DEP Biweekly Reports Folder 0049, 2000-2001

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preliminary indication that it would consider a streamlining of the permit issuance process, allowing the State to better focus on performance indicators. This is a substantive change in the State's oversight that we intend to pursue.

Updates

General Water Quality and Quantity Heavy rains over the past week caused an increase in storage and turbidity at some reservoirs. Schoharie Reservoir rose from about 33% full to more than 80% full in the span of three days. Extremely high turbidity levels in the reservoir forced the City to shut down all diversions from Schoharie. Other operational changes were made to ensure that water being sent to the City is of the highest quality. In addition, operations at City-owned wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the watershed were impacted by the rains. For example, the Margaretville WWTP, which has a SPDES permitted flow of 400,000 gallons per day, experienced flows in excess of 1.2 million gallons per 0 o of capacity, up from approximately 80% day. As of December 22nd, the reservoirs were a week ago. Normal capacity fort is time of year is 75.5%. Consumption for December 21 was 1164.2 million gallons. The` quality of Catskill/Delaware and Croton source water continues to be excellent.

Westside Corporation On December 11, 2000, a meeting was held between DEP and a number of public officials to discuss the possible impact of the groundwater contamination at the Westside Corp. site on the drinking water in the area. In all, the meeting went very well. The NYS DEC staff were given full opportunity to explain the water delivery system and the results of testing performed to date. Following a series of questions, the elected officials appeared- satisfied but still felt that some additional at the tap testing would be helpful. It was agreed that a mutually acceptable sampling protocol would be developed.

Compliance with EPA Administrative Order This past July, DEP was issued an Administrative Order (AO) by the USEPA, enumerating a list of alleged violations in our Industrial Pre-treatment Program. The focus of the AO was on our methods of identifying, calculating, and enforcing Significant Industrial Users (SIU) and the publicizing of Significant Non-Compliance (SNC) industrial firms. We responded quickly to the AO, implementing a number of USEPA recommendations and partially revising our methodology. We contested several other recommendations with which we disagreed. The USEPA reviewed our progress and indicated that with the completion of one remaining provision, the publication of the fiscal year 2000 SNC list, the Agency will be considered in full compliance with the AO. That final provision was completed by way of our publication of the FY2000 SNC list in the New York Daily News last week. We expect this action will completely close out the USEPA AO.

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