# EP

**A Silo xa**  **nes (D4) E CA**  **En vir**  **onmen ta**  **l Monit oring**  **Pr ogr** **am Upda te**  **SEHSC/EP A**  **Meeting July 15, 2014** 

# Meeting Goals

• **Update on SEHSC Progress**  • **Overview of Program Challenges**  • **EP A’**  **s Engagement with Resolving Program Challenges** 

# Key Milestones

• Ef fective Date of ECA 4 Apr 2014 • Submission of the Study Plan 2 Aug 2014 • Submission of QAPP 1 Oct 2014 • EP A A pproval of Study Plan 1 Oct 2014* • Go - Live By Date for Monitoring 30 Nov 2014* • Field Sampling & Analytical Complete 25 Nov 2015* • Interim Reports due every 180 days • Final Report 23 April 2016* **(*** **- estimate)** 

# Progress

• SEHSC Funding Agreement signed 13 Jan 2014 • Contractor Selected: ERM & ALS Lab 7 F eb 2014 • Lab Certification @ 2 Sites completion 22 Aug 2014 • Field Sampling Certification completion Sep 2014 • Site Selection underway • EP A A pproval underway • Site Access Agreements underway  4 Direct Discharge Committed  1 I ndustrial Committed  3 Residential C ommitted 

### • Study Plan (4 Direct Discharge Sites) 2 Aug 2014 • QAPP(applicable to all 14 sites) 1 Oct 2014 Positive progress made so far, but there are challenges . . . . 1 year to select and secure access agreements with current 4 POTW sites

## Ro **und 1: Larger F acilities with P**  **opulations >60,000**

**PO TW**  **Sampling Candidate Sit**  **e Selection**  Start: Ma y 2013

Jan 2014 Continued on next slide ISTREAM POTWs - **10,422** Activ ated Sludge POTW s - **4,871** Sites Serving a P opulation > 60,000 - **342** POTW s with a Dilution F actor <3 - **228** NEEDS 2004 POTWs - **16,583**

Lowest Dilution F actor and P opulation by State - **64 + 17 supplemental**  **sites ,**  **some with D .F** **. <10 (total**  **81 sites called).** 

**PO TW** **s Contacted -**  **48** Qualified POTW s (No Combined Sewers, Receiving Wa ter T ype, Authoriz ation, etc.) - **26** Re sidential POTW s with <15% Industrial Influent **8** Industrial POTW s with >15% Industrial Influent **9 33 back**  **up**

**sit es**  **re main** Re sidential

POTW s with <15% Industrial Influent **8** Industrial POTW s with >15% Industrial Influent **9** 

## Ro **und 1: Larger Fa**  **cilities with P opulations >60,000**  **PO TW**  **Sampling Candidate Sit**  **e Selection** 

Site Accepted **3+2** ten t ative Sites Accepted - **2**
Eliminated Due to Te rtiary Treatment **1** Eliminated Due to Te rtiary Treatment **4 Site Remaining**  **- 1**  **(access agreement signed)**  Site Remaining - **1 (access agreement**  **signed)** Jan 2014

Ma y 2014 Sites Declined - **3** Sites Declined - 7

**Round 1 Results:**  **2 signed access agreements** 

# Round **1: Status of**  **Candidate POTWs** 

• Agreed to participate; signed the access agreement  Gresham, OR (Industrial)  Lexington, KY

( R esidential)ISTREAM POTW s - **10,422**

Activ ated Sludge POTW s - **4,871** (~41% with tertiary tr eatment* **)** Sites Serving a P opulation > 10,000 with a dilution fa ctor **<10 -**  **1,070**

NEEDS 2004 POTW s - **16,583**

POTW s serving >10,000 **– 140**  without identified issues ** Sites Initial contact made, but key contact still to be identified **14** 

## Re **sponse t o Challenges**  **– Increase No. of PO** **TW s t**  **o Consider Ro**  **und 2: Smaller F acilities with P**  **opulation >10,000**  **PO TW**  **Sampling Candidat e Sit**  **e Selection** Start: April, 2014

Ongoing *US EP A Clean W atersheds Needs Survey , 2008: R eport to Congr ess **issues: 334 tertiary tr eatment, 167 sign. violations, 411 no E CHO data, 18 other eliminating conditions Sites Contact Still Being Pur sued **98** Sites Signed Agr eements **2** Sites

Declined **2** Eliminated **2** Sites

Further Information Re quested **22**

# Current **Status of Candidate POTWs**

• Round 1; agreed to participate and signed the access agreement  Gresham, OR (Industrial)  Lexington, KY

(Residential) 

## • Round 2 ; agreed to participate and signed access agreement  Lafayette (Boulder), CO (Residential)  Genesee, MI (Residential)

# Remaining Pool of Candidate **POTWs**

• **POTWs Needed**  4 Industrial  2 Residential 

# • **Remaining Pool of Potential POTWs From**  **Rounds 1 and 2**   167 POTWs  33 sites – need to be evaluated for the presence of tertiary treatment  98 sites – no successful contact made  14 sites – viable; only initial contact made  22 sites – require additional information

# Feedback **on POTW’ s Declining**  **Participation** 1. No derived value from participation 2. Increased burden from participation 3. No resources to support participation 4. May trigger additional regulatory reporting from participation

# What **is the Projected Ti**  **ming from**  **POTW Agreement**  **to Submission of Final**  **Study Plan to EP** 

**A? PO** **TW Agr ees**  **to P articipate** 

**Sit e Visit**  **Development of Dr aft Study Plan**  **Member Comments Addr**  **essed Final**  **Study Plan f or EP** 

**A R eview**  **Signed Access Agr**  **eement 4 Months**  **To tal**  **(pr oject**  **ed) 8 weeks**  **(typical) 2 weeks**  **(typical) 2 weeks**  **(typical) 2 weeks**  **(pr oject**  **ed) 2 weeks**  **(pr oject**  **ed)**

# Challenges **1. Completion**  **of Site Selection/Access Agreements**   Securing signed Access Agreement with POTW’ s  Length of time needed against current timeline 

# 2. **Submission of “complete” Study** **P lan by**  **August 2, 2014**   Study Plan section for 4 Direct Discharge sites to be submitted by August 2, 2014

# “Suggested” **Options**

• EP A assistance to encourage POTWs to participate  Discuss options 

## • Study Plan extension - August 2, 2014 to April 2, 2015 • Other Options?

# Next **Steps**