STATE OF FLORIDA - Public Service Commission

ORDER NO. PSC-124102-FOF-WS
DOCKET NO. 100330-WS
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and the compliance schedule is part of the permit.
satisfactorily addressing the compliance issue.
(d) Peace River WWTF'
Therefore, it appears that AUF is
AUF witness Luifsveiler testified that there is a reference in staff wiiness Greenwell's
testimony that the Peace River W?VTP is out of compliance for undefined maintenance issues.
Witness Luitweiler stated that a waming letter has not been issued for this matter, and that a
wnshuction permit was issued for installation of a surge tank, digester ta& and other
improvements at this facility on February 21, 2011, which AUF believes addresses the
maintenance issues mentioned by witness Greenwell. Witness Luitweiler pointed out that
constmction drawings for the project axe complete and AUF is reviewing a proposal from a
conlmcbr. We note that witness Greenwell did not specify the maintenance issues refd to in
his testimony. Based on witness Luitweiler's response, it appears that AUF bas adequately
addressed the maintenance issue at this system.
(e) South Seas WWTP
AUF witness Luitweiler testified that DEP issued a Short Form Consent Order (SFCO)
for the South Seas WWTP for permitting and maintenance issues, and for having released
wastewater without providing proper treatment AUF completed all the requirements wbich
included repairs to tanks and other various repairs and upgrades to the system under the permit
conditions. DEP inspected the facility in September 2011 and issued a SFCO to close out all
outstanding issues at this facility on October 11,2011.
Staff witness Ekk testified that the South Seas WWTP had been under DEP enforcement
for the past three years and that AUF had worked with DEP to resolve the case. AUF made
repairs to tanks and other various repairs and upgrades to the system.
(0 Precautionary Boil Water Notices
AUF argued that it follows DEP guidelines on issuing PBWNs, and that not one of the
DEP witnesses gave any indication that AUF's policies and practices for issuing these notices
failed to comply with DEP guidelines. AUF also believed that the evidence showed that Pasco
County's policies and practices with respect to PBWNs is virtually the same as those of AUF.
AUF witness Luitweiler testified that ATJF is committed to ensuring, and works hard to
ensure, that its customers are properly notified. He testified that most boil water notices are
precautionary advisories issued as a result of main breaks. If the main breaks or the resultant
shutdown results in a loss of pressure to the system below 20 psi, Florida regulators require
issuance of a PBWN to the a€fected customers because of a remote possibility that
depressurization of the system could result in contamhtion. Witness Luitweiler explained that
lifting the advisory usually quires collection of two sets of bacteria samples on two consecutive
days once system pressure is restored. The laboratory test requires at least 24 hours to complete