From: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany
Sent: Thu May 05 19:13:44 2016
To: 'Susan Hansen'
Cc: DECONCINI Nina; HAMMOND Joni
Subject: RE: Public Information Request April 27 Molalla information
Importance: Normal
Attachments: molallaminortomajorguidance4-22-15.pdf; Hello Susan To answer your question below, please see the attached letter that I gave to the city of Molalla on the evening of the city council meeting, April 22, 2015, especially the second to last paragraph. The move from minor to major could be avoided if the city manages the overall system so that influent into the plant stays at or below one million gallons a day. DEQ will not make a final determination until we work on the next renewal of the permit. The intent of the letter is for Molalla to plan ahead to be able to gather information and invest in infiltration and inflow control now. Molalla needs to provide DEQ with a renewal application at least six months prior to the expiration of the current permit and we would make the determination then if Molalla will move to major. The notes from the April 27th meeting are accurate in portraying this decision as an “if” because it has not been made yet and DEQ will not have all of the information to make the decision until the renewal application is submitted. The classification form serves a different purpose. It is used to determine the classification 1-4 of the collection system and treatment plant. A classification of 1 is a simple system, a classification of 4 is very complex. Wastewater treatment operators and wastewater collection system operators seek certification at a level commensurate with the level of plant or collection system that they operate. So this form is used to set the correct classification (in Molalla’s case, a collection system that is a 2 and treatment system that is a 3) and that information is included in the permit. When Molalla seeks to hire a supervisory operator for the collection system, that person must be certified by DEQ at least a 2 and the supervisory operator for the treatment system must be certified by DEQ at least at the 3 level. I am now sending to you in a separate email the records request in your Public Records request of April 27, 2015. For your reference, once the Public Records Request was entered into our system, it was given the identifier PRR_Hansen15704. Tiffany Yelton Bram WQ Source Control Manager Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 700 NE Multnomah St., Suite #600 Portland OR 97232 Desk 503 229 5219 Mobile 503 975 0046 From: Susan Hansen [mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 8:32 PM To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany Cc: DECONCINI Nina; HAMMOND Joni Subject: RE: Public Information Request April 27 Molalla information Dear Tiffany, One more question: I thought that it was not an "if" that Molalla would move from "minor" to "major" per what you and Nina said at the city council meeting I attended. I thought from the list of classification that got lost and then reconstructed that there was no doubt they were already close to major when the last permit was issued. Can you please comment on that "if" that was #5 in your minutes? Thanks, Susan -----Original Message----- From: yelton-bram.tiffany@deq.state.or.us Sent: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:57:40 +0000 Subject: RE: Public Information Request April 27 Molalla information Hello Susan We are not ignoring the bypass to Bear Creek that happened December 21 and ended January 1. What I am saying is that the DEQ document to respond to that event requires some action by the city that we discussed and got commitments on yesterday. So I now need to incorporate that into the document. I am also committing to share that document with you when complete. Tiffany From: Susan Hansen [mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:49 PM To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany Cc: DECONCINI Nina; HAMMOND Joni Subject: RE: Public Information Request April 27 Molalla information Dear Tiffany, Thanks for a start on this request. But when is DEQ going to address the two wastewater discharge events into Bear Creek. You had told me that it was being looked into to determine what the violations might be if any. What's going on with that - is that the work you said you had taken over or is DEQ just now ignoring those events? Susan -----Original Message----- From: yelton-bram.tiffany@deq.state.or.us Sent: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:46:14 +0000 Subject: RE: Public Information Request April 27 Molalla information Please see my email sent at 6:44pm. More to come. Tiffany From: Susan Hansen [mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 6:37 PM To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany Cc: DECONCINI Nina; HAMMOND Joni Subject: RE: Public Information Request April 27 Molalla information Tiffany, I hope you will follow through per your below email. I wrote today and said it was ok to just send the document(s) that are ready to go. Thanks, Susan -----Original Message----- From: yelton-bram.tiffany@deq.state.or.us Sent: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:59:42 +0000 Subject: RE: Public Information Request April 27 Molalla information Hi Susan I got your emailed request and phone message. Our meeting with the city happened today between 10 and noon. I will work on filling your request today but will likely need to send the documents tomorrow. Tiffany Yelton Bram WQ Source Control Manager Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 700 NE Multnomah St., Suite #600 Portland OR 97232 Desk 503 229 5219 Mobile 503 975 0046 From: Susan Hansen [mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:18 AM To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany Cc: DECONCINI Nina; HAMMOND Joni Subject: Public Information Request April 27 Molalla information Hi Tiffany, You indicated that today April 27 was the day you were meeting in Molalla and delivering a document or documents from DEQ. See attached, Bear Creek Recovery seeks information to understand DEQ's ongoing work with Molalla on wastewater mgt. issues. Thanks with your help with public transparency. Sincerely, Susan Hansen Bear Creek Recovery