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COLORADO
September 26, 1978
Tarimer-Weld Council of Governments
208 Planning Agency
201 East Fourth Street
Loveland, CO 80537
Dear Sirs:
Weld County, after reviewing the Jarimer-Weld Areawide Water Quality
Management Plan, is prepared to and accepts the role of a management
agency as defined by said Plan under the understandings and conditions
defined in the following paragraphs. The following essentially
describes our understandings of and commitments to the management agency
tasks defined in Chapter 6 of said Plan and as summarized in Table
6.2.2-A-One Year Action Plan Tasks Assignments.
Task No. 9: (See attached Appendix A for specifics of Task No. 9)
It is Weld County's understanding that the County will not be
responsible for performing this task until such time as its
full responsibility under the task is precisely defined and •
accepted, and until such time as the County has financial
resources available to perform the task. At the current time,
it is our understanding that the "unqualified" jurisdictions
(or those for which facility planning will have to be
accomplished) within Weld County have not been defined and is
a result, the County has no definition of what resources will
be required to perform the task in question. Thus, it is
the County's understanding that the Areawide Planning Agency
will be responsible for performing this task for a minimum of
sixteen (16) months after the Plan's adoption, and that the
Areawide Planning Agency hms the capability of performing
the task within the budget constraints defined by the Council
of Governments Board for 1979. (This is not to be viewed as
a limit on the use of funds which nay be available to the
COG through other than County sources. ) It will be Weld County's
intent to participate in the evaluation of this task during
1979 in the hopes of, 1) more precisely defining its parameters,
2) defining the task, and 3) defining the final level of
commitment which the County will be able to make with refer-
ence to carrying out the task.
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Task No. 10: Implement, as appropriate, subregional operation and main-
tenance programs on a cost-sharing basis.
It is Weld County's understanding that the Areawide Planning Agency
will have the responsibility for developing such operations and main-
tenance programs. It is the County's fuiLher understanding that
once the programs are developed, it will be the County's responsibility
to administer said programs, and that such will require that the
County employ a a toz time sanitary engineer who can be assigned
responsibility for administering the programs. It is estimated that
the program may be operational within six (6) to twelve (12) months
after adoption of the Areawide Water Quality Management Plan. It
is understood that the costs of program administration will be
covered through cost-sharing agreements which will be finalized with
the jurisdictions who are to participate, and that such costs will
not be borne by Weld County.
Task No. 11: Notify in writing Areawide Planning Agency in the event of
the following actions:
1. Intent to seek funding assistance (from any source)
to construct or expand waste treatment facilities;
2. Violation of an NPDES Permit condition; and
3. Intent to expand or amend existing sewer service area.
With reference to items 1 and 3, it is Weld County's understanding
that such actions will be reviewed by the County for determining
compliance or non-compliance with the Areawide Water Quality
Management Plan. It is further understood that where it is determined
that such intent or proposals are in non-compliance with the Plan,
it will be the responsibility of the jurisdiction initiating such
proposals to insure, 1) that the proposal is amended so that it
complies with the Plan, or 2) that the Plan is amended so that the
proposal set forth can be accommodated in the Plan.
With reference to item 2, it is understood that the County will not
be required to establish a monitoring program to determine where
and when NPDES Permit violations occur. Rather, it will be the
responsibility of the jursidiction involved to notify the County when
such violations occur. It is understood that this procedure may
be covered in the intergovernmental agreements which are projected
in Task 58.
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Task No. 18: Insure coordination of sewer service areas and treatment
capacity with land use decisions and plans.
It is understood that this task will be accomplished as a part of
the review processes anticipated by items 1 and 3 of Task 11, and
that it can be accomplished only in those cases where land use
plans for a given area have been developed and adopted. It is the
County's understanding that it will not have the responsibility for
developing land use plans (on which facilities plans can be based)
for those jurisdictions which do not have land use plans. In those
instances where land use plans are not available on which facilities
plans can be based, the review provisions of Section 4.1.1.1 of
the Areawide Water Quality Management Plan, as revised, will apply.
Task No. 27: Define boundaries of urban stormwater management areas for
Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, and Estes Park. Assess
areas of critical stormwater management problems for which
control plans can be developed.
It is the County's understanding that its responsibilities in this
task lie only in areas of "Rural Development". It is further
understood that such assessment will only involve a very general
inventory of such problems, and that such inventory can be com-
pleted based upon information now available to our County Engineering
Department. Finally, it is understood that such an inventory will
not require extensive staff resources in order to insure that it is
accomplished.
Task No. 49 & 53: Establish an Agricultural Advisory Committee.
It is Weld County's understanding that such an advisory committee
has already been established by the State Soil Conservation Board
and that a Weld County representative has been appointed to that
Board. In essence, it is understood that the County's only
responsibility in this area will be one of coordination and that
additional County staff time will not be required to insure that
the task is accomplished,
Task No. 58: Enter into intergovernmental contracts as appropriate
with operations agency.
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Task No. 59: Enter into intergovernmental contracts with management agencies
regarding area of domain within management area boundaries
for qualified incorporated communities.
It is understood by Weld County that the Areawide Planning Agency,
through the use of ongoing 208 funding, will develop the basic
intergovernmental agreements which are projected in these tasks.
The County will be involved only in the review of such agreements
and the negotiations required for their adoption. . Further, it is
understood that there are currently no projections as to how many
of such intergovernmental agreements may be finalized within the
first twelve (12) to eighteen (18) months after the Areawide Water
Quality Managment Plan is adopted. However, Weld County will make
all efforts possible, within the constraints of available resources,
to ensure that as many agreements are finalized as possible. This
commitment is made realizing that many factors beyond our control
may operate to reduce the number of agreements finalized in the
first year.
Task No. 60: Establish, as appropriate, citizen advisory committees
or other means of public input to carry out technical
tasks defined below.
Weld County intends to take the steps necessary to establish such
an advisory committee(s) during the first twelve (12) to eighteen
(18) months of initial program year.
Task No. 61: Designate, as appropriate, an individual(s) to represent
implementing agency in coordinating technical tasks
conducted by the Areawide Planning Agency.
It is anticipated that Weld County will designate such an individual(s)
as soon as actual program development begins.
HEALTH DEPARTMIIVT TASKS
Task No. 16: Enforcement of NPDES Permit conditions for municipalities.
The Weld County Health Department has a wastewater sampling program.
However, this program is limited in that it is the regional program
between the Weld County Health Department and the six counties in
Northeastern Colorado.
Task No. 17: Enforce qualified operators' certification for municipalities.
The Colorado Department of Health currently enforces this task and we
feel the County Health Department's role should only be in areas of
monitoring operators' certification.
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Task No. 22: Enforce NPDES Permit conditions for industrial stormwater runoff.
No monitoring is currently being conducted for industrial stormwater
runoff either at the state or local level. Therefore, the Weld County
Health Department will be unable to perform this task with existing
staff.
Task No. 39: Inventory of areas for which failing septic tank systems are
documented and suspected to cause ground/surface water
contamination which could result in public health problems.
To inventory areas in which failing septic systems are documented and
suspected to cause ground/surface water contamination would require
extensive laboratory support. To the extent available, data will be
provided as funds are provided.
Task No. 40: Enforce septic tank regulations.
The Weld County Health Department currently enforces the county
septic system regulations and it is anticipated this portion of
the task could be readily accomplished.
Task No. 44: Reporting requirements: The County Health Departments will
provide the following information to the Areawide Planning
Agency on a timely basis:Hazardous substance spills; plans
for construction of sanitary landfills and public and private
dumps; and, complaints regarding the operations of landfills
and dumps.
This task could be accomplished with existing staff.
Task No. 46: Enforce NPDES Permits for concentrated animal feeding operations.
The Weld County Health Department in conjunction with the Colorado
Department of Health currently monitors discharges from existing
animal confinement areas.
Itis with these understandings and conditions that Weld County accepts the
role of management agency as defined in the Areawide Water Quality Management
Plan. It is felt that such understandings and conditions are necessary as we
enter into a program in which we have not been previously involved. Such
is further necessitated by the lack of detail with which some of the tasks
for which we are responsible have been spelled out in the Plan. In essence,
the County is advocating a step by step approach toward its final, total
involvement in the 208 Program. In this way, it is felt that we can more
fully undertand the tasks to which we are committed and more fully understand
the commitment of resources which must be made as the program progresses.
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In general, we feel that the Plan is a sound approach to the issues involved
in water quality management; however, if we are to make a commitment to
serve as a management agency, Weld County would like to insure that that
commitment is real and that the resources to fulfill that commitment are
available.
Sincerely,
/4%.ent.iad''
Ed Dunbar, Chairman
Board of Weld County Commissioners
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APPENDIX A
Task No . 9
A. Vac Lili_cs Planning : ConducL de Lai led
wastewater treatment faciliLies planning
on a timely basis and in accordance wiUt
Lodera1 and Spite regulations fo insure
continued protection of beneficial uses
of surface and ground waters in the region .
Al I f.tc.il i. ty plans will include , as a
minimum :
. Review and analysis of po ten Lial col I et:Li_on ,
treatment , and disposal alLerualiyes ;
2 . Definition of the most cost effective
alternative which wiII 1.1t:;nre protcc-
tiun of our ace and ground wale)-
lualit:v in the region ;
3 . Specifi.caLion of the iusLL tut ionnl arrange-
ments - including inLergovernmeiLiI. agree-
monLs - necessary for impl omen Lirig the
waste treatment management works ;
4 . DefiniLion of funding sources and the
specific mechanism, i .e . , revenue bonds ,
general_ obligation bonds , mil ]. Levies ,
user charges to finance the system,
including U & D1 costs ;
5 . A financial impact analysis in accordance
wi Lb the formal: established in the Utility
manage:anent Handbook developed as part of the
2183 Program;
6 . Population projections on which the proposed
treatment work capacity is based . Projec-
tions de via Ling from those which have been
adopted by the liar imer-We Id Regional Council
O.1 Governments as port of the Regional
Comprehensive Plan must be justified
(See Section 4 . 1 . 1. . 1 ) .
( con t .)
REVISION III Er ( cont . )
The above provisions wiL1 apply as minimum
standards for all wastewater treatment planning
conducted in the region which requires A-95
review by the Cannel I of Governments .
In add iItion Lo those stated above , planntic)
conducted under Section 201 of the Clean Water
Act must meet the basic requirements of Section 201
and regulations pronurl_gated thereunder.
Task 39 of the nreawide Waste Treatment Management
Plan requires idanti_ fication of areas in which
failing sciatic tank systems are (locum(in to cause
ground or surface water con Lamina Lion
.
Task 38 requires the nreawide Planning Agency to
conduct a Critical. review of this inLermation to
delermine potential health and water quality impacts
of systems in those areas . Following completion of
Task 39 and Task 38 , facilities planning will he
conducted in areas designated as causi ng sur face and
ground water problems . These areas may include those
not presently within the jurisdiction of sanitation
districts or muni_cipaliLies . iii tire ; case , the
County w I I he re:;l,ons i 1,1 e for conduct:but det a i led
faci_ iit_ i lal aim inn wi_th • I inane ial ass i_sLance as
available from Federal and State sources . In the
dove l opium t of these facilities plains , the evaLu-
aLion of on-situ and innovative wastewater treatment
technology as an al. ternatlye to traditional col -
LecLion , trea( ment , and disposal systems will he
specifically required as a part of the planning
effort , in addition to those requirements set
forth above , and .requirements specified by Federal
and State agencies .
B . Service flans : In conjunction with the development
of intergovernmental contracts between management
and operations aclenc.i Ott , nr<anagenlenl agencies wt.11
prepare tier vi , re perm:; for w,rstewaler colIect.i.on
and I neat merit Itre.1_ lit i et; . Servlcv area I) Intrs .ire more
general. than lac" I. Ity plans . AL a niinirnum , service
area plans wi I I con Laiu the Col_ Lowincl element.:: :
o Map showing 20 yea r seirvicc aira ;
o Local.ion and sizing of major trunk lines ;
( cone . )
REVISION #16 (cont. )
o Population equivalent , total population
served and density by drainage basin ;
o Location and capacity of sewage treatment
facilities;
o location of pump stations ;
o Indicate first 5-year phasing of above ;
o Capitol improvements program for the first
5-year period.
Service area plans will be incorporated into. the
208 Plan following Plan Amendment procedures (see
Section 9 . 0) . Federal and State funding and
regulatory agencies will approve only those pro-
jects which are included in the first 5-year
phase of service area plans . Management agency
certification is a prerequisite to funding
application approval. .
Service area plans will be amended as needed but
no less frequentl.y than once every five years .
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