The required info needed (app fee paid and signed by the town) for the Industrial Wastewater Indirect Discharge Request app is just a formality. Should be taken care of immediately if it was not done so already since the letter from the NHDES was sent to the commission & CC'ed to Laidlaw's attorney on January 13th.
One thing I do want to mention is that the wording of the required information needed for the Sewer Connection Permit App is very ambiguous. Laidlaw obviously included Design Drawings & Technical Specs in their app. They just failed to include one or more specific facets of what is required.
Env-Wq 703.01, which is the Submittal of Design Drawings and Technical Specifications is not mentioned as one of the missing requirements which infers that they included it.
What the rejection letter does mention is that the requirements in Env-Wq 703.02 (technical specs) and the requirements in Env-Wq 703.03, Env-Wq 703.04 & Env-Wq 703.05 (design drawings) are incomplete. As you can see in these rules below, the required information is extensive. The app could be missing just one or 2 things in each of these rules. Who knows. I possess the utmost confidence in Laidlaw and am faithful that the Laidlaw team is working on submitting the incomplete data even as I type this.
I included Env-Wq 703.01-703.05 so you can get a better understanding of what I am saying here:
Env-Wq 703.01 Submittal of Design Drawings and Technical Specifications.
(a) The owner shall submit design drawings and technical specifications for proposed new or modified publicly or privately owned sewerage and WWTPs to the department for approval in accordance with this part.
(b) The owner shall submit design drawings and technical specifications for any proposed sewer that serves more than one building or that requires a manhole at the connection, and for any proposed sewage pumping station that serves more than one building or has a capacity in excess of 50 gpm.
(c) Design drawings and technical specifications submitted to the department for review and approval shall be prepared by, or under the direct supervision of, a New Hampshire-licensed professional engineer.
(d) The owner shall submit the following number of sets of design drawings and technical specifications:
(1) For state- or federally-funded projects, 2 sets of preliminary plans and specifications for initial review and 3 sets of plans and specifications for final review; and
(2) For other projects, one set of preliminary plans and specifications for initial review and 2 sets of plans and specifications for final review.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Wq 700) #8590, eff 3-25-06
Env-Wq 703.02 Technical Specifications.
(a) Complete technical specifications for the construction of sewers, sewage pumping stations, WWTPs, and appurtenances shall accompany the design drawings submitted pursuant to Env-Wq 703.01.
(b) The specifications shall describe the following information as applicable to the proposed project:
(1) All construction information not shown on the drawings that is necessary to inform the contractor of the design requirements and the quality of materials, workmanship, and fabrication of the project;
(2) The type, size, operating characteristics, and rating requirements of all mechanical and electrical equipment;
(3) Laboratory fixtures and equipment;
(4) Operating tools;
(5) Pipe and other construction materials;
(6) Special filter materials;
(7) Sewer appurtenances;
(8) Chemicals that will be used as part of the wastewater treatment process;
(9) Instructions for testing materials and equipment as necessary to meet design standards; and
(10) Performance tests for the completed works and component units.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Wq 700) #8590, eff 3-25-06
Env-Wq 703.03 Design Drawings.
(a) All design drawings shall include the following information:
(1) A title citing the project name, location and owner;
(2) The scale;
(3) The north arrow;
(4) The name and signature of the engineer, and the imprint or stamp of his/her New Hampshire Professional Engineering license seal;
(5) The date of the original issue and all revisions;
(6) The initials of the designer, draftsperson, checker and responsible engineer;
(7) The dimensions and relative elevations of all structures;
(8) The locations and outlines of all mechanical equipment;
(9) The locations and sizes of all piping;
(10) Water levels;
(11) Existing and proposed ground elevations;
(12) A topographic map of the proposed project site; and
(13) The date and source of survey data.
(b) The design drawings shall be clear, legible, and drawn to a standard scale which permits all necessary information to be plainly shown.
(c) The design drawings shall not be larger than 24 inches by 36 inches in dimension.
(d) A vertical datum shall be indicated and, if different from the national geodetic vertical datum of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), its relationship thereto shall be noted.
(e) For any test borings:
(1) The locations of the test borings shall be shown on the plans; and
(2) Boring logs shall be included in the specifications.
(f) The design drawings shall include plan views, elevations, sections and supplementary views which, together with the specifications and general layouts, provide the working information for the contract and construction of the works.
(g) The following information shall be submitted by the engineer:
(1) A location plan showing the location of all parts of the project with respect to municipal boundaries and the location and extent of the tributary area within the project area;
(2) Detail plan and profile sheets of all proposed sewers and force mains;
(3) Details of construction of manholes, siphons, and other sewer appurtenances;
(4) General and detail plans for WWTPs and sewage pumping stations; and
(5) Technical specifications for all proposed construction.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Wq 700) #8590, eff 3-25-06
Env-Wq 703.04 Design Drawings for Sewers. Design drawings for proposed sewers shall, in addition to meeting the applicable requirements of Env-Wq 703.01 through Env-Wq 703.03, include the following:
(a) Contour lines at 2-foot intervals and elevation of existing and proposed project area;
(b) The locations of all streams and other surface waters, including their direction of flow and water surface elevations at the time of survey;
(c) 100-year flood elevations, if available;
(d) The boundary lines of the municipality, sewer district, or other area to be sewered;
(e) The location, size, and direction of flow of all existing and proposed sewers;
(f) Insets and detail sections with the scale shown directly beneath their subtitles;
(g) Plan and profile views in which the plan view is placed at the top;
(h) Plans clearly showing the location of:
(1) All existing structures affecting the project;
(2) Existing and proposed sewer outlets or overflows; and
(3) All other utilities in the vicinity of the proposed sewers;
(i) The locations of existing, proposed, and future sewers as differentiated by appropriate symbols or designations;
(j) All topographical symbols and conventions as employed by the USGS;
(k) The horizontal distance or stationing between manholes, grades in feet per foot, and sewer sizes, types, and class;
(l) All sewer appurtenances depicted by symbols and referenced by a legend, with detail drawings of all sewer appurtenances accompanying the detail sewer plans;
(m) Profiles indicating:
(1) All manholes with manhole identification numbers;
(2) Existing and proposed water main crossings with elevations;
(3) Siphons;
(4) Sewage pumping stations; and
(5) In the case of stream crossings, the elevations of stream beds, normal flow lines, and the type of pipe.
(n) The sizes and gradients of sewers, surface elevations, first floor house elevations, and sewer inverts shown at or between each manhole;
(o) Profiles including borings and groundwater level and, except for special details, drawn to standard scales, indicated on each sheet;
(p) Finish grade elevations;
(q) Elevations of manhole inverts shown to the nearest 0.01 foot;
(r) All elevations referenced to a standard datum that is indicated on the plans; and
(s) As specified by the engineer, any special precautions or methods of construction necessary to prevent surface water pollution.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Wq 700) #8590, eff 3-25-06
Env-Wq 703.05 Design Drawings for Sewage Pumping Stations. Design drawings for proposed sewage pumping stations shall, in addition to meeting the applicable requirements of Env-Wq 703.01 through Env-Wq 703.04, include the following:
(a) Existing sewage pumping station locations and elevations;
(b) The location(s) and elevation(s) of all proposed sewage pumping station(s), including provisions for installation of future pump(s) if required to meet full build-out of the service area.
(c) Elevation of high water at the site and maximum elevation of sewage in the collection system; and
(d) Test boring logs and groundwater elevations.