55CC - RESO - SEWER MAINT PLAN - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

of Santa Ana Section 6: Overflow Emergency Response Plan 3) The City's Sewage Spill Procedures outlines the procedures which ensure prompt notification to appropriate regulatory agencies and other potentially affected entities of all SSOs that potentially affect public health or reach the waters of the State in accordance with the Monitoring and Reporting Program (MRP). In addition, agencies to be notified include the Orange County Health Care Agency ( OCHCA), and the California State Office of Emergency Services (OES), if necessary. These procedures also identify the officials who will receive immediate notification; 4) The City conducts internal training sessions to ensure familiarity with these procedures and prepare staff for an SSO event, from initial notification to SSO report documentation, including any necessary emergency activities, such as traffic control. In addition, City staff attend the OCSD SSO simulation training seminars whenever they are conducted by OCSD; 5) City of Santa Ana sewer maintenance staff is trained in the placement of traffic control and can respond to all but the most extreme emergencies. If a spill necessitates extensive traffic and or crowd control, the City's Police Department is contacted. Officers are trained in traffic and crowd control during emergency situations. These procedures are also addressed in the City's Sewage Spill Procedures; and 6) The City's Sewage Spill Procedures 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. The City relies on the Orange County Health Care Agency ( OCHCA) for monitoring water quality and posting beach closures. All spills are reported immediately to the OCHCA office. The City also has procedures for conducting water quality sampling and preparing a SSO Technical Report for any Category 1 SSO in which 50,000 gallons or greater are spill to surface waters. s. r �, The following documents allow the City to comply with the overflow and emergency response plan requirements of the WDR, and are attached as appendices. • Sewage Spill Procedures, City of Santa Ana, Water Resources Division, Last Updated October 2013, Appendix C. April 2014 6.2 55CC -30