Hale County

CWSRF# CS010812-02

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has made $312,000 in financial assistance available to the Town of Moundville, using funds from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan program and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). In accordance with State and Federal regulations that govern the program, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management has conducted a review to assess the potential impacts upon the environment that may result from implementation of this project.

The Town of Moundville is proposing sanitary sewer collection system rehabilitation to eliminate inflow and infiltration (I&I) problems in the system in accordance with a Consent Order issued by the Department. The proposed project location is downtown from 5^th Avenue to Brentwood Lane and consists of installing cured-in-place pipe, sewer main replacement, new manholes and manhole rehabilitation. Completion of this project will reduce the amount of flow to the treatment plant and help the treatment plant meet its NPDES permit requirements.

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has determined that the project qualifies for a Categorical Exclusion (CE) from further environmental study under the guidelines specified by the State Environmental Review Process (SERP) which specifically include actions which do not effect the degree of treatment or capacity of the existing facility including, but not limited to, infiltration and inflow corrections, replacement of existing mechanical equipment or structures, and the construction of small structures on existing sites. However, this decision may be reconsidered if significant adverse information concerning the potential environmental impacts of the project is discovered.

Comments relative to this project should be submitted in writing to Mr. Ron Johnson, SRF and Operator Certification Section, Permit and Services Division, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, Post Office Box 301463, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463, no later than 30 days after the date of this CE. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management will not take formal action to proceed with the project without carefully evaluating any public comments opposing the project.

This notice is hereby given this 18 day of June, 2009, by authority of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

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Onis "Trey" Glenn, III

Director