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Home My WebLink About03.b. Receive the annual regulatory updatesPage 1 of 7 Item 3.b. F.1-448�411C-S 0 March 19, 2024 TO: REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING COMMITTEE FROM: LORI SCHECTEL, ENVIRONMENTAL & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER REVIEWED BY: GREG NORBY, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER - OPERATIONS ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER SUBJECT: RECEIVE THE ANNUAL REGULATORY UPDATES The Annual Regulatory Updates presentation is attached. Strategic Plan re -In GOAL TWO: Environmental Stewardship Strategy 1 - Achieve compliance in all regulations, Strategy 4 - Identify and advance sustainability initiatives, including reducing energy usage and emissions ATTACHMENTS: 1. Presentation March 19, 2024 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 8 of 17 Page 2 of 7 March 19, 2024 ANNUAL REGULATORY UPDATES Real Estate, Environmental and Planning Committee Meeting Lori Schectel Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Division Manager 1 Significant Regulatory Updates Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) Wastewater 2 March 19, 2024 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 9 of 17 1 Page 3 of 7 Air -Related Updates Clean Air Act Section 129 Sewage Sludge Incinerator Regulations February 2023 Furnace 1 source test — all parameters passed January 2024 Furnace 2 source test— awaiting results One violation for Furnace 1 bypass event in 2023 n- Title V Compliance " Three Reportable Compliance Activities in 2023 No Title V violations in 2023 Submitted Authority -to -Construct permit applications for the Solids Handling Facility Improvements Project and Pumping Station Improvements Project Air -Related Updates BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT a o= k,41 pppti4l Bay Area Air Quality Management District's (BAAQMD) Rule 11-18: Reduction of � BAY AREA AIR QUALITY Risk from Air Toxic Emissions at Existing Facilities MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BAAQMD is developing amendments to Rule 11-18 to address delay in conducting health risk assessments _ BAAQMD published revised lists for Phase 1 and Phase 2 facilities Central San is ranked as Phase 2 medium priority California Air Resources Board (CARB) Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) Regulation (Draft) Assembly Bill 1594- authorizes purchases of utility -specialized vehicles to maintain reliable service and response to major natural events CALIFORNIA California Association of Sanitary Agencies (CASA) working with CARB to develop �� AIR RESOURCES BQARDI a list of wastewater utility -specialized vehicles CARB planning to amend ACF Regulation in 2025 Public meeting scheduled for March 25, 2024 Initial annual report due April 1, 2024 b Changes to fleet inventory must be reported to CARB within 30 days March 19, 2024 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 10 of 17 2 Page 4 of 7 Air -Related Updates Criteria Pollutants & Toxics Reporting (CTR) and AB 2588 Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program Requires annual emissions reporting for criteria pollutants and toxic air contaminants to harmonize community air monitoring, reporting, and local emissions reduction programs for stationary sources �CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD AB 2588 recently amended toxics air compound list has more than 1,700 compounds Many compounds have unknown toxicity levels and emission factors and are irrelevant to wastewater treatment plants Statewide Two -Step Process Phased Compliance Allows wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to report business -as -usual through 2028 CASA coordinating with CARB on a "two-step process' to determine the relevant shortlist of compounds 0SA � Participation is required for all WWTPsFinancial contribution expected FY 2025-2026 111111110 CEC-Related Updates SB 212: Pharmaceutical and Sharps Take -Back Requires manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs and sharps to establish, fund, and manage a statewide take -back system for medications and sharps Began July 2022 Local pharmaceutical collection managed by MED- Project Sharps managed by MED-Project and others Currently, Central San maintains four sites >40 collection sites total in the service area Stewardship Program Implementation Timeline S months Stewardshlp Plan 90 days 270 days Develoment Review Period Implementation Phase Rrgulatlans i x Program opxacol Callmde plan Programopaamr S*dshlp efrMhe ,ArnhsA—rdshlp app—lby mbmltsfintannual pWnrully I/712021 Is antr,Ulll cyde 10/57X121 reponro Calldcyde Implemented 7l7R021 V31f2022 M/2022 IPmgram operator Cov,,dennlleswbltttro CalRerydeI, submits stewardship penalllesll rovered product post fim hn plan to Rand ur talRrgck is not suWj to an approved ofsamplkel Pharnacyandolhsr campletenessmview stewardship plan eMd. appllcahleayendes 1 SAW) 17712022 W30r&n 'ilrraaawsl -- )-1 Mea 14rI, da.- nm rarpr.enp on Mraumbn o 8.rd W rta—,q -- pnmto 1. pmpram a,. .W1 plan wbo.1 W (Nl4tydr, prlmlW ph rtwbmntN; aM Nrllme r lalragm[ March 19, 2024 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 11 of 17 3 Page 5 of 7 CEC-Related Updates - PFAS FEDERAL Proposed hazardous substance designation under CERCLA Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act —proposed exemption for POTWs Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) Rule finalized for reporting and record -keeping EPA Effluent Limitation Guidelines (EPA ELG Plan 15) Proposed study to investigate industrial discharges of PFAS to POTWs Two New Analytical Methods Finalized in January 2024 Method 1633-40 PFAS compounds (can be used for NPDES permits) Method 1621—Adsorbable Organic Fluorine STATE The State Water Resource Control Board's (SWRCB) July 2020 Statewide Per -and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Investigative Order Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA) Region 2 PFAS Study SB903 — Proposed phase out of sale and use of products containing avoidable PFAS 7 CEC-Related Updates - Microplastics Assembly Bill 1628 - Microfiber Filtration Microfiber filtration on new washing machines by 2029 Vetoed on October 8, 2023 Senate Bill 1263 — Statewide Microplastics Strategy (2018) Multi -year road map 2-Track approach to comprehensively manage microplastics Central San's Contributions to SB 1263 2021 sampling training video for CASA and the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) 2022-2023 Central San performed a removal study across the treatment process, with the final report expected in Spring 2024 Revised Draft 2024 California Integrated Report E. March 19, 2024 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 12 of 17 4 Page 6 of 7 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)-Related Updates NPDES Treatment Plant Discharge Permit NACWA Peak Performance — 26 years Current permit expires July 31, 2027 Mercury & PCBs Watershed Permit New permit effective February 1, 2023 No changes to limits Reduction of sampling frequencies 0 il, WDES-Related Updates State Toxicity Provisions - Test of Significant Toxicity (TST) —,- Effective June 1, 2023 EPA and Office of Administrative Law (OAL) signed provisions in May 2023 Transitional language in Region 2 permits started in late 2022 s; ¢ Central San plans to perform the Sensitive Species Screening in .' 2024/2025 U. San Francisco Bay Nutrient Watershed Permit (NWP) Adoption of 3rd Permit planned for June 2024 Tentative effective date August 1, 2024 Interim limits for 10 years — compliance based on individual loading Final limit starting in 2034 — compliance based on bay wide aggregate load limit Ili 10 March 19, 2024 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 13 of 17 5 Page 7 of 7 Laboratory Accreditation Update - The NELAC Institute (TNI) Timeline SWRCB adopted new Lab Accreditation standard 'TNI minus 2, effective January 2021 By December 31, 2023 - comply with interim Accreditation standard After January 1, 2024 - comply fully with 'TNI minus 2 Accreditation standard What is New Assessments and annual internal audits Proficiency testing requirements Personnel requirements Document management 11 12 Central San's Milestones Successful third -party assessment to TNI minus 2 standard in 2023 As of November 2023, Central San Lab has been fully TNI compliant March 19, 2024 REEP Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 14 of 17 6