19F - RECEIVE AND FILE SEWER SYSTEM

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of Santa Ana Section 6: none Plan Section 6: Overflow Emergency Response Plan This section of the SSMP presents the City's sanitary sewer overflow emergency response plan and supporting program elements. 6.1 Requirements for Overflow Emergency Response Plan Element The City shall develop and implement and overflow emergency response plan that identifies measures to protect public health and the environment. At a minimum, this plan must include the following: 1) Proper notification procedures so that primary responders and regulatory agencies are informed of all SSOs in a timely manner; 2) A program to ensure an appropriate response to all overflows; 3) Procedures which ensure prompt notification to appropriate regulatory agencies and other potentially affected entities (e.g. health agencies, Regional Water Boards, water suppliers, etc.) of all SSOs that potentially affect public health or reach the waters of the State in accordance with the Monitoring and Reporting Program (MRP). All SSOs shall be reported in accordance with this MRP, the California Water Code, other State Law, and other applicable Regional Water Boards WDR's or National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements. The SSMP should identify the officials who will receive immediate notification; 4) Procedures to ensure that appropriate staff and contractor personnel are aware of and follow the Emergency Response Plan and are appropriately trained; 5) Procedures to address emergency operations, such as traffic and crowd control and other necessary response activities; and 6) A program to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to contain and prevent the discharge of untreated and partially treated wastewater to waters of the United States and to minimize or correct any adverse impact on the environment resulting from the SSOs, including such accelerated or additional monitoring as may be necessary to determine the nature and impact of the discharge. 6.2 Summary The City has outlined specific measures to protect public health and the environment in its Sewer Spill Procedures (Appendix Q. These procedures contain a plan for responding and reporting to SSOs which includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1) The City's Sewage Spill Procedures outlines the proper SSO notification procedures, thereby ensuring that primary responders and regulatory agencies are informed of all SSOs in a timely manner; 2) City policy is to respond to all spills within the City whether on public or private property and to take all steps possible to prevent the spills from reaching the storm drains, flood control channels, or waters of the State, all in accordance with the waste discharge requirements. The City's Sewage Spill Procedures contains a program to ensure an appropriate response to all types overflows; April 2020 6-1 19F-26