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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Memorandum of Agreement, including subsequent amendments, with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, California Department of Transportation, and the Cities of Carson, Los Angeles, and Torrance, for Implementation of the Dominguez Channel Estuary Bathymetry and Sediment Transport Special Study, in an amount not to exceed $8,198. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to execute a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD), California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), and the Cities of Carson, Los Angeles, and Torrance (Cities), to conduct a Dominguez Channel Estuary Bathymetry and Sediment Transport Special Study (Study).
The Study was included in the Contaminated Sediment Management Plan (CSMP), which was approved by City Council on February 14, 2017. The CSMP is a planning document that outlines actions to support reduction in legacy sediment contamination in the Dominguez Channel Estuary. The MOA will establish the conditions under which the County of Los Angeles (County), CalTrans, the Cities, and the City of Long Beach (City) will collaborate on the implementation of the Study identified in the CSMP.
On March 23, 2012, the United States Environmental Protection Agency established the Total Maximum Daily Load for Toxin Pollutants in the Dominguez Channel and Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor Waters (Dominguez Channel Toxins TMDL) with the intent of protecting and improving water quality. The Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit encourages permittees to collaborate with one another in the development of planning strategies and projects to improve water quality in the County.
The Dominguez Channel Toxins TMDL requirements have been incorporated into the new MS4 permit, which required permittees, including the City, to develop a CSMP. The approved CSMP identified several specia...
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