Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Resolution to authorize a Negotiation
Purpose: An authorization to negotiate a Regional Approach to implementing the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Agency (NJDEP) mandated "Long Term Control Plan" for Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO).
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Entity Address: N/A
Contract Amount: N/A
Funding Source: No funding necessary
Contract Period: N/A
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) N/A Emergency Declaration
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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, 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 implem...
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