PROTECTION OF BENEFICIAL USES OF OCEAN WATERAND REQUESTING THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD TO REVIE~EXISTING WASTE DI3CHAP~.E ~EQUIREIi’~TS WHEREAS,these Districts have entered into a wastewater treat ment and disposal agreement with the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District providing for accepting,treating and disposing of a maximum of 50 million gallons per day.of wastewater from the Santa Ana River drainage area upstream of Prado Dam,which wastewater,if disposed of in said upstream drainage area,will cause a further degradation of the quality of flow of the Santa Aria River entering Orange County,and WHEREAS,said agreement also is in the best interests of Orange County in that it effectively provides that the quality of such upstream wastewater discharges will be put under the control of the Sanitation Districts,and WHEREAS,the Boards of Directors have evidenced and implemented their concern in the preservation of the water quality of the Pacific Ocean in the area of the Districts’wastewater discharge by means of (a)A continued planned program since 1956 of expansion and upgrading of wastewater treatment and.disposal facilities.Said program has required~the annual expenditure of approximately $4 million for the past several years and it is planned that a similar level of expendi tures will continue indefinitely (b)The construction and equipping of a new and modern laboratory building at a total estimated cost of $300,000.SaId laboratsry will be capable of perfor~iing all tests necessary to monitor effluent quality and,by means of toxicity tests, to measure its effect,if any,on marine life in the discharge area. This laboratory will be staffed to perform any and all tests deemed necessary and it is planned that the scope of sucli test.s and research will be above and beyond waste discharge requirements established by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (c)A monitoring program of the q~ia1ity of marine waters in the wastewater discharge area and a comprehensive study of the existing and future marine life in said area.The scope of said monitoring program and study is over and beyond the existing requirements of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (d)Entering into a joint powers agreement with other Southern California waste dischargers to provide an intensive study of the effects of waste discharges on nearshore waters.Said study,now being cor~ducted by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority at an expected total eventual cost of $1,100,000,is expected to provide valuable information to guide the Districts in future plans for further upgrading of the quality of wastewaters discharged to the marine environment,and WHEREAS,the dispo~ai of wastewa~ter to the Pacific Ocean by the Sanitation Districts is under the statutory jurisdiction of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board,Santa Ana Region, which has adopted Resolution No.59-5 (3-68)regulating the quality of the wastewater discharged by the Districts in order to protect the beneficial ocean uses established by said Regional Board,and WHEREAS,each Sanitation District has recently adopted a uniform connection and use ordinance which provides for regulation of the quality of wastewater discharged to the Districts’facilities,and WHEREAS,it is planned that s~id uniform ordinance will be further Implemented in the near future by adoption of rules and regulations regulating the discharge of toxic materials,and WHEREAS,said aforementioned agreement with the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District provides that said District must meet tñe same wastewater quality standards as have been,or may be,established for ~astewater discharges within the Sanitation Districts. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,and 11,of Orange County,Californ~a,as follows: 1.That these Boards of Directors hereby reaffirm their fixed and continuing policy for taking all necessary measures including, •but not limited to,those enumerated hereinabove,to protect the • quality of marine waters in the Districts’wastewater discharge area as said quality may be affected by said discharge. 2.Recognizing that the protection of the quality of marine waters in the Districts’wastewater discharge area is a statutory responsibility of the.California Regional Water Quality Control Board,Santa Ana Region,said Board is hereby requested to review and to revise,if necessary,the Districts existing waste discharge requirements for the purpose of assisting the Districts in the further Implementation of the hereinabove stated policy. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that cop~es of this resolution be furnished to members of the legislative delegation from Orange County,the Orange County Board of Supervisors,the State Water • Resources Control Board,the California Regional Water Quality Control Board,Santa Ana Region,the Santa Ana Watershed Planning Agency and the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority.• STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE sS. I,J.WAYNE SYLVESTER,Secretary of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitatipn Districts Nos.1,2,3,5, 6,7,and 11,of Orange County,Cali.fcrnia,do hereby cei~tify that the above and foregoing Resolution No.71-13 was regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Boards on the 10th day of February ,1971 Directors Norman E.Culver (Chairman),Gilbert Arbiso,Morton Baum,Jerry Christie,Robert Clark,Jesse Davis,Mark Stephenson,Robert. Finnell,Norma Gibbs,Jack Green,Lorin Griset, Robert Harvey,Wade Herrin,Edgar Hirth, Joseph Hyde,~Edward Just,Don Mclnnis,Derek McWhinney,Clifton C.Miller,Ellis N.Porter, Howard Rogers,Donald Shipley,Hal Sims, Don E.Smith,Donald Winn and Robert Battin NOES:None ABSENT:Dfrectors Jack Berton,Henry Weda.a arid Lindsley Parsons IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 10th day of February I have hereunto set my hand this ,1971 ~c ret a ry, oar of Li ectors,County Sanitation Distric~ts N6s.1,2, 3,5,6,7,and II,of Orange County,California 5 by the following vote,to wit AYES: S—lOl