MRP Revisions
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Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO)
Reduction Program:
MRP Revisions
Division of Water Quality
State Water Resources Control Board
October 23, 2012
Overview
Review and Update Overview
Proposed MRP changes
Database Changes
Comments Received
Reissuance of MRP Schedule
Slide 2
Review and Update Process
January 24, 2012 Board Workshop
outcome
Postpone Re-Adoption of the SSS WDRs
Until A Later Date,
Revise & Re-Issue the Monitoring &
Reporting Program (MRP) for the SSS
WDRs.
Slide 3
Review and Update Process
The MRP establishes monitoring, record keeping,
reporting and public notification requirements for the SSS
WDRs,
The Executive Director may make revisions to this MRP
at any time pursuant to the authority delegated by Water
Code section 13267(f) & Resolution No. 2002-0104,
These revisions may include a reduction or increase in
monitoring and reporting.
Slide 4
Major Proposed MRP Changes
Change Notification Requirement - SSOs that Reach or May
Reach a Surface Water or Drainage Channel from Three Calls
to One (i.e., Have to Call Cal EMA Only)
Category 1 SSO greater than or equal to 1,000 gallons
Change Spill Categories to:
Category 1 – Spills that Reach a Surface Water,
Category 2 – Spills that Do Not Reach a Surface Water and Are
Greater Than or Equal to 1,000 Gallons,
Category 3 – Spills that Do Not Reach a Surface Water and Are Less Than
1,000 Gallons (i.e., All Current Category 2 Spills).
Change reporting system to Event Based Spill Reporting
State Board agreed to make this change per the 2008 MOA between the State
Water Board and the California Water and Environment Association (CWEA)
Spill appearance points to be associated with each spill event caused by a
single asset failure.
Slide 5
Major Proposed MRP Changes (Cont.)
Private Lateral Sewage Discharges (PLSDs) reporting
remain voluntary and certification will not be required
Add Clarification on Who May Certify Reporting Elements
(i.e., LRO)
Add Requirement that the Collection System Questionnaire
be Certified by the LRO for the Sanitary Sewer System.
Spill Reporting Streamlining
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Major Proposed MRP Changes (Cont.)
Proposed Record Keeping Requirements:
Records to demonstrate compliance with subsections
D.7 through D.9 of the SSS WDRs.
Records to document annual in-house training on the
SSS WDRs, MRP, and SSMP for sewer crews, staff,
management, and contractors.
Records to document Water Quality Monitoring, SSMP
Implementation, SSMP Program Audits, and Electronic
Records.
Slide 7
Database Changes
MRP and New Spill forms will be released simultaneously
CIWQS releases occur every 2 months
Spill Forms
Questionnaire
SSO CIWQS Guidance Document
Will be released with the new MRP
Will provide step-by-step guidance and will provide FAQs
Slide 8
Comments Received
General Comments:
Is it inappropriate to make all these changes to the MRP based on the
limited number of inspections
A few agencies are reporting a significant number of spills and spills to
surface waters. All agencies Should not be required to comply with
these new requirements
The State Water Board should consider the cost to agencies of these
additional MRP requirements
New requirements will burdensome and will take resources from other
resources intended to reduce SSOs
Additional record keeping requirements will not reduce SSOs
SWRCB provide guidance to the stakeholders on how to ascertain which
water bodies are a "water of the state"
These changes deviate from the intent of the SSS WDRs, which is to
reduce the number of SSOs. Slide 9
Comments Received
General Comments:
Agencies support the addition of a third sanitary sewer
overflow (SSO) category to the reporting requirements.
Agencies support the change from a location based report
to an event‐based
Agencies generally support streamlining of notification
requirements by only requiring only one telephone call to the
Cal EMA
Slide 10
Reissuance Schedule
Revise draft MRP per comments received
Reissuance of MRP expected early 2013
Slide 11
Questions?
Slide 12
Program Contacts & Info
Russell Norman, P.E.
SSO Program Lead
State Water Resources Control Board
[email protected]
(916) 323-5598
Jim Fischer, P.E.
Office of Enforcement
State Water Resources Control Board
[email protected]
(916) 341-5548
Victor Lopez, E.I.T
SSO Program Lead
State Water Resources Control Board
[email protected]
(916) 323-5511
Julie Berrey
Office of Enforcement
State Water Resources Control Board
[email protected]
(916) 341-5872
SSO Main Website:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/sso/
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