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Updates

Jodi L. Peace

Pretreatment Coordinator

Water Resources Division

586-601-7985

peacej@Michigan.gov

Roadmap

PFOS

Cybersecurity

News from EPA

EPA Dental Rule

IPP Annual Report

30 Year Certificates

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PFCs

PFCs = Perfluorinated Compounds

(PFAS – Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances)

Emerging Pollutants of Concern

Commonly used

Household Products

Industrial Processes

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PFOS

PFOS = Perfluorooctane Sulfonate

Primary PFC of concern in Surface Water

Persistent

Bioaccumulative

Toxic

Fish Consumption Advisories

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PFOS

Commonly used by electroplaters as a demister since mid-1990s

Banned for some uses since 2015

Manufacture largely phased out

Appear to:

Pass through conventional WWTP processes

Accumulate in biosolids

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Next StepsDEQ Study Continues

Determine extent of PFC contamination

Identify potential sources.

Sampling

Response to significant levels in effluent

Identify sources

Eliminate or minimize

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Cybersecurity

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40 CFR Part 136 Update Rule

Steam Electric ELG

CROMERR

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Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule

Published – August 28, 2017

Effective – September 27, 2017

Changes to 40 CFR Part 136

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What’s changed?

New versions of previously approved methods

Methods incorporated by reference

Changes to Table II – required containers, preservation and holding times

Changes to ATP procedures and allowed modifications

Changes to MDL requirements

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Steam Electric ELG 40 CFR Part 423

Monday, September 18, 2017

Postpones certain compliance dates in the November 3, 2015 rule by 2 years

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-09-18/html/2017-19821.htm

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CROMERR

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule

https://www.epa.gov/cromerr/cromerr-compliance-publicly-owned-treatment-works-pretreatment-program

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CROMERR Approval

POTW submits CROMERR application to EPA

POTW notifies DEQ of the intent to modify program to receive electronic reports

EPA CROMERR workgroup reviews CROMERR application and recommends program modification

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CROMERR Approval

POTW submits program modification request.

CROMERR package

Legal authority

Modified Procedures/ERP

DEQ approves program modification

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EPA Dental Rule

Published June 14, 2017

Effective July 14, 2017

New Source after July 14, 2017

Existing Source compliance by July 14, 2020

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EPA Dental Rule Dental dischargers are not SIUs

Dental offices that place or remove amalgam: Must operate and maintain an amalgam separator Must not discharge scrap amalgam Must not use certain kinds of line cleaners. Must submit a One-Time Compliance Report.

Dental offices that discharge to POTWs and do not place or remove amalgam need only submit a one-time certification.

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MDEQ Dental Rule Compliance Plan

MDEQ IPP Web Page

Michigan Dental Association

Michigan Department of Labor and Regulatory Affairs (LARA)

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IPP Annual Report

NPDES E-Reporting Rule

FIPPs and MIPPs

SIU Inventory

https://miwaters.deq.state.mi.us/miwaters/#/external/home

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Questions?

In commemoration of 30 years of collaboration and partnership in protecting the environment through

implementation of the

Industrial Pretreatment Program

Certificates of Appreciation

are awarded today to:

Dexter WWTP

Saginaw TownshipWWTP

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