PREPARED BY: AMANDA BOOTH DATE OF MEETING: 09/03/2024
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO'S GRANT APPLICATION FOR $8,000,000 TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO BAY WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUND (SFBWQIF) FOR THE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB) TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) SPECIAL STUDIES AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
CEQA: The project is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as a funding action as it is not a project under CEQA nor an activity that may cause a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical environment change pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(a) and 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15002(d).
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Major Policy Goal: Enhance Community Resilience - 202: Develop and Implement Long-Term Environmental Stewardship Goals is an adopted policy item contained in the FY 2023-25 City Council Priority Workplan, adopted on May 1, 2023 and updated July 15, 2024.
BACKGROUND
In 2008, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a clean water action plan (known as a TMDL) for PCBs in the Bay. PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) are a group of man-made organic chemicals used in industrial and commercial applications that were eventually banned in 1979. The plan requires municipalities, industry, and others to reduce PCBs in the San Francisco Bay (the Bay). PCBs are pollutants found in the Bay that are toxic, persist in the environment, and accumulate in the tissues of fish, wildlife, and humans. The TMDL plan was created to identify and control sources of PCBs in the Bay and has identified the control of urban stormwater runoff as a major key to achieving PCB reduction goals. The EPA SFBWQIF is allocating noncompetitive funds towards pro...
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