HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09191995 - 95-642 SU '7 b
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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
SUBJECT: In The Matter of Opposing )
The San Luis Drain Project 1
RESOLUTION NO. 95/642
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVES THAT:
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are natural resources of statewide,
national, and international significance containing irreplaceable resources, and
WHEREAS,the Bay and Delta serve as critical.Pacific flyways for many species of migratory birds and is home
to various rare and endangered species of waterfowl, mammals, fish, and other types of animals and plants, and
WHEREAS, the Delta is a source of the California drinking water supply which must be protected from
contamination, and
WHEREAS, historically, Central Valley agricultural wastewater was released into the Kesterson Reservoir
resulting in tragic losses of wildlife and ultimately resulting in the closing of both the drain and refuge in 1985, and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation stopped the San Luis Drain into the Delta as both socially and
environmentally unacceptable, and
WHEREAS, on December 2, 1994, Judge Oliver Wanger of the U.S. District Court found that the Bureau of
Reclamation has an obligation to provide drainage to the San Luis Unit and directed the Bureau to apply for a discharge
permit for the San Luis Drain, and
WHEREAS,the U.S. Attorney General has already filed an appeal to Judge Wanger's decision on behalf of the
Department of the Interior, and the County has filed a Petition to Intervene; and
WHEREAS, the San Luis Drain still has a planned discharged point in the Delta,
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors opposes the release
of wastewater from the San Luis Drain into Bay or Delta waters and recommends to Congress that they enact
legislation to prevent polluted, hazardous, and toxic agricultural runoff from ever being released into the Bay or Delta
waterways, and •
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors supports the Department of
the Interior's legal appeal and requests that the Bureau of Reclamation work with Central Valley farmers to consider
other options which are safer, "in-valley" solutions.
PASSED by the following vote of the Board of Supervisors on the 19th day of September, 1995:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Bishop
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Contact: Roberta Goulart (646-2071) Witness my hand and the Seal ofto
cc: Community Development Department (CDD) Board of Supervisors affixed on this 19th
County Counsel day of Septembev 1995.
ABAG (via CDD)
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Super ' rs a County, ministrator
BY:
Dep ty Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 95/ 642
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