Susan,

Thank you very much for the information. I have scheduled a meeting with
some officers of Miamiville Civic, and Clermont County officials.  They
plan to re-submit the application for the same location.  They will
afford us the opportunity to discuss alternate locations. 

We are aware of a study they commissioned in 1996 that indicated another
location as the best location from a gravitational and engineering
standpoint.  However, the county is telling us that OEPA did not like
that location because the tributary into which the plant would discharge
it too narrow to support the flow. Do you have any information about
that 1996 Harza study and the EPA's response to it.  We are very
disturbed if this is the basis on which the original location was
scrapped in favor of our neighborhood, as the tributary into which the
proposed Wards Corner plant would flow is often a dry creek bed, but is
also badly eroded due to too much current capacity from recent
development.   

I need your help on this issue, and time is of the essence.  Can you
direct me to the best way to obtain the information we need?  Thank you
for the information.  


Marie A. Brown
President
Miamiville Civic Association
(513)831-2690
(513) 936-7907
(800) 651-0024


-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Aman [mailto:Susan.Aman@epa.state.oh.us] 
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:27 PM
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mfitzgerald2@cinci.rr.com; rmackey@cinci.rr.com; shardin@cinci.rr.com;
TerriMackey@cinci.rr.com; a.aspacher@fpsengineering.com;
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Cc: bproud@co.clermont.oh.us; mwalker@co.clermont.oh.us;
scroswell@co.clermont.oh.us; tyeager@co.clermont.oh.us; Ron Ware;
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Subject: Loveland-Miamie WWTP update


Dear Interested Citizen:

I'm writing to provide an update on the Clermont County Water & Sewer
District's application for a discharge from a proposed new wastewater
treatment facility (Loveland-Miamiville waste water treatment plant).

Ron Ware, permit reviewer in Southwest District Office's Division of
Surface Water recently notified Clermont County Water & Sewer District
that their application for a proposed new wastewater treatment facility
required more information; specifically, he requested a more defined
discharge location, a construction schedule and additional alternative
analyses.  Clermont County's permit has not been denied.  Ohio EPA
reviewed the application and we have some concerns that may or may not
affect our ability to proceed.  We are discussing these issues with the
County.  

Whatever happens with the application in hand, the County is free to
reapply in the future and any consideration of a new application would
be independent of the order in which it was received or who got there
before Clermont County.  Further, as the County has expressed a clear
interest in having this 2.0 million gallons per day (MGD) facility, we
will be taking that interest (and potential stream loading) into
consideration as we evaluate any other applications whose discharges
would be interactive with the Clermont County discharge.

Also, keep an eye on your postal mailboxes; soon I will send a copy of
Ohio EPA's letter to Clermont County, as well as a copy of the
responsiveness summary that addresses your questions raised at the
August 14 hearing and through the comment period.

I hope this information is helpful to you. If you have any other
questions, please contact me at susan.aman@epa.state.oh.us or at
614.644.2160. Please feel free to forward this information to any not on
this e-list.

Sincerely,
Susan Aman
Public Information Officer
Public Interest Center
Ohio EPA
P.O. Box 1049
Columbus, OH  43216-1049
614.644.2160
614.644.2737 fax
susan.aman@epa.state.oh.us