AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 3/6/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Administrative Services Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of Resolution No. 2019-005, regarding County Service Area 152 and setting the Benefit Assessment Unit Rate for Fiscal Year 2019-20 for the City of Corona to fund the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Program.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2019-005, regarding County Service Area 152 and setting the Benefit Assessment Unit Rate for Fiscal Year 2019-20 for the City of Corona to fund the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Program.
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ANALYSIS:
Amendments to the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA), enacted by Congress in 1987, established environmental programs, including the NPDES program, to protect the Nation's waters. The CWA also directs the Environmental Protection Agency to develop, implement, and enforce regulations consistent with this law. For the State of California, these federal responsibilities were given to the State's nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards to regulate at the local levels.
The CWA prohibits any entity from discharging pollutants into the Nation's waters unless they are issued a NPDES permit. Local agencies and municipalities who own and operate municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) for conveying stormwater runoff are considered dischargers to the Nation's waters and are therefore required to obtain a NPDES MS4 Permit.
The County of Riverside was issued its first NPDES MS4 Permit in 1990. In 1992, the County established County Service Area (CSA) 152 as a funding mechanism to pay for the anticipated costs of compliance with the requirements of its NPDES MS4 Permit. On December 1, 1992, the County annexed the City of Corona to CSA 152, and through an Implementation Agreement with the County, the Cit...
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