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Aguas Buenas WWTP NPDES No. PR0020273

NOTICE for PUBLIC COMMENT

PRASA Aguas Buenas Waste Water Treatment Plant
Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico

SUMMARY

The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has
applied for renewal of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit for the Aguas Buenas Waste Water Treatment Plant
(WWTP) in Aguas Buenas.

The Aguas Buenas Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) treats sanitary
wastewater through secondary treatment. Wastewater from the
treatment plant is discharged to the Bairoa River.

The NPDES permit ensures that the amount of discharge and the amount
of contaminants in the discharge remains below levels that are safe for
the environment and public health consumption.

How to Access the Draft
Permit Documents
Copies of the draft permit documents can
be found on EPA's website at:

www.epa.aov/reqion02/water/Dermits.htmi

Hard copies are located at:
Alcaldia de Aguas Buenas

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PRASA AGUAS BUENAS FLOW SCHEMATIC

This diagram summarizes the WWTP
process, This is based on a scenario where
there is maximum water flowing in the
treatment plant. The actual amounts of
water may be less.

DRAFT PERMIT CONDITIONS

The permit establishes numeric water quality effluent limitations for several pollutants, including pH, dissolved oxygen,
temperature, taste and odor, color, turbidity sulfates, flow, suspended solids, and metals.

The permit limits the WTP's numeric flow effluent pursuant to Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (PREQB) and
other conditions.

Under NPDES the permit specifies requirements for recording and reporting monitoring results of the numeric effluent
limitations described above.

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Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority
Aguas Buenas WWTP NPDES No. PR0020273

How to Submit Public Comments

Any interested parties can submit written
comments on the draft permit during the public
comment period, which is between Thursday
August 4th, 2016 and Tuesday September 6th,
2016.

During this time, a public hearing can also be
requested on these documents.

The request must:

1.Be	in writing

2.	State the issues that you want to be
raised in the hearing

3.	Be submitted to the Director of the
Caribbean Environmental Protection
Division Office

The submission of written comments and/or
requests for a public hearing can be sent to:

EPA Region 2 Caribbean Environmental
Protection Division Office
City View Plaza II
Suite 70000, #48 RD. 165 Km, 1.2
Guaynabo, PR 00968

If you would like to request additional information
or have questions about the permit, please
contact:

Lalitssa Lopez
EPA Region 2, CEPD
787-977-5857
Lopez.Lalitssa@epa.gov

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