EJ Info Sheet for the City of Chicopee (Pdf)
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits PUBLIC INFORMATION https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/massachusetts-draft-individual-npdes-permits Chicopee Community Information Sheet U.S. EPA | PERMITS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT U.S. EPA IS SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT All facilities discharging pollutants from a point source into waters of the United States are required to obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues NPDES permits for all types of facilities, including publicly owned treatment works (POTWs), within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to authorize the discharge of a specified amount of pollutants under certain conditions. NPDES permits expire after five years and must be subsequently reissued through a public process. The Draft NPDES Per- mit for the POTW is owned and operated by the City of Chicopee, (the Permittee), has KEY CONTACTS: been prepared and EPA is soliciting public comments on this Draft Permit from interested JANET DESHAIS parties for a period of 30 days. After this Draft Permit is finalized, the final permit will EPA NPDES Permit replace the City’s 2012 Permit. Writer (617) 918-1667 Chicopee’s Draft Permit authorizes treated industrial and domestic sewage (i.e., from [email protected] homes) wastewater to be discharged into the Connecticut River. Eighteen (18) industrial users contribute pretreated flow to this facility. Fifteen (15) combined sewer overflow MARCUS HOLMES (CSO) outfalls in Chicopee discharge to the Connecticut River (7 CSOs), Chicopee River EPA Environmental Justice (7 CSOs), and Willimansett Brook (1 CSO). The separated portion of the conveyance sys- Coordinator tem is approximately 65% (treated sewer/industrial flow only) and the combined portion (617) 918-1630 is approximately 35% (untreated sewer/industrial/stormwater flow). CSOs are a legacy [email protected] pollution problem in older communities that still convey both raw sewage and rainwater in the same piping system. WHAT ARE CSSs & CSOs ? The City of Chicopee is served by a combined sewer system (CSS), which collects rain- water runoff, domestic sewage, and industrial wastewater into one pipe. Under normal conditions, all of the wastewater is transported to the City’s Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) for treatment before being discharged into a nearby waterbody. During significant wet weather events (such as heavy rainfall events or snowmelt) the volume of wastewater may exceed the capacity of the CSS or WPCF. When this occurs, a com- bination of untreated sewage and stormwater are discharged through CSOs into nearby waterbodies. CSO discharges contain untreated or partially treated human and industrial waste, toxic materials, and debris as well as stormwater. Occasionally this flow may back up into the basements of the City’s residents. continued >> May 2021 Figure 1 - Flow Through Combined Sewer System Source: U.S. EPA. 2004. Report to Congress: Impacts and Control of CSOs and SSOs WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY? Based on information in EPA’s environmental justice screening tool, EJSCREEN (https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Environmental Justice Viewer (https://www.mass.gov/info-details/environmental- justice-populations-in-massachusetts), Chicopee is a community where there may be potential environmental justice con- cerns. As EPA is reissuing, implementing, and enforcing environmental laws, regulations and policies with respect to this NPDES Draft Permit, EPA is taking actions to ensure the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regard- less of race, color, national origin, or income, including translating certain documents into Spanish. The Chicopee Water Pollution Control Facility serves residents of Chicopee. What new pollutants are limited in this Draft Permit? • Nitrogen: New yearly loading limit will become effective on the effective date of the Permit. • Toxicity - Permittee will perform a TIE/TRE toxicity identification/reduction evaluation if a test fails, plus first and second retest fails, or if a source of toxicity is not identified. • Internal Outfall Bypass (BYP) – New requirements to sample and report separate testing. • CSO Signage – New requirement for adding a universal wet weather warning symbol to all signs. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS? Yes, the public must be notified within 2 hours of a CSO discharge event and notified within 24 hours of the discovery of any unauthorized discharge that affects a water body or the public. The notifications must be made on a publicly avail- able website and remain on the website for at least 12 months. The notifications must include the location, description, estimated volume, start date and time, expected duration, whether the discharge is ongoing, and all public notifications must be communicated in English and Spanish. WHAT NEW OPERATION & MAINTENANCE (O&M) REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THE PERMIT? The Draft Permit requires the City to prepare and submit a Collection System O&M Plan within 24 months of the effec- tive date of the permit, and a collection system mapping of the entire collection system within 30 months of the effective date of the Permit. page 2 of 5 continued >> CAN I SUBMIT COMMENTS? Yes, the 30-day public notice period is an opportunity to provide written comments. EPA will receive public comments from all interested parties during this public notice period and encourages your participation in the public process. Once EPA considers and responds to all public comments, this Draft Permit will be finalized and will replace the existing permit for this facilities. A response to comments document will also be available when the Draft Permit becomes final. Please contact Janet Deshais at 617-918-1667 or [email protected] with any questions regarding this Draft Permit or the public notification process. CAN YOU PROVIDE MATERIAL IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE? Yes, if you would like to request material in a specific language regarding this Draft Permit, please feel free to contact Marcus Holmes at 617-918-1630 or [email protected] ARE DRAFT PERMITS POSTED ONLINE? Yes, draft permits are posted online. 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