08/08/2006 Resolutions 2006-228
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2006-228
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska is the site of the Parkview Well
Superfund Site; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has conducted extensive analyses
of the ground water contamination by Volatile Organics Compounds, which affects a wide area in
the southern and southwestern areas of the City; and
WHEREAS, the high levels of contamination have great potential to cause adverse
health affects, have resulted in the loss of numerous private wells and a municipal well, and have
caused grave concern among the City's citizenry; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed an interim remedy
under CERCLA (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act) to
remediate the distal groundwater contamination affecting numerous private drinking water wells and
potentially affecting additional municipal wells; and
WHEREAS, the proposed interim remedy includes prOVISIOns to clean the
contaminated ground water to protect public health and municipal wells; and
WHEREAS, the Preferred Alternative estimated time to achieve the Remedial Action
Objectives (ROA) is of concern at a 30 year time frame.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the City of Grand Island does hereby support
the remediation Proposed Alternative as presented by EP A at the Public Meeting held in Grand
Island on July 27,2006 for the long term clean-up of contaminated ground water.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Grand Island is concerned that the 30
year time frame for clean-up is too long and that EP A, at its cost, should extend the municipal water
system into the Parkview area to immediately address the contaminated private wells in the area in
order to protect the public health in the immediate future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to
provide comments to the EP A expressing the City's position.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island,
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Approved as to Form a
August 4, 2006 a City Attorney
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