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Dept/ Agency: Water & Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Intergovernmental Agreement
Purpose: 2015 Combined Sewer Overflow Permit Compliance
Entity Name: Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners
Entity Address: 600 Wilson Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07105
Contract Amount: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
Contract Period: Five (5) years from the date of approval by the Municipal Council
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information: Agreement amongst several municipalities to work cooperatively to develop a Long Term CSO Control Plan with PVSC. No municipal funds are required.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") owns and operates a combined sewer system; and
WHEREAS, the City operates its combined sewer system under a permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") pursuant to the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NJPDES"), a program established in accordance with the Federal Clean Water Act of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the City's most recent NJPDES Permit, identified as Permit No. NJ0108758, was issued on March 12, 2015, with an effective date of July 1, 2015, as revised on October 9, 2015; and
WHEREAS, Part IV of the Permit requires the City to develop a Long Term Control Plan ("LTCP") for the control of discharges from combined sewer overflows ("CSO") points owned and operated by the City; and
WHEREAS, Part IV of the Permit provides that NJDEP encourages a single LTCP to be developed and submitted on behalf of all of the permittees in a "hydraulically connected sewer system", which is defined as an entire sewerage collection system that conveys flo...
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