Re: Fw: Pineview data

David Albright to: Aaron Setran

01/25/2012 04:02 PM

Cc: Rich Campbell, Gretchen Busterud

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David Albright/R9/USEPA/US

To:

Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US@EPA,

Cc:

Rich Campbell/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Gretchen Busterud/R9/USEPA/US@EPA

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My calendar tomorrow is not great, but I can meet before 10 or between 11:30 and 1:30.
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David Albright
Manager, Ground Water Office
USEPA, Region IX
75 Hawthorne Street
Mail Code: WTR-9
San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: 415.972.3971
Fax: 415.947.3549
Email: albright.david@epa.gov

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Aaron Setran
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They are on well water, as are neighboring prop...

01/25/2012 03:06:10 PM

Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US
David Albright/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
Rich Campbell/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Gretchen Busterud/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
01/25/2012 03:06 PM
Re: Fw: Pineview data

They are on well water, as are neighboring properties. The fecal hits this last year seem to be under
control, as during 2010 the number of hits was greater. The important issue is that the lower system is
not functioning as a treatment unit, more like a flow-thru pipe. Also, Pineview's noncompliance with the
existing permit is not really the issue. It's the hits of nitrates in the groundwater which violate DW
standards that worries me. Folks down slope of the development, on well water, wouldn't be too pleased
about the situation.....I'm guessing. We can possibly meet tomorrow sometime to discuss further.
Aaron Carr Setran
U.S. EPA, Water Division
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3457
David Albright
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I am fine with sharing the data and think we sho...

01/25/2012 12:25:02 PM

David Albright/R9/USEPA/US
Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
Rich Campbell/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Gretchen Busterud/R9/USEPA/US@EPA

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01/25/2012 12:25 PM
Re: Fw: Pineview data

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David Albright
Manager, Ground Water Office
USEPA, Region IX
75 Hawthorne Street
Mail Code: WTR-9
San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: 415.972.3971
Fax: 415.947.3549
Email: albright.david@epa.gov

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Aaron Setran
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The "seriousness" of shutting down the lower fiel...

01/25/2012 10:36:19 AM

Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US
Rich Campbell/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
David Albright/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Gretchen Busterud/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
01/25/2012 10:36 AM
Re: Fw: Pineview data

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Aaron Carr Setran

U.S. EPA, Water Division
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3457
Rich Campbell
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I'm OK with this if WTR is serious about really sh...

01/25/2012 09:34:21 AM

Rich Campbell/R9/USEPA/US
Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
David Albright/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Gretchen Busterud/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
01/25/2012 09:34 AM
Re: Fw: Pineview data

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Probably worth a meeting. I am out today, but in tomorrow; friday until 2.

-----Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US wrote: ----To: David Albright/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Rich Campbell/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
From: Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US

Date: 01/25/2012 09:26AM

Subject: Fw: Pineview data
David/Rich:

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Aaron
Aaron Carr Setran
U.S. EPA, Water Division
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3457
----- Forwarded by Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US on 01/25/2012 09:17 AM ----From: Aaron Setran/R9/USEPA/US
To: David Albright/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Rich Campbell/R9/USEPA/US@EPA
Date: 01/19/2012 04:12 PM
Subject: Pineview data for last year

David/Rich:
Attached are two separate spreadsheets which present last year's (2011) monitoring well and
influent/effluent data for the upper (Field B) and lower (Field A) ww systems at Pineview Estates.
You'll notice that the lower system (Field A + the IWS) should be shut-down, as it is non-functional. The
data for this system shows that, in many instances, greater amounts of solids (BOD and SS) and nitrogen
(TN) are leaving the system (and going into the ground) as opposed to coming into the system from the
houses at the site.......this is actually quite incredible! MCL violations for Nitrate and Fecal coliform are
numerous.......for every month sampled, the Nitrate MCL is violated.
The upper system is limping along and does not show the same level of ineffectiveness as the lower
system, although it is far from efficient.....indicated by the "removal efficiency" values.
At some point, this information should be shared with BIA. In addition, it certainly would not be out-of-line
to have the lower system taken off-line. If this were to happen, however, the ww would either have to be
diverted to the upper system or hauled off site via a pumper truck (probably on a daily basis). I'm pretty
sure the upper system would not be able to handle the increased load, and having the ww hauled on a
daily basis won't be popular.....

(See attached file: PineviewFieldBdata.Jan2012.xlsx)

(See attached file: PineviewFieldAdata.Jan2012.xlsx)

Aaron Carr Setran

U.S. EPA, Water Division
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3457

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