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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

DEP Fax:718-595-3557 Rug 15 2000 17:10 P.03

Manhattan: 3,890 Bronx; 6,150 Brooklyn 19,335 Queens: 8,604 Staten Island: 2,042

Total: 40,021

Break in Lines Feeding Chlorine to the Catskill System On Wednesday (8/9/00) at 11:10 a.m. (approx.) the contractor installing water lines for the Town of MT. Pleasant broke both lines feeding chlorine to the Catskill system. The lines were supposed to be 10 - 15 feet from where they actually were. One line is for service and the second is the spare or backup line. The system responded according to design and shut off immediately with no gas escaping. The Westchester County Health Department, the affected communities, Catskill, Hillview and Kensico lab were notified, Chlorination was restored at 2:30 p.m. with the repair of one line. The second line was repaired at 3:45 p.m.. It is estimated that 70MGD was untreated.

Fire Insurance Liens DEP has initiated a pilot program, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to secure payment from fire insurance proceeds where there are open water/sewer charges on the properties that experienced fire damage or destruction. According to Section 22 of the NYC General Municipal Law and Section 331 of the NYS Insurance Law, outstanding special liens, such as water and sewer charges, are collectible against the proceeds of fire insurance policies. However, the lien holder must serve the insurance company within 20 days of the notification of the loss, In order to take advantage of the-potential revenue stream, DOF has agreed to notify DEP immediately when a notice of claim is received by DOF at their offices. DOF will also access the DEP water/sewer billing computer system to determine if there are outstanding charges and simultaneously DEP will review the charges to ensure that they are accurate and valid. Where necessary, the account will be reconciled so that the claims can be made without challenges. As part of the agreement with DOF, any revenues collected for water/sewer charges will be paid to DEP and the account will be credited with the payment. We are projecting a collection of 55 million per year, utilizing one staff person,

USEPA Pretreatment Program Order On June 26`h, the USEPA Region 2 office issued its Official Audit Report, containing results of the NYCDEP Pretreatment Program Audit it had conducted earlier in the year. This audit is a comprehensive investigation of the Agency's industrial pretreatment activities, thus there is expectation. that federal auditors will be able to cite an occasional failure of strict adherence to federal regulations. In this instance we were surprised to receive an extensive list of citations, claiming violations of reporting procedures, not issuing pretreatment permits within specified time frames, and many more. The Audit Report provides a comment period, in this case extending into September, to respond to the citations, whether disagreeing, complying with remedies, or Suggesting alternative actions.

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