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You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION A TRI-STATE WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 2002 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION 2002: THE YEAR OF CLEAN WATER COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT Formerly the INTERSTATE SANITATION COMMISSION You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY John Atkin John M. Scagnelli Chairman Vice Chair Richard Blumenthal Bradley M. Campbell Jeanette Brown Clifton R. Lacy, M.D. Joxel Garcia, M.D. Frank A. Pecci Arthur J. Rocque, Jr. John E. Walsh NEW YORK Donna B. Gerstle Vice Chair Gerard J. Kassar Treasurer Judith L. Baron Erin M. Crotty Rose Trentman *** ** * Howard Golub Eileen D. Millett Executive Secretary Counsel You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION STAFF Howard Golub Executive Director and Chief Engineer Boris Rukovets Assistant Executive Director and Assistant Chief Engineer Eileen D. Millett General Counsel Engineering Laboratory Peter L. Sattler Pradyot Patnaik Nicholas S. Protopsaltis Evelyn R. Powers Brian J. Mitchell Inna Golberg Field Investigation Administrative William M. McCormack Carmen L. Leon Bonnie P. Hickey Valentini Tsekeridou Alexander R. Lochner Elizabeth M. Morgan Caitlyn P. Nichols Fay L. Lau Part Time Jacques N. Khoury - Lab You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION As I approach the end of my term as IEC Chairman and look back at the two years, I believe my fellow Commissioners and staff would agree that the events of September 11, 2001, were the defining moments in the 66-year history of the Commission. The tragedy of that day will be indelibly marked in the memories of all us who witnessed the horror. And I think back to the days following September 11, 2001, when the Commission distinguished itself by promptly and professionally supplying vitally needed information relating to potential threats of water pollution. Following the terrorist tragedy, this Commission moved forward with even greater intensity, strengthened in our resolve to protect the integrity of our waterways in our dual areas of responsibility in regulation and enforcement within our tri-state area. More recently, the Commission participated in the first annual National Water Monitoring Day this past October. Thinking back to my many years of experience in the areas of the preservation of our natural resources has led me to believe that the responsibility for the environment is obviously not merely a governmental function. It must extend all the way down the line from independent agencies to support on the grassroots level. That has been the Commission’s policy and that, in brief, is why I find my ten years of service to the IEC so gratifying. As indicated in this Annual Report, the Commission’s broad range of programs and activities runs the full gamut — from far-reaching litigation against major entities, to student internship programs and community outreach on the grassroots level. It is the theme that runs throughout this Report. In this connection, it is also with a sense of pride that I review our menu of activities which so appropriately reflect the continuing progress in our prime areas of responsibility — interstate coordination, ambient and effluent water monitoring, and regulation and enforcement, including litigation when we must. Although space does not permit a full description of our activities and accomplishments over the past 12 months, I’d be remiss if I did not touch on issues and matters of particular significance, such as our monitoring at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site and the Fresh Kills Landfill, and addressing nitrogen impacts from sewage treatment plants. We have continued our commitment and involvement with the Long Island Sound Study and the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program, including special intensive You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library surveys in support of these programs. We just completed our 12th year of monitoring in Long Island Sound to document dissolved oxygen conditions. Other surveys focused on shellfish harvesting in Raritan Bay and monitoring for pathogens in the New York-New Jersey Harbor Complex. In addition to our participation in the aforementioned first annual National Water Monitoring Day as part of the anniversary celebration of 30 years of the Clean Water Act, I was pleased that the Commission co-sponsored and presented at a two-day conference Celebrating the Clean Water Act: 30 Years of Success in NY Harbor. It is also gratifying that the Commission’s annual Boat Inspection Trip has become a much talked about event, eagerly anticipated by legislators, state and federal officials, and environmental representatives throughout the region. This year’s trip — covering the upper East River and the New York and Connecticut waters of Long Island Sound — had the largest turnout ever. Finally, it is my hope that you will take time to inspect the full and impressive scope of all the Commission’s endeavors that also embrace air pollution control, wide-ranging educational and outreach programs, and continually expanding relationships with other interstate agencies . so that you, too, will share my enthusiasm and optimism for the future of the environment in our tri-state metropolitan area. I also invite you to visit our website, www.iec-nynjct.org, for reports and information on our activities. On a personal note, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to my fellow Commissioners and to our Executive Director, Howard Golub, and his dedicated staff for their support in making my term as Chairman so fulfilling and richly rewarding. John Atkin Chairman You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library CO N T E N T S PAGE I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 WATER POLLUTION 2 AIR POLLUTION 4 II. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 6 GENERAL 6 CONNECTICUT WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANTS 8 NEW JERSEY WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANTS 14 NEW YORK WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANTS 22 EFFLUENT AND AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING 56 SPECIAL INTENSIVE SURVEYS 58 2002 AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN LONG ISLAND SOUND TO DOCUMENT DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONDITIONS 58 AMBIENT WATER QUALITY COOPERATIVE STUDIES 67 2001-2002 MICROBIOLOGICAL SURVEYS IN THE SHELLFISH HARVESTING WATERS OF WESTERN RARITAN BAY 68 GREAT KILLS PARK MULTI-AGENCY MICROBIOLOGICAL WORK GROUP 71 2002 AMBIENT WATER QUALITY MONITORING FOR PATHOGENS IN THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY HARBOR COMPLEX 72 NATIONAL WATER MONITORING DAY 78 PATHOGEN TRACK DOWN ON THE BYRAM RIVER 79 WORLD TRADE CENTER: GROUND ZERO INSPECTIONS 79 HARBOR-WIDE WATER QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY HARBOR COMPLEX 80 2002 BOAT INSPECTION TRIP 81 REGIONAL BYPASS WORK GROUP 84 CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 305(b) WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT 86 STORET 88 PROPOSED REVISIONS TO DISSOLVED OXYGEN SURFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR MARINE WATERS 88 You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library PAGE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM 89 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS AND MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEMS 90 CONFERENCES AND TECHNICAL EXCHANGES 91 NEW YORK WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION’S LEGISLATIVE FORUM 91 CELEBRATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT: 30 YEARS OF SUCCESS IN NEW YORK HARBOR 92 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 92 LONG ISLAND SOUND WATER MONITORING WORK GROUP 92 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (BOCES) 93 LAW STUDENT INTERNSHIPS 93 OUR WORLD UNDERWATER 93 III. AIR POLLUTION 94 GENERAL 94 AIR POLLUTION COMPLAINTS 94 OZONE HEALTH MESSAGE SYSTEM 96 REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION WARNING SYSTEM 96 IV. LEGAL ACTIVITIES 97 LITIGATION TO MITIGATE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF NEW YORK CITY’S OPERATION OF THE FRESH KILLS LANDFILL 98 ADDRESSING NITROGEN IMPACTS OF SOME NEW YORK CITY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS 102 ADJUDICATORY HEARING CONCERNING THE DELETION OF IEC’S REGULATIONS FROM THE PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS’ DISCHARGE PERMIT 104 APPENDIX A - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS DISCHARGING INTO INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRICT WATERS - 2002 A-1 APPENDIX B - INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FINANCIAL STATEMENT FY 2002 B-1 APPENDIX C - GLOSSARY C-1 You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library I L L U S T R A T I O N S PAGE PHOTO Spuyten Duyvil Swing Bridge, Confluence of Harlem River With Hudson River 5 MAP Wastewater Treatment Plants in the Interstate Environmental District 7 PHOTO Generating Station, Norwalk, Connecticut 8 PHOTO Expanded Denitrification Tanks, Fairfield Water Pollution Control Plant, Fairfield County, Connecticut 9 PHOTO New Septage Receiving Area, West Haven Water Pollution Control Commission, New Haven County, Connecticut 12 PHOTO Greens Ledge Light, Norwalk, Connecticut 13 PHOTO Final Clarifier Under Construction, Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties, Union County, New Jersey 16 PHOTO Execution Lighthouse, Sands Point, New York 22 PHOTOS Manhole Rehabilitation, Orangetown WPCP, Rockland County, New York 41 PHOTO Dredging Operations in Eastchester Bay, Bronx, New York 55 PHOTO Pathogen Analyses at IEC Laboratory 57 MAP 2002 Long Island Sound Study, Ambient Water Quality Sampling
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