CC Resolution No. 235 RESOLUTION NO. 235
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN MAKING CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS AND EX-
PRESSING ITS VIEWS TO THE TEXAS WATER QUALITY
BOARD CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT BY THE
BOARD TO UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION FOR THE
DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER AND TREATED
DOMESTIC SEWAGE INTO CEDAR BAYOU AND GALVESTON
BAY; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THIS RESOLUTION AND DIREC-
TING THE CITY MANAGER TO FORWARD A CERTIFIED COPY
OF SAME THEREOF TO THE TEXAS WATER QUALITY BOARD.
WHEREAS , United States Steel Corporation has applied
for a permit from the Texas Water Quality Board to discharge
industrial waste water and treated domestic sewage from its
steel mill located on Cedar Bayou in Chambers County, Texas ; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing on the said application
has been called by the Texas Water Quality Board to consider
the effects of the proposed waste discharge on the water qua-
lity in Cedar Bayou and Galveston Bay, and to determine the
conditions under which a permit may be granted; and
WHEREAS , the City of Baytown is aware of the powers
and responsibilities placed upon it as an incorporated city
under the provisions of the Texas Water Quality Act of 1967,
with respect to the discharge of effluent into public waters
within its area; and
WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Baytown
is cognizant of its authority to make recommendations con-
cerning water quality criteria for public waters within its
area, and is desirous of expressing its views towards the
granting of the requested permit; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the City of Baytown, from its
review of the planned initial operations of United States
Steel Corporation, to include its initial demands for the
use and disposal of industrial waste water and treated do-
mestic sewage, and its understanding of the treatment faci-
lities to be employed, has no objections to the granting of
a permit to cover the disposal of approximately 5,000 ,000
gallons per day into Cedar Bayou.
Section 2 : That the City Council of the City of
Baytown recommends that the Texas Water Quality Board give
close scrutiny to subsequent requests for the disposal of
additional waste water into Cedar Bayou and Galveston Bay,
at least until United States Steel Corporation can define
the operations ultimately contemplated and describe the treat-
ment facilities to be employed.
Section 3 : That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
authorized and directed to execute this resolution and the
City Manager is directed to forward a certified copy of same
to the Texas Water Quality Board.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the members of the City Council of the City of
Baytown, this 30th day of January, 1969 .
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, Crty Clerk
APPROVED:
William R. Laughlin, City Attorney