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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
91-160
PRESENTED August 13, 1991
ADOPTED August 13, 1991
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO TAKE SPECIFIC
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS IN RELATION TO THE PENDING EXPANSION
OF THE LEESBURG WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY
WHEREAS, a special workshop was held on September 15, 1990, with the Town Council, staff
and engineering consultants, CH2M Hill, for review of the consultants' Preliminary Design Report; and
WHEREAS, the Council directed staff and CH2M Hill to review the preliminary design and
institute cost reduction measures to reduce the project cost from an estimated $32 million to a targeted
$20 million with a corresponding reduction in flow to 5.0 MGD; and
WHEREAS, CH2M Hill and town staff have completed a preliminary design review with
recommendation to Council for relocation of the Water Pollution Control Facility's Tuscarora Creek
discharge to the Potomac River, to address instream waste concentration concerns resulting from the
newly enacted Virginia Toxics Management Regulations; and
WHEREAS, relocation of the discharge to the Potomac River will result in an estimated $10
million savings in project costs and will address long-term toxics management regulations; and
WHEREAS, discharge of effluent to the Potomac River requires approval by the Maryland
Department of the Environment of a NPDES discharge permit; and
WHEREAS, discontinuance of a Virginia effluent discharge raises a legal issue regarding the
efficacy of the Dulles Area Watershed Policy on a non-Virginia discharge; and
WHEREAS, the design of the expansion of the Water Pollution Control Facility must proceed
to provide sufficient capacity to meet the town's commitment to current and future planned
development.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The manager is hereby authorized and directed to submit an NPDES permit
application to the state of Maryland, Department of the Environment, for the Potomac River discharge.
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A RESOLUTION:
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO TAKE SPECIFIC
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS IN RELATION TO THE PENDING EXPANSION
OF THE LEESBURG WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY
SECTION II. The manager shall direct the town's consultants, CH2M Hill, to proceed with
final design of the WPCF expansion, based on the Potomac River discharge alternative identified in
their July 29, 1991, letter report to Council.
SECTION III. The manager is hereby authorized and directed to obtain legal counsel for an
opinion regarding the implementation of the Dulles Area Watershed Policy under the Maryland
discharge alternative.
PASSED this 13th day of August , 1991.
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council