HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.e. Authorize an Updated Pretreatment Program Memorandum of Understanding with the City of ConcordCentral Contra Costa Sanitary District
' BOARD OF DIRECTORS
~- POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: February 18, 2010 No.: 3.e. Consent Calendar
Type of,4ction: AUTHORIZE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Subject: AUTHORIZE AN UPDATED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITY OF CONCORD
s~bmltted By: Tim Potter,
Environmental Compliance Superintendent
REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR BOARD ACTION:
T. Potter A. FarrellFarrell ---~
Ja Kelly
eneral Manager
ISSUE: Several aspects of the 1987 Pretreatment Program Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) do not reflect current practices between the District and -City of
Concord. The updated MOU establishes an agreement on updated current practices.
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize Pretreatment MOU for the District to continue
conducting pretreatment program activities in the City of Concord's sewer service area.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS: The MOU provides for reimbursement of the District's costs for
the pretreatment program in the City of Concord and therefore there are no financial
impacts.
ALTERNATIVES/CONSIDERATIONS: Do not process this updated Pretreatment MOU
and continue operating under the original 1987 pretreatment MOU. This is not
recommended as the MOU should reflect current practices.
BACKGROUND: In the early 1980s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
S.F. Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board required the District to ensure that an
adequate pretreatment program was implemented in the City of Concord's service area
to protect the District's treatment plant's operations. The options considered were either:
• Concord develop their own pretreatment program that met the federal standards
with the District's oversight to ensure their program protected the District's
operations;
• Enter into an interagency agreement for the District's Source Control Section to
implement the District's approved pretreatment program in Concord's sewer
service area.
It was determined to be more efficient and protective for the District to implement the
pretreatment program in Concord's sewer service area. The District and Concord
entered into an interagency agreement authorizing the District to implement the
Inirlaring Depr.~Dlv.: Engineering/
Environmental Services
POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: February 18, 2010
subject: AUTHORIZE AN UPDATED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITY OF CONCORD
pretreatment program in Concord's sewer service area through an amendment to the
1974 agreement for sewer service in 1985. The 1987 MOU was developed to establish
the responsibilities for the District and Concord staff under this amendment.
A recent review of the 1987 MOU identified current reporting, responsibilities, and
contact information were not up to date. District and city staffs have updated the
Pretreatment MOU. The current practice of the District implementing the pretreatment
program in Concord's sewer service area with their reimbursement has been cost
efficient and protective for the District's operations. District Counsel has reviewed the
proposed MOU.
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION: Authorize an updated Pretreatment MOU for the
District to continue conducting pretreatment program activities in the City of Concord's
sewer service area.