Report Noncompliance Event — Village of Red Hook SPDES Permit Violation

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New York State Department of Enviromental Conservation Division of Water Report Noncompliance Event To: DEC Water Contact Report Type: Permit Violation Order Violation Anticipated Noncompliance X Bypass/Overflow SECTION 2 SPDES #:NY-0271420 Facility: Village of Red Hook Date of noncompliance: 2/24/2026 Location (Outfall, Treatment Unit, or Pump Station): Outfall Description of noncompliance(s) and cause(s): 1B both lost solids through the clarifier due to hydraulic overload caused by the tertiary filters blinding and then overflowing into the clearwe Has event ceased? Yes If so, when? 2/24/2026 Was event due to plant upset? Yes SPDES limits violation YES Start date, time of event: 2/24/2026 , (AM)(PM) End date, time of event: 2/24/2026 est 7:30AM (AM)(PM) Date email notification made to DEC? 2/20/26 , (AM)(PM) DEC Official contacted: Vijay Gandhi Immediate corrective actions: Stop influent flow, shut off blowers to retain solids, clean reaeration tank, clearwell and UV systems before putting plant back online Preventive (long term) corrective actions: Install alarm systems to notify operator of high level events SECTION 3 Complete this section if event was a bypass: Bypass amount: Was proir DEC authorization received for this event? (Yes)(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 Forms by EnviroWin (312-244-1900) SECTION 4 Facility Representative Leslie A Coon Jr Title: Sr. Area Manager Date: 2/25/2026 Phone #: 845-544-3151 Fax #:

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Deputy Mayor Melkorka Kjarval’s Monthly Reports **March, 9th, 2026** ## **Red Hook Together** The group meeting is organized by Bard Center for Civic Engagement & meets every first Thursday of the month. On Thurs, March 5th the group of Red Hook Together met in-person at The Grove, A newly renovated restaurant & bar at Red Hook Golf Club. The conversation focused on hearing about attendees upcoming events and programs as well as discussing funding opportunities, such as celebrating the Community Center’s recent NY BRICKS grant and Dutchess County MIG grant. Kris Munn from the County Legislator, District 20 talked about the County Budget and the upcoming discussions. PANDA tv is looking for furnishing donations for its nearly completed studio. If you have Club chairs, rugs or other furnishings in good condition, consider giving them a new career in show business. Also exciting, PANDA tv now has a 24-7 programming available on its livestream app, through Spectrum cable channel 1303, or through your internet browser at: - panda ny.cablecast.tv/cablecastapi/live?channel_id=1&use_cdn=true Visit: https://panda-ny.cablecast.tv/internetchannel/schedule for the full schedule of programs. ## **Town of Red Hook Comprehensive Plan:** The Town committee meets monthly from 7:30pm to 9pm on the fourth Tuesday at Town Hall. The last meeting was February 24th. The Consultants are working with the Committee to close out the Visioning process and are beginning to gather the key goals/topics raised during those sessions. Those larger goals will be presented with strategies/policies for further engagement at the upcoming second workshop in the spring. Below is a list of some of the programming & metrics of the Public Visioning Sessions: |Below is a list of some of the programming& metrics of the Public VisioningSessions:|Below is a list of some of the programming& metrics of the Public VisioningSessions:| |---|---| |●Tabling at Hardscrabble Day 2025 ●Visioning Workshop:**70+ participants** ●Visioning Survey (mostly online, some paper surveys):**170 respondents** ●Kitchen Table Conversations:**21** ●Tabling and engagement at the Community Center (Teen time, Community Closet, Senior Friends Lunch) ●Pop-up boards at Bard ●Pop-up boards at Red Hook High School (next week) ●In-class workshop with**~200 7th and 8th graders**(later this month)|| |CompPlanSite:|redhookny.gov/578/Town-of-Red-Hook-Comprehensive-Plan| |What is aCompPlan?|redhookny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4933/| |CommunityEngagement|https://www.redhookny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4931/| ## **Town of Red Hook Community Preservation Fund:** |**Town of Red Hook Community Preservation Fund:**|**Town of Red Hook Community Preservation Fund:**|| |---|---|---| |||**Balance**| |M&T Consolidated Account|Cm C’munityPres 0102| 234,683.02| |NYclass Master Account|Cm CommunityPres. 0203|1,500,533.97| ||Green CPF 0204.100 Investment|1845703.47| ||Greene(CPF Funds)0204|111,102.20| |Town of Red Hook CPF Total Balance as of 2/10/2026||**3,692,022.66**| |Source: Town Board Packet:https://www.redhookny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/1112?fleID=20477 From the Monthly Statement of the Red Hook Town Supervisor||| ## **Village of Red Hook Communications:** This month the Mayor and I made progress on a few ongoing projects: - The Communication Survey online has been posted to the home page under “Government News”. Questions range from what methods of communications work well, which could be improved, which improvements should be budget priorities. - The Updated Waste Water Treatment Plant Operations Page was relaunched on Wed March, 4th. The aim was to streamline information and add contextualizing information to the reports and updates listed on the page. We also improved the layout, implementing a “jump link” index at the top of the page so users are able to navigate directly to each heading. - I also posted a sign-up tutorial to the NY Alert system, which was first created by Sewer Clerk Jen Cavenaugh, and shared by Mayor Karen Smythe via email. You can locate the page under the Stay Informed heading on the website. ## **Village and Zoning Review:** On February 9th, the Village Board voted to send the North Broadway Corridor Land Use & Zoning Study Draft to Dutchess County Department of Planning, Village of Red Hook Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals, to be reviewed for comments within 30 days. The Public Comment period was also extended to March 9th. ## **Links to Video Recordings:** Draft Study Information Sessions: Mar 13,2025 , Oct 13, 2025. Public Hearings : Dec 8, 2025 , Jan 12, 2026 , February 9th The Proposed Study can be accessed here: redhookvillage.gov/360 ## **Planning/Zoning & Building Department:** This past month, with the permission of the Mayor, I have been working with the Planning Clerk, Lara Hart to prepare a guide for businesses that are opening a Village location. It was a concept that the Mayor and I discussed years ago with business owner Lauren Cunningham-Housman, and was seconded recently by Chamber of Commerce director Colin Stark. The guide will attempt to explain common requirements and processes (fire inspections, ‘Change of Use’ etc). See attached Reports

References

This document cites or incorporates the following separate documents:

2026-04-09Water Systems Operation Report — March 2026
Document A reports a specific noncompliance event (February 2026 permit violation); Document B is a separate monthly operational report (March 2026) for the same facility—different slots (incident report vs. routine monthly compliance reporting), not a revision of the same decision.
2026-02-262026 02 26
Document A is a DEC noncompliance report filed by the facility; Document B appears to be an internal operations document—they are separate artifacts addressing the same incident from different institutional perspectives, not revisions of the same singular decision.
2026-04-09DEC Noncompliance Report Forms
Document A is a noncompliance event report for a specific incident (2/24/2026); Document B is the routine monthly operational report for February 2026 that references the same facility and permit but serves a different regulatory slot (incident reporting vs. monthly compliance monitoring).
2026-02-242026 02 24
Document A is a formal DEC noncompliance report filed after the event; Document B appears to be an operational log or record from the event date itself—they document the same incident but occupy different slots (incident reporting vs. operational record-keeping).
2026-02-202026 02 20
Document A is a formal DEC noncompliance report filed after the event; Document B appears to be an operational record from the event date itself—they document the same incident but occupy different slots (incident reporting vs. operational logging) and are separate artifacts.
2026-03-09March 9 2026 SEWER OPERATIONS REPORT
Document A is a DEC noncompliance report filed by the Village on a specific permit violation event (2/24/2026); Document B is a separate monthly sewer operations report from March 9, 2026 that may reference or discuss the same facility but occupies a different slot (routine monthly reporting vs. incident reporting).
2026-02-01NetDMR Submittal Confirmation Email — March 29, 2026
Document A is a noncompliance report filed with DEC; Document B is a separate NetDMR submittal confirmation—two distinct regulatory filings about the same facility but different submission processes and slots.
2026-02-01EPA DMR — February 2026
Document A is a noncompliance event report filed with DEC; Document B is a separate EPA Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the same facility—different regulatory instruments serving different reporting slots.
2026-02-01DEC Violation Report Forms
Document B is a blank/template form; Document A is a completed instance of that form reporting a specific 2026 noncompliance event—they are separate artifacts (template vs. filled report), not revisions of the same decision.

Referenced by

These other documents cite or incorporate this one:

2026-03-09Sewer Operations Report — Late January/February 2026
— pins a specific version of this chain
Document B is a formal DEC noncompliance report filed in response to the violation event described in Document A; they are separate artifacts serving different slots (operational report vs. regulatory filing).
2025-08-11Analytical Lab Report — Wastewater samples — June 2025 (York Lab)
2026-02-09NetDMR Submittal Notification — January 29, 2026
Two separate noncompliance events at the same facility on different dates (12/12/2025 vs 2/24/2026) reported in the same form template; each is an independent incident report, not a revision of the same event.
2026-03-22Sanitary Sewer Overflows at 01A & 01B WWTPs – Notice of Violation Implementation Schedule
Document A is an engineering implementation schedule responding to a Notice of Violation; Document B is a separate noncompliance event report for a different incident (2/24/2026) that occurred before the schedule was issued, making them distinct board actions on the same facility but different events.
2026-04-13Water Department Report — March/Early April 2026
2026-04-13EPA Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) — February 2026
Document A is a routine EPA DMR submission for February 2026; Document B is a separate noncompliance report filed 4 days later documenting a specific violation event on 2/24/2026 — they are distinct board/regulatory actions linked by subject matter, not revisions of the same instrument.

Recurring pattern

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