4/18/17 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED.
ON DEC 28, 2011, EPA ISSUED AO CWA-04-2012-4758 TO THE CITY FOR VIOLATION OF THE CWA AND THE PERMIT AS A RESULT OF SSOs. PURSUANT TO THE 2011 AO, THE CITY DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (MOM) PROGRAMS: A PUMP STATION OPERATIONS PROGRAM (DATED JULY 2, 2014); A PUMP STATION PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM (DATED AUG 28, 2014); A SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW RESPONSE PLAN (DATED JULY 2, 2014); AND A SYSTEM EVALUATION AND REHABILITATION PLANS (SERP) WHICH CONSISTS OF A CAPACITY ASSESSMENT (DATED APR 27, 2015); A SEWER SYSTEM EVALUATION SURVEY (DATED JAN 27, 2015); AND A WCTS REMEDIATION PLAN (DATED JUNE 2015, SUBSEQUENT REVISIONS ON OCT 14, 2015 AND AUG 1, 2016).
THE COMPLIED WITH THE AO EXCEPT AS RELATED TO THE TIMEFRAME FOR COMPLETION OF THE REMEDIATION PROJECTS PRESCRIBED IN THE WCTS REMEDIATION PLAN. THE CITY STATED IN THE OCT 14, 2015, WCTS REMEDIATION PLAN SUBMITTAL THAT IT WAS NOT ABLE TO FINANCE THE PROPOSED REMEDIATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE 2 YEAR TIMEFRAME PRESCRIBED IN THE AO. FOLLOWING THE DISCOERY OF AVAILABILITY OF A NEW FUNDING SOURCE, ON AUG 1, 2016, THE CITY SUBMITTED A REVISED WCTS REMEDIATION PLAN WHICH PROVIDED FOR A 5-YR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR THE PROPOSED REMEDIAL MEASURES.
UPON ISSUANCE OF THIS AOC, EPA HEREBY APPROVES THE REVISED WCTS REMEDIATION PLAN, DATED AUG 1, 2016 AND CLOSES THE 2011 AO.
PURSUANT TO THE AO, THE CITY REPORTED TO EPA CONTINUING