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Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission ~ Budget and Program Summary <br />PROGRAM: REGIONAL WASTEWATER FACILITIES <br />OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE -CITY OF EUGENE <br />In FY 02-03, Eugene staff will support the following major regional initiatives in addition to <br />ongoing operational activities. <br />• Continue efforts to optimize service effectiveness and efficiency: <br />i " l • Maintain the Environmental Management System and the IS014001 registration. Document <br />progress towards achieving the EMS objectives and targets. Evaluate the costs and benefits <br />of the EMS program. Develop a proposal for including external stakeholders in a review of <br />the EMS, and updating the objectives and targets. Evaluate the costs and benefits of <br />~! __1 applying for a Green Permit under the State's NPDES program. <br />• Work with Springfield staff to develop the design and O&M details for the poplar tree <br />biosolids program. <br />' ~' • Continue to provide leadership in the assessment of impacts and the development of <br />mitigation measures related to the Endangered Species Act listings for the Willamette River. <br />• Continue to manage the O&M responsibilities of the NPDES permits for the wastewater <br />discharge and treatment plant stormwater programs and the LRAPA air emissions permit for <br />the regional treatment facility. Evaluate operational responsibilities related to new permit <br />requirements (e.g. ammonia control, temperature management). <br />• Complete equipment replacement and major rehabilitation projects: Upgrade of HVAC <br />system controls/equipment, grit/preaeration chamber rehabilitation, digester dome crack <br />sealing/coating, maintenance building roof replacement, oil house roof replacement, rebuild <br />one return activated sludge pump, clarifier rebuild, security camera system, aeration basin <br />diffusers, total organic analysis system, distributed control system upgrade, and Operations <br />Building roof replacement: <br />• Participate in the design projects necessary to implement the recommendations of the Wet <br />Weather Flow Management study. Evaluate new federal regulations relating to Sanitary <br />_ Sewer Overflows and Capacity, Management, Operations, and Maintenance (CMOM) <br />functions, and work with State and Federal agencies in the development of the TMDLs for <br />the Willamette River. <br />• Work with Springfield project management staffon the completion of design work and <br />construction of the laboratory upgrade project. <br />Significant Changes For FY 02-03 <br />The proposed budget for operations and maintenance personnel, materials and services, and capital <br />for FY 02-03 totals $7,980,217. The budget categories show a total 9% increase from the FY 01-02 <br />budget. The transfer and reallocation of the funding from the SIW budget (due to the closure of <br />Chiquita) makes up 5% of this increase. <br />Significant changes in the service levels proposed for the FY 02-03 operations and maintenance <br />budget of the regional wastewater treatment facilities include: <br />Page 14 FY 02-03 Budget <br />