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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.a.2) Receive Pollution Prevention Report for 2014 and Pollution Prevention Plan for 2015Central Contra Costa Sanitary District February 11, 2015 TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VIA: ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER JEAN -MARC PETIT, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DANEA GEMMELL, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION MGR NATHAN HODGES, PROVISIONAL SENIOR ENGINEER IJW FROM: MELODY LABELLA, PROVISIONAL ASSOCIATE ENGINEER SUBJECT: DRAFT 2015 POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN The draft 2015 Pollution Prevention (P2) Plan is attached. Staff prepares this Plan as an element of our annual P2 Report, which is due to the Regional Board, as required by our NPDES Permit, on February 28th each year. I will be giving my annual P2 Program update presentation at your February 19, 2015, Board Meeting to review our many P2 accomplishments for 2014 and our 2015 P2 Plan. Please note that two new items proposed for our 2015 P2 Plan are highlighted in gray. The draft 2015 P2 Plan was reviewed by the Real Estate, Environmental and Planning Committee at their February 10, 2015 meeting. Thank you. NAENVRSEMPosition Papers \LaBella\2015\2- 19 -15 \02 -2015 P2 Plan - Board cover Memo.docx CCCSD's 2015 Pollution Prevention Plan — DRAFT 2 .. Y 'Q .y :.9A 1. •.pA�AR. Pollutant Plan Activity for 2015 Measurement of Activity Effectiveness Continue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting Conduct monitoring and report any targeted monitoring for mercury, as appropriate. observed trends. Maintain Mandatory Amalgam Separator Program, including Report compliance level of dental facilities. permitting new practitioners. Continue inspections on a three- Report number of new dental operations year interval permitted and number of inspections conducted. Continue sampling two existing mercury monitoring sites Report any trends observed and any downstream of dental offices, to track effectiveness of amalgam follow -up action taken. separator installations and adherence to other dental amalgam BMPs. Follow up with inspections of upstream dental practices, as necessary. Continue collecting, tracking and properly disposing of Amount of elemental mercury & mercury - 2 elemental mercury and mercury- containing products via our containing products collected and properly Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program (HHWCP). disposed of by our HHWCP. Continue the Mercury Thermometer Exchange Program for Number of mercury thermometers residents and schools (chemistry labs) via our HHWCP. exchanged for digital (residents) and spirit- filled (schools). Continue recycling the mercury- containing lamps used in the Number of lamps properly recycled. Ultraviolet Disinfection Facility in CCCSD's treatment plant. Continue partnerships with local hardware stores in our service List of partner stores and outreach area to provide in -store outreach on proper disposal of mercury- materials prepared. Report amount of containing items. mercury- containing waste collected through these partnerships. Continue to enforce the tiered local discharge limits (LDL) for Report number of businesses permitted mercury, as adopted in February 2007. under the tiered mercury LDL. Continue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting Conduct monitoring and report any targeted monitoring for dioxin, as appropriate. observed trends. Continue collecting, tracking and properly disposing of dioxin- Amount of dioxin - containing wastes containing wastes via our HHWCP. Tracked substances collected and properly disposed of by our 2 include: pentachlorophenol, 2,4,5 -T and trichlorophenol. HHWCP. Continue to perform outreach on dioxin reduction. Description of outreach. Continue to enforce the discharge prohibition for dioxin Continued enforcement of the discharge compounds, as adopted in February 2007. prohibition for dioxin compounds. Continue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting Conduct monitoring and report any targeted monitoring for cyanide, as appropriate. observed trends. Continue collecting, tracking and properly disposing of cyanide- Amount of cyanide- containing wastes containing wastes via our HHWCP. collected and properly disposed of by our HHWCP. Continue to implement the Cyanide Action Plan of the Cyanide Description of appropriate Cyanide Action a Site Specific Objective, which includes: Plan requirements completed in 2014. • Maintaining inventory of significant cyanide sources v Conducting required monitoring of identified cyanide sources • Investigating any cyanide excursions that occur in treatment plant monitoring Continue to enforce the tiered LDL for cyanide, including Report number of businesses permitted discharge prohibition for unpermitted CCCSD businesses, as under the cyanide LDL. adopted in February 2007. CCCSD's 2015 Pollution Prevention Plan - DRAFT W W-11 F M Pollutant Plan Activity for 2015 Measurement of Activity Effectiveness Continue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting Conduct monitoring and report any targeted monitoring for copper, as appropriate. observed trends. Continue collecting, tracking and properly disposing of copper- Amount of copper- containing wastes containing wastes via our HHWCP. collected and properly disposed of by our HHWCP. Continue Pretreatment Program, which includes inspection of Number of pretreatment inspections radiator shops and auto repair facilities. conducted at radiator shops and auto d repair facilities. Q Continue implementation of the Copper Action Plan, which Continue implementation and report v includes the following elements: results. a. Support of the BAPPG's Regional Copper Outreach Project to Plumbers, Designers and Building Inspectors b. CCCSD's Pool & Spa Permitting Program . Communication with water purveyors in CCCSD's service area regarding copper algaecide dosing of reservoirs and corrosion control practices. Continue implementation of tiered LDL for copper as adopted in Number of businesses permitted under the February 2007. tiered copper LDL. Continue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting Conduct monitoring and report any °—' L targeted monitoring for acrylonitrile, as appropriate. observed trends. Continue accepting, tracking and properly disposing of Since acrylonitrile is an occasional o acrylonitrile-containing products, such as adhesives, auto component of paint - related material, the finishing paints, wood surface products, etc. via our HHWCP. measurement will be the amount of paint- related materials collected and properly disposed of by our HHWCP. R Continue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting targeted monitoring for bis(2- Conduct monitoring and report any V' ethylhexyl) phthalate, as observed trends. = appropriate. m s m °- Continue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting Conduct monitoring and report any targeted monitoring for PCBs, as appropriate. observed trends. dm Continue collecting, tracking and properly disposing of PCB- Amount of PCB - containing wastes a containing wastes (less than 50 ppm) via our HHWCP. collected and properly disposed of by our HHWCP. r = Continue investigating potential significant sources of PCBs in Summary of potential PCB sources. our service area. o � a- m Perform outreach encouraging proper disposal of PCB - Description of outreach. containing light ballasts at our HHWCP. Continue surveying /researching potential significant sources of Report any significant sources found and ammonia to CCCSD's wastewater, aside from human waste. summarize any follow -up programs o created. E Continue to collect and properly dispose of ammonia - containing Amount of ammonia - containing wastes E wastes at our HHWCP.. collected and properly disposed of by our HHWCP. CCCSD's 2015 Pollution Prevention Plan — DRAFT zr„�, wi yyr v # ,r Pollutant Plan Activity for 2015 Measurement of Activity Effectiveness Pollutant Continue collecting, tracking and properly disposing of Amount of residential FOG collected and residential FOG wastes via our HHWCP. properly disposed of by our HHWCP. Continue inspecting and enforcing existing standards for Number of inspections completed at food L controlling discharges of FOG wastes to CCCSD's sewer service facilities and number of 060 system using a targeted frequency based on potential for FOG enforcement actions taken. 0 discharges. HHWCP. V N Continue outreach on proper FOG disposal. Description of outreach. M Continue making presentations at Contra Costa County's Food Number of presentations given by our U. Safety Class and other forums to educate Food Service staff Source Control staff. about proper FOG disposal. Number of businesses permitted under the 42, Continue outreach to encourage all customers not to flush wipes Description of outreach. d and other products labeled as flushable. N o Continue outreach program, targeting neighborhoods with high Report number of outreach pieces sent. Q. m accumulations of wipes with direct mailers to encourage H behavior change. Continue to track opportunities to weigh in on the development Continue tracking opportunities. Include o of flushability standards and submit comments when any comment letters written. z L appropriate. N't 31 MEMMeMasurement gin 1, . ; . Pollutant Plan Activity for 2015 of Activity Effectiveness Continue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting Conduct monitoring and report any targeted monitoring for lead, as appropriate. observed trends. Continue collecting, tracking and properly disposing of lead- Amount of lead- containing wastes containing wastes via our HHWCP. collected and properly disposed of by our 'a ca HHWCP. Continue Pretreatment Program, which includes inspections of Number of pretreatment inspections radiator shops and auto repair facilities. conducted at radiator shops and auto repair facilities. Continue implementation of tiered LDL for lead as adopted in Number of businesses permitted under the February 2007. Itiered LDL. lutant d •v N d CL E .E as d N � v C � N � N O tea` m � vU ca — E c o t a. a� a 0 c ca ea d m E R LL a w O 0 c d 0 M z CCCSD's 2015 Pollution Prevention Plan — DRAFT Plan Activity for 2015 Measurement of Activity Effectiveness nue collecting, tracking and properly disposing of pesticides Amount of pesticides collected and jr HHWCP. properly disposed of by our HHWC nue outreach on pesticide reduction and proper disposal. IDescription of outreach. tinue supporting BACWA/BAPPG's and CASA's efforts to track Support and describe efforts by comment on new Federal pesticide registration reviews and BACWA/BAPPG and CASA. re- registrations to support consideration of water quality ontinue evaluating P2 performance /impacts by conducting Conduct monitoring and report any r eted monitoring for selenium, as appropriate. observed trends. ontinue investigating potential sources of selenium in our service Summary of potential selenium ea. sources. inue to monitor the development of the Bay Area Selenium Continued monitoring of selenium L and any opportunities for preventing selenium pollution. TIVIDL and description of any P2 opportunities for selenium. inue to maintain and promote our Pharmaceutical Collection Amount of pharmaceutical waste ram, which includes 13 law enforcement collection sites collected and properly disposed of. shout our service area. e participation and support of regional, statewide and Continued participation and description projects on the establishment of pharmaceutical collection lot support activities by CCCSD staff. is that are funded by the product chain (manufacturers and le Continue accepting and properly disposing of personal care Continued acceptance and proper products via our HHWCP. disposal of personal care products by our HHWCP. Continue outreach to encourage customers to dispose of Description of outreach. pharmaceuticals & personal care products properly. Continue accepting and properly disposing of flame retardants via lContinued acceptance and proper our HHWCP. Oisposal of flame retardants by our mtinue to track developing information on the sources and contro flame retardants. ue to track information. )ntinue supporting BACWA/BAPPG's and CASA/Tri -TAC's efforts Continue support. Include any track developing information on nanotechnology and comment in comment letters submitted. pport of water quality concerns on any Federal regulatory action products and chemicals that use nanotechnology. m :r a N CL N 7 0 r 0 A CCCSD's 2015 Pollution Prevention Plan — DRAFT Plan Activity for 2015 Measurement of Activity Effectiveness Continue the operation and promotion of our HHWCP to keep Total amount of HHW collected and pollutants out of the wastewater stream. properly disposed of by our HHWCP. Continue Pretreatment and Stormwater Inspection Programs. Number of inspections conducted and enforcement actions taken. Continue student education programs (Water Wizards, Sewer Number of students participating in each Science and Delta Discovery Voyage). program. Continue attendance at environmental /community events. Description of events. Continue partnership with Contra Costa Green Business Continue partnership and green business Program (CCGBP). Continue providing environmental inspections. Report number of new and compliance inspection services to aid in certifying green existing businesses certified in CCCSD's businesses in our service area. service area. Aaintain green business certification standards and continue Description of any green measures added naking green improvements in our operation that will assure ouror improvements made. text green business recertification. ,ontinue tracking and supporting the development of the Include copies of any comment or support )TSC's Green Chemistry Initiative. letters sent. ;ontinue active participation, membership and support (where Description of participation. appropriate) of various regional, statewide and national >rganizations /programs that serve as a conduit for P2 nformation, such as BACWA, BAPPG, Contra Costa Clean Vater Program, CWEA, CASA, Household Hazardous Waste nformation Exchange (HHWIE), California Product Stewardship 'ouncil, NACWA, Product Stewardship Institute and the North \merican Hazardous Materials Manaqement Association.