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119 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO PROPERLY CONTROL AND DISPOSE OF CONTAMINATED WATER CONTAINING TRI-BUTYL TIN (TBT); AND FURTHER REQUESTING THE U.S. NAVY TO PROVIDE CONTINUING PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING AND DISPOSAL OF SAID CONTAMINATED WATER. WHEREAS, in connection with construction of the steam generating plant of the U.S. Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, the U. S. Navy, by and through its agents and contractors, has caused to be stored on its property 400,000 gallons of water contaminated with the toxic chemical tri-butyl tin (TBT); and WHEREAS, TBT has been determined to be hazardous to marine life which exist in the Hampton Roads area. WHEREAS, the U. S. Navy has not developed a suitable plan for disposal of said contaminated water; and WHEREAS, TBT has been used to clean the cooling towers of the steam generating plant under construction and the residue of this cleaning process remains in the cooling tower; and WHEREAS, the residue of TBT will eventually be introduced into the City of Portsmouth sewage system when steam generating plant is operational; and the WHEREAS, introduction of TBT into the City of Portsmouth sewage treatment system in the future will require that the City develop and implement an expensive treatment process in order to be able to dispose of the sewage and the sludge derived therefrom; and WHEREAS, sufficient and accepted presently exist to idDntify and treat contaminated with TBT; and chemical methodology water and sewage NOW, THEREFORE, BE' IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the United States Navy be, and hereby is, requested to properly control and dispose of water contaminated with tri-butyl tin (TBT) from its steam generating plant by a method or methods to be approved by the State Water Control Board to reduce the toxicity of such contaminated water to acceptable levels as approved by the State Water Control Board.