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Clerk 05/06/2013
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AN ORDINANCE relating to combined sewer overflow control policies, amending Ordinance
13680, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.86.080 and Ordinance
13680, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.86.180.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Ordinance 17413, approving an amendment to the county's long-term combined sewer overflow ("CSO") control plan was adopted on September 17, 2012.
2. Ordinance 17413, Section 1, E., requires the King County executive to propose legislation to revise policies for the Regional Wastewater Services Plan to be consistent with the amended long-term CSO control plan within six months following the adoption of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KINGCOUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance
13680, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.86.080 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Explanatory material. The CSO control policies are intended to guide the county in controlling CSO discharges. Highest priority for controlling CSO discharges is directed at those that pose the greatest risk to human health ((, particularly at bathing beaches,)) and environmental health ((, particularly those that threaten species listed under ESA)). The county will continue to work with federal, state and local jurisdictions on regulations, permits and programs related to CSOs and stormwater. The county will also continue its development of CSO programs and projects based on assessments of water quality and contaminated sediments.
B. Policies.
CSOCP-1: King County shall plan to control its CSO discharges ((and to work with state and federal agencies to develop cost-effective regulations that protect water quality. King County shall meet the requirements of state and federal regulations and agreements)) by the end of 2030 to meet:
1. The state's CSO control standard of an average of one untreated discharge per CSO outfall per year based on a twenty-year moving average, and
2. Conditions of National Pollutant...
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