R2017-068 2017-04-10RESOLUTION NO. R2017-68
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, requesting
that the Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality (`TCEQ") suspend TCEQ Municipal Solid Waste Permit No. 1505A
("Permit) until the Blue Ridge Landfill ("BRL") demonstrates to the TCEQ that
landfill is operating in strict compliance with the Permit and all rules and
regulations governing nuisance odors and surface concentration monitoring
associated with the landfill.
WHEREAS, BRL is a permitted landfill located in Fort Bend County that operates under
the rules and regulations of the TCEQ; and
WHEREAS, based on TCEQ records, from November 1, 2014 to November 30, 2016
there were 358 complaints filed against BRL, and there were more than 1,800 odor complaints
in the surrounding area during the same period; and
WHEREAS, In a TCEQ investigation conducted from May 4, 2016 to August 18, 2016,
the TCEQ documented that BRL failed to prevent nuisance odor conditions at the landfill; and
WHEREAS, In another TCEQ investigation from October 18, 2016 through November 10,
2016, it was documented that BRL failed to properly monitor surface concentrations at the
landfill; and
WHEREAS, the City Council acknowledges that TCEQ regulations governing the
operations of landfills exist to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, in the interest of the public, requests that the TCEQ strictly
enforce all rules and regulations that apply to BRL landfill.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That City Council hereby requests that the Executive Director of the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ") suspend TCEQ Municipal Solid Waste Permit
No. 1505A ("Permit) until the Blue Ridge Landfill ("BRL") demonstrates to the TCEQ that the
landfill is operating in strict compliance with the Permit and all rules and regulations governing
RESOLUTION NO. R2017-68
nuisance odors and surface concentration monitoring associated with the landfill.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 10th day of April, A.D., 2017.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR