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CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE CONSENT ORDER NO. 13-077 BY THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ) FOR THE NORMAN WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY NO. S-20616, PERMIT NO. OK0029190.
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BACKGROUND: The Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (OPDES) permit for the South Water Reclamation Facility (WRF), issued July 1, 2010 by Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), required construction of new disinfection facilities and to attain compliance with final discharge limits by July 1, 2013. Prior to and concurrent with issuance of the OPDES permit, the Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) informed DEQ that the original schedule contained in the permit and listed below was not achievable.
1. Submit approvable Engineering Report (ER) by April 1, 2011.
2 Submit approvable Plans and Specifications (P&S) by January 1, 2012.
3. Begin construction of disinfection facilities by July 1, 2012.
4. Complete construction of disinfection facilities by May 1, 2013.
5. Attain compliance with final limits for Fecal Coliform and Total Residual Chlorine by July 1, 2013.
Since 2010, the NUA has been reporting progress to DEQ regarding completion of the above tasks as required by OPDES Permit No. OK0029190. Pertinent correspondences between the NUA and DEQ, and tasks completed to date are listed in the Chronological Event Summary included as Attachment 1. The DEQ has issued the following notices to the NUA regarding the compliance schedule on our OPDES permit:
*??On October 11, 2011, DEQ issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) regarding failure to submit ER by April 1, 2011 in accordance with Task 1.
*?? On August 16, 2012, DEQ issued an NOV for exceeding discharge limits for Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in March 2012 and Ammonia (NH4) in June 2012. As noted in our response, these violations were directly related to an extreme 24-hour rainfall event of 4.7 inches in March and...
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