SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120810

• Record No: CB 120810
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120810
• Type: Council Bill (CB)
• Status: Full Council Agenda Ready
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Parks, Public Utilities, and Technology Committee
• On agenda: 7/30/2024
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities to submit for approval to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington a First Material Modification to the 2013 Consent Decree entered into by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State of Washington Department of Ecology, and The City of Seattle in Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-00678, and to fulfill the obligations set forth therein.
• Sponsors: Joy Hollingsworth
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Presentation

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/24/2024	1	Parks, Public Utilities, and Technology Committee	pass	Pass
7/9/2024	1	City Council	referred
7/1/2024	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
6/26/2024	1	City Clerk	sent for review
6/26/2024	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities to submit for approval to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington a First Material Modification to the 2013 Consent Decree entered into by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State of Washington Department of Ecology, and The City of Seattle in Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-00678, and to fulfill the obligations set forth therein.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle ("City") owns, maintains, and operates a combined wastewater collection system that collects residential and industrial wastewaters, as well as stormwater, as part of Seattle Public Utilities' drainage and wastewater system; and
WHEREAS, in 2010 the City was issued Permit No. WA0031682 under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES Permit"), which specifies the conditions under which the City is authorized to discharge combined sewer overflows from more than 80 permitted combined sewer overflow ("CSO") outfalls; and
WHEREAS, the United States of America, on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), the State of Washington, by and through the State of Washington Department of Ecology ("Ecology"), and The City of Seattle are parties to the Consent Decree entered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington on July 3, 2013 (Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-00678) ("CSO Consent Decree"); and
WHEREAS, on August 6, 2019, the City formally requested to begin conversations with EPA and Ecology, describing its interests in modifying the CSO Consent Decree; and
WHEREAS, the City, EPA, and Ecology have negotiated a First Material Modification to Consent Decree ("First Material Modification") in good faith, and the First Material Modification is fair, reasonable, and in the public interest; an...