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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHAT PART THE REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNCIL PLAYS IN ALL THIS, AND MR. SWALLOWS STATED THAT THEY ARE CON— <br />SIDERED TO BE THE REGIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE AND HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE <br />201 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DURING THIS PROCESS, HE FELT THEY HAVE <br />SAID THAT DISCHARGE INTO THE RIVER IS IN CONFLICT WITH THEIR POLICY. <br />MR. SWALLOWS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AN ALTERNATIVE RECENTLY <br />HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THEM BY THE GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH COMMISSION <br />STAFF WHEREBY THE EFFLUENT WOULD GO INTO THE°MOSQUITO CONTROL IMPOUNDMENTS <br />WHERE THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF NUTRIENT REMOVAL BEFORE THE EFFLUENT GOES <br />INTO THE RIVER, I.E. THESE LAGOONS WOULD ACT AS POLISHING PONDS. HE <br />NOTED THAT THE EPA AND DER HAVE TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS INNOVATIVE TECH— <br />NOLOGY AND THEY CANNOT APPROVE IT UNTIL ALL THE DATA IS IN, BUT THEY <br />WILL DISCUSS THIS IN ATLANTA TO SEE IF THE AGENCIES ARE RECEPTIVE AND <br />WHAT THE CHANCES ARE FOR FUNDING SUCH AN ALTERNATIVE, HE NOTED THE <br />MAJOR FACTOR TO MAKE THIS PROPOSAL PALATABLE TO THE DER AND EPA IS TO <br />SHOW THAT IT IS LESS COSTLY THAN GOING INTO THE RIVER, <br />COMMISSIONER LYOKS DISCUSSED THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR TERTIARY <br />TREATMENT AND ASKED IF THE EPA WOULD FUND THAT AND WHETHER WE WOULD ALSO <br />o <br />GET STUCK FOR"MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. <br />MR, SWALLOWS STATED THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR <br />THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION IN ANY EVENT, AND THE EPA WOULD NOT FUND <br />TERTIARY TREATMENT. HE NOTED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THE HEARING MIGHT BE <br />POSTPONED IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT DISCUSSED ABOVE. <br />HE POINTED OUT THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO PUT AN IMPLEMENTABLE PLAN IN <br />THEIR REPORT. <br />THE BOARD THANKED HIM FOR BRINGING THEM THIS INFORMATION. <br />THE HOUR.OF 2:00 O'CLOCK P.M. HAVING PASSED, THE DEPUTY CLERK <br />READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH.PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED, TO—WIT: <br />26 <br />MAY; 2 31979 <br />nox 40 PAGE 314 <br />II <br />