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~ay 17, 1963 CITY ADmINISTrATOR REPORT NO. 18 TO: FROM SU~IF~T Honorable l~ayor and Hembers of the City Council City Administrator Required Report to San Prancisco Bay Regional Water Pollution Control Board Re: City% Program RegardinglBS Requirements At the regular nesting of the Regional Water Pollution Control Board, Re§ion No. 2, on February 21, 1963, the Board adopted Resolution No. ~6, which prescribed ad- ditional requirements as to the nature of all waste discharges to Alameda Creek or its tributaries above Niles. The specific requirement set by the above reso- lution involves a maximum limit of 1.O m~/L of ABS (alkyl benzene sulfonate) to be imposed on all waste discharges. Section 17 of Resolution No. 4~6 also requires that the major sewage effluent dis- therein§ agencies in the Live~more-Amador Valley file a ~ritten r~port ~tth the Water Pollution Control Board within 90 days from February 21, such report to be accompanied by a duly adopted motion of the respective governing body approving said report. The resolution also provides that the report to the Board include a description of the discharger% intentions with respect to actions to be taken, and the timinE of such actions to provide new or supplemental facilities capable of masting the requirements contained in Resolution No. 446. Subsequently, under date of April 11, 1963, the Executive Officer of the Water Pollution Control Board forwarded to the City copies of a tentative Honitorins Program for the City% sewage effluent discharge activities, with a request that the City either: (1) agree to conduct the monitorir~ program as specified, or (2) submit a request for ~urther revie~ of the program, with reasons for such a request. The progrom, as submitted on April 11, was a modification of the original program suggested by the Regional Water Pollution Control Board, and was a result of con- ferences bet'~een the City and Board staffs. After review of the modified program by the City Council, a letter was addressed to the Water Pollution Control Board, under date of April 25, 1963, which indi- cated the City% intention to accomplish the work specified by the Monitoring Program. This program is designed to provide accurate data regardin~ the City's waste dis- char§es into Alameda Creak or its tributaries. This program is now bein~ coo- ducted by the City in its initial foam, and will be expanded as soon as the neces- sary equipment is available.