EBC Program Series with MassDEP Leadership · Preparedness Planning & Disaster Response • 2 Natural Disasters Impacted Regional Ops: ‐ 3 Nor’easters, March 2018, or’easter

EBC Program Series with MassDEP Leadership:

Southeast Region Leadership Team

Welcome

Daniel K. Moon

President & Executive Director

Environmental Business Council

Environmental Business Council of New England

Energy Environment Economy

Introduction for

Deputy Commissioner Moran

John F. Shea

Shareholder

Mackie Shea P.C.

Environmental Business Council of New England

Energy Environment Economy

Keynote Address:

Review of DEP Programs & Priorities

Gary Moran

Deputy Commissioner

MassDEP

Environmental Business Council of New England

Energy Environment Economy

Partnering for Results:

Turning Challenges into Opportunities

MassDEP

Southeast Regional Leadership Team

Environmental Business Council Program Series

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Brown & Caldwell - Taunton, MA

MassDEP HQ Focus AreasDeputy Commissioner Gary Moran

• Climate Change

– GHG Rules/Transportation/Resiliency

• Recycling

– Changing Markets/Initiatives

• PFAS

– Complex/Evolving National Issue

• EIPAS/Technical Assistance/Modernization

Update from the MassDEP

Southeast Region Leadership Team

• Millie Garcia-Serrano, Regional Director

• David Johnston, Bureau of Water Resources

• Gerard Martin, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup

• Maria Pinaud, Bureau of Air and Waste

• Jennifer Viveiros, Bureau of Administrative Services

Environmental Business Council of New England

Energy Environment Economy

Southeast Regional Office

Millie Garcia-Serrano

Regional Director

Regional Programs Critical Issues FY19

Director Millie Garcia-Serrano

• Restoring & Safeguarding our

Rivers, Lakes, Ponds, Coastal

Waters & Watersheds

• Responding to Climate Change

and Impacts (Coastal/Inland)

• Protecting Public Health

• Addressing Solid Waste

Challenges & Shift in Materials

Market

• Reducing the Carbon Footprint &

Bolstering Regional Economy

1.6 million SERO citizens-84

diverse cities & towns – 90 DEP

staff members

Partnering for Results!

Restoring and Safeguarding Our Rivers, Lakes, Ponds,

Coastal Waters & Watersheds

• Pollution Threats: 84 Communities, 2000 coastal miles

‐ WWTP Sewage Overflow Discharges / CSOs,

Stormwater, Nutrients, Bacteria & OHM Releases

• Partnering for Success through:

‐ Compliance, Enforcement & Education

• CSO Action Plan, Taunton, Fall River, New

Bedford

• Clean Bilge Initiative, New Bedford

‐ Bi-/In-State Regional Partnerships:

• Narragansett Bay Estuaries Program (MA &

RI) and Taunton River Watershed Project

• DWS Bacteria Source Tracking, Taunton

• Pleasant Bay, 4 Cape Towns Permitting

‐ Regional Stormwater Coalitions:

• Southeast Regional Group (21 towns) &

Cape Cod Stormwater Coalition (8 towns)

Responding to Climate Change through Hazard

Identification, Local Resiliency Improvements,

Preparedness Planning & Disaster Response

• 2 Natural Disasters Impacted Regional Ops:

‐ 3 Nor’easters, March 2018, Nor’easter Riley

Severe Weather Emergency Declaration Issued

‐ Kilauea Volcano Eruption, July 2018, EMAC

Request from the State of Hawaii

• Partnering & Mutual Aid-based Response Actions:

‐ Winter Storm Preparedness Plan developed

‐ 25+ SERO cross-bureau staff activated (in-

house/field support to 43 coastal / various

inland communities)

• 2-hr notification waivers; 350+ work

authorizations issued (24-48 hr TAT) by SERO

Team allowing immediate storm damage

repair; MEMA Bunker & CZM Coastal Storm

Team support

‐ 1 SERO-ER staff HI deployment to support

volcanic gas monitoring, H&S, Ops support

Protecting Human Health Through Water & Air

Monitoring & Cleanup Actions

• Heightened Compliance Monitoring Across SERO

Communities in Response to Post Flint, MI Situation:

‐ Drinking Water Issues

• Conventional (Lead, Copper, Manganese, etc.)

• EC’s (PFAs, 1,4-Dioxane, etc.)

• Aesthetics

‐ Nuisance Complaints (Noise/Fugitive Emissions)

• Solutions through Partnerships & Technical Assistance

‐ Boston-Regions coordinated DWP efforts

• Norton, Scituate, Swansea (brown water

action plans) & Lead in Schools Initiative

• Boston/Region PFAS Team (Policy/Ops)

• PFAS water/berry sampling (Cape)

‐ Municipal technical assistance through wind

turbine sound monitoring study review

(Plymouth/Bourne, Scituate)

Addressing Solid Waste Challenges by Implementing

Material Management Strategies & Creating New

Markets & Opportunities

• Solid Waste & Materials Management Challenges

‐ 7 Active Landfills (Bourne, Middleboro,

Dartmouth, Taunton, C/M/W, Fall River,

Nantucket)

‐ 3 Transfer Stations (Truck In / Rail or Truck Out)

• Taunton, Dennis plus Holbrook (on-hold)

• Implementing SW Master Plan through Partnerships,

Pre-Permitting, Technical Assistance & Grants

‐ AD Facility, Freetown & New Bedford Regional

(in progress, RFP issued)

‐ Food Rescue & Redirecting, Taunton, Fall River,

UMass Dartmouth

‐ Soil Reclamation Projects (Carver, Bridgewater)

‐ Recycle Smart, SMRP grant (glass recycling, Dennis)

‐ Solar on Landfills (Post-Closure Use), latest one in

Stoughton (Environment-Energy Nexus)

Reducing the Carbon Footprint & Bolstering Regional

Economy Through Clean Energy & Efficient

Transportation Projects

• Greenhouse Gases & Pollutant Emissions as a

Critical Focus Area

• MA is ahead of GWS Act mandates, but tackling

non-point source emissions , vehicular

contributions, remains as a challenge

• Regional energy needs call for clean energy-based

solutions

‐ Brayton Point Closure (Somerset), Pilgrim

Phasing Out (Plymouth)

• Partnering for Transformative Projects that Reduce the

Carbon Footprint & Introduce Clean Energy Sources

‐ Route 79 Realignment Project, Fall River

‐ South Coast Rail MassDOT Project, 10 SERO

Towns

‐ Vineyard Wind Connector Project, Cape Cod,

offshore/inland

Bureau of Air and Waste

Maria E. Pinaud

Deputy Regional Director

BAW Critical Issue

• Supporting the Commonwealth-wide

Organics Ban of 2014

– Waste reduction & product recovery

– Pollution prevention & clean energy

generation

2010 – 2020 Solid Waste Master Plan

Develop integrated solid waste management

systems that minimize the amount of solid waste

that must ultimately be disposed.

• Increase recycling and re-use;

• Seize green economic opportunities;

• Modify moratorium on municipal solid waste

combustion to encourage innovative and alternative

technologies (e.g., gasification or pyrolysis);

• Eliminate products containing toxic chemicals from

disposal.

Organics Diversion

• Organic materials comprise

approximately 25 percent, or more, of the

1 million tons of Massachusetts municipal

solid waste on an annual basis

• Since October 1, 2014, MassDEP has

banned the disposal of commercial

organic wastes by businesses and

institutions that generate one ton or

more of these materials per week

Goal: Divert at least 35% (350,000 tons) of

source separated organics from disposal by 2020

Anaerobic Digestion (AD)

Facility at Stop & Shop

Anaerobic Digestion (AD)

Facility at Stop & Shop, Freetown

• Biogas-to-Energy Facility originally permitted in January

2014:

• Air Plan Approval

• Recycling, Composting and Conversion (RCC) Permit

• Organics processed to remove indigestibles

• warm water and bacteria added to form slurry

• Slurry digested in sealed tank and converted into methane

rich biogas

• Biogas fuels a combined heat and power (CHP)

engine/generator

• System generates 1.137 MW of electricity for onsite use

• Residual solid byproduct may be used as a soil amendment

RCC Permit Amendments

AD Facility at Stop & Shop, Freetown

• Increased maximum daily tonnage of organics from 130 tons per day (tpd) to 150 tpd;

• Increased rolling 30 day organics acceptance average from 95 tpd to 130 tpd;

• Expanded source of feedstock to include other facilities beyond Stop &Shop including competing supermarkets, food pantries, and food product manufacturers;

• Acceptance of up to 25,000 gallons per day of food grade byproduct liquids from various sources;

• Increased on-site organic materials storage from 48 hours to 7 days; and

• Additional permanent equipment being installed to handle the food grade byproduct liquids.

Pre-Permitting Assistance

• Seek early pre-application consultation

• Provide detail

• Both sides gain common understanding

• Ensures no surprises that could lead to delays

• If project changes from initial concept, seek advice,

permitting pathway may be different.

• Equipment should not be purchased/installed before all

permits are issued

• Facilitates a complete permit application and ensures a

successful permit outcome

Bureau of Waste Site

Cleanup

Gerard Martin

Deputy Regional Director

BWSC Critical Issue

• Arriving at a PFAS Emerging

Contaminants Strategy that is

Protective of Human Health,

Safety, Welfare & the

Environment

Barnstable Fire Training

Bourne Rotary

Barnstable Airport

Joint Base Cape Cod

PFAS Sites in the Southeast Region

Johns

Pond

Coonamesset

Pond

JBC

C

PFAS From JBCC

Locations are approximate

Mashpee Village Well #6

Turner Road Public Wells

Fresh Pond Well

Lakeside Estates Community Well

Community Water Supply Well

Public Water Supply Well

Private Water Supply Well

Monitoring Well

Recovery Well

Surface Water Samples

Red = > HA/ORS-G;

Yellow = < HA/ORS-G > DL;

Green = ND

Ashumet

Pond

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Impacted water private water supply wells• 17 residences provided bottled water

• 10 then provided point-of-entry treatment systems

• 10 eventually connected to municipal water, including Lakeside Estates

Impacted public water supply wells• Treatment system out for bid for Mashpee Village Well #6

• Increased sampling of Turner Road wells

Remedial Investigation (RI) is on-going• Scope of Work for comprehensive assessment submitted to

MassDEP• Installation of drive-points

• Complete private well survey

• Installation of monitoring wells

PFAS from JBCC

PFAS from Bourne Rotary

Red Brook

Harbor

Flax Pond

Hen Cove

Red Brook

Pond

Truck Roll-Over Location

Private Water Supply Well

Monitoring Well

Surface Water Samples

Red = > HA/ORS-G;

Yellow = < HA/ORS-G > DL;

Green = ND

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Impacted private water supply wells• 4 private wells impacted with PFAS above ORSG and EPA HA

• Bottled water was initially supplied to homes with private wells impacted with PFAS above EPA HA

• Filtration units have since been installed at three homes

Impacted surface water in cranberry bogs• Funding mechanism does not allow Air Force to evaluate

cranberries

• MassDEP worked with DPH and DAR to develop “safe level” for cranberries

• MassDEP sampled surface water/cranberries in 2016 and 2017

‒ PFAS was not detected in cranberries but there were concerns with the analytical methods

• MassDEP, ORS and WES developed SAP

• Cranberries sampled in September 2018

PFAS from Bourne Rotary

Bureau of Water Resources

David Johnston

Deputy Regional Director

BWR Critical Issue

• Addressing Aging Infrastructure

to Safeguard Public Health &

Regional Economic Growth

Water Supply and Wastewater

Infrastructure in SERO

• Over 5,000 miles of water

distribution pipes

• Over 2,000 miles of

wastewater collections

pipes

• Over 30 major municipal

Water Treatment Facilities

• Over 25 major municipal

Wastewater Treatment

Facilities

• Two desalination plants

Challenge: New England’s

Infrastructure is Aging

• Boston Conduit (1652) Nation’s first water

system (hollow logs)

• Wrought Iron (rolled & riveted iron plate),

cement lined (early 1800’s)

• Cast Iron (stronger and thicker) ½ the in-

ground pipe by 1880

• 1950 ductile iron (concrete lined DI, today’s

pipe of choice)

• Asbestos Concrete (AC) needs to be lined or

removed

• Lead Service Lines need to be replaced

• Wastewater collection: CI, DI, AC, cement,

clay & brick

Pipe Failures & Dirty Water

• Brockton - Transmission line

failures and loss of water

• Hanson – Storage Tank

Renovation and dirty water

• Norton – old pipes, manganese in

sources and pipes

• Swansea – legacy deposition and

desalination water

• Scituate - old pipes, legacy

deposition, and not enough water

to flush

Opportunity: Major Infrastructure

Projects in SERO

• Fall River is in year 18 or their pipe

replacement program

• New Bedford is in year 19 of their lead

service line replacement program

• Falmouth just opened a $45 million

filtration plant

• Braintree, Randolph & Holbrook (Tri-

Town) planning to expend $45 million

to replace two 100 year old treatment

facilities after one failed

• Brockton replacing main transmission

lines after 2015 failure

• Major pipe replacement projects in

Scituate and Norton

• Green sand and filtration

plants: Chatham, Foxboro,

Stoughton, Wareham,

Norton & Scituate

Bureau of Administrative

Services

Jennifer Viveiros

Deputy Regional Director

BAS Critical Issues

• Recruiting, Hiring, Onboarding and Retaining a Sustainable SERO Workforce

• Imparting Efficient and Transparent Information Management & Public Access

Critical Issue: Recruiting, Hiring,

Onboarding & Retaining

• Retirements & Loss of

Institutional Knowledge

• Early 2000’s layoffs

• Median Age: mid 50’s

• Promising budget

• New Hires: focus on

expertise and new ideas

• On-line system

Critical Issue: Information

Management & Public Access

• New & legacy systems

• Complaint Management

• Public Records

• Environmental Justice

Program Support

Thank you!

Moderated Discussion

Moderator: Marilyn Wade, Brown and Caldwell

Panelists:

• Millie Garcia-Serrano, Regional Director

• David Johnston, Bureau of Water Resources

• Gerard Martin, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup

• Maria Pinaud, Bureau of Air and Waste

• Jennifer Viveiros, Bureau of Administrative Services

Environmental Business Council of New England

Energy Environment Economy

EBC Program Series with MassDEP Leadership:

Southeast Region Leadership Team