HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2006-64` SUBSTITUTE
Suggested By: Council Member Moore
CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUT%ON NO. 2006-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, SUPPORTING
EFFORTS TO LOWER THE TOTAL AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (TAH) LEVELS IN THE
LOWER KENAI RIVER.
WHEREAS, the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the State of Alaska,
Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), to report on the conditions of
Alaska's waters; and,
WHEREAS, testing data from 1991 and every year since 2000 has shown a number of
samples that exceeded the total aromatic hydrocarbon (TAH) limit of 10 parts per
billion (10/ppb) in the Kenai River and,
WHEREAS, ADEC has prepared the "2006 Proposed Integrated Water Quality
Monitoring and Assessment Report" categorizing the Lower Kenai River as an impaired
waterbody; and,
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska, Department of Conservation (ADEC), has not provided
a briefing to the City of Kenai as to the implications associated with an"impaired
listing"; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai desires to work cooperatively with other entities toward a
reduction in fuel contamination from the upriver sportfishing activity and dipnet
fishing in the estuary; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai does not support the designation of the Kenai River as
Category 5"Impaired" at this time; and that further work should be completed and
other options explored.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, that by this resolution the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental
Conservation, be encouraged to work more co-operatively with the City of Kenai, State
of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Department of Fish and Game and
others to undertake and support efforts to lower total aromatic hydrocarbon levels in
the Lower Kenai River.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA this 215t day of
November 2006.
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~ PAT PORTER, MAYOR
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