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County Administrator's Report 9. 7.

BCC Regular Meeting

Budget & Finance Consent

Meeting Date:	08/15/2019
Issue: Supplemental Budget Amendment #234 - Ex-Oriskany PCB Artificial Reef Monitoring
From:	STEPHAN HALL
Department:	Asst County Administrator
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation Concerning Supplemental Budget Amendment #234 - Stephan Hall, Budget Manager, Management and Budget Services

That the Board adopt the Resolution approving Supplemental Budget Amendment #234, Other Grants and Projects Fund (110), in the amount of $1,500, to recognize additional Grant proceeds for Grant Agreement 15104-A3, from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) for the Ex-Oriskany PCB Artificial Reef Monitoring Project. These Grant funds will be used for contaminant testing and fish tissue sampling activities at the Ex-Oriskany reef site. No matching funds are required.

BACKGROUND:

On June 6, 2019, the Board approved an Amendment 3 to Agreement No. 15104-A3 with the FWC for the Ex-Oriskany PCB Artificial Reef Monitoring Project. This Amendment will increase the Grant from $105,750 to $107,250; increase the number of samples to be analyzed from 141 to 143 fish; and extend the expiration date from December 31, 2019, to December 31, 2020.

The decommissioned aircraft carrier Ex-Oriskany was deployed as an artificial reef by the US Navy in May 2006. The Navy obtained a permit from US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to deploy the ship in an artificial reef site permitted to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). US Navy's contractors could not remove all materials (paints, wiring, bulkhead insulation, etc.) containing solid-phase Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PBCs), however, the Navy's testing and analysis demonstrated to the satisfaction of USEPA that the PCBs in reef fish at Oriskany Reef would not exceed allowable levels for long-term human consumption.

A condition of the USEPA permit required FWC and Escambia County to collect reef fish from Oriskany Reef for tissue analysis for PCBs. FWC has funded the fish tissue analyses through annual artificial reef monitoring grants. FWC and Escambia County conduct annual reef fish collection and PCB tissue analysis, and provide results to USEPA and Florida Department of Health. Upon review of these data, Florida Department of Health has listed scamp and bank seabass in their Annual Fish Consumption Advisory. USEPA requested FWC develop a Tier 2 Sampling Plan. This will likely result in greater sampling costs, therefore, FWC has increased funding of the existing Agreement FWC-15104 from $105,750 to $107,250.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

This Amendment will increase Fund 110 in the amount of $1,500. No matching funds are required.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

N/A

PERSONNEL:

N/A

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

Board policy requires increases and decreases in revenue to be approved by the Board.

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

N/A

Attachments
SBA#234