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RESOLUTION NO. 97 -3623
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE
CITY SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION OF THE MUNICIPAL
SETTLEMENT POLICY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPERFUND
LIABILITY RELIEF BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
WHEREAS, the collection and disposal of Municipal Solid Waste and Municipal Sewage Sludge
is a traditional function of local governments that is critical to the protection of public health and safety
of their citizens;
WHEREAS, local governments have traditionally performed that service at little or no profit to
their communities;
WHEREAS, studies have determined that Municipal Solid Waste and Municipal Sewage Sludge
contain only minute quantities of hazardous constituents;
WHEREAS, hundreds of local governments across the country have been subject to unjustified
litigation that has burdened them with exorbitant legal costs and exposed them to millions of dollars in
unfounded liability simply because they owned or operated municipal landfills or sent municipal solid waste
or municipal sewage sludge to landfills that were also used by generators and transporters of industrial
hazardous waste and subsequently became Superfund sites;
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a Draft Municipal Settlement Policy
to establish appropriate settlement contributions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and to resolve the liability of local government
owners /operators and generators /transporters of municipal solid waste and municipal sewage sludge at co-
disposal landfills that are on the National Priorities List.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Temple City
concludes that the Draft Municipal Settlement Policy provides an equitable and consistent methodology
for resolving the potential liability of local government owners /operators and all generators /transporters
of municipal solid waste /municipal sewage sludge in a fair and efficient manner.
THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Temple
City supports the Draft Municipal Settlement Policy and urges EPA to adopt it as a final policy and
implement it as soon as possible.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 1997.
ATTEST:
Clerk
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Resolution No. 97 -3623
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I, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, Resolution No. 97 -3623 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of August, 1997 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilman- Breazeal, Brook, Wilson, Gillanders, Souder
NOES: Councilman -None
ABSENT: Councilman-None
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