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• <br /> Agenda Section: 9• 3 <br /> ONJ[�D� REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 91-68C <br /> • Report Date: 9—5—91 <br /> STAFF REPORT <br /> Council Action: <br /> ❑ Special Order of Business <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE SEPTEMBER 9, 1991 ❑ Public Hearings <br /> 0 Consent Agenda <br /> xat Council Business <br /> Item Description: Resolution No. 4119 Urging Congressional Relief from <br /> Application of Superfund Status <br /> Administrator's Review/Recommendation: <br /> - No comments to supplement this report <br /> - Comments attached. <br /> Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) <br /> SUMMARY; <br /> The Federal Superfund statute provides that hazardous waste site <br /> polluters can sue fellow polluters to share clean-up expenses. The <br /> statute has created a situation where large corporate polluters are <br /> shifting large percentages of clean-up costs from them to local <br /> governments . The cost to local governments across the nation is <br /> staggering. <br /> There has been an amendment to the Superfund statute introduced both in <br /> the House and the Senate which would provide substantial financial <br /> relief to local governments . The legislation proposed would: <br /> 1. Amend the Superfund statute to clearly provide that <br /> municipal solid waste is not a hazardous substance <br /> in the same fashion as provided under the Resource <br /> Conservation and Recovery Act. <br /> 2. Empower only the Federal Government to sue local <br /> governments for cost-sharing under the Superfund <br /> statute if local governments may have handled any <br /> truly hazardous waste. <br /> 3. Clearly defining that the degreee of toxicity, not <br /> the volume of waste, should be the prime facer in <br /> assessing any liabilities under the Superfund statute. <br /> It is important that the City's U.S. Senators and Representatives <br /> support the proposed legislation. The attached resolution supports the <br /> legislation and urges our representatives to lend their much needed <br /> support. <br /> CJ•�+� <br /> Samantha Or uno, Cit Administrator <br /> RECOMMENDATION; <br /> Waive the reading and adopt Resolution No. 4119 Urging Congressional <br /> Relief From Application of Superfund Statute <br />