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This area provides an area for WWTP's, Authorities and Interested Members to check for news items that could be of interest to them. Look in this area for timely updates on items such as certification, regulatory issues and publicity items. FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR NEW CERTIFICATION DRAFT RULEMAKING AND DEP LETTER Above POSTED 2-3-2010 - IMPORTANT RESPONSE DEADLINE 2-26-10
LINK TO COMMENTS ON DRAFT OPERATOR CERTIFICATION REGS http://www.irrc.state.pa.us/Regulations/More.cfm?TypeID=3&IRRCNo=2774
BIOSOLIDS GENERAL PERMIT COMMENTS NEEDED TO DEP
Information about the
comment period on the biosolids general permits, and on the MABA/PWEA
biosolids public acceptance program can be found in the link below.
PWEA COLLECTION SYSTEM COMMITTEE SEEKING NEW MEMBERS
The PWEA Collection System Committee has formed Eastern & Western
subcommittees to make it easier for collection system operators, engineers
and vendors to get more involved. The Eastern group had their first
meeting at LASA (Lancaster Area Sewer Authority) on December 8. We
filled our speaker slots for PennTec 2009 (Lancaster Host Resort) and
started planning a luncheon seminar on Funding.
The Collection System Committee is a group of professionals who work in
collection systems or for collection systems. We meet to discuss
mutual problems and issues facing
VP-Business Development CERTIFICATION ISSUES MEETINGS IMPORTANT NEW LOGO DESIGN EPWPCOA 2008 LOGO CONTEST Thanks to all of you who submitted a logo for
consideration. We received many interesting logos and appreciate your
interest in the Association and water quality in eastern The Board of Directors has tasked the Executive Committee with reviewing the logos and making a recommendation to the full Board. The Board will then make a decision if the logo is going to change and which logo will be selected. If the logo does not change from the current logo, the Board has agreed to select a logo for the $250 prize. The final decision and winner will be posted on this site, so stay tuned……! IMPORTANT!!!!!!
Our response to Secretary
McGinty's letter has had an effect. Please see attached letter from
Representative George. If you have not seen the Secretary's
letter and our response, please visit the EPWPCOA website: epaops.org and
look under government affairs. Randy Hurst has received a copy of letter from DEP and has issued a response. These letters appear below: Hurst EPWPCOA Letter of 2-26-08 Representative Brutz Letter of 1-11-08 Representative George Letter 12-13-07 Randy's Letter to Representative George of 1-2-08
DEP Letter of November 1, 2007 Randy's Letter to Representative George of November 6, 2007 Randy also made the following comments:
"The third paragraph of
Secretary McGinty's letter represents a significant change in DEP
enforcement policy, which all operators should be aware of. DEP enforcement
staff can no longer threaten operators with personal monetary
penalties for minor violations as they have in the past; they must first
issue an Order, and the Order must then be violated before any penalty can
be imposed. Operators should also be aware that all Orders can be
appealed and DEP must prove that they are valid under "normal" rules of law:
strict liability does not apply to Orders."
PLEASE SEE LINK BELOW FOR INFORMATION FROM RANDY HURST REGARDING THE ISSUE OF OPERATOR LIABILITY..... YOUR ACTION IS REQUIRED TO ASSURE A MORE REASONABLE INTERPRETATION!!!!! FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR RANDY'S DOCUMENT. INFORMATION ON NEW CERTIFICATION ACT.... The PWEA Website has an excellent summary of the NEW Certification Act. In addition, there are links to the PA DEP website that provide even more details. Please follow link below to get to this site... PWEA Certification Act Information. |
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