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RESOLUTION NO 21-97
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN
SUPPORTING FEDERAL PFAS LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS
RATEPAYERS AND WATER/WASTEWATER AGENCIES
WHEREAS, PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals created by chemical
manufacturers and despite playing no role in releasing PFAS into the environment, cities
and water agencies must find ways to remove them from local water supplies; and,
WHEREAS, PFAS have been detected in the Orange County Groundwater Basin,
managed by Orange County Water District (OCWD), and are estimated to cost Orange
County more than $1 billion, over 30 years—a cost that will likely increase; and,
WHEREAS, Ratepayers are at risk from pending PFAS legislation and associated
PFAS costs and water agencies and stakeholders must take action to inform members of
Congress of these devastating impacts; and,
THEREFORE, All PFAS related legislation must exempt water and wastewater
agencies from any liability for PFAS cleanup costs; and,
WHEREAS, A water utility that complies with applicable and appropriate federal
management and treatment standards must not be responsible for current and future
costs associated with a PFAS cleanup; and,
WHEREAS, Given the potential for federal legislation, such as the PFAS Action
Act of 2021 (H.R. 2467), to expose water agencies, that simply receive and treat water
supplies, with across-the-board liability for PFAS-related cleanups when they have no
responsibility for the presence of PFAS, an explicit exemption from Superfund clean-up
liability must be made for water and wastewater agencies; and,
WHEREAS, Under existing law, the USEPA ensures that public health benefits of
new drinking water standards are reasonably balanced with the compliance costs that
water system ratepayers will ultimately incur and eliminating this analysis would burden
ratepayers of all income levels with astronomical costs to comply with drinking water
standards; and,
WHEREAS, Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act should not delete the
longstanding cost-benefit analysis; and,
WHEREAS, OCWD supports providing direct grant funding for PFAS remediation
to water and wastewater agencies as provided in the Senate-passed Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684); and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Tustin
hereby supports these federal PFAS policy principles to protect water/wastewater
agencies and their ratepayers and,
Resolution 21-97
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, we call upon the Orange County Congressional
Delegation and California Senatorial Delegation to cast votes implementing these public
policy positions and authorize the Mayor to finalize, sign and execute the letters attached
to the agenda report, respectively.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Tustin held on the 16th day of November, 2021 .
DocuSigned by:
L&nTrXiCtARK,
Mayor
ATTEST:
DocuSigned by:
E iCVV1V,YASUDA,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is
five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 21-97 was duly and regularly passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of November,
2021 by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Clark, Lumbard, Cooper, Gallagher, Gomez (5)
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: (0)
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DocuSigned by:
E GAAND41*A49J'U DA,
City Clerk
Resolution 21-97
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