ASPECTS OF STATE-WIDE EMERGENCY
RESPONSE PROGRAMS FOR MUNICIPAL
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES PROGRAMS
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OFFICE OF WATER PROGRAM OPERATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
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ASPECTS OF STATE-WIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAMS
FOR
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
FOR THE
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS BRANCH
OFFICE OF WATER PROGRAM OPERATIONS
US. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
CONTRACT NO. 68-01-0341
MARCH, 1974
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20403 - Price 11.26
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ABSTRACT
This document provides information to assist in the development of State emergency
programs in responding to spills of raw or inadequately treated municipal wastewater. This
manual emphasizes the legal aspects of spill reporting, the definition of a reportable spill,
and State-wide aspects of emergency response planning.
Preliminary steps in this work included a review of existing and proposed Federal statutes
and current State water pollution control laws and regulations. Input from the National Oil
and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, the U.S. Office of Emergency
Preparedness, the American Water Works Association's Emergency Planning Handbook, the
Office of Civil Defense's Publication, Civil Defense Aspects of Waterworks Operation, and
Virginia's Natural Disaster Assistance Plan has been incorporated in this manual. Over 55
State and interstate agencies were asked to provide information on existing or future water
pollution contingency plans, and over two hundred wastewater treatment facilities were
asked to provide information on emergency plans.
The guidelines presented are not intended as rigid formats. Each State response plan must be
modified to the individual situation.
This manual was submitted in fulfillment of Contract No. 68-01-0341, under the
sponsorship of the Office of Water Program Operations, Environmental Protection Agency.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
I CONCLUSIONS 1
II RECOMMENDATIONS 3
III INTRODUCTION 5
Scope and Purpose 5
Project Phases 5
Manual Format 6
Section IV - General 6
Section V - Organization 6
Section VI - Facilities 7
Section VII - Reporting System 7
Section VIII - Cost Recovery 7
IV GENERAL 9
Spill Definition 9
Responsibility 11
Regions 11
Plant Inventory 12
Stream Modeling 12
Local Emergency Response Program 12
Spill Classification 15
V ORGANIZATION 17
Strike Forces 17
Stream Sampling Teams 18
Evaluation Team 18
Public Information Officer 19
VI FACILITIES 21
State Response Center 21
Regional Response Center 21
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)
SECTION PAGE
VII REPORTING SYSTEMS 25
Introduction 25
Local Reporting 25
Regional Reporting 25
Reporting Format 29
VIII COST RECOVERY 31
General 31
System of Fines 34
IX REFERENCES 37
X APPENDICES 49
A PERTINENT FEDERAL STATUTES 51
B STATE LAW/REGULATION TABULATION 65
C SAMPLE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PAMPHLET 77
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE PAGE
1 Sample Dye Study Flow Data Presentation 13
2 Sample Floor Plan
State Emergency Response Center 22
3 Sample State Map Showing Regional Breakdown
for Spill Reporting 26
4 Sample Spill Report Forms 27
5 Sample Telephone Call List 28
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SECTION I
CONCLUSIONS
1. Very few States have written into their State laws a requirement that municipal
wastewater treatment system owners report spills of raw or inadequately treated
sewage. However, many State Water Pollution Control Agencies have adopted
regulations, under authority of State law, that require such a spill be reported.
2. Because of the many conditions that must be evaluated when investigating a
municipal wastewater spill (waste characteristics to include strength and volume,
receiving stream assimilation capacity, and downstream water uses), the States do
not place the burden of estimating incident severity on the individual treatment
system owner. The States require reporting of any discharge of inadequately treated
wastewater, and the State Water Pollution Control Agency collects the information
necessary to determine the environmental impact of the spill.
3. Few States currently have formal contingency plans specifically for spills of
municipal wastewater. However, several States have oil and hazardous materials spill
plans, and several States provide stream sampling teams to respond to water
pollution emergencies. General information on the philosophy of emergency
response planning is available from the National and Regional Oil and Hazardous
Substance Pollution Contingency Plans, the U.S. Office of Emergency Preparedness,
the Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, and State Civil Defense Plans.
4. With little effort, the existing Water Pollution Control Agencies in most States could
be organized to provide a more efficient response to municipal wastewater spills. All
State Water Pollution Control Agencies now respond to water pollution emergencies.
In most cases, the agencies have sufficient personnel and communication capability
to respond in an acceptable manner. A well thought-out plan, similar to the Oil and
Hazardous Materials Plans now existing in several States, would minimize the
environmental, public health, and public welfare impact of municipal wastewater
spills.
5. Very few municipal treatment systems have formal emergency response plans. Most
owners rely on adequate staffing and sufficient equipment to cope with emergencies.
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SECTION II
RECOMMENDATIONS
All States should review their existing water pollution control laws and regulations and, if
necessary, provide a requirement for reporting spills of raw or inadequately treated
municipal wastewater.
All States should develop a plan for receiving spill reports on a 24-hour-a-day basis and set
up a mechanism for responding in a prompt and efficient manner. Coordination of
emergency plans between adjacent States that have a common river basin should be
encouraged.
All municipal wastewater treatment system owners should develop local emergency response
plans and provide training for local personnel involved in emergency planning.
Flow models should be developed of critical streams in each State. These models will help
provide a rapid severity estimate for a given spill.
State Water Pollution Control Agencies should develop a preliminary spill classification
procedure. This procedure will enable a State representative to classify a given spill as Major
or Minor using preliminary spill report information. This classification will ensure early and
appropriate responses to spill reports.
Municipal wastewater treatment system owners should analyze the vulnerability of their
systems and other pertinent data which can aid them in developing local emergency
programs.
All municipal wastewater treatment facilities should develop a list of treatment capabilities
during periods of equipment or treatment process failure. Such a list will aid in estimating
the degree of treatment that the wastewater is receiving for any given failure condition.
Emergency equipment and personnel inventories should be established by all municipal
wastewater treatment facilities.
Professional, technical, and service organizations (Water Pollution Control Federations,
American Society of Civil Engineers, etc.) should provide opportunities for personnel
involved in emergency planning to receive up-to-date training in this area.
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All States, either through existing organizations (Council of State Governments, etc.) or new
groups, should exchange ideas, techniques, and philosophy concerning emergency response
plans.
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SECTION III
INTRODUCTION
Scope and Purpose
The primary function of municipal wastewater treatment facilities is to collect and treat
municipal wastewaters so as to attain an interim national "... goal of water quality which
provides for the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife, and provides for
recreation in and on the water." The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of
1972 stipulate that this is to be accomplished by publicly owned treatment works in a
consistent and reliable manner; treatment works must meet effluent limitations based upon
secondary treatment, or any more stringent applicable limitations, by July 1, 1977, and
must employ the best practicable waste treatment technology by July 1, 1983. The specific
conditions and limitations will be identified in a permit issued to each point source
discharge under the "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System" as established by
the Act.
Since the discharge of pollutants in excess of the effluent limitations defined in the plant's
discharge permit is prohibited by the Act, it is essential that municipal wastewater plants,
from the day of initial operation, effectively treat wastewater to be in compliance with
those limitations. It is to assist in the accomplishment of this objective that this manual has
been prepared.
Project Phases
The development of this manual began with a thorough review of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan. The literature survey was expanded to
include Regional Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plans, Interstate
Water Pollution Contingency Plans, various EPA publications dealing with control and spill
prevention techniques for hazardous polluting substances, various State techniques for
response to water pollution emergencies, civil defense planning, and the emergency planning
philosophy of various organizations in water-related fields.
Federal statutes, both existing and proposed, related to water pollution were reviewed and a
tabulation of pertinent features from applicable statutes was prepared. All State Water
Pollution Control Agencies were contacted and requests for current water pollution control
laws and agency regulations were made.
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Surveys of organizations with expertise in emergency planning and conferences with
individuals working in this field were conducted. A request for information on existing or
proposed contingency plans was made to all States and major interstate agencies. A
questionnaire was prepared, approved by the Office of Management and Budget, and mailed
to over 200 municipal treatment facilities across the country.
The results of the literature survey, the review of Federal and State statutes, the field trips,
the responses to the questionnaire, and input from Wiley & Wilson's sanitary engineering
conceptual design team are included in this manual.
Manual Format
Persons using this manual should be familiar with its organization and the general content of
its sections.
Detail discussions of the basic features of good emergency planning and response to spills of
municipal wastewaters are covered in the following sections:
Section IV General
Section V Organization
Section VI Facilities
Section VII Reporting Systems
Section VI11 Cost Recovery
The following is a synopsis of each of the five sections:
Section IV — General
This section discusses an appropriate definition for spill. Sample definitions are given from
various States. Other aspects of a good program are discussed, such as responsibility for the
program, dividing a State into regions, stream modeling, local emergency response programs,
and spill classification.
Section V — Organization
This section discusses the various groups of persons that should be organized to cope with
spills.
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Section VI — Facilities
This section deals with a discussion of response centers on the State and regional levels.
Section VII — Reporting System
This section deals with the proper method of reporting spills from the local level to the
State.
Section VIII - Cost Recovery
This section delineates the importance of reimbursable costs of spill damage and cleanup.
Also included is a system of fines with some examples from several States.
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SECTION IV
GENERAL
Spill Definition
Prior to initiating any State-wide program for responding to municipal wastewater sewerage
system emergencies regarding spills, the criteria for defining a reportable spill must be
selected. This section contains several reportable spill definitions from existing State Water
Pollution Control Agency regulations and a sample definition derived as a composite of the
above.
FLORIDA
In the event the permittee is temporarily unable to comply with any of the conditions of
the permit due to breakdown of equipment or destruction by hazard of fire, wind, or other
cause, the permittee is to immediately notify this Department. Notification shall include
pertinent information as to cause and what steps are being taken to correct the problem
and prevent its recurrence and the owner's intent toward reconstruction of destroyed
facilities where applicable. (Rules of the Department of Pollution Control, Chapter
17-4.13)
GEORGIA
Whenever, because of an accident or otherwise, any toxic or taste-and-color producing
substance, or any other substance which would endanger downstream users of the waters
of the State or would damage property, is discharged into these waters, or is so placed that
it might flow, be washed, or fall into them, it shall be the duty of the person at the time in
charge of such substance to forthwith notify the Division for Georgia Water Quality
Control in person or by telephone of the location and nature of the danger, and it shall be
such person's further duty to immediately take all reasonable and necessary steps to
prevent injury to property and downstream users of said waters. (Rules of State Water
Quality Control Board, Chapter 730-5-.03)
INDIANA
Any unusual change in volume and characteristics of the effluent, either planned or
accidential, shall be reported immediately to the Office of the Technical Secretary.
(Stream Pollution Control Board of the State of Indiana, Regulation SPC 11, March 3,
1971)
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KENTUCKY
Whenever by reason of emergency, accident, or otherwise excessive spills or discharges of
sewage, industrial, or other wastes, shall have occurred from impoundments, treatment
works, disposal system or outlet, storage basins or otherwise, the responsible person,
persons, corporation, or others shall immediately by phone or telegram notify the office of
the Water Pollution Control Commission, giving all information concerning the point of
discharge, characteristics of the effluent being discharged and whether or not such
discharge is continuing or has been stopped. (Water Pollution Control Commission
Regulation, WP-3, Paragraph 2)
OREGON
Approval shall be obtained from the State Sanitary Authority before bypassing any sewage
or industrial waste treatment plant or unit thereof except in case of emergency. If an
emergency occurs and bypassing for more than 24 hours is necessary, the Authority shall
be notified immediately. A record of the date and duration of all bypassing shall be
maintained. (Oregon Administrative Rules Chapter 340,42-020, April 15,1972)
VIRGINIA
Every owner certified under the State Water Control Law shall immediately advise the
Board by telephone or telegram, to be confirmed by letter, giving all available details,
including known adverse effects on aquatic life and the known number of fish killed,
should any unusual or extraordinary discharge of wastes to State water occur.
Unusual or extraordinary discharges are defined as any discharges of waste resulting from:
1. Unusual spillage of materials resulting directly or indirectly from the
owner's processing operations.
2. Breakdown of processing or accessory equipment.
3. Failure of or taking out of service sewage or industrial waste treatment
plant or auxiliary facilities (such as sewer lines or sewage or industrial waste
pump station).
4. Flooding or other acts of nature.
(Regulation No. 4, State Water Control Board)
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OKLAHOMA
When a lift station or the water pollution control plant, or any part of such facilities are
bypassed, the operating reports shall include the time such units were bypassed, the
volume of waste bypassed, and the reason for such bypassing. (Sec. 3-D State Board of
Health Rules and Regulations Governing the Operation of Water Pollution Control
Facilities)
KANSAS
.. .emergency or accidental discharge of sewage or other materials detrimental to the
quality of waters of the State shall be immediately reported to the State Department of
Health by the owner of the Treatment Plant or his representative... (State Board of
Health Regulation 28-16-27)
After a review of the preceding, the following definition was derived for use in this report:
Wastewater discharged from a municipal sewerage system which may be raw
or partially treated, in such quantities as to pose a threat to public health
and welfare, and have an adverse effect on the environment, related to
emergencies, accidents, breakdown of equipment or bypassing shall be
defined as a reportable spill.
The existing State spill definitions and the sample definition for a reportable spill have been
provided to assist in developing a new definition, either to provide guidance in the revision
of an existing definition, or to permit comparisons between existing State definitions.
Responsibility
The prime responsibility for a State's emergency response program relative to wastewater
spills should be given to a single agency. This does not eliminate other State agencies, such
as the State Game and Fish Commission, State Police, State National Guard, from
participation in the program, but simply establishes a procedure to improve coordination
and avoid duplication of effort.
Regions
The State should be divided into regions. The regions might be defined by river basins,
political jurisdictions, planning districts, or according to population density. Each State can
best determine how the regions within its boundaries are defined. However, these regions
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should not be chosen arbitrarily and, once selected, a periodic review should be made to
ensure that they remain consistent with overall emergency program objectives.
Plant Inventory
An inventory of all municipal wastewater treatment plants within the State should be made
with the plants grouped according to the region in which they are located. A map showing
the boundaries of the regions and the location of the municipal wastewater treatment
facilities should be developed and kept up to date.
Stream Modeling
Critical receiving streams in the State should be studied and modeled. These models will
provide an initial estimate of the effect a given spill will have for a specific stream flow
condition. The models should be updated periodically to ensure reliability of their
predictions. The type and location of downstream water users should also be determined of
each municipal wastewater treatment facility discharge. A priority list and a procedure for
alerting these downstream water users should be established and updated continuously.
Dye studies can be used to estimate the travel time for water-soluble wastes being
transported by a river. The studies should be made during various flow conditions in order
to minimize the errors resulting from extrapolating data from only one or two river flow
conditions. All limitations built into such a study should be clearly defined, enabling the
personnel preparing and using the data to apply proper engineering judgment in their work.
Figure No. 1 is a typical presentation of the data that can be obtained from a dye study. It
can be used by the State Water Pollution Control Agency personnel and downstream water
users to estimate when a spill at a known river mile/station will arrive at a given downstream
location.
Local Emergency Response Programs
The State Regulatory Agency should ensure that municipalities have acceptable emergency
response plans to detect, respond to, and minimize the effects of spills. Each municipal plan
should have contingencies for spills from upstream sources and should provide for
coordination or mutual assistance as required. The municipal emergency plan also should be
compatible with the State plan. As a requirement to be met prior to issuing a discharge
permit, the State Regulatory Agency should obtain from each facility owner an acceptable
breakdown of treatment capabilities during periods of equipment or treatment process
failures. This description will aid the State in estimating the degree of treatment that the
wastewater would receive for any given failure condition.
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(DOWNSTREAM WATER USER) (RIVER MILE/STATION)
TABLE GIVES TIME IN HOURS FOR A SPILL TO ARRIVE AT
RM 30.5 IN THE Black Water River FROM SPILLS
(RIVER MILE/STATION)(RECEIVING STREAM)
UPSTREAM.
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RECEIVING STREAM FLOW RATE* IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND (CFS)
MILE/STATION
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FIGURE NO. 1
SAMPLE DYE STUDY FLOW DATA PRESENTATION
(Similar to that used by Louisiana State Health Department)
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The following list is provided to aid States in preparing emergency response programs:
1. Each plant's Operations and Maintenance Manual should include a
list of all parts, components, lubricants, tools, and chemicals to be
kept on hand and in what quantities.
2. The plant owners should provide the State with a breakdown of their
maintenance forces and their maintenance capabilities.
3. The owners should maintain a complete and current list of
equipment manufacturers and their local representatives.
4. The State should obtain each plant's in-house laboratory capability
and a list of private laboratories within the State.
5. The location of emergency equipment such as generators, radio
communications equipment, and portable sampling equipment
should be inventoried by the owner.
6. Full use should be made of related manuals published by EPA. In
particular, reference is made to "Emergency Planning for Municipal
Wastewater Facilities," and "Considerations for Preparation of
Operation and Maintenance Manuals." Both of these manuals should
prove useful tools in the preparation of emergency response
programs.
After the State has developed an emergency response program, emergency response
exercises should be conducted for simulated emergenices. These exercises should be
critiqued and improvements made to the emergency response plan. All responses to actual
emergencies should also be critiqued.
Most State and local civil defense organizations conduct periodic drills to test their
preparedness. These organizations can be a valuable source of information on the methods
and techniques used for conducting emergency response drills.
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Spill Classification
Criteria should be established for each treatment facility so that spills can be classified as
Major or Minor using preliminary spill report information. The spill classification may be
changed after an on-scene inspection of the spill site. A preliminary classification will allow
appropriate response action to be initiated, particularly if the response requires providing
physical assistance. For example, a bypass condition where unchlorinated raw sewage is
entering a receiving stream above a domestic water supply intake might require portable
chlorination units to be moved to the spill site and river sampling program initiated to
monitor water quality.
Five spill classification parameters which might be employed in a preliminary classification
procedure are:
1. Location of the municipal wastewater spill
2. Character of the waste
3. Quantity
4. Potential for ecological damage
5. Estimated response effort required
The spill classification procedure presented herein was developed to provide a consistent
method of rapidly classifying a reportable spill of municipal wastewater as Major or Minor.
The preliminary classification will serve as an alert mechanism for the emergency response
plan. The method is not intended to provide the final spill classification since the severity of
a given spill is dependent upon many parameters, most of which must be developed as the
on-scene investigation progresses. The spill classification is weighed to evaluate the response
requirements in terms of manpower and equipment with respect to the spill location,
character of waste spilled, quantity of spill, and potential for ecological damage.
To classify a spill as Major or Minor, select one of the statements beneath each of the
classification parameters that most clearly describes the existing spill situation. The
numerical values assigned to each statement chosen are then added together. If their total is
less than 75, the preliminary classification of the spill would be Minor; if their total is
greater than 75, the preliminary spill classification would be Major. Reference is made to the
following:
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Parameter
Location
Character
Quantity
Ecological Damage
Response Effort
Value
( 5) On land with potential for entering State waters
(10) Offshore ocean waters
(20) Streams, lakes and estuaries
(50) Endangers public health; into stream above and
in close proximity to domestic water supply
intakes, recreation areas, shellfish beds
( 5) Partially treated with chlorination
(10) Partially treated without chlorination
(20) Raw sewage with chlorination
(50) Raw sewage
( 5) Equal to or less than 1% of facility design flow
(10) Between 1% and 25% of facility design flow
(20) Between 25% and 50% of facility design flow
(50) 100% of facility design ,...
( 5) Minimum potential; on land, offshore, inland
salt waters
(10) High potential; streams, lakes, estuaVies
(50) Critical potential; shellfish beds, spawning
grounds, game reserves, public water supply
( 0) Notification received and no State assistance
necessary
( 5) State-On-Scene Coordinator (SOSC) only State
representative at scene
(10) SOSC plus Stream Sampl ing Team
(50) SOSC, Stream Sampling Team, plus mobile
chlorinators and other emergency equipment
NOTE: Refer to Section V for description of SOSC and Stream Sampling Team.
PARAMETERS
Location
Character
Quantity
Ecological Damage
Response Effort
Total
SPILL CLASSIFICATION EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE NO. 1 EXAMPLE NO. 2
Value Value
50
50
50
50
50
250
20
50
50
10
5
135
EXAMPLE NO. 3
Value
5
5
5
5
0
20
Example
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
Description
Maximum point value
Spill to receiving
stream, raw sewage,
100% of design flow,
high potential for
ecological damage,
SOSC only
Minimum point value
Classification
75 or greater — Major
75 or greater - Major
Less than 75- Minor
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SECTION V
ORGANIZATION
Strike Forces
The State emergency response plan should provide for immediate reaction to spill reports by
properly trained and equipped teams and/or individuals. These strike forces should be
capable of responding to specific emergency conditions.
As a minimum, the strike force should consist of a State-On-Scene Coordinator (SOSC). He
should be charged with the responsibility and delegated the authority for directing the
overall operations of all forces engaged in combating a municipal spill. The strike force
might be expanded;,to include a team and/or sanitary engineering consultants to conduct a
stream sampling program.
Equipment and personnel solicited by the State to assist a municipality experiencing an
emergency should come under the control of the State-On-Scene Coordinator. It is possible
the State police or highway department would be requested to assist during an emergency.
A State may decide to maintain personnel and equipment to respond to emergencies at
municipal wastewater treatment facilities. However, it is anticipated that most
municipalities will be able to provide the physical necessities through their in-house
capability or through mutual aid agreements.
The strike forces (in most cases, the State-On-Scene Coordinator) will be responsible for
making the severity analysis (Section IV). The severity analysis will determine the degree to
which the region and State will respond to the incident.
The State-On-Scene Coordinator should possess the following:
1. Working knowledge of the characteristics of all municipal wastewater
treatment facilities for which he is responsible.
2. Good working arrangement with the key personnel at each treatment
facility.
3. Current flow charts complete with names, titles, telephone numbers,
and alternates to assist in the reporting of an emergency.
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4. Mechanism to ensure that his report on the severity of the emergency
is relayed promptly and accurately to the regional center.
The SOSC's and alternates should be trained in all phases of emergency response to
wastewater spills. The SWPCA staff responsible for the SOSC training program ensures all
new developments in spill response techniques are promptly incorporated in SOSC training
programs.
The SOSC is kept informed of the availability of resources in his own region and in
adjoining regions. He is also familiar with the emergency equipment inventories maintained
by the State.
Stream Sampling Teams
For each municipal wastewater discharge and other potential spill location, such as a pump
station, sampling points should be selected along receiving streams below these locations.
This will enable sampling to be done promptly and efficiently to determine the effects of a
spill from a given source. The State should organize and provide personnel as emergency
stream sampling teams. The teams should be tailored to handle expected duties at the site of
any given spill and should be provided with adequate transportation. These teams are to be
used strictly for initial response action, and if prolonged sampling is required, this work
should be turned over to the State's regular stream sampling staff.
Evaluation Team
In the judgment of the State Water Pollution Control Agency, it may be advisable to
activate an evaluation team. The purpose of the team should be to:
1. Evaluate the techniques, equipment, and materials used in response
to the spill.
2. Assess damage to aquatic life and public health.
3. Assess damage to wildlife.
The evaluation team should consist of representatives from the following State agencies:
1. State Water Pollution Control Agency
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2. State Health Department
3. State Department of Natural Resources
4. State Game and Fish Commission
Any State agency that has the necessary expertise, including the attorney general's office,
may be designated as a member of the evaluation team for a particular incident.
Public Information Officer
When an emergency response action is initiated, the public should be promptly and
accurately informed about the nature of the emergency and about what actions are being
taken to minimize the environmental impact of the incident. To accomplish this goal, a
good working relationship must be established with the news media. Out of this relationship
should come a mutual understanding of the problems involved and agreements on
procedures to be followed during emergencies.
A public information officer should be appointed within the State Water Pollution Control
Agency to handle emergencies related to spills of raw or inadequately treated municipal
wastewater. This individual should provide support to the regional public information
officers in his State. He also will serve as the primary news media contact when an
emergency condition exists which directly involves two or more of the regions of his State.
The State public information officer should assist the regional officers in preparing a
State-wide list of the news media to be contacted during an emergency. This list should be
broken down by regions within the State.
The State public information officer should ensure that news conferences are held at
appropriate intervals and that at least two written status reports are given to the news media
each day until the emergency condition is over. Personal or telephone requests from the
general public should be anticipated and provisions made to provide these requests with the
information contained in the latest status report. When the emergency condition is over, a
form letter should be drafted including all facts related to the incident. This form letter can
be sent in reply to mailed inquiries about the incident. Liaison with adjacent States is also
an important function of the State public information officer.
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SECTION VI
FACILITIES
State Response Center
The purpose of the State Response Center is to provide facilities for coordination and
control of response actions that involve a multiregion or interstate incident. The facilities
should include necessary office space, adequate communications, access to a technical
library, information on water quality and water uses of streams within the State, access to a
computer capability for stream modeling, and maps showing all waste discharges, river
intakes, and recreation areas along the streams of the State. Space should be available for
use as a "Situation Room" where maps and communications equipment can be installed to
monitor and plot response actions. The facilities and technical, administrative, and clerical
staff of the State Response Center should be available to support requests for assistance
from any regional center within the State. Figure No. 2 shows a sample floor plan for a
State Emergency Response Center.
The logical location for the State Response Center would be the headquarters offices of the
State Water Pollution Control Agency. This agency generally possesses most of the desired
capabilities as part of their normal operations. In most cases, minor augmentation to
existing facilities will be sufficient. The keys to an efficiently operated response center are
adequate communications and staffing. Key personnel at the State Response Center should
have alternates that have been preselected and trained. The State public information officer
should operate from the Center during an emergency.
Regional Response Center
The Regional Response Centers should be selected by the group developing the State
emergency response plan. These Regional Centers will form the network that will determine
whether or not the State plan will function properly.
The basic needs of these centers will be adequate communications and up-to-date maps of
the streams within their respective regions. These Regional Centers will be used to relay
situation reports and support requests from the State-On-Scene Coordinator to the State
Response Center. The critiques of actual emergency responses should tell whether or not the
location and/or facilities of the Regional Centers are proper.
The State-On-Scene Coordinator should be in continuous contact with the Regional Center.
This will ensure prompt and efficient response actions. The Regional Centers could be
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1AINTENANCE
SPECIALISTS
SEVERITY
ANALYSIS
STREAM
POLLUTION
SPECIALISTS
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FIGURE NO. 2
SAMPLE FLOOR PLAN
STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER
(Similar to floor plan in Virginia's
"Natural Disaster Assistance Relief Plan")
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located at the State Water Pollution Control Agency's regional offices as these locations are
generally selected for communication capability and proximity to areas of responsibility.
The Regional Centers could be staffed by the agency's personnel in that region or by
personnel from the State headquarters.
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SECTION VII
REPORTING SYSTEMS
Introduction
A legal requirement for reporting spills of raw or inadequately treated municipal wastewater
will ensure that spills are reported promptly. To aid the personnel responsible for this
reporting, the State's emergency response program should be widely publicized among
municipal employees.
Local Reporting
All municipal treatment facilities should be provided with the names and telephone numbers
of the State Water Pollution Control Agency regional representatives and a number that can
be called 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to report emergencies. The initial call for reporting a
spill should be made to the State Water Pollution Control Agency regional representative.
Figure No. 3 is a sample State map showing the regions within the State and listing the State
Water Pollution Control Agency representative for each region. If persons reporting spills are
unable to contact their regional representative, the 24-hour number at the State
headquarters should be called. The operator who receives the call should have a checklist to
use in obtaining the basic information required for follow-up by a qualified member of the
emergency response staff. Figure No. 4 shows samples of forms used for receipt of spill
reports. Responsibilities and time lag for reporting spill conditions should be clearly defined.
Figure No. 5 shows a typical telephone call list.
Regional Reporting
The regional response staff in the area where the emergency occurs should have a working
knowledge of the characteristics of all treatment systems for which it is responsible. This
staff should have a good working arrangement with the key personnel from each of these
systems.
Flow charts complete with names, titles, telephone numbers, and alternates should be
produced, widely circulated and continually updated to assist in the reporting of an
emergency.
Any regional staff member at a spill site must ensure that his report on the severity of the
emergency is relayed promptly and accurately to the Regional Center.
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STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
STATE MAP SHOWING REGIONAL BREAKDOWN FOR SPILL REPORTING
REGIONAL BOUNDARY-N x-COUNTY BOUNDARY
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FIGURE NO. 3
SAMPLE STATE MAP
SHOWING REGIONAL BREAKDOWN FOR SPILL REPORTING
(Similar to map used in Kansas)
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MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SPILL REPORT*
NAME Of FACILITY .
LOCATION (CITY)
OWNER
. (RIVER- BASIN)
TELEPHONE
(AREA tuDE)
PERSON REPORTING SPILL
DATE REPORTED
I OAT)
SPILL STARTED (DATE) .
SPILL STOPPED (DATE)
SPILL VOLUME
SPILL RATE'
(MONTHJ
(YEAR?
(DAY) (MONTH) (TEAR)
(DAY) (MONTH) (YEAR)
TIME REPORTED
. (TIME)
. (TIME)
. GALLONS IF SPILL STOPPED
MfiO IF SPILL CONTINUING
IF SPILL CONTINUING, ESTIMATED DURATION
ESTIMATE TREATMENT AS PERCENT OF NORMAL
IS CHLORINATION BEING PROVIDED
. HOURS
t
YES
NO
DESCRIBE CONDITIONS SURROUNDING SPILL (POWER FAILURE, EQUIPMENT BREAKDOWN, BROKEN LINE.
ETC.)
ACTION TAKEN TO STOP SPILL AND PREVENT REOCCURENCE
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
OWNER'S PLAN FOR SAMPLING AT SPILL SITE
STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE TAKING REPORT .
(SIGNATURE)
•SUMUr to fora used In Welt VlrglnU
FILE REFERENCE:
STATE HATER POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
MUNICIPAL WASTEKATER SPILL REPORT*
DATE:
MUNICIPALITY
COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT
TREATMENT FACILITY
REPORTED BY:
NATURE OF PROBLEM:
SPILL LOCATION:
CORRECTIVE ACTION:
TIME INITIATED:
REMARKS:
REPORT RECEIVED BY:
TIME:
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P.M.
COLLECTION SYSTEM
PHONE NO.
ESTIMATED COMPLETION:
*S1m1ltr to form used 1n Colorado
FIGURE NO. 4
SAMPLE SPILL REPORT FORMS
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MUNICIPALITY
REGION I
COUNTY
NAME
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REGION II
COUNTY
NAME
REGION III
COUNTY
NAME
NAME
CITY
OFFICE
RESID.
NOTIFY
NOTIFY
NOTIFY
STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
AGENCY
24 HR. NUMBER:
CITY:
KEY PERSONNEL
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RESIDENCE
FIGURE NO. 5
SAMPLE TELEPHONE CALL LIST
(Format similar to that used by West Virginia)
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Reporting Format
To avoid confusion, the emergency response plan should call for all reports from the spill
site to follow a specific format. The SITREP (Situation Report) format follows:
1. Situation — Should include location, what happened, strength and
volume of wastewater spilled, extent of emergency, success of
emergency response actions.
2. Action — Summary of all actions taken by the municipality, State, or
by others.
3. Plans — All planned actions by municipality, State, or any others.
4. Recommendations — Any recommendations pertaining to the
response that the State-On-Scene Coordinator has.
5. Status — Should indicate whether emergency condition has ended or,
if continuing, should give details of conditions existing.
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SECTION VI11
COST RECOVERY
General
A revolving fund to reimburse the State for money expended in containing and removing
pollution from State waters has been established by several States. Portions of several States'
laws concerning these funds follow:
INDIANA
(Special Fund) All moneys collected pursuant to Section 1 of this chapter shall be
remitted by the officials collecting the same to the Treasurer of the State of Indiana, and
credited to a special account of the State to be established by the Auditor of State and to
be known as the "Environmental Management Special Fund." It is hereby declared to be
the policy of the State of Indiana that the moneys on deposit in the Environmental
Management Special Fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes of the Board and the
Agencies. (Section 1,1C 1971, Title 13, Chapter 12, Section 2)
OREGON
449.167 Oil Spillage Control Fund; sources; uses.
1. All penalties recovered under ORS 449.995 shall be paid into an Oil
Spillage Control Fund, which account is hereby established within the
General Fund, to be administered by the department for the
advancement of costs incurred in carrying out cleanup activities as
outlined in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of ORS 449.163 and for the
rehabilitation of affected fish and wildlife as provided under ORS
449.103.
2. With the approval of the Commission, the moneys in the Oil Spillage
Control Fund may be invested as provided by ORS 293.701 to 293.776
and earnings from such investment shall be credited to the fund.
3. The Oil Spillage Control Fund shall not be used for any purpose other
than that for which the fund was created. (Oregon Statutes, Ch. 449,
1971 Replacement Part)
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CONNECTICUT
Any person, firm or corporation which directly or indirectly causes pollution and
contamination of any waters of the State through the discharge, spillage, seepage,
filtration or otherwise of oil or any petroleum or chemical liquid or product shall be
liable for all costs and expenses incurred by said (commission) Commissioner in
containing and removing such pollution and contamination. Upon request :of the
(chairman of the water resources commission) Commissioner, the attorney general shall
bring a civil action to recover all such costs and expenses. All costs and expenses so
recovered shall be applied
1. To reimburse the State for all sums of money advanced or expended by
it under sections 25-54bb to 25-54hh, inclusive, AS HEREIN
AMENDED, in containing and removing any such pollution and
contamination.
2. For the general purposes of said sections without further appropriation.
(H.B. No. 9254, Sec. 104)
MASSACHUSETTS
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the division to enhance the quality and value of
water resources and to establish a program for the prevention, control and abatement of
water pollution. Said division will:
(10) Undertake immediately, whenever there is spillage, seepage or other
discharge of oil into any of the waters of the commonwealth or into
any offshore waters which may result in damage to the waters, shores
or natural resources utilized or enjoyed by citizens of the
commonwealth to cause said spillage, seepage or discharge to be
contained and removed by whatever method it considers best...
The division shall determine the person responsible for causing such spillage, seepage or
discharge and the names of all persons who owned or controlled the oil or who owned or
controlled or leased the vessel, tank, pipe, hose or other container in which the oil was
located when the spillage, seepage or discharge occurred. Said persons shall be jointly and
severally liable to the commonwealth for all damages done to natural and recreational
resources, including all costs of restoring damaged areas to their original condition, and to
any other person for any damages to his real and personal property ...
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Upon request of the director, the attorney general shall bring an action to recover all
costs and expenses incurred for such investigation, containment, removal and restoration.
Such costs and expenses shall be recovered in an action of tort, and shall be credited to
the account-'from which said sums of money had been advanced and may, subject to
appropriation; be expended by the division for the purposes set forth in this clause. In
any such action the commonwealth may also seek recovery for all loss and damage to the
natural and recreational resources of the commonwealth. {Ch. 21, Sec. 27, Clean Waters
Act as amended through the Acts of 1970)
CALIFORNIA
Article 3. State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account
13440. There is in the State Water Quality Control Fund the State Water
Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account (hereinafter called the
i "account"), to be administered by the State Board.
13441. There is to be paid into the account all moneys from the following
sources:
-v (a) All moneys appropriated by the legislature for the account.
(b) All moneys contributed to the account by any person and
accepted by the State Board.
(c) One-half of all moneys collected by way of criminal penalty
and all moneys collected civilly under any proceeding brought
, ', pursuant to any provision of this division.
(d) All moneys collected by the State Board for the account under
Section 13304.
All moneys paid into the account are available without regard to fiscal
years, for expenditure by the State Board in accordance with the
provisions of this article.
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13441.5 The State Treasurer, when requested by the State Board and approved
by the Director of Finance, shall transfer moneys in the nature of a
loan from the State Water Quality Control Fund to the account created
pursuant to Section 13440, which shall be repayable from the account
to such fund; provided, that the moneys transferred from the fund to
the account shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) at any one time.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 918)
13442. Upon application by a public agency with authority to clean up a waste
or abate the effects thereof, the State Board may order moneys to be
paid from the account to the agency to assist it in cleaning up the waste
or abating its effects on waters of the State. The agency shall not
become liable to the State Board for repayment of such moneys, but
this shall not be any defense to an action brought pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 13304 for the recovery of moneys paid
hereunder.
(Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act)
System of Fines
All States have a system of penalties and fines for violations of water pollution control laws
and regulations. These existing systems can be used to help enforce the requirements for
reporting spills of raw or inadequately treated municipal wastewater. Fines collected can be
placed in a revolving fund for use in cleaning up spills. Portions of several States' laws
dealing with penalties and fines follow:
CONNECTICUT
Any person or municipality which knowingly violates any provision of this charter shall
forfeit to the State a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars, to be fixed by the court,
for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in case of a
continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and
distinct offense. (Public Act 872, House Bill No. 9254, Sec. 93)
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FLORIDA
Violation is punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for the first offense
and of not more than $5,000 for each offense thereafter. Each day during any portion of
which such violation occurs constitutes a separate offense. (Air and Water Pollution
Control Act, Chapter 403.161)
GEORGIA
.. .Any person violating any provision of this Act or failing, neglecting, or refusing to
comply with any final order of the Board issued as herein provided shall be liable to a
penalty not to exceed $1,000 for said violation and an additional penalty not to exceed
$500 for each day during which such violation continues, and, in addition thereto, such
person may be enjoined from continuing such violation as hereinbefore provided...
(Georgia Water Quality Control Act, as amended through 1971, Section 22A)
INDIANA
Sect. 1 (Civil Penalties) (a) Any person who violates any provision of this article, or any
regulation or standard adopted pursuant to this article, or who violates any determination
or order of the Board or an agency made pursuant to this article, shall be liable to a
penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the first day of any violation
and an additional penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each
additional day of continuing violation ... (Section 1, 1C 1971, Title 13, Chapter 13)
The systems of fines and penalties used by different States vary widely as illustrated by the
four States cited above. The concept of using each day of continued violation as a separate
offense is used by most States. Placing an upper limit on fines is a just method to enable an
owner to estimate his maximum fine. The minimum fine, if used, should be low enough to
achieve maximum flexibility in the system. The exact monetary values for the maximum
and minimum fines should be established by each State based on their individual
experiences with pollution incidents.
Revenues from direct reimbursable costs and fines should be placed in a revolving fund to
provide public agencies with money to pay for cleanup activities. Reimbursable costs
include travel expenses and the cost of supplies procured specifically for response to an
incident. Funds should not be used for costs which would have been incurred during normal
operations and functions performed in support of any enforcement actions.
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SECTION IX
REFERENCES
1. Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970, PL 91-224.
2. Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 USC 1151.
3. Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Report of the
Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives, HR 11896 (Report
92-911).
4. Senate Bill to Amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S. 2770 (Report No.
92-414).
5. Refuse Act of 1899 (33 USC 407 et seq.).
6. Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Act of 1968.
7. EPA, National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, August,
1971.
8. EPA Region III Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan for Inland
Navigable Waters, Philadelphia, October, 1971.
9. Ohio Basin Region Multiagency Oil and Hazardous Materials Contingency Plan,
Preliminary (May, 1970).
10. Oil and Hazardous Materials Contingency Plan for Prevention, Containment and
Cleanup for the State of Maine (January, 1970).
11. Port of Los Angeles Oil Spill Contingency Plan, City of Los Angeles, California
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presented at the 25th annual Purdue Industrial Waste Conference, May 5-7,1970.
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Sanitation Commission, Cincinnati, Ohio (September, 1950).
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14. Program for Reporting Accidental Spills in the Potomac River Basin (January,
1972).
15. U.S. Office of Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Assistance Division, Guideline for
Regional Plans.
16. U.S. Office of Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Assistance Division, Agenda for
Disaster Planning Session.
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26. Emergency Plan, Department of Transportation AC No.: 150/5200-17; Date: 5
February, 1972.
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27. Dawson, G. W., et ai, "Control of Spillage of Hazardous Polluting Substances,"
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., ' - * ^ \, • ' ' ' • . i
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40. "Emergency 'Planning :fof Water :Utility iVJanagement Handbook;" Journal 'AWWA, •''' -;
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46. Wright, James F., Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission,-
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.;:• ;>-u,o «."'• . •, •. --.-'>\. T, "•. .?•.; i .- , .( -;, - , '- ... - ,.-': ,<•. n £•.,••
47. Moore,''Glenn3 Ei, 'Assistant Director, Technical Services Division, VirginiavState '
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48. Campbell, Richard D., Chief of Operations, Water and Wastewater Distribution and
Coliectlo'n, Charlotte; North Caro'lin'a, Personal Communication'(1972). " A'i;' ":
49. Lohmeyer, George, Utilities Director, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Personal
ComrfiunicafionTT972)-; " ' ••:.>...•-., ; . .: ,-;< yv,,;.o
50. "California Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan" (Draft - 1972).
51. Colorado Department of Health, Water Pollution ControI'Division, Report of Waste
Discharge Form and Spill Report Form.
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52. "Procedure and Directory for Reporting Spills of Oil and Hazardous Materials,"
Colorado Department of Health.
53. Vasuki, N. C., Manager, Water Resources Section, Division of Environmental
Control, State of Delaware, Personal Communication (1972).
54. Soneda, Shinji, Chief, Environmental Health Division, Department of Health, State
of Hawaii, Personal Communication (1972).
55. Stokes, L W., Ph.D., Chief, Water Pollution Control Section, Environmental
Protection Division, Department of Health, State of Idaho, Personal Communication
(1972).
56. "Contingency Plan for the Control of Oil and Hazardous Materials," State of
Indiana.
57. Hert, 0. H., Director, Division of Water Pollution Control, State Board of Health,
State of Indiana, Personal Communication (1972).
58. Burris, N. J., Chief, Water Quality Control, Kansas State Department of Health,
Personal Communication (1972).
59. Regan, H. D., Jr., Chief Sanitary Engineer, Division of Water Pollution Control,
Kentucky Water Pollution Control Commission, Personal Communication (1972).
60. "Waterworks Warning Network Plan, Lower Mississippi River," January, 1972.
61. Gormley, G. C., Chief, Bureau of Water Pollution Control, Environmental
Improvement Commission, State of Maine, Personal Communication (1972).
62. Bingley, W. M., P.E., Chief, Division of Water and Sewerage, Environmental Health
Administration, State of Maryland, Personal Communication (1972).
63. State of Maryland, Department of Water Resources, "Procedures for Complaint
Investigation," June 29,1972.
64. Cuffe, D. G., Assistant Sanitary Engineer, Water Quality Surveillance, Mew York
State Department of Environmental Conservation, Personal Communication (1972).
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65. Coburn, D. L, Chief, Water Quality Division, Department of Natural and Economic
Resources, State of North Carolina, Personal Communication (1972).
66. "Pollution Control Contingency Plan for Oil and Hazardous Materials," January 1,
1971, State Department of Health, North Dakota.
67. "Preliminary Plan for the Control of Accidental Spills and Hazardous Material
Release into Waters of the State," State of Ohio Department of Health.
68. Shea, W. J., Assistant Director, Department of Health, State of Rhode Island,
Personal Communication (1972).
69. Tinsley, R. K., Chief, Water Pollution Control Division, South Carolina Pollution
Control Authority, Personal Communication (1972).
70. Barker, B. B., Chief, Water Pollution Control Section, South Dakota State
Department of Health, Personal Communication (1972).
71. Martin, W. H., Assistant Director, Division of Water Quality Control, State of
Tennessee Department of Public Health, Personal Communication (1972).
72. Fleming, R. G., P.E., Director, Central Operations, Texas Water Quality Board,
Personal Communication (1972).
73. "Contingency Plan for Spills of Oil and Other Hazardous Substances," Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources.
74. "Oil Spill Action Plan," January, 1972, State of Washington, Department of
Ecology.
75. "Laws and Oil Spill Emergency Procedures," January, 1972, State of Washington,
Department of Ecology.
76. Wagner, J. F., M.S., Water Biologist, Sanitary Engineering Services, Department of
Health and Social Services, State of Wyoming, Personal Communication (1972).
77. "Hurricane Information," Utilities Department, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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78. Adams, W. W., Chairman, California Water Resources Control Board, Personal
Communcation (1972).
79. "Natural Disaster Assistance Relief Plan," March, 1972, Virginia Office of Civil
Defense.
80. "(Prototype) — Local Emergency Operations Plan," May, 1972, Planning Section,
Virginia Office of Civil Defense.
81. "Manual for Applications," February, 1971, Federal Disaster Assistance Program,
Office of Emergency Preparedness.
82. Shell, J. R., Assistant Chief, Water Division Department of Pollution Control and
Ecology, State of Arkansas, Personal Communication (1972).
83. Giovannitti, E. F., Acting Chief, Division of Industrial Wastes, Department of
Environmental Resources, State of Pennsylvania, Personal Communication (1972).
84. Betz, G. M., "Emergency Reporting System Prints Out Trouble," Plant Engineering,
October 14, 1971, p. 104.
85. Orlando Utilities Commission, "Emergency Plan Manual," Orlando, Florida.
86. Campbell, D. P., Public Education Officer, California State Water Resources Control
Board, Personal Communication (1972).
87. Warr, J. W., Acting Chief Administrative Officer, State of Alabama Water
Improvement Commission, Personal Communication (1972).
88. State of Missouri, "Emergency Pollution Plan."
89. McCurry, W. D., Assistant Chief, Bureau of Environmental Health, State of Nevada,
Personal Communication (1972).
90. Page, G. L, P.E., Senior Sanitary Engineer, State of New Hampshire, Water Supply
and Pollution Control Commission, Personal Communication (1972).
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91. Herwig, R. A., P.E., Program Manager, Water Quality Surveys Service,
Environmental Protection Division, Georgia State Department of Natural Resources,
Personal Communication (1972).
92. Williams, W. A., Sanitary Engineer, State of Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection, Personal Communication (1972).
93. Willems, D. G., P.E., Chief, Water Quality Bureau, Environmental Sciences Division,
State of Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Personal
Communication (1972).
94. Vincent, R. L, Chief, Bureau of Water Pollution Control, Division of Water
Resources, State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Personal
Communication (1972).
95. Pierce, R. W., Chief, O & M, Maryland Environmental Service, Annapolis, Maryland
(1972).
96. Lewis, J. L., Chief, Disaster Assistance Division, U.S. Office of Emergency
Preparedness, Washington, D.C. (1972).
97. Swatta, F. A., Disaster Assistance Division, U.S. Office of Emergency Preparedness,
Washington, D.C. (1972).
98. Perry, Robert, D.C. Water Pollution Control Division, Blue Plains Wastewater
Treatment Plant, Washington, D.C. (1972).
99. Atkins, R. B., Director, Office of Waste Management, Fairfax County Department of
Public Works, Fairfax, Virginia (1972).
100. Paull, J. K., Plant Manager, Lower Potomac Treatment Plant, Fairfax County
Department of Public Works, Fairfax, Virginia (1972).
101. Fry, Otto, AWT Coordinator, Project Administration Division, Fairfax County
Department of Public Works, Fairfax, Virginia (1972).
102. McMath, R. P., Director, Line Matinenance Division, Fairfax County Department of
Public Works, Fairfax, Virginia (1972).
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103. Gozikowski, R. J., Director, Wastewater Treatment, Fairfax County Department of
Public Works, Fairfax, Virginia (1972).
104. Haney, C. G., Superintendent, Wastewater Treatment, City of Charlottesville,
Charlottesville, Virginia (1972).
105. Zimmerman, H. S., Superintendent, Wastewater Treatment, City of Roanoke,
Roanoke, Virginia (1972).
106. Bain, J. M., Civil Engineer, Hampton Roads Sanitary District, Norfolk, Virginia
(1972).
107. McMillan, William, Assistant Superintendent of Sewers, City of Virginia Beach,
Virginia Beach, Virginia (1972).
108. Musgrove, T. T., Superintendent, Wastewater Treatment, City of Petersburg,
Petersburg, Virginia (1972).
109. Gregory, Ben E., Sr., Maintenance Supervisor, Richmond Wastewater Treatment
Plant, City of Richmond Wastewater Treatment Plant, Richmond, Virginia (1972).
110. Hardee, James C., Planning Officer, Virginia Office of Civil Defense, Richmond,
Virginia (1972).
111. Novak, Dr. John T., Department of Civil Engineers, University of Missouri,
Columbia, Missouri (1972).
112. Dunnslager, William A., Water Superintendent, City of Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola,
Florida (1972).
113. Pope, T. C., Manager, Water Operations, Orlando, Florida Utilities Commission,
Orlando, Florida (1972).
114. Grey, George, Chief Engineer, Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (1972).
115. Henry, Edgar, Chief, Division of Water Resources, West Virginia Division of Water
Resources, Charleston, West Virginia (1972).
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116. Moore, G. E., Assistant Director, Technical Services Division, Virginia State Water
Control Board, Richmond, Virginia (1972).
117. Kizer, Bob, Oil & Hazardous Substances Division, EPA Region III Office,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1972).
118. Sutherland, J. R., Assistant Director, Sanitary Engineering Bureau, Virginia State
Health Department, Richmond, Virginia (1972).
119. Wiley, Cloyd, Director, Bureau of Shellfish Sanitation, Virginia State Health
Department, Richmond, Virginia (1972).
120. Paleski, Richard, Assistant Director, Education, American Water Works Association,
New York, New York (1972).
121. Headquarters Staff, Ohio River Valley, Water Sanitation Commission, Cincinnati,
Ohio (1972).
122. Headquarters Staff, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, Washington,
D.C. (1972).
123. Ryan, James E., Jr., Pollution Control Engineer, Enforcement Division, Virginia
State Water Control Board, Richmond, Virginia (1972).
124. Barganz, Ron, Environmental Protection Engineer, Surveillance Section, Water
Pollution Control, State of Illinois, Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield,
Illinois (1972).
125. Fleming, Robert G., P.E., Director, Central Operations, Texas Water Quality Board,
Austin, Texas (1972).
126. Winters, John, Stream Biologist, Surveys Section, State Board of Health, Division of
Water Pollution Control, Indianapolis, Indiana (1972).
127. Tinsley, R. Kenneth, Chief, Water Pollution Control Division, Pollution Control
Authority, Columbia, South Carolina (1972).
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128. Neal, Ernest C., Public Health Scientist, Sewage & Industrial Waste Unit, Division of
Engineering, Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio (1972).
129. Jones, George L, Assistant Coordinator for Administration, Office of Civil Defense,
Virginia Office of Civil Defense, Richmond, Virginia (1972).
130. Duckhardt, Jim, Executive Secretary, Virginia Branch, Association of General
Contractors, Richmond, Virginia (1972).
131. Agan, James, Water Supply & Pollution Control, State of Vermont, Department of
Water Resources, Montpelier, Vermont (1972).
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SECTION X
APPENDICES
A PERTINENT FEDERAL STATUTES
B STATE LAW/REGULATION TABULATION
C SAMPLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PAMPHLET
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APPENDIX A
PERTINENT FEDERAL STATUTES
INTRODUCTION
This Appendix contains excerpts from several Federal statutes related to water pollution
control. These excerpts provide background information on the Federal Government's
attempt to minimize the environmental, public health, and public welfare impact of spills in
the nation's waters. The excerpts in this section are from the following statutes:
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972:
Pertinent features cited under Section 311, Oil and Hazardous Substance
Liability, primarily deal with granting the President the authority to prepare
and publish a National Contingency Plan for removal of oil discharges and
hazardous substances from waters of the United States. Other features
tabulated include: requirement to notify appropriate U.S. agency in the
event of a discharge, definition of "owner or operator" and "offshore or
onshore facility," and granting of authority to the President to designate
hazardous materials.
Section 301, Effluent Limitations, establishes the concept of effluent
standards for municipal wastewater treatment facilities. Section 402,
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, outlines the National
Discharge Permit concept. Section 304 (h) gives the Environmental
Protection Agency the responsibility for establishing guidelines for owners
applying for permits and for States setting up permit programs.
Executive Order 11548: This order delegates to the Secretary of the
Interior the responsibility and authority to carry out provisions of various
subsections of Section 311 of the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
of 1972 (formerly Sections 11 and 12 of original act).
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970: This plan establishes the
Environmental Protection Agency and transfers to EPA all functions
formerly administered by the Federal Water Quality Administration.
Designation of Hazardous Substances EPA Notice of Proposed Rule
Making: The pertinent feature cited from this document is the fact that
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digested sewage sludge and raw undigested sewage sludge are designated as
hazardous substances.
FEDERAL STATUTE TABULATION
The following is a tabulation of the excerpts from Federal Statutes pertinent to the
emergency response planning aspects of water pollution control:
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STATUTE AUTHORIZED ACTION
Federal Water Pollution TITLE III
Control Act Amendments STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT
of 1972.
OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
LIABILITY
Sec. 311.
(a) For the purpose of this section, the term--
(2) discharge includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking,
pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping;
(6) owner or operator meahs (A) is the case of a vessel, any
person owning, operating, or chartering by demise, such vessel, and (B)
in the case of an onshore facility, and an offshore facility, any person
owning or operating such onshore facility or offshore facility, and (C)
in the case of any abandoned offshore facility, the person who owned
or operated such facility immediately prior to such abandonment;
(7) person includes an individual, firm, corporation, association
and a partnership;
(8) remove or removal refers to removal of the oil or hazardous
substances from the water and shorelines or the taking of such other
actions as may be necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the
public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish,
wildlife, and public and private property, shorelines, and beaches;
(10) onshore facility means any facility (including, but not limited
to, motor vehicles and rolling stock) of any kind located in, on, or
under, any land within the United States other than submerged land;
(11) offshore facility means any facility of any kind located in, on,
or under, any of the navigable waters of the United States other than a
vessel or a public vessel;
(14) hazardous substance means any substance designated pursuant
to subsection (b) (2) of this section.
(b) (1) The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the
United States that there should be no discharges of oil or hazardous
substances into or upon the navigable waters of the United States,
adjoining shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone.
(2) (A) The Administrator shall develop, promulgate, and revise
as may be appropriate, regulations designating as hazardous substances,
other than oil as defined in this section, such elements and compounds
which, when discharged in any quantity into or upon the navigable
waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines or the waters of the
contiguous zone, present an imminent and substantial danger to the
public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish,
wildlife, shorelines, and beaches.
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STATUTE
AUTHORIZED ACTION
Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments
of 1972 (Continued)
(5) Any person in charge of a vessel or of an onshore facility or an
offshore facility shall, as soon as he has knowledge of any discharge of
oil or a hazardous substance from such vessel or facility in violation of
paragraph (3) of this subsection, immediately notify the appropriate
agency of the United States Government of such discharge. Any such
person who fails to notify immediately such agency of such discharge
shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned
for not more than one year, or both. Notification received pursuant to
this paragraph or information obtained by the exploitation of such
notification shall not be used against any such person in any criminal
case, except a prosecution for perjury or for giving a false statement.
(c) (1) Whenever any oil or a hazardous substance is discharged,
into or upon the navigable waters of the United States, adjoining
shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone, the
President is authorized to act to remove or arrange for the removal of
such oil or substance at any time, unless he determines such removal
will be done properly by the owner or operator of the vessel, onshore
facility, or offshore facility from which the discharge occurs.
(2) Within sixty days after the effective date of this section, the
President shall prepare and publish a National Contingency Plan for
removal of oil and hazardous substances, pursuant to this subsection.
Such National Contingency Plan shall provide for efficient,
coordinated, and effective action to minimize damage from oil and
hazardous substance discharges including containment, dispersal, and
removal of oil and hazardous substances, and shall include, but not be
limited to-
(A) assignment of duties and responsibilities among Federal
departments and agencies in coordination with State and local agencies,
including, but not limited to, water pollution control, conservation, and
port authorities;
(B) identification, procurement, maintenance, and storage of
equipment and supplies;
(C) establishment or designation of a strike force consisting of
personnel who shall be trained, prepared, and available to provide
necessary services to carry out the Plan, including the establishment at
major ports, to be determined by the President, of emergency task
forces of trained personnel, adequate oil and hazardous substance
pollution control equipment and material, and a detailed oil and
hazardous substance pollution prevention and removal plan;
(E) establishment of a national center to provide coordination and
direction for operations in carrying out the Plan;
(F) procedures and techniques to be employed in identifying,
containing, dispersing, and removing oil and hazardous substances.
(G) a schedule, prepared in cooperation with the States,
identifying (i) dispersants and other chemicals, if any, that may be used
in carrying out the Plan, (ii) the waters in which such dispersants and
chemicals may be used, and (Hi) the quantities of such dispersant or
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STATUTE AUTHORIZED ACTION
Federal Water Pollution chemical which can be used safely in such waters, which schedule shall
Control Act Amendments provide in the case of any dispersant, chemical, or waters not
of 1972 (Continued) specifically identified in such schedule that the President, or his
delegate, may, on a case-by-case basis, identify the dispersants and
other chemicals which may be used, the waters in which they may be
used, and the quantities which can be used safely in such waters; and
(H) a system whereby the State or States affected by a discharge
of oil or hazardous substance may act where necessary to remove such
discharge and such State or States may be reimbursed from the fund
established under subsection (k) of this section for the reasonable costs
incurred in such removal.
(2) Any owner or operator of a vessel or an onshore facility or an
offshore facility and any other person subject to any regulation issued
under paragraph (1) of this subsection who fails or refuses to comply
with the provisions of any such regulation, shall be liable to a civil
penalty of not more than $5,000 for each such violation. Each violation
shall be a separate offense. The President may assess and compromise
such penalty. No penalty shall be assessed until the owner, operator or
other person charged shall have been given notice and an opportunity
for a hearing on such charge. In determining the amount of the penalty,
or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the gravity of the violation,
and the demonstrated good faith of the owner, operator, or other
person charged in attempting to achieve rapid compliance, after
notification of a violation, shall be considered by the President.
(k) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to a revolving
fund to be established in the Treasury not to exceed $35,000,000 to
carry out the provisions of subsections (c), (d), (i), and (1) of this
section. Any other funds received by the United States under this
section shall also be deposited in said fund for such purposes. All sums
appropriated to, or deposited in, said fund shall remain available until
expended.
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
Sec. 301.
(a) Except as in compliance with this section and sections 302,
306, 307, 318, 402, and 404 of this Act, the discharge of any pollutant
by any person shall be unlawful.
(b) In order to carry out the objective of this Act there shall be
achieved-
(1) (B) for publicly owned treatment works in existence on July
1, 1977, or approved pursuant to section 203 of this Act prior to June
30, 1974 (for which construction must be completed within four years
of approval), effluent limitations based upon secondary treatment as
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STATUTE
AUTHORIZED ACTION
Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments
of 1972 (Continued)
defined by the Administrator pursuant to section 304(d) (1) of this
Act; or,
(2) (B) not later than July 1, 1983, compliance by all publicly
owned treatment works with the requirements set forth in section 201
(g) (2) (A) of this Act.
(d) Any effluent limitation required by paragraph (2) of
subsection (b) of this section shall be reviewed at least every five years
and if appropriate, revised pursuant to the procedure established under
such paragraph.
(e) Effluent limitations established pursuant to this section or
section 302 of this Act shall be applied to all point sources of discharge
of pollutants in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES
Sec. 304.
(h) The Administrator shall (1) within sixty days after the
enactment of this title promulgate guidelines for the purpose of
establishing uniform application forms and other minimum
requirements for the acquisition of information from owners and
operators of point sources of discharge subject to any State program
under section 402 of this Act, and (2) within sixty days from the date
of enactment of this title promulgate guidelines establishing the
minimum procedural and other elements of any State program under
section 402 of this Act which shall include:
(A) monitoring requirements;
(B) reporting requirements (including procedures to make
information available to the Public;
(C) enforcement provisions; and
(D) funding, personnel qualifications, and manpower requirements
(including a requirement that no board or body which approves
permit applications or portions thereof shall include, as a member,
any person who receives, or has during the previous two years
received, a significant portion of his income directly or indirectly
from permit holders or applicants for a permit.
INSPECTIONS, MONITORING AND ENTRY
Sec. 308.
(a) Whenever required to carry out the objective of this Act,
including, but not limited to (1) developing or assisting in the
development of any effluent limitation, or other limitation,
prohibition, or effluent standard, pretreatment standard, or standard of
performance under this Act; (2) determining whether any person is in
violation of any such effluent limitation, or other limitation,
prohibition or effluent standard, pretreatment standard, or standard of
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STATUTE
AUTHORIZED ACTION
Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments
of 1972 (Continued)
performance; (3) any requirement established under this section; or (4)
carrying out sections 305, 311, 402, and 504 of this Act--
(A) the Administrator shall require the owner or operator of any
point source to (i) establish and maintain such records, (ii) make such
reports, (iii) install, use and maintain such monitoring equipment or
methods (including where appropriate, biological monitoring methods),
(iv) sample such effluents (in accordance with such methods, at such
locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as the Administrator
shall prescribe, and (v) provide such other information as he may
reasonably require; and
FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 309.
(a) (3) Whenever on the basis of any information available to
him the Administrator finds that any person is in violation of section
301, 302, 306, 307, or 308 of this Act, or is in violation of any permit
condition or limitation implementing any of such sections in a permit
issued under section 402 of this Act by him or by a State, he shall issue
an order requiring such person to comply with such section or
requirement, or he shall bring a civil action in accordance with
subsection (b) of this section.
TITLE IV
PERMITS AND LICENSES
CERTIFICATION
Sec. 401.
(a) (1) Any applicant for a Federal license or permit to conduct
any activity including, but not limited to, the construction or operation
of facilities, which may result in any discharge into the navigable
waters, shall provide the licensing or permitting agency a certification
from the State in which the discharge originates or will originate, or, if
appropriate, from the interstate water pollution control agency having
jurisdiction over the navigable waters at the point where the discharge
originates or will originate, that any such discharge will comply with
the applicable provisions of sections 301, 302, 306, 307 of this Act.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT
DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
Sec. 402.
(a) (1) Except as provided in sections 318 and 404 of this Act,
the Administrator may, after opportunity for public hearing, issue a
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STATUTE
AUTHORIZED ACTION
Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments
of 1972 (Continued)
permit for the discharge of any pollutant, or combination of pollutants,
notwithstanding section 301 (a), upon condition that such discharge
will meet either all applicable requirements under sections 301, 302,
306, 307, 308, and 403 of this Act, or prior to the taking of necessary
implementing actions relating to all such requirements, such conditions
as the Administrator determines are necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Act.
(2) The Administrator shall prescribe conditions for such permits
to assure compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this
subsection, including conditions on data and information collection,
reporting, and such other requirements as he deems appropriate.
(3) The permit program of the Administrator under paragraph (1)
of this subsection, and permits issued thereunder, shall be subject to the
same terms, conditions, and requirements as apply to a State permit
program and permits issued thereunder under subsection (b) of this
section
(b) At any time after the promulgation of the guidelines required
by subsection (h) (2) of section 304 of this Act, the Governor of each
State desiring to administer its own permit program for discharges into
navigable waters within its jurisdiction may submit to the
Administrator a full and complete description of the program it
proposes to establish and administer under State law or under an
interstate compact. In addition, such State shall submit a statement
from the attorney general (or the attorney for those State water
pollution control agencies which have independent legal counsel), or
from the chief legal officer in the case of an interstate agency, that the
laws of such State, or the interstate compact, as the case may be,
provide adequate authority to carry out the described program.
PERMITS FOR DREDGED
OR FILL MATERIAL
Sec. 404.
(a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, may issue permits, after notice and opportunity for public
hearings for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable
waters at specified disposal sites.
DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE
Sec. 405.
(b) The Administrator shall issue regulations governing the
issuance of permits for the disposal of sewage sludge subject to this
section. Such regulations shall require the application to such disposal
of each criterion, factor, procedure, and requirement applicable to a
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STATUTE AUTHORIZED ACTION
Federal Water Pollution permit issued under section 402 of this title, as the Administrator
Control Act Amendments determines necessary to carry out the objective of this Act.
of 1972 (Continued) (c) Each State desiring to administer its own permit program for
disposal of sewage sludge within its jurisdiction may do so if upon
submission of such program the Administrator determines such
program is adequate to carry out the objective of this Act.
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STATUTE
AUTHORIZED ACTION
Executive Order 11548 —
Delegating functions of
the President under the
Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, as amended
Section 1. Delegations to the Secretary of the Interior. There is
hereby delegated to the Secretary of the Interior responsibility and
authority
(f) to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) (1) of section 12, of
the Act, relating to the designation of hazardous substances, other than
oil, which when discharged into or upon the navigable waters of the
United States or adjoining shorelines of the contiguous zone, present an
imminent and substantial danger to public health or welfare;
(g) in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to carry out
the provisions of subsection (a) (2) of section 12 of the Act, relating to
the establishment of recommended methods for the removal of
hazardous substances within the meaning of subsection (a) (1) of
section 12 of the Act.
Section 2. Delegations to the Secretary of Transportation
responsibility and authority.
(c) to administer the revolving fund established pursuant to
subsection (k) of section 11 of the Act;
(e) in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out the
provisions of subsection (g) of section 12 of the Act, including the
preparation of a report for submission by the President to the Congress.
Section 4. Delegation to the Council on Environmental
Quality. (a) There is hereby delegated to the Council of
Environmental Quality the responsibility and authority to carry out the
provisions of subsection (c) (2) of section 11 of the Act, providing for
the preparation, publication, revision or amendment of a National
Contingency Plan for the removal of oil (hereinafter referred to as the
National Contingency Plan).
Section 5. Other delegations, (a) There is hereby delegated to the
Secretary of the Interior and to the Secretary of Transportation,
respectively, in and for the waters and areas assigned to each in section
306.2 of the National Contingency Plan (35 F.R. 8511) responsibility
and authority.
(5) to carry out the provisions of subsection (d) of section 12 of the
Act, relating to the removal of discharged hazardous substances.
Section 6. Agency to Receive Notices of Discharges of Oil or
Hazardous Substances. The Coast Guard is hereby designated the
"appropriate agency" for the purpose of receiving the notice of
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STATUTE AUTHORIZED ACTION
Executive Order 11548 discharge of oil required by subsection (b) (4) of section 11 of the Act
(Continued) and for the purpose of receiving the notice of discharge of any
hazardous substance required by subsection (c) of section 12 of the
Act. The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall issue regulations
implementing this designation.
Section 9. Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970. Upon the taking
effect of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, the responsibility and
authority conferred upon the Secretary of Interior by this order,
including the authority conferred by reason of his designation in the
National Contingency Plan, and including the responsibility to consult
with other officers, shall vest in the Administrator of the
Envirionmental Protection Agency: Provided, that the Administrator
shall thereafter consult with the Secretary of the Interior regarding the
responsibility and authority delegated by section 1 (a) of this order and
officers who by this order are required to consult with the Secretary of
Interior shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
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STATUTE AUTHORIZED ACTION
Reorganization Plan No. 3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
of 1970
Section 1. Establishment of Agency, (a) There is hereby established
the Environmental Protection Agency, hereinafter referred to as the
"Agency."
Section 2. Transfers to Environmental Protection Agency, (a) There
are hereby transferred to the Administrator:
(1) All functions vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior and
Department of the Interior which are administered through the Federal
Water Quality Administration, all functions which were transferred to
the Secretary of the Interior by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1966 (80
Stat. 1608), and all functions vested in the Secretary of the Interior or
the Department of the Interior by the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act or by provisions of law amendatory or supplementary thereof.
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STATUTE
AUTHORIZED ACTION
Environmental Protection
Agency, Designation of
Hazardous Substances
Notice of Proposed Rule
Making (40 CFR Part 118)
Notice is hereby given that the Administrator, Environmental
Protection Agency, pursuant to the authority contained in section
12(a) (1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C.
1162(a) (1)] which was delegated to the Secretary of the Interior by
the President in Executive Order No. 11548 (Section 9) dated July 20,
1970 (35 F.R. 11677) and transferred to the Administrator by
Reorganization Plan No. 3, 1970, proposes to adopt a new Part 118.
The term "discharge" is defined by the statute as including "any
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping."
While this definition covers continuous as well as noncontinuous
spill-type discharges, this proposed regulation would only require
notification or noncontinuous spill-type discharges. Notification of the
discharge of a designated hazardous polluting substance is required
regardless of the quantity discharged or the expected harm.
Section 2 Definitions
(g) "Mixture" means mixtures of any kind or in any form, including,
but not limited to, mixtures in containers and vessels and waste water
effluents.
Section 3 Designation of Hazardous Substances
(3) ... Sludge, Digested Sewage
Sludge, Raw, Undigested Sewage
For the purpose of section 12 (c) of the Federal Pollution Control Act,
all of the elements, compounds or their isomers, ions or mixtures
included within the provisions of section 3 above are hazardous
substances.
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APPENDIX B
STATE LAW/REGULATION TABULATION
INTRODUCTION
For each State, the following items have been tabulated: Statutory (State law)
requirement to report discharges of raw or partially treated municipal wastewater; State
Water Pollution Control Agency regulation requiring reporting of municipal wastewater
spills; State certification/permit program for municipal discharges; and a system of penalties
and/or fines for water pollution incidents. A listing of State Water Pollution Control Laws
used to develop these tables is included in this Appendix.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the State Law/Regulation tabulation is to illustrate a legal requirement for
reporting a spill of raw or inadequately treated municipal wastewater to an appropriate
State Water Pollution Control Agency. Table 1 - State Law Tabulation shows majority of
State Legislatures have not deemed it necessary to include reporting requirements in their
water pollution control law. However, most laws do give the State Water Pollution Control
Agencies the power to make such regulations as they feel are necessary to maintain the
water quality standards of the State. The table also shows that most State Water Pollution
Control Agencies have adopted regulations that require spill reporting.
The permit systems now employed by many of the States and now required by EPA can
provide a valuable mechanism for helping to establish spill reporting criteria. The system can
also be used to ensure municipal wastewater treatment system owners develop acceptable
local emergency operating and response programs.
NOTE: All State Water Pollution Control Agencies were contacted and asked for copies of
their current water pollution control laws and agency regulations. Water pollution
control legislation is constantly changing at both the State and Federal levels. The
information contained in this Appendix reflects each State's status at the time of
this manual's development.
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State
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Statutory requirement
to report discharges
of raw or partially
treated municipal
wastewater
TABLE 1
STATE LAW TABULATION
Water Pollution
Control Agency
regulation requires
reporting of municipal
wastewater spills
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
State has a
certification/
permit system
for municipal
discharges
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
System of fines
and/or penalties
for municipal
water pollution
incidents
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of
Columbia
Rorida
Georgia
LAW
Water Pollution Control
Act
Water Pollution Control
Act
Water Quality Control
Act
Water & Air Pollution
Control Act
Porter-Cologne Water
Quality Control Act
Water Pollution Control
Act
dean Water Act
Water Pollution Control
Laws
Water Pollution Control
Law
Air and Water Pollution
Control Act
Water Quality Control
Act
REFERENCE
Act No. 1260. S79, Laws of
1971 Regular Session, Sec.
4(h) and Sec. 4(0).
Senate Bill 75, Chapter 120,
Laws 1971 (Sec. 46.03.100 and
Sec. 46.03.760).
Revised Statutes Ch. 16,
Article 1. 36-1851 etseq.
(Amended Law 1971)
Act 472 of 1949 as amended
by Act 183 of 1965 (Section
82-901 et seq., Ark. Stats.)
Division 7, Ch. 4, Art. 4,
Sec. 13260 and Ch. 5, Art. 5,
Sec. 13350 (as amended
through 19711
Chapter 66 - Article 28 (1970
Amendment - Senate Bills No. 35 and
and 45) (1971 Amendment - Senate
Bill No. 298)
Public Act 872. Laws 1971
H.B. 9254, Approved
June 25,1971
Chapter 403, Florida Statutes
1967 (as amended through 1971)
Act No. 870 (H.B. 730)
(as amended through 1971)
ADMINISTERING AGENCY
Water Improvement Commission
State Office Building
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
Department of Environmental
Conservation
Pouch 0
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Water Quality Control Council
State Board of Health
Environmental Health Services
1624 West Adams Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Department of Pollution Control
& Ecology
1100 Harrington Avenue
Little Rock. Arkansas 72202
Water Resources Control Board
Room 1015 Resources Building
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Department of Health
Water Pollution Control Division
4210 East 11th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80220
Department of Environmental
Protection
State Office Building
Room 539
Hartford, Connecticut 06115
Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Control
Water and Air Resources Comm.
P.O. Box 916
Dover, Delaware 19901
Department of Environmental Ser.
Environmental Health Adminis.
Water Resources Management Adm.
Presidential Building
415 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Pollution Control Board
Department of Pollution Control
Tallahassee Bank Building
Suite 300
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Water Quality Control Board
47 Trinity Avenue. S.W., Room 609
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
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STATE
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
LAW
Water Pollution Control
Laws
Environmental Protection
and Health Act of 1972
Environmental Protection
Act
Stream Pollution Control
Law
Water Pollution Control
Law
Water Pollution Control
Law
Water Pollution Control
Law
Stream Control Commission
Acts
Water Pollution Control
Law
Water Pollution Control
Laws
REFERENCE
Hawaii, Revised Statutes as
amended by Act 100, 1972
House Bill No. 610, as
amended in the Senate by
State Affairs Committee
Title 4, Section 12b; Title
12. Section 42 las amended
through 1971)
Ch. 214, Acts of 1943, as
amended by Ch. 132, Acts of
1945, Ch. 64, Acts of 1957,
as amended; Senate Enrolled Act
No. 100, An Act to Amend 1C 1971.
Title 13.
K.S.A. 65-161 etseq. (1967)
Ch. 224 (KRS 224.010 to 224.130
and 224.990). 1950 as amended by
H.B. 370 (3/30/70)
Title 56. Ch. 3, Part 1,
Section 1431 etseq. (as
amended through 1971)
Title 38, Ch. 3, Revised Statutes
of 1964, as amended 1971
Article 43 (Sec. 387 to 427)
Annotated Code of Maryland as
amended by Laws 1970
ADMINISTERING AGENCY
Department of Health
(Environmental Health Division)
Board of Health
P. O. Box 3378
Honolulu, Hawaii 96801
Board of Environmental
Protection and Health
State House
Boise, Idaho 83707
Environmental Protection Agency
Pollution Control Board
2200 Churchill Road
Springfield, Illinois 62706
Stream Pollution Control Board
1330 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206
Water Pollution Control Comm.
Department of Health
Lucas State Office Bldg.
Des Moines. Iowa 50319
Department of Health
Board of Health
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Water Pollution Control Comm.
275 East Main Street
Frankfort. Kentucky 40601
Stream Control Commission
Wildlife & Fisheries Comm.
Department of Health
P. O. Drawer FC
University Station
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Environmental Improvement Comm.
State House
Augusta, Maine 04330
'Department of Natural Resources
'Department of Water Resources
Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
2305 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
'State Office Building
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
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STATE LAW
Massachusetts Clean Water Act
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Water Pollution Control
Law
Water Pollution Control
Laws
Water Pollution Control
Law
Clean Water Law
Water Pollution Control
Act
Environmental
Protection Act
Water Pollution Control
Law
New Hampshire Water Pollution Control
Law
New Jersey
New Mexico
Environmental
Protection Act
Water Quality Act
REFERENCE
Ch. 21, General Laws as amended
through the Acts of 1970
Act 245, Public Acts of 1929 as
amended by Act 117, P.A. 1949;
Act 165, P.A. 1963; Act 405, P.A.
1965; Act 167, P.A. 1968; Act
209, P.A. 1968; Act 200, P.A. 1970
Senate Bill No. 424
Ch. 204.026 Para. 13 and
Ch. 204.076 Para. 1 (19721
Title 69, Ch. 48, RCM, 1947,
Sections 69-4806 and 69-4823
(as amended through 1971)
Sections 81-1501 to 81-1532 (1971)
as amended by L.B. 1435 (1972)
NRS 445.130 to 445.385
(1971)
Revised Statutes Annotated,
Ch. 149 as amended (1971)
R.S. 58: 11-12, 12-3 as amended
by Chapter 91, N. J. Laws of
1970
Ch. 190, Laws of 1967 (as amended
by Ch. 64, Laws of 1970 and by
Ch. 277, Laws of 1971) 75-39-1
through 75-39-12 NMSA
ADMINISTERING AGENCY
Water Resources Commission
Division of Water Pollution Control
Leverett Saltonstall Building
Government Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02202
Water Resources Commission
Stevens T. Mason Building, Sta.
Lansing, Michigan 48926
Pollution Control Agency
717 Delaware Street, S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440
Air & Water Pollution Control Comm.
P. 0. Box 827
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Water Pollution Board
P.O. Box 154
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
State Department of
Health and Environmental
Sciences
Helena, Montana 59601
Department of Environmental
Control
Environmental Control Council
State House Station
Lincoln, Nebraska
Commission of Environmental
Protection
Department of Health, Welfare,
and Rehabilitation
Environmental Protection
Hearing Board
Carson City, Nevada 89701
Water Supply and Pollution
Control Commission
105 Loudon Road, Prescott Park
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
Department of Environmental
Protection
P. O. Box 1390
Trenton. New Jersey 08625
Water Quality Control Comm.
Environmental Improvement
Agency
P. 0. Box 2348
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
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STATE
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
LAW
State Environmental
Conservation Law
Water & Air Resources
Act
Water Pollution Control
Law
Water Pollution Control
Act
Water Pollution Control
Statutes
Water & Air
Pollution Control
Laws
The Clean Streams
Law
Water Pollution Control
Law
Rhode Island Water Pollution Control
Law
South Carolina Pollution Control Act
South Dakota Water Pollution Control
Law
REFERENCE
Public Health Law Art. 12
as amended (1972)
Ch. 143, Art. 21 as amended
(1971)
Ch. 479, Sections 61-28-01
through 61-28-08 (1967)
Sections 6111.01 at teq.
as amended (1967)
Title 63, Oklahoma Statutes,
1971
Oregon Revised Statutes, Ch. 449
(1971 Replacement Part)
General Laws of 1956, Title 46
Ch. 12 as amended by PL 170,
1968, PL 89, 1963, PL 261, 1966.
PL 198, 1967, PL 88, 1970, PL
289, 1970, PL 103,1971, PL 236,
1971
Act 1157-1971 as amended by the
1971-1972 General Appropriation
Act for the fiscal year 1971-1972
ADMINISTERING AGENCY
Department of Environmental
Conservation
State Environmental Board
Albany, New York
Board of Water & Air Resources
P. O. Box 9392
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
Water Pollution Control Board
Department of Health
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501
Water Pollution Control Board
P.O.Box 118
Columbus, Ohio 43216
Department of Pollution Control
Water Resources Board
Department of Health
3400 North Eastern
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
Department of Environmental
Quality
Environmental Quality Comm.
P. 0. Box 231
Portland, Oregon 97201
Department of Environmental
Resources
Environmental Quality Board
Environmental Hearing Board
P. O. Box 2351
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
Environmental Quality Board
P.O.Box 11785
Santurce, Puerto Rico 00910
Department of Health
335 State Office Building
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
South Carolina Pollution
Control Authority
1321 Lady Street
Owen Building
Columbia, South Carolina
Committee on Water Pollution
State Department of Health
(Division of Sanitary
Enginee-ing & Environmental
Protection)
Pierre, South Dakota 57501
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STATE
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
LAW
Water Quality Control
Act of 1971
Water Quality Act
Water Pollution Control
Act
Water Pollution Control
Act
Water Control Law
Water Pollution Control
Laws
Water Pollution Control
Act
Water Pollution Control
Law
Protection of Public
Water Supply Act
REFERENCE
Ch. 164, Public Acts of 1971 as
amended by Ch. 388 Public Acts
of 1971, Ch. 444 Public Acts of
1972, Ch, 631 Public Acts of 1972
Chapter 21, Subchapter C
Section 21.079 and 21.091;
Subchapter E, Section 21.252
Title 73, Ch. 14, Utah Code
Annotated, 1953 as amended
1967
Title 10, Vermont Statutes
Annotated, Ch. 33 as amended
(1972)
Ch. 3.1, Title 62.1 Code of
Virginia, 1950,
as amended (1970)
Chapter 90.48 RCW (1970)
Section 90.48.140 and 90.48.160
Ch. 20, Article 5A, Code of
West Virginia as amended (1969)
Ch. 144, Wisconsin Statutes
(1967)
Article 2, Section 35-184
et seq., as amended Laws 1957
ADMINISTERING AGENCY
Water Quality Board
Department of Public Health
6th Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Texas Water Quality Board
314W.I 1th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Water Pollution Committee
44 Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84113
Department of Water Resources
Water Resources Board
5 Court Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
State Water Control Board
P.O. Box 11143
Richmond, Virginia 23230
Department of Ecology
Ecological Commission
Pollution Control Hearings
Board
P. 0. Box 829
Ofympia. Washington 98501
Department of Natural Resources
Water Resources Board
State Department of Health
(Division of Sanitary Eng.1
1201 Greenbrier Street
Charleston, West Virginia
Department of Natural Resources
Natural Resources Board
P. 0. Box 450
Madison, Wisconsin 53701
Sanitary Engineering Services
Stream Pollution Control
Advisory Council
State Office Building
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
73
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State Reply Received Have Emergency Plan*
Alabama X
Alaska X
Arizona X
Arkansas X X
California X X
Colorado X
Connecticut X
Delaware X
Florida X X
Georgia X
Guam X
Hawaii X
Idaho X X
Illinois, Springfield X X
Indiana X X
Iowa X X
Kansas X X
Kentucky X
Louisiana X X
Maine X X
Maryland, Baltimore X
Maryland, Annapolis X X
Massachusetts X
Michigan X
Minnesota X
Mississippi X
Missouri X X
Montana X
Nebraska X X
Nevada X
New Hampshire X
New Jersey X
New Mexico X
New York X X
North Carolina X
North Dakota X X
Ohio X X
Oklahoma X
Oregon X
Pennsylvania X X
'Emergency plan may be for oil and/or hazardous materials. Plans may be
existing, tentative or in the planning stage.
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75 Page 8 of 9
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State Reply Received Have Emergency Plan*
Rhode Island X
South Carolina X
South Dakota X
Tennessee X X
Texas X
Utah X
Vermont X
Virginia X X
Washington X X
West Virginia X X
Wisconsin X X
Wyoming X
C.1. Results of request for contingency plan information from State agencies.
Interstate Agency Reply Received Have Emergency Plan*
Bi-State Development Agency X
Interstate Sanitation
Commission
Ohio River Valley Water
Sanitation Commission X X
Delaware River Basin
Commission X X
Klamath River Compact
Commission X
Tennessee River Basin Water
Pollution Control Commission
Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin X
New England Interstate Water
Pollution Control Commission
'Emergency plan may be for oil and/or hazardous materials. Plans may be
existing, tentative or in planning stage.
C-2. Results of request for contingency plan information from interstate
agencies.
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE PAMPHLET*
GENERAL BACKGROUND
Our section of the country experiences
natural disasters (hurricanes, tornadoes,
etc.) on a recurring basis. This pamphlet
has been prepared to serve as a guideline
to prepare for and respond to this type of
disaster.
The goal of this document is to
disseminate information to all personnel
within the treatment system. An
informed and organised staff is essential
in responding efficiently to emergency
situations.
GENERAL INFORMATION
All supervisors will meet with System
Superintendent when watch alert is
issued.
Supervisor's responsibilities:
Report emergency conditions.
Maintain a log of all emergency
activities.
Provide list of personnel to be on
duty. (Provide time for these men to
return home and arrange for
protection of their families.)
Standby power equipment to be used
only after power failure occurs.
Off-duty personnel monitor local radio/
television stations for work schedule in-
formation.
Similar to Pamphlet used in Fort Lauder-
dale, Florida
Superintendent will provide for welfare
of men on duty during disaster (food,
bedding, etc.)
DETAILED PROCEDURES (Hurricane/
Severe Weather Watch Alert)
Superintendent
Organizes staff.
Maintains continuous monitoring of
weather condition.
Checks out communications
equipment.
DETAILED PROCEDURES (Hurricane/
Severe Weather Warning Alert)
Superintendent
Initiates emergency response plan.
Maintenance crews
Check emergency generators and fuel
supply.
Secure pump stations as directed.
Treatment Plant Operators
Check all emergency equipment.
Check chemical inventories.
Coordinate with maintenance per-
sonnel to secure equipment.
POST DISASTER ACTIONS
Perform severity analysis.
Organize crews as personnel report for
work to repair priority items.
Submit assistance requests immediately
to expedite and coordinate acquisition of
supplies and parts.
FACILITIES
Treatment Plants
and Pumping
Stations
Main Control Building
Maintenance Shop
Chlorine Building
Digester Building
Pump Station No. 1
Pump Station No. 2
COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION
Radio
Phone Call
Number Sign
Radio
Phone Call
Number Sign
Dept. of Public Works
Police
Fire
PERSONNEL
Title/Ma me
System Superintendent
Assistant System
Superintendent
Maintenance Supervisor
Chief Operator
Phone
Emergency
Duty
Assignment
Main Control Bldg.
Main Control Bldg.
Maintenance Shop
Main Control Bldg.
EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS
HP
450
450
KW
250
250
Location
Pump Sta.
No. 1
Main Plant
Installation
(Permanent/
Portable)
Portable
Permanent
Function
Pump
Station
Half of
Treatment
Plant
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