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MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A MULTI-AGENCY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO SHARE THE RESOURCE BURDENS OF THE SYSTEM-WIDE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) PERMIT; AND AUTHORIZING BROWARD COUNTY TO CONDUCT SPECIFIC TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRED BY THE FIFTH FIVE-YEAR PERMIT.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. Beginning in 1997, the Environmental Protection Agency mandated as part of the water quality act of 1997 that the city, county, and state agencies that operate drainage systems that discharge into canals, lakes, streams or oceans had to obtain a permit in order to continue these discharges.
2. The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program was designed to create an inventory of existing drainage systems and their discharge points into the canals, lakes and streams, determine how much pollution these systems were conveying to these water bodies and create programs to eliminate the pollution caused by these discharges.
3. The EPA required that an NPDES MS4 Permit be acquired by all of these agencies before December 31, 1997. The City of Pembroke Pines had several possible alternatives for applying for and obtaining the required permit. The City of Pembroke Pines could have pursued their own permit, joined South Broward Drainage District's permit application or joined with Broward County's permit application. After reviewing all options both the City's engineering department and the City's engineering consultant recommended that the City join with Broward County's permit application to reduce the costs associated with the required permit.
4. The City entered into the first NPDES permit with Broward County on November 1, 1997. This first NPDES permit was for five years and covered the time frame of December 3, 1996 through October 31, 2001.
5. On May 1, 2002, April 21, 2010, and June 7, 2017 the City agreed to enter int...
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