24th Annual Region VI Pretreatment Association Workshop Participant Survey Results

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24th Annual Region VI Pretreatment Association
WorkshopParticipant Survey Results
Prepared by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
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Survey Questionnaire

• Loading adjustments may be needed for
• Allowable headworks loadings,
• The numeric limits, or
• The BMPs for any affected sectors

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Participant Survey Results
Number of survey results per state
Arkansas 13 Louisiana 6 New
Mexico 4 Oklahoma 9 Texas 20 Kansas 4
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Participant Survey Results
Number of staff or full time equivalents (FTE)
dedicated to the pretreatment program, including
management, administrative, sampling, inspection,
enforcement, and legal staff 15 Small Programs
Surveyed 1 - 8 25 Medium Programs Surveyed 1 -
5 16 Large Programs Surveyed 1.5 - 45
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Participant Survey Results
Number of wastewater treatment plants in the
entire service area Small 1 - 5 Medium 1 -
6 Large 2 - 7
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Participant Survey Results
Do you use any of the following sources of
funding your pretreatment program (or do these
fees go into the general operating/utilities fund
if this financially supports the pretreatment
program)? Small () Med () Large () SIU
permit fees 9 (60) 11 (44) 11 (69) Non-SIU
permit fees 3 (20) 7 (28) 8 (50) Monitoring
fees 1 (6) 5 (20) 8 (50) Inspection fees 2
(13) 3 (12) 3 (19) SIU surcharges 9 (60) 17
(68) 11 (69) Enforcement fines 12 (80) 17
(68) 9 (56) Enforcement penalties 7 (47) 10
(40) 11 (69)
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Participant Survey Results

• Do you, or any department of your organization,
  implement any of the following activities that
  promote pollution prevention (P2)? Small
  () Med () Large ()
• FOG program 9 (60) 19 (76) 13 (81)
• Waste hauler program 5 (33) 15 (60) 11 (69)
• BMPs for dentists 4 (27) 4 (16) 5 (31)
• BMPs for silver discharges 4 (27) 5 (20) 6
  (38)
• Mercury elimination program
• for local hospitals 4 (27) 6 (24) 6 (38)
• for schools 1 (6) 1 (4) 1 (6)

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Participant Survey Results

• Additional pollution prevention activities?
• Recycling of household hazardous waste
  program
• Electronic waste recycling
• Fats, oils, and grease workshop for
  restaurants and apartment complexes
• Industry driven educational workshops
• Educational outreach, including
  comprehensive website
• Emergency/first responder services
• Coordinates with storm water, reuse, and
  aquifer protection programs

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Participant Survey Results

• Do you implement any of the following additional
  pretreatment program activities?
• Small () Med () Large ()
• Annual Pretreatment Program
• SIU Compliance or P2 Award 3 (20) 6 (24)
  10 (63)
• Other
• Luncheon with appreciation certificates
• Environmental Steward Award
• Roadside sign with award winner