19740305 r-74-6 RESOLUTION NO. R-74~6
RESOLUTION INDICATING INTENT TO JOIN WITH OTHER GENERAL
PURPOSE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE WASHINGTON
METROPOLITAN AREA TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN RESULTING
IN A COORDINATED WASTE TREATMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE AREA
WHEREAS, Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act Amendments of 1972, P.L. 92-500 (hereinafter called the "Act")
requires that a coordinated waste treatment management planning and
programming system be developed and implemented in urban regions
having a substantial water quality control problem as defined by
the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (hereinafter called EPA) in 40 CFR Part 126; and
WHEREAS, the Washington Metropolitan Area (hereinafter called
the Area) satisfies the criteria contained in the Act and guidelines,
and designation of the Area pursuant to Section 208 and those guidelines
is desirable; and
WHEREAS, Section 126.10 of the guidelines requires, among other
things, that the affected general purpose units of local government
within the problem area must show their intent, through formally
adopted resolutions, to join together in the planning process to
develop and implement a plan which will result in a coordinated
waste treatment management system for the area; and
WHEREAS, Section 126.11 of the EPA regulations encourages the
designation of existing, capable regional agencies which have the
responsibility for comprehensive areawide development planning
as the responsible agency for waste treatment management planning
in the designated area; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
(hereinafter called the Council) is recognized as the official
metropolitan comprehensive development planning agency for the
Area under the policies of Title IV of the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act of 1968, as implemented by Part IV of OMB Circular
A-95; and
WHEREAS, the designation of the Council will insure the integra-
tion of waste treatment management planning into the overall compre-
hensive developmental planning process for the metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, such planning process and waste treatment managment
system is a necessary and significant measure to control present point
and non-point sources of water pollution and will be the predicate for
facility grants and approvals of discharge permits under the Act for
the area to prevent, abate and solve existing and potential substantial
water quality problems;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED THAT the City of Fairfax, Virginia,
recognizing that the Washington Metropolitan Area has substantial water
quality control problems, supports designation of the Area pursuant to
Section 208 and the EPA guidelines,
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Fairfax, Virginia,
intends to join with the other affected general purpose units of
local government within the boundaries of the Area to develop and
implement a plan which will result in a coordinated waste treatment
management system for the Area,
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that, inasmuch as the Council is a
single representative organization with elected officials from local
governments and is capable of developing effective areawide waste
treatment management plans for the Area, the City of Fairfax, Virginia,
supports the designation of said organization as the planning agency
for the Area.
Adopted: March 5, 1974.
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