Lynn Township Sewer Authority 7481 Allemaengel Road, P O Box 208 New Tripoli, PA 18066 Phone: 610-298-8651 Fax: 610-298-8651 Chairman-Rric 2. schellheser Secretary Marvin charles ‘Vico Cheinan-Maryanne Wright Treseure: Steve Feinour “Gannett Fleming Solieitor-William B- schante Roger A. Phillipe 2.2, May 4, 2009 Board of Supervisor’ s 7911 Kings Highway New Tripoli, PA 18066 REF: Act 537 Selected Sewer Process Dear Board of Supervisor’ s: The enclosed information is for your consideration to be passed on to DEP. If more information is needed, please call the above number. Respectfully, qs Qa Donald M. Christ, manager RECEIVED MAY 04 2009May XX, 2009 Joseph Buczynski Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources 2 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0790 RE: ip Act 537 Plan Dear Mr. Buczynski: On April 14, 2009, Roger Phillips of Gannett Fleming, Ine., the Lynn Township Sewer Authority Engineer, contacted you concerning the potential for a revision to the process selected in the Township's approved Act $37 Plan, You informed Mr, Phillips that no official revision to the Act 537 Plan would be necessary and that the Township should just notify the PADEP officially that the process will be revised from the VIP process stated in the PADEP Act 537 Plan Approval letter, You indicated that the submission of an evaluation of the processes would be sufficient to document the change, You also indicated that an evaluation of the user costs should be included with the submission since the project may be seeking PENNVEST funding, Included herein are the following documents prepared by Gannett Fleming, Ine. in support of the request: 1, Technical Memorandum — Preliminary Process Evaluation for LTSA, Dated April 15, 2009 2. Cost/EDU Evaluation As indicated in the evaluation, it is anticipated that the expansion will utilize the MLE process, However, the specifies of the selected process, as well as the design calculations will be submitted to the PADEP as part of the Water Quality Management Permit Process. If you have any questions or comments, or requite any additional information, please contact Roger Phillips at 610-650-8101, or at rphillips@pfinet.com,Technical Memorandum Gannett Fleming — TO: Lynn Township Sewer Authority (LTSA) FROM: Roger Phillips and Tony Elberti SUBJECT: Preliminary Process Evaluation for LTSA. DATE: April 15, 2009 ES Background: Lynn Township had received approval of an Act 537 Plan in January of 2009; the plan was prepared by Keystone Engineers, and Bassett Engineering, Inc. (BE) The LTSA owns and operates the sanitary sewer facilities. The Act 537 Plan provides for the expansion of the LTSA WWTP to 0.16 mgd Annual Average Daily Flow (AADP) by utilizing the Virginia Initiative Plant (VIP) Process, The Authority passed two motions, to recommend to the Board of Supervisors (BOS) that they allow the LTSA more time to complete an additional alternate analysis to include alternative processes to the recommended VIP in order to determine if there is a more efficient cost effective and applicable treatment process than what was recommended in the 537 plan. On March 12, 2009, at the Lynn township Board of Supervisors meeting, the BOS voted 2 — 1 to allow the LTSA to continue with an evaluation of alternate process, to be performed by GF. ‘This memorandum evaluates process alternatives considering recent influent flow metering and influent sampling data to meet draft National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit limits, and provides relative life cycle costs. Process alternatives were established based upon the recommended process from the Act 537 Plan by others and suitability based on a cursory review by GF. ‘The alternatives were evaluated based on capital costs plus operating costs including: electrical consumption, chemical costs, labor costs and sludge disposal, This process evaluation analyzes five alternatives: VIP process within the existing tankage Modified Ludzack-Bttinger (MLE) process within the existing tankage ‘VIP process with new tankage MLE process with new tankage ‘Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBR) with new tankage Draft NPDES Permit NPDES Permit No. PA 0070254 was issued to LTSA in draft form for discharge of treated wastewater to the Ontelaunee Creek. The draft permit is effective December 1, 2008 through November 30, 2013. ‘The NPDES permit sets concentration effluent limits for Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Ammonia (NHs-N), Total Residual Chlorine, Total Phosphorus (TP), Dissolved Oxygen, pH, and Fecal Coliform for monthly, weekly, and instantaneous values. In addition, the NPDES permit includes local Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) limits for total suspended solids and total phosphorus associated the public water supply of the City of Reading. The ‘TMDL limitations are based on annual mass loadings and will be effective from December 1, 2010 :S055t Lym Twp Alot WoskngUISA Flin AR val TM O15 2008 Roxas Page 1