For Immediate Release: August 17, 2011
Contact: Dean Higuchi, 808-541-2711, higuchi.dean@epa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY
EPA proposes full disinfection treatment at the Lahaina Wastewater facility
Public comments invited on this action
HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a proposed compliance order that would require Maui County to fully disinfect all wastewater at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility.
The proposed order, agreed to by the County on July 29 is subject to a 30-day public comment period before it can be finalized.
EPA determined that treated wastewater discharged into the facility’s underground injection wells contains levels of coliform bacteria that could exceed federal standards protecting the drinking water aquifer. The facility’s federal underground injection control permit requires the federal standards to be met.
By the end of December 2013, the County will need to install an approved non-chlorine disinfection system at the facility. After December 2013, the injected wastewater may not exceed the R-1 level for fecal coliform. Water treated to the R-1 level is the highest quality of reclaimed water specified in Hawaii
State Regulations.
Treating all of the wastewater at Lahaina to R-1 water disinfection standards will ensure that bacteria will not contaminate a potential source drinking water or be released into nearby coastal waters. The additional treatment will also substantially increase the supply of recycled wastewater available for reuse by the County.
Comments can be submitted to:
Bryan Goodwin, Regional Hearing Clerk
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX
75 Hawthorne Street (ORC-1)
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3919
r9hearingclerk@epa.gov
Persons wishing to comment upon the proposed CA/FO should submit comments by mail or e-mail to the EPA Regional Administrator, attention of the Regional Hearing Clerk (address above), referencing the docket number for this matter (UIC-09-2011-0002), within 30 days of the date of this public notice. Written comments must be received (if sent by e-mail) or postmarked (if sent by U.S. mail) on or before September 16, 2011. For more information please visit: http://www.epa.gov/region9/enforcement/pubnotices/pubnotice-maui-co.html and http://www.epa.gov/region9/water/drinking/dw-enforcement.html
###
Follow the U.S. EPA's Pacific Southwest region on Twitter: http://twitter.com/EPAregion9 and join the LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1823773/
Note: If a link above doesn't work, please copy and paste the URL into a browser.
View all Region 9 News Releases
 | You can view or update your subscriptions or e-mail address at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. All you will need is your e-mail address. If you have any questions or problems e-mail support@govdelivery.com for assistance. This service is provided to you at no charge by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
| ||||||
Sent by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · Washington DC 20460 · 202-564-4355
No comments:
Post a Comment