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Village of Red Hook Wastewater System Red Hook Commons Village of Red Hook Average Daily Flow : 9.010 MGD (Million Gallons per Day) 0.039 MGD (Million Gallons per Day) Required Samples Result - Old Plant Result - New Plant Compliance alee 37 mg/L 25 mg/L 5 mg/L November TSS <2.59 mg/L <2.71 mg/L 10 mg/L 2024 FecalNH3 Coliform <1.00/100<0.05 mL <1.00/100<0.05 mL 0.98 mg/L (June 1 - Oct200/100 31) 1.81 mL mg/L {Nov1 - May 31) Dissolved Oxygen 7.0 mg/L 7.0 mg/L 7.0 mg/L Minimum TKN <0.4mg/L <0.4me/l 0.4 mg/L Minimum Deficienci panel Biter ~ Red Hook Sand Filters have never been rebuilt or media replaced. To be reviewed and incorporated into the planningfor the Sewer Phase IIproject. ----- End of picture text -----

Backflow Prev. Replacement - Facilities backflow Preventor in need of replacement. Red Hook Commans

UV'S - Red Hook Commons & Red Hook Commons in need ofreplacement ofBulb's. Village ofRed Hook UV‘s not working due to possible power surge. C3ND provided Village with option to replace with new parts or to send outfor evaluation. Village ofRed Hook Grating -Village ofRed Hook Correded grating over anoxic zones in the new Besst treatment plant.

EPA Approved Lab Updated equipment required. Equipment

Treatment Plant Cleaning Removal ofrages, old pumps, garbage, unused equipment, misc item's. Dumpster is scheduledfor Friday 1/10/25 in the morning. C3ND will update the Village once completed.

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92-15-7 (7/91)-27cNEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL CONSERVATIONS
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Appendix B SECTION 1 py New York State DepartmentDivision ofofEnvironmental Water Conservation 1a _GA, —y Report of Noncompliance Event was To: DEC Water Contact Vijay Gandhi DEC Region: 3 Report Type: ___ 5 Day Y Permit Violation ___ Order Violation ___ Anticipated Noncompliance ___ Bypass/Overflow ___ Other SECTION 2 Date of noncompliance: ! 1/22/2024 Location (Outfall, Treatment Unit, or Pump Station): Description of noncompliance(s) and cause(s): Effluent CBOD exceedance. Exceedance due to lack of MLSS concentration and process control. Has event ceased? No If so, when? Was event due to plant upset? No SPDES limits violated? YES Start date, time of event: 11/22/2024 , 12:00 aM End date, time of event: 01/03/2025 10:30 am Date, time oral notification made to DEC? 01/03/20: 3:24 pm DEC Official contacted: Vijay Gandhi Immediate corrective actions; MLSS from the Red Hook Commons Plant has been transferred over to help seed the plant with healthier biology. Additional measures were taken to helf reduce flow velocity through the plant. ----- End of picture text -----

Preventive (long term) corrective actions; Additional sampling to help indicate influent flow characteristics, additional process control measures to help determine where biological breakdown is taking place.

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‘Complete this section if event was a bypass: Bypass amount: Was prior DEC authorization received for this event? No DEC Official contacted: Date of DEC approval: Describe event in "Description of noncompliance and cause" area in Section 2. Detail the start and end dates and times in Section 2 also. SECTION 4 a . . i 01/10/2025 Facility Representative: Fernando Dongo Title: Prin Date: Phone #: ( 845 ) 244-0129 Fax #: ( ) I Certify under penalty of Jaw that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, x or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information : ——————— submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. Signature of Principal Executive I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, Officer or Authorized Agent including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. ----- End of picture text -----

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INSTRUCTIONS

The Division of Water developed this standardized form to simplify the reporting of noncompliance events. The SPDES Permit General Conditions, require that certain discharges of untreated or partially treated sewage must be reported orally within either 2 hours! or 24 hours and also in writing within five (5) days as required by the appropriate regulation. All other permit noncompliance shall be reported as attachments to the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR). This form should be used for these events as well as to report noncompliance relating to consent orders, scheduled events and bypass events. All necessary information can readily be reported to DEC on this form. Additional information required to describe the event can be attached. Please make additional copies of this form and use as needed. Instructions are provided below. For questions on form use please contact the appropriate office listed below for the county where your permitted facility is located. Thank you for your cooperation. Instructions to complete and submit Noncompliance Report 1. Provide facility information and all applicable event details in Sections 1 through 3. Dates should be completed in month/day/year format. 2. Provide your name, title, business phone number, and date report was completed in Section 4. Use additional sheets as needed to provide full detail of the event in Section 2.

  1. For 5-day written reports, mail or fax the completed form to the appropriate DEC Regional Office listed below. Attach all other noncompliance reports to the DMR submittal (be sure to attach to each set of DMR copies) or mail separately if related to consent order/scheduled event noncompliance. After hours and weekend reporting of unusual discharge events of other noncompliance must be reported through the DEC Telephone Hotline, which is 1-800-457-7362.

DEC Regional Offices:

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REGION 1 REGION 2 REGION 3 ** Regional Water Engineer Regional Water Engineer Regional Water Engineer NYS SUNY, Bidg. 40 One Hunters Point Plaza 21 So. Putt Comers Rd Loop Road 47-40 21st St. New Paltz, NY 12561-1696 Stony Brook, NY 11790-2356 Long Island City, NY 11101-5407 Phone: 845-256-3000 Fax: 845-255-0714 Phone: 631-444-0405 Fax: 631-444-0373 Phone: 718-482-4900 Fax: 718-482-6516 Counties: Rockland Dutchess Counties: Counties: Queens Bronx Sullivan Orange Ulster Nassau Suffolk New York Richmond Kings Putnam Westchester REGION 4 REGION 5 ** REGION 6 ** Regional Water Engineer Regional Water Engineer Regional Water Engineer 1150 North Westcott Rd. Route 86, P.O. Box 296 Region 6 Suboffice Schenectady, NY 12306-2014 Ray Brook N.Y. 12977-0296 State Office Bldg. Phone: 518-357-2045 Fax: 518-357-2398 Phone: 518-897-1241 Fax: 518-897-1245 207 Genesee St. Counties: Montgomery Albany Counties: Utica, NY 13500 Otsego Rensselaer Columbia Clinton. Hamilton Franklin Phone: 315-793-2554 Fax; 315-793-2748 Delaware Schoharie Greene Essex Saratoga Warren Counties: Lewis Jefferson Schenectady Fulton Washington Herkimer Oneida St. Lawrence REGION 7 REGION 8 REGION 9 Regional Water Engineer Regional Water Engineer Regional Water Engineer 615 Erie Blvd West 6274 East Avon-Lima Rd 270 Michigan Avenue Phone:Syracuse,315-426-7506NY 13204-2400Fax: 315-426-7402 AvPh o ne:n, 585-226-2466NY 14414-9519Fax: 585-226-2830 Buffalo,Phone: 716-851-7070 NY 14203-2999Fax: 716-851-7009 Counties: Madison Cayuga Counties: Orleans Genessee Counties: Allegany Erie Broome Onondaga Oswego Chemung Schuyler Seneca Cattaraugus Niagara Wyoming Chenango Tioga Tompkins Livingston Steuben Ontario Chautauqua Cortland Monroe Wayne Yates mal REGION 3 Suboffice REGION5 Suboffice REGION6 Suboffice Regional Water Staff Regional Water Staff Regional Water Staff 200 White Plains Rd.., 5th Floor Box 220, Hudson St Extension 317 Washington St. Tarrytown, NY 10591-5805 Warrensburg, NY 12885-0220 Watertown,NY 13601-3787 Phone: 914-332-1835 Phone: 518-623-1200 Phone: 315-785-2513 Fax: 914-332-4670 Fax: 518-623-4193 Fax: 315-785-2422 ----- End of picture text -----

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Climate Smart Communities Task Force Draft Meeting Notes: March 20, 2025 Present: Kym Bradley-Rickard, Betsy Brauer, Alex Geller, Cat Viega ## Progress Reports ## A. Composting. 1. Currently composting at RHHS, kitchen only. Not sure whether school action is applicable to Village CSC. 2. Composting shed has arrived. working to adjust it for better functionality. 3. Program hopes to commence in May. Free to Village residents. One-gallon buckets will be available. Maximum 25-50 households. Successful applicants will be provided an access code to open the shed. 4. Informational/educational materials will be provided. Might try to get countertop buckets to be stamped imprinted on the buckets, or a sticker depending on cost and value. 5. Art call for kids to participate in the design - B. Safe Routes to School 1. Preliminary map of needed walking/biking routes. More research into feasibility needed before presentation to Village Board 2. An engineering study for the school speed limit zone has been completed – waiting on finalized reports. For both Market Street and Linden Avenue. A draft report from engineers has recommendations but nothing finalized. Flashing signs. Not yet certain what hours would be included. - School Zone can be used in the work on SRTS 3. Purchase of flashing speed limit signs for highway entrances to the Village approved. Waiting on approval from DOT of the actual signs. 4. Alex is planning the 2025 Tour d'Red Hook. Needs Village Board approval for the CSC Task Force to sponsor it. It is currently proposed: 1. There will be short and long routes, bike rodeo, bike tune-up station, free helmets. 2. Opportunity to get public opinions about unsafe places for pedestrians and bicyclists. Suggested to have a giant map of the village with post-it arrows for people to place. ## Ongoing and Future CSC Plans ##- A. Comparing CSC certification with CEC (Clean Energy Communities) 1. CSC requires submission to include all programs and achievements at once 2. For CEC, programs and achievements can be submitted as completed. B. Steve is looking into Town CSC certification are applicable for the Village's application, and is working with two others who are working on compiling necessary information for our GHG emissions. ##- C. Continuing assistance from Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) 3. A new person, Scott, is available; not sure what services he will offer 4. Kym has circulated the CCE results from earlier Task Force work that identified actions that are completed, in progress, recommended or not recommended. 5. Kym requests all Task Force members to review this report and select actions that best meet one of two criteria: Will be compiled on shared CSC Google Drive 1. of the greatest benefit to the community / meet community needs 2. easily accomplished as a way to accrue points. ## Other Actions A. CSC page on the Village website needs regular updating. Photos for the webpage also can be used (with date taken) as part of CSC submission. B.Task Force promotes to the Board adoption of a policy to make a good faith effort to utilize green suppliers. C. Task Force promotes to the Board policy(ies) requiring developers of new housing projects to incorporate Complete Streets in their plan. This will need to delved into and see if other municipalities have this policy and what it may look like. D. Need to review the proposed plan for Smart Energy Towns from 2009 to align projects. ## Related Community Activities 1. RH Library is working with CCE and presenting two workshops 1. April 10 – composting 2. April 30 – energy saving 2. Town E-Waste Day – April 5 @ Recycling Center 3. Town tree planting is April 26 4. Village tree planting, date TBD 5. Quarterly Repair cafe at RHCC on April 26 (CSC can table)

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