Clean Water Fund Updates and Program Renewals

2. The View from DEEP Dennis J. Greci, P.E. Supervising Sanitary Engineer Bureau of Water Protection and Land Reuse

3. The Clean Water Fund • Call for Projects FY 2014-2015 • Submissions currently being reviewed • Draft Priority List for public comment by late Nov 2013 • Approx $ 1.8 Billion in short-term needs identified in submissions received to date.

4. Clean Water Fund : Available Resources

5. CWF: Guidance documents online • Updated eligibility memos on utility relocation and roadway restoration • Draft memo regarding use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs); comments due by November 12th • Other memos in development: • Green infrastructure eligibility • Nutrient reduction eligibility (revised to include phosphorus)

6. NPDES Permits • Updates to renewed permits include: • Disinfection criteria • Discharges to fresh water now using e. coli • Discharges to marine water using enterococci and fecal coliform • Phosphorus • CSO Monitoring • NetDMR

7. Sewage Right-to-Know • Sewage “Right to Know” Act (PA 12-11) • Affects information distribution and notification after sewage bypass or CSO event • Takes some requirements that were in NPDES Permit and makes them state law. • Requires DEEP to post maps and impact data of areas potentially affected by CSO events. • Requires DEEP to post impact data regarding sewage spills.

8. Website active as of June 2013 • Shows outfalls and overflow locations • Coming 2014: second map will show bypass events (SSOs)

9. Nitrogen Trading Program • Nitrogen trading program: • Value of Credit: somewhere in the $6 per pound range • Report will be finalized shortly • Nitrogen General Permit • Expires end of 2014 • Staff working on renewing permit

10. Operator Certification • Next Test is Jan 8, 2014 • applications due by Nov 22, 2013 • Reduced number of testing sites (4 to 3) • Three Rivers CC (Norwich) • Naugatuck Valley CC (Waterbury) • Tunxis CC (Farmington) • Summer exam will be July, 2014.

11. Operator Certification test results • Results for Summer exam 2013 • Class 1:25 of 43 passed • (21 of 33 OIT) (4 of 8 repeatees) • Class 2: 17 of 28 passed • (5 of 12 OIT) (3 of 7 repeatees) • Class 3: 8 of 23 passed • (5 of 9 OIT) (3 of 13 repeatees) • Class 4: 4 of 11 passed • (3 of 9 repeatees)

12. Legislation: Public Act 12-155 • Gives CWF the authority to make components of all phosphorus upgrades eligible for 30% grants. • Work groups are currently meeting to discuss detailed topics • scientific methods, • non-point sources, and • municipal implementation • Presentations and schedules are available on DEEP website: • http://www.ct.gov/deep/phosphorus

13. Governor’s Executive Order 37 • State is soliciting public comments on regulations that are “…outdated, unnecessarily burdensome, insufficient, or ineffective.” • Email suggestions to: • Governor.regulations@ct.gov • Or visit the website at www.governor.ct.gov/regulations

14. Transformation: Municipal Leads

15. For further information on many of these topics, please see the Municipal Facilities website: • www.ct.gov/deep/municipalwastewater

16. Questions? SEASONS GREETINGS !