{"id":3161,"date":"2013-04-25T23:29:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T03:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2013-04-26T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T15:28:38","slug":"major-spills-what-to-do-ga-dnr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/major-spills-what-to-do-ga-dnr-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Major Spills: What to Do –GA DNR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\n\"Georgia:<\/a>
\nApparently whoever is responsible for a major spill into Georgia waters
\nneeds to immediately tell GA EPD DNR and the local health department
\nand post a sign, and
\n
\nthe sewage leak at GA 133 into the Withlacoochee River<\/a>
\nqualifies as a major spill.
\nThe City of Valdosta reported it as such, but it’s not clear it was their spill (update: it was Lowndes County’s spill<\/a>).
\nExcerpts below from GA DNR’s guidelines.
\n -jsq\n<\/p>\n

\n
\nWater Quality: A Guide for Municipal Compliance<\/a>
\nby Mick Smith, Environmental Engineer.\n<\/p>\n

\n

Spills and Major Spills<\/H2>
\n

Spill<\/H3><\/p>\n
    \n
  • \nAny discharge of raw sewage < 10,000 gallons\nto waters of the state\n<\/ul>\n

    Major Spill<\/H3><\/p>\n
      \n
    • \nAny discharge of raw sewage > 10,000 gallons
      \nto waters of the state<\/p>\n
    • \nBOD5<\/sub><\/small>
      \nor TSS = 1.5 x weekly avg. permit limit<\/p>\n
    • \nAny discharge resulting in a water quality
      \nviolation\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      <\/p>\n

      \n

      Waters of the State<\/H3><\/p>\n
        \n
      • \n\u201cany and all rivers,streams, creeks, branches,
        \nlakes, reservoirs, ponds, drainage systems,
        \nsprings, wells, wetlands and all bodies of
        \nsurface or subsurface water, natural or
        \nartificial, lying within or forming a part of the
        \nboundaries of the State which are not entirely
        \nconfined and retained completely upon the
        \nproperty of a single individual, partnership or
        \ncorporation\u201d\n<\/ul>\n

        Response to Spill<\/H3><\/p>\n
          \n
        • \n
          \nImmediately
          \n<\/strong>
          \ncontact EPD by phone or in person.<\/p>\n
        • \n
          \nImmediately
          \n<\/strong>
          \nreport the spill to the local health Department.<\/p>\n
        • \n
          \nImmediately
          \n<\/strong>
          \npost notice at spill site where spill occurred.<\/p>\n
        • \n
          \nWithin 24 hours
          \n<\/strong>
          \nof becoming aware of spill, report to local
          \nmedia date of spill, location, cause, volume discharged,
          \nreceiving waters, and corrective actions taken to mitigate
          \nimpact.<\/p>\n
        • \n
          \nWithin 5 days
          \n<\/strong>
          \nof spill submit written report to EPD concerning
          \ndate of spill, location and cause, estimated volume and name
          \nof receiving waters, and corrective actions taken to mitigate
          \nimpacts.\n<\/ul>\n

          Response to Major Spill<\/H3><\/p>\n
            \n
          • \n
            \nImmediately
            \n<\/strong>
            \ncontact EPD by phone or in person.<\/p>\n
          • \n
            \nImmediately
            \n<\/strong>
            \nreport the spill to the local health Department.<\/p>\n
          • \n
            \nImmediately
            \n<\/strong>
            \npost notice at spill site where spill occurred.<\/p>\n
          • \n
            \nImmediately
            \n<\/strong>
            \n establish year long monitoring program,
            \nupstream and downstream of major spill site to include:<\/p>\n
              \n
            • \nDissolved Oxygen<\/p>\n
            • \nFecal Coliform Bacteria<\/p>\n
            • \npH<\/p>\n
            • \nTemperature<\/p>\n
            • \nAdditional parameters required by EPD<\/p>\n
            • \nTypical frequency: every – day\/week, week\/month, month\/year\n<\/ul>\n
            • \n
              \nWithin 24 hours
              \n<\/strong>
              \nof becoming aware of spill, report to local
              \nmedia date of spill, location, cause, volume discharged,
              \nreceiving waters, and corrective actions taken to mitigate
              \nimpact.<\/p>\n
            • \n
              \nWithin 24 hours
              \n<\/strong>
              \nof becoming aware of the major spill
              \nprovide notice to downstream public water supply
              \nwithdrawal agencies within a 20 mile distance.<\/p>\n
            • \n
              \nWithin 5 days
              \n<\/strong>
              \nof spill submit written report to EPD concerning
              \ndate of spill, location and cause, estimated volume and name
              \nof receiving waters, and corrective actions taken to mitigate
              \nimpacts.<\/p>\n
            • \n
              \nWithin 7 days
              \n<\/strong>
              \nof the major spill publish notice in legal
              \norgan of county where the major spill occurred
              \ninforming of date, location, cause, estimated volume
              \nand name of receiving waters, and corrective actions
              \ntaken.\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Apparently whoever is responsible for a major spill into Georgia waters needs to immediately tell GA EPD DNR and the local health department and post a sign, and the sewage leak at GA 133 into the Withlacoochee River qualifies as a major spill. The City of Valdosta reported it as such, but it’s not clear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,8,88,32,54,55],"tags":[6223,3052,3053,8771,292,8701,8702,12,7,8734,8715,466,2504,6,8726,8727,1805,932,58],"class_list":["post-3161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ga-dnr","category-georgia","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-pollution","category-valdosta-city-council","category-water","tag-basin","tag-department-of-natural-resources","tag-dnr","tag-ga-dnr","tag-ga-epd","tag-georgia","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-pollution","tag-river","tag-sewer","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-city-council","tag-water","tag-water-quality","tag-watershed","tag-withlacoochee-river"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3161"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3196,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions\/3196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}