HomeMy WebLinkAbout021499 RES - 10/13/1992RESOLUTION
Stormwater Regulations
Whereas, In 1987 Congress enacted amendments to the Clean Water Act requiring
municipalities and industries to obtain a two part permit under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) for the discharge of stormwater systems; and
Whereas, the United States Environmental Protection Agency promulgated final
regulations on November 16, 1990 that established a two part NPDES permit application
procedure for municipal separate storm sewer systems owned or operated by cities with
over 100,000 population; and
Whereas, legislative history reflects Congress intended for stormwater quality efforts to
be structured as "programs for stormwater management" as opposed to the more rigid
NPDES limitation permits; and
Whereas, Corpus Christi submitted the Part 1 application on May 14, 1992 and is
required to submit Part 2 of the application by May 17, 1993. In Part 2 of the NPDES the
City must propose a stormwater management plan for reducing stormwater pollution
discharges into the municipal storm drainage system to the "maximum extent practicable,"
and the City must demonstrate to the Environmental Protection Agency adequate legal
authority to control discharges, prohibit illicit discharges, require compliance, and carry
out inspections, surveillance, and monitoring; and
Whereas, Environmental Protection Agency estimated the cost for preparing the two-part
permit application for stormwater would range from $50,000 to $75,000 for medium to
large size cities, but according to a survey conducted by the National Association of
Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies, as of June 1992, the average cost per city
for preparing the two-part stormwater permit application in the nation's medium to large
size cities is $761,000; and
Whereas, the City of Corpus Christi has already spent approximately $350,000 for Part
1 of the stormwater permit; and
Whereas, Congress has not authorized funds to help local governments finance
stormwater quality programs although future costs of permit compliance will be many
times higher than the permit application costs; and
Whereas, the actual implementation of new stormwater regulations will require
municipalities, commercial development, residential development and all areas of the
construction industry to incur millions of dollars in expenditures in an already depressed
economy, without known benefits to the environment or to the interstate and navigable
waters of the United States that these regulations intend to protect.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
Section 1:
That the City Council strongly objects to the burdens placed on the citizens
of Corpus Christi by the NPDES permit requirements mandated by
Congress for municipal stormwater discharges from separate storm sewer
systems.
Section 2: That the City Council urges members of Congress and officials of the
Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider the stormwater program to
determine what is actually feasible regarding stormwater management.
Section 3: That the City Secretary is instructed to send copies of this resolution to
United States Senator Uoyd Bentsen, United States Senator Phil Gramm,
United States Representative Solomon Ortiz, United States Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly and United States
Environmental Protection Agency Region VI Administrator B.J. Wynne, III.
APPROVED: 8 DAY OF QCT v , 1992
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Mayor
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Mary Rhodes
Cezar Galindo
Leo Guerrero
Betty Jean Longoria
Edward A. Martin
Joe McComb
Dr. David McNichols
Clif Moss
Mary Pat Slavik
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