HomeMy WebLinkAbout75-366 06-24-1975RESOLUTION NO. 366
WHEREAS, The City of Euless has contracted with the Trinity River
Authority of Texas for wastewater transportation and treatment services for
said City; and,
WHEREAS, Public Law 92 -500 imposes severe and stringent requirements
on waste discharges into public streams; and,
WHEREAS, In order to comply with said requirements of Public Law
92 -500, the Trinity River Authority of Texas has embarked upon a $116 million
dollar capital improvement program on its Central Regional Wastewater System;
and,
WHEREAS, The Customer Cities are financially obligated to bear the bur-
den of all costs of said program not funded from Federal Grants; and,
WHEREAS, The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed changes to
Public Law 92 -500 which will effect the City of Euless;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS:
1
That the City is opposed to any reduction of the Federal Share of grant
participation because (a) Funding was provided for in the Law to assist in
meeting the severe and stringent requirements of Public Law 92 -500 and the
City expects the Federal Government to carry its share of the burden as Con-
gress intended when the Law was passed;
2
That the City is opposed to limiting Federal Funding of reserve capacity
in wastewater systems because (a) such funding for reasonable reserve capacity
was intended by Congress and (b) it would be a waste of public funds to con-
struct wastewater facilities on such a short term basis as to be in a constant
state of construction duplicating facilities which can be built on a larger
scale to serve reasonable future needs;
3
That the City supports extending the 1977 deadline for meeting the Water
Quality Standards as envisioned in Public Law 92-500 as proposed in Alternate
No. 4 in Paper No. 4 published in the Federal Register on May 28, 1975 which
would give the Administrator the discretion of granting extension of time
based upon the availability of Federal Funds. However, the City goes on
record as stating that the 1977 deadline is unrealistic and cannot be met for
the most part even with the availability of Federal Funds.
ITEM III
4
The City supports the concept of delegating a greater portion of the
management of the construction grants program to the States for adminis-
tration.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 24th day of June , 1975, by a
vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Euless, Texas.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary