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FEB <br />61980 <br />booK <br />42 <br />cE 673 <br />WAS <br />SUBSEQUENTLY <br />DETERMINED THAT THESE ARE STATE WATERS, <br />AND <br />WE <br />CANNOT DUMP INTO THEM, UNLESS WE MEET THEIR WASTELOAD STANDARDS, <br />WHICH ARE MUCH MORE STRINGENT. -THE RECOMMENDATION NOW IS TO GO TO <br />THE DER AND ASK FOR AN EXCEPTION. MR. SWALLOWS FELT THE DER WILL <br />GO ALONG WITH THIS AND THAT OTHER AGENCIES WILL SUPPORT THE CONCEPT. <br />MR. SWALLOWS STATED THAT THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT EPA <br />AND THE STATE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF LAND TREATMENT OF <br />SECONDARY EFFLUENT. THE LAND GIVES FURTHER TREATMENT AND IS CON- <br />SIDERED PART OF THE SYSTEM SO STANDARDS AT THE PLANT SHOULD BE <br />CHANGED SOMEWHAT. IN ANY CASE, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT EPA WILL <br />NOT FUND THE COST OF THE LAND FOR THE IMPOUNDMENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR <br />REGULATIONS, AND THIS COST WILL HAVE TO BE BORNE BY THE LOCAL GOVERN- <br />MENTS. MR. SWALLOWS REPORTED THAT REGION 4 HAS RECENTLY SAID THEY <br />WILL SUPPORT US ON -THIS, AND THEY WOULD LIKE US TO GO TO WASHINGTON <br />AND ASK FOR AN EXCEPTION. <br />MR. SWALLOWS NEXT NOTED THAT A PROBLEM NOW HAS ARISEN WITH <br />THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RELATING TO WHETHER THESE <br />PARTICULAR AREAS WOULD BE REOPENED FOR SHELLFISH HARVESTING. IF <br />THEY ARE REOPENED, THEN THERE IS NO WAY THE COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO <br />DISCHARGE INTO THIS AREA IN ANY WAY. WE, THEREFORE, ASKED IF THEY <br />ARE GOING TO OPEN THE AREA FOR SHELLFISH HARVESTING, BUT HAVE BEEN <br />UNABLE TO GET A DIRECT ANSWER AS OF THIS DATE. MR, SWALLOWS STATED <br />THE CONSENSUS WE DID GET IS THAT THEY ARE MORE APT TO APPROVE THE <br />IMPOUNDMENT THAN THE DIRECT DISCHARGE BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF <br />WABASSO BEACH, IT IS OPEN FOR SHELLFISH HARVESTING, AND THE LAW SAYS <br />THERE MUST BE A 24 HOUR TIME LAG BETWEEN A DISCHARGE POINT AND WHEN <br />A PARTICLE OF THE EFFLUENT CAN GO INTO THE SHELLFISH WATERS. OUR <br />NORTHERNMOST POINT IS RIGHT AROUND 12 HOURS, AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT <br />LOOKS LIKE DER WILL NOT APPROVE DIRECT DISCHARGE, THOUGH THEY HAVE <br />NOT COMMITTED THEMSELVES AT THIS TIME. <br />MR. SWALLOWS THEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMISSION GO AHEAD <br />AND APPROVE THESE PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVES TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE <br />VARIOUS A-95 AGENCIES FOR THEIR REVIEW. HE NOTED THAT THEY HAVE 45 <br />76 <br />