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November 10, 1986 WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth and the Portsmou h ation to the General Assembly of Virginia will hold its annual ~ublic conference for discussion of Legislative Proposals for 1987; WHEREAS, the public is invited to attend and observe the public zonference and the discussion of the City's Legislative Proposals for 1987. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of , Virginia, that a public conference be held with the Portsmouth Delegation to the General Assembly of Virginia at the Briefing Center, 3rd. Floor, Central Fidelity Bank Building on Wovember 12, 1986 at 6:30 P. M. at which time the Council will revi¢ its Legislative Porposals for 1987." Ayes: Barnes, Corprew, Gray, Simpson, Webb, Holley Nays: None 86-418 - A resolution was presented from the Council requesting the United States Navy properly control and dispose of contaminated ~ater. Motion of Mrs. Webb and seconded by Mr. Gray, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES NAVY ro PROPERLY CONTROL AND DISPOSE OF CONTAMINATED WATER CONTAINING TRI-BUTYL Tiq~yBE);AIfD~FURTHE~ REQUESTING THE U.S. NAVY TO PROVIDE CONTINUING PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING AND DISPOSAL OF SAID CONTAMINATED WATER. WHEREAS, in ccnnection with construction of the steam lant of the U. S. Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, ¢irginia, the U. S. Navy, by and through its agents and contractors ~as caused to be stored on its property 400,000 gallons of water aontaminated with the toxic chemical tri-butyl tin (TBT); and WHEREAS, TBT has been determined to be hazardous to marine lif exist in the Hampton Roads area. WHEREAS, the U. S. Navy has not developed a suitable plan for iisposal of said contaminated water; and WHEREAS, TBT has been used to clean the cooling towers of the ~team generating plant under construction and the residue of this zleaning process remains in the cooling tower; and WHEREAS, the TBT will eventually be introduced into th~ City o Portsmouth sewage system when the steam generating plant is operat- ional; and WHEREAS, introduction of TBT into the City of Portsmouth Sewag, treatment system in the future will require that the City develop ~nd implement an expensive treatment process in order to be able to ]ispose of the sewage and the sludge derived therefrom; and WHEREAS, sufficient and accepted chemical methodology presentl~ ~xist to identify and treat water and sewage contaminated with TBT;' NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of , Virginia, that the United States Navy be, and hereby is uested to properly control and dispose of water contaminated wit~ tri-butyl tin (TBT) from its steam generating plant by a method or s to be approved by the State Water Control Board to reduce the toxicity of such contaminated water to acceptable levels as ~roved by the State Water Control Board.