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799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director of Public Works
DATE: August 24, 1992 (Council Meeting 9 -2 -92)
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SUBJECT: Consider a Budget Amendment to Establish a Stormwater
Quality Monitoring Activity Within the Department of
Public Works
OVERVIEW
This requests approval of a budget amendment to establish the ram within the
accounting mechanisms necessary to supp ort a new program
Department of Public Works for the monitoring of stormwater
quality.
DISCUSSION
A. Background
In an effort to clean -up the rivers and other waterways of the
nation, Congress amended the Federal Clean Water Act in 1987 to
require the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
establish a program to regulate the quality of stormwater
discharged into these water courses. To implement this
amendment, the EPA established the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System ( NPDES). This program established a number
of policies, regulations and procedures for the issuance of
stormwater discharge permits. The administration of this
Federal program has been delegated to the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB).
B. Local Agency Compliance
The Federal NPDES applies to both the public and the private
sectors. Certain provisions apply to all city and county
governmental agencies, including the City of Moorpark. One
provision requires each permittee to pay a fee of $50,000 for an
NPDES permit. In order to reduce cost, it has become common
practice for agencies to join together to apply for and be
granted one permit for a given region.
PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. JOHN E. WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDO M. PEREZ ROY E. TALLEY JR.
Mayor Mayor Pro Tern Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember
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