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Civil Fines for Wastewater Plant

March 6, 2022 by 3 Comments

During the February 16th Townhall held to discuss the possible sale of the Water/Wastewater utilities to Virginia American Water, Town Manager Hozey noted that the wastewater plant had incurred civil fines from DEQ in the past. The comment was part of a conversation linked to the town’s inability, in its own words to hire the needed “expertise” to manage the utility system.

The Mirror contacted the town to get a list of fines. Town Manager Hozey responded, “The most recent fine that I mentioned at the meetings is still in the hands of DEQ and will be released for public review and comment on February 28th.  Documentation on fines before I came to the Town have not been well maintained.  I’ve been made aware of past instances via telephonic discussions with DEQ enforcement officials.“

The Mirror contacted DEQ to gather more information, and could only find one instance where fines were actually levied against the operation of the “new” wastewater system.

DEQ told the Mirror, “only one civil charge, or fine, proposed for Cape Charles regarding the Water Water Treatment Plant (WWTP).  The attached consent order lists the civil charge (page 8).  The consent order is currently at public notice, beginning today and closes March 30, 2022, following which the consent order can be signed by the Regional Director, making it effective.”

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DEQ did tell the Mirror that Cape Charles did enter into consent orders in 1990 and 2010 that contained civil charges (fines) for the ‘old’ wastewater plant. 

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  1. Paul R Plante says

    March 6, 2022 at 10:47 am

    What a GREAT public service this Cape Charles Mirror is posting information like this and doing the digging to substantiate it!

    Reply
  2. Loraine Huchler says

    March 6, 2022 at 2:07 pm

    When does information become advocacy? When a town official gives incomplete information and throws previous administrations under the bus for not maintaining documentation of past fines for the wastewater plan. All you have to do is contact VA DEQ; information about the fines paid are part of the public record.
    As a consultant working with manufacturing clients, and helping them analyze the costs to sell their utility water plants to private entities, the PPEA consultant, charged with comparing the “status quo” option of not selling the plant to the VAW acquisition, should have conducted better due diligence to understand the historical and 10-year projections of the costs and revenue for the “status quo” case. At the town meeting, I asked the PPEA consultant for the projected annual capital and operating costs for the status quo case and I was told that they did not have that data – or more accurately, the PPEA did not conduct a defensible analysis of the status quo case. How can the PPEA and the town officials claim that the rate forecast for keeping the plants is accurate if you don’t have the specific analyses and a high level of confidence about the annual costs?

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    • Paul R Plante says

      March 6, 2022 at 5:31 pm

      What an excellent post!

      Only in the Cape Charles Mirror!

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