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'lO. 1990 <br />Council heard a status report from the CityNanager on the color <br />removal project at the City's Wastewater Treatment FaCility. <br /> _, <br /> <br />Brown reviewed the history of the project, 'includinglthe contents <br />of'-a Consent Decree which Council authorized the City ~anager to <br />sign in July of 1989 which set forth standards which the City <br />agreed to conform to with regard to color limits' in the"City's <br /> <br /> · <br />effluent. The conditions set forth in the; Decree included the <br /> <br />provision that, as of January 1, 1990, the City was required to <br />conform to ,the 300 American Dye Nanufacturers Institute (ADMI) <br />color units limit for the 1990 calendar year. 'If the City~:'Violated <br />the weekly effluent levels, increasing daily penalties were to be <br />assessed, depending on the.level of violation'. No penalties have <br /> <br /> .. <br />been' assessed as of the current time, and the water quality <br /> <br />downstream '£rom the City's treatment plant is acceptabl'e~ The <br />Decree states that the City must meet a 2'00' ADlfi color limit by <br />January'l, 1991.' Mr. Brown reported that he'had been attempting <br />to get the Consent Decree cancelled and'the200 ADMI limit eased. <br />Mr. Brown then read from a letter received'~the previous day £rom <br />Richard BUrton,' Executive Director of tha 'State WaterLdontrol <br />Board,' in which Nr. Burton stated that he had ;requested the State <br />Attorney General to suspend further actions regarding the proposed <br />Consent Decree's entry in court pending the OutcOme 6f efforts in <br />the'successful development of an administrative ~remedy' to the <br />problem. Mr. Brown said that he was pleased'with Nr.::"Burton's <br />actions, and that he hoped that an agreem~ntcould'be"'~eached <br />whereby the 1991 limit would be raised to 250 ADMI. Mayor McClain <br /> <br /> <br />