# EP

**A Silo xa**  **nes (D4) E CA**  **En vir**  **onmen ta**  **l Monit oring**  **Pr ogr** **am Upda te**  **SEHSC/EP A**  **Meeting Nov**  **ember 17, 2014**

# Meeting Goals

• **Update on SEHSC Progress**  • **Feedback on SEHSC Submissions** • **ECA “Next**  **Steps”** • **Collaborative Activities**  • **Path Forward**

# Progress **to Date**

• SEHSC Funding Agreement signed 13 Jan 2014 • Contractor Selected: ERM & ALS Lab 7 F eb 2014 • Study Plan (4 Direct Discharge Sites) 8 Aug 2014 • Lab Certification @ Primary Site (Kelso) 18 Sep 2014 o Secondary Site (Salt Lake City) In Progress 

## • QAPP(applicable to all 14 sites) 1 Oct 2014 • 1 st 

## Interim Progress Report 1 Oct 2014 • Field Sampling Certification 23 Oct 2014 • Site Access Agreements 1 Nov 2014  4 Direct Discharge Committed  4 I ndustrial Committed  5 Residential C ommitted 15 months for selections and signed access agr eements

# PO**TW Candida te**  **Sit e Selection** 

**Start :**  **March 2013**

**November 2014**  Committed **9** Declined/

Eliminated **66** NEEDS 2004 Survey POTW s

**16,583** ISTREAM Flow Database (dilution fa ctor)

**10,422** Activated Sludge/No T

ertiary **4,871** Po pulation and Dilution Fa ctor

**1,070** Sit es Meeting Validation Crit eria

**140** Contact POTW s & Secur e Access Agr eements

Re maining **65 Pr** **ocess to identify**  **sit es that**  **meet ECA crit**  **eria May 2014**  January 2014 1 st Submission of Sites to EPA

# D4 ECA

**Sampling Locations**

**Lexington, KY Region 4** 

**Residential Sites Boulder, CO**  **Region 8**

**Elmhurst, IL**

**Region 5 Steamboat**  **Springs, CO Region 8**  **Columbus, OH Region 5** 
**Gresham, OR Region 10** 

**Industrial Sites South Iowa City,**  **IA Region 7**  **Wichita, KS Region 7**  **Sistersville ,**  **WV Region 3**  **Waterford, NY**

**Region 2**

**Carrolton, KY Region 4**  **Direct Discharge Sites**  **Ad rian,**  **MI Region 5**  **Genessee , M**  **I Region 5** 

# Field Sample **Tr aining** 

**Vi deo** 

# Fe **edback fr om EP** 

**A on SEHSC Submissions**


# • Study Plan Sections (SPS) for the 4 dir ect discharge sit es • QAPP • 1 st 

# In te rim Pr ogr ess R eport • Other?

# ECA **“Next Steps”** 

• Address EP

A feedback on initial submissions, incorporate into remaining SPS • Submission of the 10 POTW and revised DD SPS by 1 Feb 2015 • Prepare and submit 2 nd 

# Interim Progress Report 30 Mar 2015 • Establish sampling schedule for all 14 sites

# Impact of Sampling W **indow on ECA**

Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Ma y Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Oct **2014 2015**  **2016** SPS POTW and Revised DD & Amended QAPP to EP A F eb. 1 EP

A Approval SPS POTW & Amended QAPP Apr . 2 **Field Sampling E** **vent #1 (time period**  **fo r low**  **flow/low dilution**  **fo r**  **14 sites) May**  **- Aug**  **Field Sampling E** **vent #2**

**(time period fo**  **r low flow/low**  **dilution and**  **90 day split for 14 sites** ) **Sept -**  **Nov**

Final

Report to EP A QAPP to EP A Oct. 1 EP

A Comments on DD/QAPP Nov. 30 SPS DD to EP A Aug. 8
**Sampling Period (low**

**flow/low dilution Sept. 15 to Nov. 15** 

# Collaborative **Activities**

• **Reaffirm Communication Loop for ECA**  **Challenges**
• **Status of POTW Encour agement Letter**  • Three sites (industrial) requested 

# • **Status of POTW Appreciation Letter** 

# “Suggested” **Options**

• Modify schedule to address updated sampling and analysis timing • 1 Feb 2015 – Study Plan Submission for POTWs • 1 April 2015 – Study Plan/QAPPA pproval • 30 May 2015 – Go Live for sampling
• Issue POTW Encouragement Letter • Issue POTW Appreciation Letter

# Questions **and Next Steps** 

# Photos from Field Sample **Tr aining** 

# DD/POTW Site Oper **ational Issues** 

• Oper ating under normal conditions?
• Scheduled/unscheduled maint enance or construction?
• Other?

# Env **ironmental Issues**

# Sampling Issues **- Mixing Zone/Plume** 

**Ex: Carr ollton, KY Site**  CORMIX Model • Mixing z one sever al miles down river • Plume pr oject ed along bank

# Sampling Issues **- Collection**  **of Benthic**  **Invertebr**

**ates**

**20 samples over 4 hour**  **s**

# GLP**Issues –**  **Decisions in the Field**