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Project Description:
The Department has prepared
a draft SPDES permit, No. NY- 0259179, fact sheets and
made a tentative determination to issue an initial five year approval for the treated
discharge of treated drinking water from the Chautauqua Utility District’s Water
Treatment Plant, located on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institute, Town of
Chautauqua, NY. This tentative determination indicates that the discharge regulated
under this statute is considered to satisfy regulatory standards for permit issuance, based
on information available to the Department at this time. As a tentative determination, the
Department seeks comments on the proposed regulated activity prior to making a final
decision on permit issuance. The draft permit was developed in accordance with the
Department’s Technical & Operational Guidance Series (TOGS 1.3.3.) and uses
information supplied by the applicant.
The proposed permit includes
monitoring requirements and effluent limits for a design
discharge flow of 0.062 MGD resulting from an approximately 30 minute discharge of
filtered water following immediately after backwashing filters to a holding tank. The
Discharge is to an unnamed tributary, Class C waters, of Chautauqua Lake. Proposed
discharge notification act requirements may require a sign identifying the outfall within
the Institute grounds.
The applicant has requested
a Water Supply Permit, WSA # 10,356, reflecting the
following: 1) the previous transfer of water facilities ownership from Chautauqua
Institution to Chautauqua Utility District; 2) inclusion of the 1991 “Highlands” and 2000
“Woodlands” service area expansions and water main extensions, and; 3) Water
Treatment Plant Improvements within the existing building which will increase supply
capacity from 0.75 MGD to 1.5 MGD and comply with 1996 amendments to the Federal
Safe Drinking Water Act.
The draft permits, fact
sheets, applications, and applicable regulations are available for
inspection at the NYSDEC Region 9 Office. Comments in support of or in opposition to
the proposed permits may be made by filing a written statement by the deadline date
indicated.
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