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Dept/ Agency: Offices of the Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Supporting a Call for Governmental Action
Purpose: Calling on the Governor and the Congressional Delegation from New Jersey, to provide economic relief for the implementation of the United States Department Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency (NJDEP), mandated "Long Term Control Plan" for Combined Sewer Overflows.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") is a "Combined Sewer Overflow" ("CSO") municipality; and
WHEREAS, all CSO Municipalities are authorized to use CSOs by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("USEPA") pursuant to its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting program; and
WHEREAS, it is the national policy of USEPA and the state policy of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") to reduce and/or completely eliminate the volume of wastewater that flows out of CSOs and into local waterbodies without any treatment; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with its national CSO policy, USEPA has required all permitted entities to create "long term control plans," pursuant to which each permitted entity must identify all actions that the entity will implement to achieve the goals and level of CSO control that USEPA sets forth in its national CSO policy; and
WHEREAS, New Jersey is the last state in the United States to develop long term control plans in accordance with USEPA's national CSO policy; and
WHEREAS, long term control plans most frequently require the completion of massive public infrastructure projects that are highly technically complex, take many years or even decades to develop and implement, and place severe economic burdens on the residents who live in the areas where implementation...
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