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CIT OF
TUK WILA
WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 1004 /4 O 4(
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA ESTABLISHING
CERTAIN SEWER CHARGES TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, AS AMENDED.
WHEREAS, The City of Tukwila, Washington, has a long term sewage
disposal contract with the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle "Metro dated
September 1, 1966 which contract obligates Metro to accept the City's
sewage subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be adopted from
time to time by the Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, Section 204 of Public Law 92 -500, amending the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.) and regulations
adopted pursuant thereto require that agencies receiving grants for sewerage
treatment works and any component agency tributary to the grantee's system
adopt charges incorporating an industrial cost recovery system and equitable
user fees; and
WHEREAS, Under said laws and regulations an industrial cost
recovery "ICR system must provide for payment by certain industrial
users of said treatment works of that portion of the cost of construction
of such works which is allocable to the treatment of such industrial wastes;
and
WHEREAS, Under said laws and regulations user fees must provide for
payment by customers of a proportionate share of the costs of operation and
maintenance for waste treatment services, including a surcharge fee "Surcharge
for high strength industrial wastes; and
WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 2310 adopted June 26, 1975, the
Metropolitan Council established certain rules and regulations for the
disposal of industrial wastes including in Section 9 thereof an ICR system
to comply with said federal laws and regulations; and
WHEREAS, By Resolutions No. 2556 and 2557 adopted July 15, 1976,
the Metropolitan Council established administrative procedures and methods of
calculating said Surcharge and ICR charges effective January 1, 1977 and
assigned billing and collecting responsibilities therefor to its component agencies;
and
WHEREAS, It is necessary that the City of Tukwila, Washington,
comply with said federal laws and regulations and Metro regulations by assessing
said fees and charges where applicable and by insuring that the City's /District's
other rates and charges for sewage service are equitable;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED /RESOLVED by the City Of Tukwila,
WASHINGTON, that Ordinance No. is hereby amended to add the following sections:
Section 1. In addition to those rates and charges for sewage
service otherwise set forth herein, the following Metro charges to insure
compliance with Section 204 of Public Law 92 -500 (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.)
CFR Part 35 Subpart E are hereby imposed:
A. A "Surcharge" in an amount to be determined as provided in
Metro Resolutions No.'s 2315 and 2557, as now constituted or hereafter amended,
said charge to be added to the customer's regular bill.
B. An "ICR charge" in an amount to be determined as provided in
Metro Resolutions No.'s 2310 and 2556 as now constituted or hereafter amended,
said charge to be billed separately to qualifying industrial customers on an annual
basis.
Section 2. The above referenced charges shall be effective
January 1, 1977.
Section 3. The City, in cooperation with Metro, shall maintain
such records as are necessary to document that its sewage charges comply with the
above -cited federal laws and regulations and Metro regulations.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington,
at a regular meeting held on the .n th day of Fe b r c rt., 1977.
OVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
ATTEST:
Published: Record Chronicle: February 13, 1977
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Date Approved
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