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REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO DESIGNATE ;THE
�i ARKHOMA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO r
CARRY OUT 208 WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
x PLANNING IN THE FORT SMITH SMSA
02,40-2.• o J WHEREAS, Section 208 of the Water Act amendments of 1972;
administered by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, re-'1.
"quires waste water management planning on an areawide basis in
areas with concentrations of industrial development, and
i, WHEREAS, the Fort Smith Ark. -Okla. SMSA is a growing,
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'industrial area with substantial waste water treatment problems
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WHEREAS, the Arkhoma Regional Planning Commission exists
as an intergovernmental planning and coordinating agency created
by and serving the local governments in an areawide planning
capacity within the four county area of LeFlore Sequoyah in 1i'.
i Oklahoma and Crawford Sebastian in Arkansas, and
r WHEREAS, the Arkhoma Regional Planning Commission has
requested to be Designated as the entity to carry out the required
1 1 15" 1 areawide Section 208. Water Quality Management Planning in coop-
eration with the Arkansas and Oklahoma Pollution Control Agencies
as prescribed by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency,'
,NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City of Van Buren
city county
desires to work cooperatively with neighboring local governments
in developing the required Section 208 plans for the Arkhoma Region, r.'!
and
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Governor is hereby,requested
to Designate the Arkhoma Regional Planning Commission as the
entity to carry out this planning program.
'*s Passed April 20th of 1976.
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