HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1995-72Sum ested by: Council
A RESOLUTION Olm THE COUNCIL Olin THE cITY'0FI(ENAI,. ALASKA, ADD..RI~.. S~G:~ i''~
U.S. ]~'VIRONMENTAL PRo~oN' AGI~NCY,"NATi0NAL ~LUTANT DI~'H. ARGE'
ELIIVflNATION SYSTEM (NPD~.) PERMIT FOR COOK INLEr OIL ANI)OA~ OP~TIONs; ·
&~. EREAS,.the U.S. Environmental ProtecUon Agency. has .issued a draft :,National.PoHUtant
Discharge Elimination SysteTM (NPD~)permit for 'CoOk inlet off and gas operations; and ...~
WHYS, public comments.are' due bY November 30, 19~J~; and
VvTIEREAS, the proposed permit requires increased monitoring and sampling at substantial, co~t to.
industry with no increase in environmental protection; and
WHYS, the proposed permit requires weekly testing With more stringent limits that add significant'
cost Without documented need; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai values the environment of the Cook Inlet and supports, scientific-based,.
value*added regulations that Will. 'e .~re a healthy environment; and'
WHYS, scientific studies conducted bY the lVltnemls ,Management Service (MM' S)and the:
Inlet Region Citizens Advisory C~nsel (CIRCA~,' repo~ that there has been no degradation'to'the'
Cook Inlet water, sediment and sea !tfeas a result of neatly .30 years Of oil and gas operations in thc
In_let; and ~ ..
WTI~S, the City of Kenai reco~ that the oil and sas industry has operated and co-existed for
nearly 30 years With one of the State's-most ~uctive commercial f'mhing salmon fisheries.'
NOW THEREFORE BB IT RF~OLV~ BY THE'COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KEN~, ALASKA
THAT the City of Kenai supports the IBPA's position of continuing to allow for discharges as
historically permitted, and that the City of ICenai requests the EPA to eliminate language in the draft
permit that requires increased monitoring and sampling, due to the burdensome cost of such regulatiOm
without benefit to the environment.
ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this .~/,.r~y of November,
1995.