City of Lawrence Wastewater Utility 2007 APR View/Print

OMB No. 2010-0032
Expiration Date 01/31/2010

2007 Performance Track Annual Performance Report

City of Lawrence Wastewater Utility
A070047
Year 1 Annual Performance Report
Member Since 2007 (1st Member Term)

SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

A.1

Name of your facility:

City of Lawrence Wastewater Utility

A.2

Name of your parent company:

City of Lawrence

A.3

Facility contact person for the Performance Track program:

Name:	Mrs. Jeanette R. Klamm
Title:	Utilities Programs Manager
Phone:	785-832-7861
Fax:	785-832-7806
Email:	jklamm@ci.lawrence.ks.us

A.4

Facility location:

Facility Address

Street Address:	1400 E 8th Street
Address Cont:
City:	Lawrence
State:	KS
Zip Code:	66044

Mailing Address

Street Address:	PO Box 708
Address Cont:
City:	Lawrence
State:	KS
Zip Code:	66044

If your facility has multiple street addresses, please list any other addresses for its sites or buildings.

A.5

Facility's website address (if any):

http://www.lawrenceks.org/utilities/home

A.6

Number of employees (full-time equivalents) who currently work in the facility:

Fewer than 50

A.7

For the purposes of where your facility would be listed in our Member Directory, please list the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) that is (are) used to classify business at the facility:

Primary	Secondary	Tertiary	Quaternary	Quinary
221320

A.8.a

List the activities, products, or services that take place at your facility:

Municipal wastewater treatment plant

A.8.b

Provide the size and general description of your site:

The Lawrence Wastewater Treatment Plant has a footprint of approximately 20 acres. It is surrounded by City owned agricultural property and natural areas and some industrial areas.

A.9

Have the environmental requirements applicable to your facility changed during this reporting period?

SECTION B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

B.1.a

Is your facility certified to ISO 14001?

Yes

B.2

Note: On this facility's Application or a previous Annual Performance Report, they reported having an independent assessment of their EMS in calendar year 2006. Since they are required to have an independent assessment every three years to remain a member of the Performance Track program, they will next report their independent assessment in calendar year 2009.

B.3

EPA recommends that Performance Track members conduct an internal EMS assessment (partial or complete) every year. Did you conduct one in calendar year 2007?

Yes

Internal EMS Assessment #1

When was this EMS assessment?	August 2007
Which EMS elements were included in the audit?	Policy, Planning, Implementation, Checking, Management
Did the assessment cover the entire facility or part of the facility?	Entire Facility

B.4

EPA recommends that Performance Track members conduct a regulatory compliance audit every year. Did your facility conduct any audits in calendar year 2007 to verify compliance with regulatory statutes?

Yes

Regulatory Compliance Audit #1

When was this regulatory compliance audit?	December 2007
Which regulations were included in the audit?	Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

B.5

Note: Facility will be asked to report other audits and inspections in their 3rd reporting year.

B.6.a

Has your facility corrected all instances of potential non-compliance and EMS non-conformance identified during your audits and other assessments?

Yes

B.6.b

Performance Track members should have a Senior Management Review of their EMS every year. Did this review take place in calendar year 2007?

Yes

Who was the senior manager present at the review?

Name: Mr. Dave Wagner

Title: Director of Utilities

B.6.c

Performance Track members should conduct a systematic identification and/or review of their environmental aspects at least once every two years. When was your last one conducted?

May 2007

SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

Goal 1: City of Lawrence Wastewater Utility's first goal is to increase the facility's land and habitat conservation.
C.1.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this goal or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	None at this time. Since just being approved in late 2007, and this report submitted in Spring of 2008, there has not been sufficient time to make progress toward this goal. The sight where we intend to develop the natural area, is also part of the property purchased for the construction of the new wastewater treatment facility. This construction project has been delayed due to slow economic growth in the area. However, we will be determining an appropropriate area to return to a natural area prior to construction if necessary.
C.1.b	Describe the data collection process and data source(s) that you used to measure progress towards this goal.
	None at this time. Since this is intended to be completed all at one time, measurement of progress is "complete" or "not complete".
C.1.c	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform.
Calendar Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	Goal	Units
Actual Quantity (per year)	0	0			10	acres Specify other:

C.1.d

Normalized progress toward goal.

Normalization is not applicable to this commitment

Goal 2: The City of Lawrence is in the process of implementing a Fats, Oils, and Grease (F.O.G.) Program to decrease the SSO's (Sanitary Sewer Overflows) caused by the grease coating the sewer lines, resulting in clogs and therefore backups from manholes and basements.
C.2.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this goal or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Progress is being made toward updating the ordinance. Implementation of the program will progress upon acceptance of the ordinance by the City Commission. Due to reorganization of the department, progress is slow. However, this project is still intended to be completed prior to the deadline of below.
C.2.b	Describe the data collection process and data source(s) that you used to measure progress towards this goal.
	The objective of this goal is to remove grease from the sanitary sewer system. Be removing it from the system, less resources will be needed to clean the lines. Therefore measurement of how many feed of lines cleaned will be the measurement of progress toward this project.
C.2.c	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform.
Calendar Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	Goal	Units
Actual Quantity (per year)	25,216	21,022			12,608	Other Specify other:Feet currently under preventive maintenance cleaning due to grease

C.2.d

Normalized progress toward goal.

Normalized Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	0
Normalized Quantity	25,216				n/a	Other Specify other:Feet currently under preventive maintenance cleaning due to grease
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:	feet of sewer line maintained

Progress Towards Other Significant Aspects of your EMS

In the table below, please provide a narrative summary of progress made toward EMS objectives and targets other than those reported as Environmental Performance Goals. You may limit the summary to environmental aspects that are significant and towards which progress has been made during the reporting year.

Do you have additional environmental aspects to report? No

SECTION D: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING

D.1.a	Please describe your process to identify potential community environmental concerns.
	Based on public input through the elected officials, complaints and comments, citizen surveys, response to projects and programs.
D.1.b	If you identified community environmental concerns, how did you respond to them?
	Response to environmental concerns are reviewed through our management and decisions made based on various circumstances. Although there were other concerns identified, such as property, paint overspray, and other non-environmental type complaints, there were no envirnomental community concerns identified. However, there were opportunities to describe Utility environmental initiatives to the Mayor's Climate Task Force and other advisory groups, which resulted in praise and encouragement from those members of the groups (as part of the community).
D.1.c	Please describe how you informed the community about environmental matters related to your facility.
	Through news releases, City and neighborhood newsletters, web site, adversiting, and other means of public outreach appropriate for the specific issue.
D.2	Please indicate which of the following methods your facility plans to use to make its Performance Track Annual Performance Report available to the public. Please check all that apply.
	Open House, Press Releases, Building Lobby, Events, Web Site, Other
	URL: http://www.lawrenceks.org/utilities/home
	Please Specify Other: newsletters, City Manager Reports to the City Commission, presentations to the Commission/advisory groups/other community groups

OMB No. 2010-0032
SECTION E: SELF-CERTIFICATION OF CONTINUED PROGRAM PARTICIPATION FOR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not yet in a position to accept electronic signatures and therefore requests a faxed, signed copy of the Section E page. Please complete Section E online, then print Section E using the link on the Overview page. Section E should be signed by the senior manager of your facility and faxed it to the Performance Track Information Center at (617) 354-0463.
On behalf of City of Lawrence Wastewater Utility, I certify that: I have read and agree to the terms and conditions as specified in the National Enviromental Performance Track Program Guide. This facility, to the best of my knowledge, continues to meet all program criteria; I have personally examined and am familiar with the information contained in this Annual Performance Report. The information contained in this report is, to the best of my knowledge and based on reasonable inquiry, true, accurate, and complete; My facility has an environmental management system (EMS), as defined in the Performance Track EMS criteria, including systems to maintain compliance with all applicable federal, state, tribal, and local environmental requirements, in place at the facility, and the EMS will be maintained for the duration of the facility's participation in the program; My facility has conducted an objective assessment of its compliance with all applicable federal, state, tribal, and local environmental requirements; and the facility has corrected all identified instances of potential or actual noncompliance; and Based on the foregoing compliance assessments and subsequent corrective actions (if any were necessary), my facility is, to the best of my knowledge and based on reasonable inquiry, currently in compliance with applicable federal, state, tribal, and local environmental requirements. I agree that EPA's decision whether to accept participants into or remove them from the National Environment Performance Track is wholly discretionary, and I waive any right that may exist under any law to challenge EPA's acceptance or removal decision. I am the senior manager with responsibility for the facility and am fully authorized to execute this statement on behalf of the corporation or other legal entity whose facility is part of the National Environmental Performance Track program.
Signature/Date:	______________________________________________________
Name:	Mr. Dave Wagner
Title:	Director of Utilities
Facility Name:	City of Lawrence Wastewater Utility
Facility Street Address:	1400 E 8th Street Lawrence, KS 66044
Mailing Address:	PO Box 708 Lawrence, KS 66044
Performance Track ID#:	A070047

SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

SECTION B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

SECTION D: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING

SECTION E: SELF-CERTIFICATION OF CONTINUED PROGRAM PARTICIPATION FOR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT