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STAGE 4 (Winter Staging) The winter season is approaching and with it will be the new reporting / inspecting schedule for site SWPPPs. All requests must be submitted before December 1. Stage 4 begins on December 1 and will end on March 1. Below are the criteria a site must meet in order to be considered a Stage 4:
- All sedimentation and erosion control measures have been installed.
- All sedimentation and erosion control measures are functioning properly.
- All inspection reports are up to date and accurate.
- All site grading will cease during the Stage 4 period or has been completed in accordance with the SWPPP (note: minimal utility and / or building pad excavation may be conducted.).
- Vegetative ground cover has been fully established or other stabilization measure implemented i.e. mulch, matting, etc.
- The request has been submitted before December 1.
- Runoff is unlikely due to winter conditions (note: site must be covered with snow, ice, or the ground is frozen.).
- The City of Omaha Inspector assigned to the site has approved the transition to Stage 4 site inspection and reporting requirements.
Posted on 11 - 12 - 2008 Website Transition The PCWP Erosion Control Reporting Website is being upgraded. Some firms are currently using the new system. The City of Omaha will be offering training seminars to those interested. If you would like to begin using the new system please contact Jim Kee jkee@ci.omaha.ne.us and we can begin your transition over to the new website. The goal is to have all users transitioned to the new website by January 1, 2009.Posted on 11 - 3 - 2008
Areas
of Interest
- Air
Quality Control
- This
program has been delegated authority from EPA for the implementation
of federal air emission regulations in the Omaha area. This
program plays a role in regulating asbestos removal and enforces
the local air regulations in Chapter 41 of the municipal code.
- Compost
Operations
- This
program receives about 35,000 tons of residential yard waste
collected by the City’s contractor from April through
November each year. The yard waste is processed into a compost
product, which is marketed as OmaGro. For more information
go to: http://www.omagro.com/
- Flood
Control
- This
program maintains the 13 miles of levee and related storm
water pumping stations to provide flood protection along the
Missouri River.
- Household
Hazardous Waste
- Beginning
in 2004, the Quality Control Division will be operating a
facility that will accept hazardous wastes from household
in the Douglas-Sarpy County region. Wastes dropped of by residents
will be sorted and reused, recycled or disposed of properly
through a licensed hazardous waste disposal contractor. See
also: http://www.underthesink.org/.
- Industrial
Wastewater Monitoring
- This
program provides for the inspection and monitoring of commercial
and industrial dischargers to the sanitary sewer system to
gather samples and information to establish equitable user
charges and to insure that discharges comply with the requirements
of Chapter 31 of the municipal code.
- Interceptor
Maintenance
- The interceptor
collection system consists of force main and gravity combined
sewer trunk lines that flow to the City’s two treatment
plants. Maintenance and repair is provided for pump stations,
diversion gates and grit removal facilities.
- Laboratory
Services
- This
section performs laboratory testing on wastewater samples
to provide process control information for treatment plant
operations and to meet state requirements for monitoring pollutant
concentrations in discharges to the river. Samples from industrial
dischargers are also analyzed to allow equitable assessment
of user charges and to determine industrial compliance with
discharge limits.
- Sewer
Use Fee Administration
- This
program administers monthly billings in accordance with Omaha’s
sewer use fee ordinance. This includes hand billing bulk and
some commercial customers and providing M.U.D. with updated
billing information. It also includes preparing and administering
wastewater service agreements and special billing resolutions.
- Sludge
Management
- Under
this program the 85,000 cubic yards of sewage sludge Omaha
generates each year is delivered area farms where is beneficially
land applied in accordance with EPA regulations as fertilizer
and soil amendment.
- Solid
Waste Management
- The focus
of this program is the administration of the contracts for
residential collection of garbage, recyclables and yard waste
and the operation of the Solid Waste Hotline 444-5238. For
more information go to: http://www.wasteline.org/
- Storm
Water and Combined Sewer Overflows
- This
program oversees the City’s efforts to comply with State
issued permits that require management of storm water and
discharges from combined sewers to reduce pollution impacts
on area lakes, streams and rivers. This includes public education,
pollution prevention and erosion control.
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