Agenda Date: 02/02/2021
Subject:
Title
Ordinance 01-2021: An ordinance on second reading establishing changes to the existing ordinance for Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) for South Platte Renew
Body
Prepared by:
Lucy Lucero, Executive Assistant, City Manager's Office
PURPOSE:
Does city council support establishing changes to the code regarding recent changes required by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Board of Health regulations to control the handling and disposal of TENORM containing materials?
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Keith Reester, Public Works Director
Additional Presenter(s): Blair Corning, Deputy Director, Environmental Programs,
South Platte Renew
Pieter Van Ry, Director of South Platte Renew
Matthew Montgomery, Attorney for South Platte Renew, Hill & Robbins, P.C.
SUMMARY:
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Board of Health recently promulgated regulations to control the handling and disposal of TENORM containing materials through registration and licensing. This regulation sets a level of TENORM under which the requirements of the rule are not applicable. Based on current testing, the cities are not aware of any current discharges of non-exempt TENORM to the South Platte Renew (SPR) plant. These code changes are designed to prevent potential future discharges of non-exempt TENORM from sources such as water treatment plant residuals or industrial wastes from entering the plant.
PRIOR ACTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS:
Approving the TENORM-related municipal code changes will prohibit the future discharge or deposit of any non-exempt amounts of TENORM into the wastewater treatment system. These code changes were reviewed by the city attorneys of Littleton and Englewood and approved by the SPR Supervisory Committee on December 17, 2020.
This ordinance passed on first reading on January 19, 2021.
ANALYSIS:
Staff Analysis
SPR currently applies biosolids ...
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