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Permit Mod iCred: October 16, 2014 Elk River WWTF Page 11 Permit Expires: Rune 30, 2018 Permit #,. MN0020788 Chapter 1. Compliance Schedule 1. Compliance Related Construction Schedule Definitions 1.1 "Initiation of operation" means the date that MPCA determines all components of the wastewater treatment system are complete and functioning and the project begins operating for the purposes for which it was planned, designed, and built. 1.2 "Completion of construction" means all the construction is complete except for minor weather-related components and conforms to approved plans and specifications and change orders. Schedule 1.3 Submit an updated Phosphorus Management Plan (PMP) by December 31, 2013. This plan shall be submitted to the MPGA for review and approval. To be approved the PMP must identify specific actions that the Permittee will take to reduce or minimize influent phosphorus sources by working with the influent contributors, and the expected reduction to phosphorus in the efflent from that action, when implemented. 1.4 At a minimum, the PMP shall include the following information: a. A surnmary of influent and effluent concentrations, mass loadings, and percent removal calculations using the most recent five (5) years of monitoring data. b. Identification of existing and potential sources of elevated phosphorus concentrations and/or loadings to the facility. As appropriate for the facility, consider residential, institutional, municipal, and commercial sources. For each source of phosphorus identified, the Permittee shall propse a strategy for source control through working with the source (for example, the water utility or significant industrial user to develop an implementation plan and schedule for reducing phosphorus influent from that source. c. An evaluation of past and present facility operations to determine those operating procedures that maximize phosphorus removal. d. A summary of all phosphorus reduction activities implemented during the last five years. e. Phosphorus management and reduction goals for the next five years using the information collected in a through d above. f. A plan to implement phosphorus management and reduction measures during the next five years. PMP guidance can be found on the MPCA internet at http://www.pca.state,mn.us/enzg8fa or by contacting the compliance staff listed on the cover page of this permit. hollowing MPGA approval, the Permittee shall implement the PMP. 1.5 The Permittee must submit Plans and Specifications by December 31, 2014. The Plans and Specifications must address the construction needed to attain complinace with the final water quality based effluent total phosphorus limit of 2,421 kilograms per year and the concentration limit for total phosphorus of 1 milligram per liter_, 1.6 The Permittee shall begin construction by June 1, 20.15. The Permittee shall notify the MPGA in writing within 14 days of start of construction, 7 The Permittee shall submit the 1st annual. Phosphorus Reduction Evaluation Report by December 31, 2015. This progress repost must show steps taken to reduce influent sources of elevated phosphorus concentrations and/or loading to the Facility. 1.8 The Permittee shall submit a Phosphorus Reduction Evaluation Report by December 31, 2016. This progress report must show steps taken to reduce influent sources of elevated phosphorus concentration and/or- longing to the Facility. 1.9 The Permittee must notify the MPCA in writing at least 14 days before December 31, 2017. This notification shall give a date for initiation of operation for the construction project. Following MPCA staff's concurrence that the facility is adequately prepared, MPGA staff will notify the Permittee that it may initiate operation of the new or upgraded facility.