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File #: 110183    Version: 0
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/24/2011 In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 6/14/2011
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution to inform the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee of the City’s Compliance Maintenance Annual Report for the year 2010.
Sponsors: ALD. HINES JR.
Indexes: ENVIRONMENT, REPORTS AND STUDIES, SEWERS, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Attachments: 1. Cover Letter, 2. Report, 3. Hearing Notice List
Number
110183
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
Alderman Hines
Title
Resolution to inform the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee of the City’s Compliance Maintenance Annual Report for the year 2010.
Analysis
This resolution is a requirement per WDNR General Sanitary Permit Number WI-0047341-04-0. The City of Milwaukee is required to adopt a resolution to have its Common Council review and provide comments on the City’s Compliance Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR) on an annual basis.
Body
Whereas, On February 28, 2006 the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) issued to the City of Milwaukee a revised General Permit to Discharge Under the Wisconsin Pollutant Elimination System, Permit number WI-0047341-04-0; and

Whereas, Section 2.7 of said permit requires the City of Milwaukee to adopt a resolution to have its Common Council review and provide responses as required on the City’s Compliance Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR); and

Whereas, All collection systems in the State of Wisconsin are required by their respective General Sanitary Permits to submit their own CMAR electronically (eCMAR) via the World Wide Web; and

Whereas, Said resolution shall be submitted to WDNR as part of CMAR; and

Whereas, The Department of Public Works has completed the eCMAR, a copy of which is attached to this Common Council File Number 110183 and incorporated in this resolution by reference as though set forth in full; and

Whereas, The CMAR report contains two major sections titled: Financial and Collection System and each section is electronically graded based upon data entered; and

Whereas, According to the methodology the WDNR is using to grade the CMAR sections, the City of Milwaukee scored an “A” in the Financial section and “F” in the Collection System section; and

Whereas, The “F” grade was generated based on sixty four (64) reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) in 2010 with sixty one (61) SSOs caused by Infiltration and Inflow (I/I), two ...

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