ADEM Wastewater Update (From a Permitting Perspective)

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ADEM Wastewater Update(From a Permitting
Perspective)

• 2008 Alabama Water and Pollution Control
  Association Conference
• July 29, 2008
• Daphne Smart, Chief
• Municipal Permit Section
• NPDES Permit Branch
• ADEM Water Division

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Overview

• Organizational Changes
• Water Treatment Plant General Permit
• Rule Change - TMDL Compliance Schedules
• 303(d) List/TMDL Status
• e-DMR

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Organizational Changes

• Why Change?
• Goals are to
• Improve efficiency of operations and processes
• Conduct permitting, compliance, and enforcement
  activities quicker, better, faster

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Organizational Changes

• Major changes to the Departments NPDES Program
• Functional realignment of permitting, compliance,
  and enforcement activities
• Move of permitting and enforcement functions for
  construction and mining programs to Water
  Division
• Groundwater Branch moved from Water Division to
  Land Division
• Creation of the Office of Water Services within
  Water Division

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NPDES ProgramFunctional Realignment, from
Water Division Water Division Field Operations Division Field Operations Division
Permit Type Permit Type Permit Type Permit Type
Function Municipal/ SPP/MS4 Industrial/ SID Mining Construction
Permitting
Compliance
Enforcement
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NPDES ProgramFunctional Realignment, to
Permit Type Permit Type Permit Type Permit Type
Function Division Municipal/ SPP/MS4 Industrial/ SID Mining Construction
Permitting Water
Compliance Field Operations
Enforcement Water
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NPDES ProgramOrganization, from
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NPDES ProgramOrganization, to
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Reorganization Status

• Completing Workload Transition
• Developing New Procedures/Protocols to
  Effectively Implement New Structure and Functions

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New Permit Branch Organizational Structure
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Who Do I Call?

• Organizational Chart and Area Contact Listing on
  ADEM Webpage
• http//www.adem.state.al.us/WaterDivision/WaterDiv
  isionPP.htm
• Area Maps

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Water Division Managers

• James McIndoe, Chief
• NPDES Permit Branch Glenda Dean, Chief
• Industrial/Mining Section Eric Sanderson, Chief
• Municipal/MS4 Section Daphne Smart, Chief
• Construction/General Section Dale Mapp, Chief
• NPDES Enforcement Branch Chip Crockett, Chief
• Industrial/Municipal/Mining Section Jimbo
  Carlson, Chief
• Construction/General/MS4 Section Jennifer
  Klepac, Chief
• Coordination/Desk Compliance Unit Lee Warren,
  Chief
• Drinking Water Branch Dennis Harrison, Chief
• Surface Source Section Jim Arnold, Chief
• Ground Source Section George Cox, Chief
• Water Quality Branch Lynn Sisk, Chief
• Technical Support Section Chris Johnson, Chief
• Office of Water Services Lynn Garthright, Chief

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Water Treatment Plant General Permit (ALG640000)

• Issued on April 23, 2008
• Effective July 1, 2008
• Expires June 30, 2013
• Authorizes Discharges of
• Filter Backwash
• Sedimentation Basin Wash Water
• Decant Water from WTPs

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Water Treatment Plant GP

• Discharge Limitations

Effluent Characteristic Units Daily Min DailyMax Mo. Avg. Frequency Sample Type
Flow MGD - Monitor Monitor 1/Day Instantaneous
pH s.u. 6.0 8.5 - 1/Month Grab
Total Suspended Solids mg/l - 45.0 30.0 1/Month Composite
Total Residual Chlorine mg/l - 0.019 - 1/Month Grab
Aluminum, Total Recoverable mg/l - 0.75 - 1/Month Composite
Iron, Total Recoverable mg/l - 1.0 - 1/Month Composite
Phosphorus, Total as P mg/l - Monitor - 1/Month Composite
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Water Treatment Plant GP

• Aluminum
• Total and Total Recoverable shall be considered
  equivalent
• Applicable only if Aluminum-based coagulants used
• Iron
• Total and Total Recoverable shall be considered
  equivalent
• Applicable only if filtration from iron removal
  or iron-based coagulants used
• Phosphorus
• Applicable only if phosphate-based corrosion
  inhibitors used

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Water Treatment Plant GP

• GP Advantages
• Quicker
• NOI vs. Individual Permit Applications
• Permit
• Cheaper
• General Permit - currently 645
• Individual Permit - currently 2005 possible
  additional fees

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Water Treatment Plant GP

• Possible GP Disadvantage
• Discharge limitations (pH, TRC, Al, Fe) do not
  account for dilution
• Individual Permits only account for dilution if
  the 7Q10 of the receiving stream is non-zero

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Rule Change TMDL Compliance Schedules

• Pending Final Approval
• ADEM Admin. Code r. 335-6-6-.16
• Allows for the establishment of schedules of
  compliance in NPDES permits to achieve TMDLs
• ButCompliance still required as soon as possible

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303(d) List / TMDL Status

• Section 303(d) of the CWA and 40 CFR Part 130
  specify requirements for identifying impaired
  waters and developing TMDLs to address the
  impairments
• Waters determined to be impaired are included on
  the States 303(d) list
• The list is revised following public comment
  every 2 years
• The 2008 303(d) list was approved by EPA Region
  4 on April 22, 2008

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The 2008 303(d) List

• The 2008 list includes
• 147 unique waterbodies
• 199 listed segments
• 1,727 miles of impaired rivers/streams
• 340 segment/pollutant combinations
• 15 new segments (9 segments removed from the 2006
  list)
• 21 new segment/pollutant combinations (21
  segment/pollutant combinations removed from the
  2006 list)

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TMDLs

• AL - 151 approved TMDLs (as of July
  2008)(http//www.adem.state.al.us/WaterDivision/W
  Quality/TMDL/WQTMDLInfo.htm)
• 2008 Approved TMDLs

Waterbody Pollutant County
Buxahatchee Creek Nutrients Shelby/Chilton
Puppy Creek Nutrients Mobile
Sougahatchee Creek Embayment Nutrients OE/DO Tallapoosa
Pepperell Branch Nutrients Lee
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TMDLs by the Numbers
Pollutant / Cause Number of TMDLs
Siltation (sediment) 28
Organic Enrichment / DO 59
Pathogens (fecal coliform) 34
Nutrients 10
Ammonia 7
Others (pH, Pesticides, Metals, PCBs, Turbidity, Other Habitat Alteration) 13
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Draft TMDLs

• TMDLs Pending Finalization Approval
• Cahaba River - siltation
• Alabama River - OE/DO
• Aliceville Reservoir - OE/DO
• Flint River - pathogens
• Dowling Branch - pathogens
• Cotaco Creek - pathogens
• West Fork Cotaco Creek - pathogens

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Upcoming TMDLs

• Coosa Lakes
• Weiss Lake nutrients
• Neely Henry nutrients, OE/DO/ pH
• Logan Martin nutrients, OE/DO
• Lay nutrients, OE/DO
• Mitchell - nutrients
• Brindley Creek nutrients
• Hurricane Creek pathogens
• Beaver Creek nutrients
• Sipsey River iron (delisting)
• Bassett Creek pathogens
• Bayou La Batre pathogens
• Indian Camp Creek nutrients (delisting)
• Purgatory Creek pH (delisting)

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Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report Program
(e-DMR)

• Internet application that allows regulated
  facilities to submit discharge monitoring reports
  (DMRs) on line
• Integrated with the NPDES database at ADEM
• Voluntary participation initially

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e-DMR

• Available for
• Industrial NPDES
• Municipal NPDES
• Mining NPDES
• Underground Injection Control (UIC) Sites
• State Indirect Dischargers (SID)

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e-DMR Features

• Up-to-date limits and parameters
• Electronic submission and certification of
  reports
• 3 types of submissions 1. Web data entry
  form 2. Copy and paste from MS Excel 3. File
  submission (XML)

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e-DMR Features

• Allows for revised DMR submissions
• Allows for the submittal of attachments
• Submitter receives an e-mail
• 1. submissions
• 2. validation
• 3. processing
• 4. password/PIN changes

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e-DMR Features

• Submission status and history retained
• Saves reports that are in progress
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater required
• Secure connection

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e-DMR Features

• Edit an open report
• Print DMR reports
• Attach a file to the online submission
• View prior submissions

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e-DMR 3 Levels of Access

• Viewer
• Preparer
• Certifier

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e-DMRPermittee Participation Package

• Provides an introduction to the program
• Outlines requirements for participation
• Provides guidance for application process,
  changing registration, or leaving the program
• Includes
• 1. Permittee Registration Form (page 15)
• 2. Electronic Signature Agreement (page 27)

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e-DMRSign up

• A. Internet
• 1. http//www.adem.alabama.gov
• 2. https//e2.adem.alabama.gov/npdes
• B. Hardcopy

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e-DMR Questions?

• Janet Edwards
• Information Systems
• [phone]
• jfenn_at_adem.state.al.us
• https//e2.adem.alabama.gov/npdes

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Contact Information

• NPDES Permit Branch
• Glenda Dean 334-270-5602 gld_at_adem.state.al.us
• Eric Sanderson 334-271-7838 els_at_adem.state.al.us
• Daphne Smart 334-271-7801 dsmart_at_adem.state.al.us
  
• Dale Mapp 334-394-4399 dpm_at_adem.state.al.us
• NPDES Enforcement Branch
• Chip Crockett 334-271-7974 vhc_at_adem.state.al.us
• Jimbo Carlson 334-271-7975 jhc_at_adem.state.al.us
• Jennifer Klepac 334-394-4313 jklepac_at_adem.state.a
  l.us
• Lee Warren 334-271-7845 dlw_at_adem.state.al.us
• Water Quality Branch
• Lynn Sisk 334-271-7826 ls_at_adem.state.al.us
• Chris Johnson 334-271-7827 clj_at_adem.state.al.us

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Daphne Smart Municipal Permit Section NPDES
Permit Branch [phone] dsmart_at_adem.state.al.
us