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DMR Certification and Instructions

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Appendix B

SECTION 1

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water

Te Report of Noncompliance Event

To: DEC Water Contact Vijay Gandhi DEC Region: 3 Report Type: 5 Day Permit Violation Order Violation Anticipated Noncompliance Bypass/Overflow Other

SECTION 2

SPDES #: NY- 0271420 Facility: Village of Red Hook WWTP Date of noncompliance: 05/30/2025 Location (Outfall, Treatment Unit, or Pump Station): 1A and 1B Outfall 1B was placed in service and TSS was exceeded due to start up issues. Description of noncompliance(s) and cause(s): on Outfall 1A, the Fecal was exceed once due to the UV unit not being cleaned as scheduled.

Outfall 1A is unable to keep MLSS in the aeration tank when flows approach or exceed 35 gpm due to shallow clarifiers.

the oversized influent pumps and the shallow clarifiers lead to TSS and ammonia discharge exceedances.

Has event ceased? No If so, when? Was event due to plant upset? Yes SPDES limits violated? Yes 03/31/2025 am am Start date, time of event: , End date, time of event: Date, time oral notification made to DEC? , am DEC Official contacted: Vijay Gandhi

Immediate corrective actions:

started using temporary influent pump to lower flows. added a temporary surge tank. installed temporary pump to send

mudwell return flow to EQ instead of the anoxic zone.

Preventive (long term) corrective actions: need to install perminant versions of the temporary pumps and piping that are being used to control the peak flows.

SECTION 3

Complete this section if event was a bypass: No Bypass amount: Was prior DEC authorization received for this event? 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 Facility Representative: Roberto Flores Title: Chief Operator Date: 518 469 - 8189 Phone #: ( ) Fax #: ( )

June 20, 2025

I Certify under penalty of law 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, 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. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.

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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 hours1 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.

3. 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:

| REGION 1 | REGION 1 | - | REGION 2 | REGION 2 | - | REGION 3 | REGION 3 | | Regional Water Engineer | Regional Water Engineer | - | Regional Water Engineer | Regional Water Engineer | - | ****** | ****** | | NYS SUNY , Bldg. 40 | NYS SUNY , Bldg. 40 | - | One Hunters Point Plaza | One Hunters Point Plaza | - | Regional Water Engineer | Regional Water Engineer | | Loop Road | Loop Road | - | 47-40 21st St. | 47-40 21st St. | - | 21 So. Putt Corners Rd | 21 So. Putt Corners Rd | | Stony Brook, NY 11790-2356 | Stony Brook, NY 11790-2356 | - | Long Island City, NY 11101-5407 | Long Island City, NY 11101-5407 | - | New Paltz, NY 12561-1696 | New Paltz, NY 12561-1696 | | Phone: 631-444-0405 Fax: 631-444-0373 | Phone: 631-444-0405 Fax: 631-444-0373 | - | Phone: 718-482-4900 Fax: 718-482-6516 | Phone: 718-482-4900 Fax: 718-482-6516 | - | Phone: 845-256-3000 Fax: 845-255-0714 | Phone: 845-256-3000 Fax: 845-255-0714 | | Counties: | Counties: | - | Counties: | Counties: | - | Counties: | Counties: | | Nassau | Nassau | - | Queens Bronx | Queens Bronx | - | Rockland Dutchess | Rockland Dutchess | | Suffolk | Suffolk | - | New York Richmond Kings | New York Richmond Kings | - | Sullivan Orange Ulster | Sullivan Orange Ulster | | - | - | - | - | - | - | Putnam | Putnam | | - | - | - | - | - | - | Westchester | Westchester | | REGION 4 | - | - | REGION 5 | ***** | - | REGION 6 | | Regional Water Engineer | - | - | ***** | er Engineer | - | ****** | | 1150 North Westcott Rd. | - | - | Regional Wat | . Box 296 | - | Regional Water Engineer | | Schenectady, NY 12306-2014 | - | - | Route 86, P.O | Y. 12977-0296 | - | Region 6 Suboffice | | Phone: 518-357-2045 Fax: 518-357-2398 | - | - | Ray Brook N. | 97-1241 Fax: 518-897-1245 | - | State Office Bldg. | | Counties: | - | - | Phone: 518-8 | Hamilton Franklin | - | 207 Genesee St. | | Montgomery Albany | - | - | Counties: | Saratoga Warren | - | Utica, NY 13500 | | Otsego Rensselaer Columbia | - | - | Clinton | Washington | - | Phone: 315-793-2554 Fax: 315-793-2748 | | Delaware | - | - | Essex | - | - | Counties: | | Schoharie Greene | - | - | Fulton | - | - | Lewis Jefferson | | Schenectady | - | - | - | - | - | Herkimer | | - | - | - | - | - | - | Oneida St. Lawrence | | REGION | 7 | - | REGION 8 | er Engineer | - | REGION 9 | | - | Water Engineer | - | Regional Wat | on-Lima Rd | - | Regional Water Engineer | | - | lvd West | - | 6274 East Av | 414-9519 | - | 270 Michigan Avenue | | - | NY 13204-2400 | - | Avon, NY 14 | 26-2466 Fax: 585-226-2830 | - | Buffalo, NY 14203-2999 | | - | 5-426-7506 Fax: 315-426-7402 | - | Phone: 585-2 | Orleans Genessee | - | Phone: 716-851-7070 Fax: 716-851-7009 | | - | Madison Cayuga | - | Counties: | Schuyler Seneca | - | **Counties:**Allegany | | - | Onondaga Oswego | - | Chemung | Steuben Ontario | - | Erie | | - | Tioga Tompkins | - | Livingston | Wayne Yates | - | Cattaraugus | | - | - | - | Monroe | - | - | Niagara Wyoming | | - | - | - | - | - | - | Chautauqua | Regional 615 Erie B Syracuse, Phone: 31 Counties: Broome Chenango Cortland

| ****** | REGION 3 Suboffice | - | - | REGION 5 Suboffice | - | - | REGION 6 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: | - | - | Phone: 315-785-2513 | | - | Fax: 914-332-4670 | - | - | 518-623-1200 | - | - | Fax: 315-785-2422 | | - | - | - | - | Fax: | - | - | - | | - | - | - | - | 518-623-4193 | - | - | - |

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References

This document cites or incorporates the following separate documents:

  • 2025-07-14Certification and Instructions for DMR
    Both are standalone instructional documents separated by nearly 5 years; they occupy the same informational slot but are independent artifacts issued at different times, not revisions of each other.

Recurring pattern

These other chains use the same template but are separate decisions: