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EPA is teaming up with New Jersey’s Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority (BMUA) to evaluate effectiveness of control technologies for wet weather overflow treatment and disinfection. EPA researchers have recommended emerging treatment strategies for disinfection of combined sewer overflows based on feasibility studies. The purpose of the full-scale pilot project is to gather performance data to provide defensible justification when selecting treatment technologies. An independent third party will verify the results of the $1.3 million demonstration project.
According to information from New Jersey’s Sustainability and Green Energy Team within the Dept. of Environmental Protection, verification will include the following:
- The effectiveness of UV and other disinfection technologies to inactivate pathogens such as fecal-coliform, E-coliform, total coliform, and enterococci.
- The performance of certain high-rate and advanced high-rate separation devices to reduce solids and nutrients.
- Effective green/clean energy technologies to provide power to remotely located physical and chemical disinfection systems.
Collaborators (both for funding & technical assistance) include US EPA, New Jersey DEP, BMUA, City of Bayonne, Rutgers University, and Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission.
CSO communities, or those who have wastewater and stormwater flowing in the same pipe, will undoubtedly be interested in the results of this project.
Sources: 1) http://www.nj.gov/dep/sage/wwflow.html# 2) hudsonreporter.com; “Slip Sliding Away” 8/27/14 article by Joseph Passantino.
FEATURED PROJECT
PROBLEM
A local company engaged in manufacturing imported a small amount of a chemical substance defined under TSCA. Faced with a potential EPA enforcement action with penalties assessed for noncompliance under TSCA of up to $32,500 per day per violation, the company called SMG for help.
SMG'S APPROACH
SMG analyzed the company’s current TSCA procedures and assisted the company in developing a proactive, cost-effective compliance procedure. SMG also facilitated a training program to educate employees about TSCA.
MG worked with the company to develop mechanisms that assured adherence with the policies that were being implemented for compliance. Procedures to promptly correct any potential violations and prevent future violations were also put into place.
RESULTS
SMG was able to show that the company complied with the relevant TSCA regulations and was improving their TSCA policies and procedures to assure that future issues were less likely to occur. The company was not subjected to the proposed penalties and now has mechanisms in place to maintain TSCA compliance.