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Mr. R. S. Howard, Jr . . Executive Secretary State Water Quality Control Board 47 Trinity Avenue, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30334 RE: Letter dated September 28, 1967, requiring formal schedule for completion of projects relative to the abatement of pollution on the Chattahoochee River. Dear Mr. Howard: In response to the above referenced letter, the City of Atlanta has compiled necessary documents to provide you with schedules outlining: (1) Submission of an engineering study (2) Scheduling of financing arrangements (3) A schedule for submission of final engineering plans and specifications (4) Aschedule for the construction of waste treatment facilities These documents are submitted in order to comply with your desire to have such material by October 20, 1967, and are intended to indicate the efforts of the City of Atlanta in complying with the State and Federal Directives relative to the provision of s e condary waste treatment f or effluents discharged to the Chattahoochee River on or before July 1 , 1971. The engineering study referred to in ~aragraph 1 above, was submitted to your office on De c ember 30, 1965, and remains substantially in effect as a refl e ction of the problems and the construction needs for the abatement of pollution on the Chattahooche e River eminating from the R. M. Clayton Water Pollution Control Plant, the Sandy Creek WPC Plant , and the Utoy WPC Plant , each of which are the property of and under the dir e c t cont rol of the Ci t y of At lant a. A similar engineering study entitled 11 Report on Sewar age Sy s tem Impr ovements fo r Fu l t on Count y , Georgia" pr epared by Wiedeman and Sing l eton Eng ineer s wi t h the date of December 1965 , r eflects a comple te d r equ irement for an engineer ing s tudy t o determine the nee ds for plant impr ovemen t s a t t h e Camp Cr e ek WPC P l a n t and the Fu l co WPC Plan t; both of wh i ch a re princ ipally owne d by unincorpora te d Ful ton County while be i ng operated by the City of At l anta . Fu l t on County off ic i a ls will submit further data relative to financing, final engineering p l an s an d specifications , and construction �schedules for these two facilities. With reference to financing arrangements that are necessary to provide waste treatment facilities referred to above, I am sure that you are aware that the City of Atlanta took the necessary actions late in 1966 to provide an adequate revenue base in the form of sewer service charges, such that the improvements and expansions to the facilities referred to above can be carried out in compliance with the schedule to be discussed in later paragraphs of this letter. Appendix 3 to this letter reflects the financing plan of the City of Atlanta to accomplish the construction schedule reflected in other segments of this letter. A similar financing plan will be employed to provide the City's share of expansions and improvements to the Fulco and Camp Creek WPC Plant which will be mentioned in a similar letter forwarded to your office by Fulton County. It should be pointed out that a large portion of the financing plans of the City of Atlanta and othe r metropolitan communities were and are based upon anticipated financial assistance from the State and Federal Government in the design and construction of the necessary facilities to accomplish the abatement of pollution on the Chattahoochee River. The Georgia Water Quality Control Board should recognize that all committments made in the past and at this time are made with an eye toward available f e deral funds and with th e serious hope that the State Gove rnment will ta ke th e n e c e ssa r y ste ps to mee t its obligation in this re gard . It should also be noted that any r e duction in available funding from the pres ently authorized fede ral l evels will have a significant effec t both upon starting t ime and t he compl et ion t ime of proje c t s sche duled and provi ded for in this le tte r . The s che du l e fo r submission of final engine erin g plans and speci fi cation s and the s chedul e d sta rt and compl e tion of was t e t r eatment f acili t ies are ref l e c ted on Appendix 1 to this letter . Thi s app endix i n d i ca te s on a gra phica l s che dule ba s i s the proposed dates for the s e critical phas e s o f po llut ion a ba tement and r efl ects the programmed time �for provision of secondary treatment in compliance with your previous directives. The City of Atlanta is committed through previous actions of the Aldermanic Board to the completion of these facilities in the most expeditious manner possible. This office will work with that Board in every way possible to attain the objective of reduced water pollution on the Chattahoochee River and to provide a more healthful environment for Atlanta. If this office can be of any further assistance to you in this regard, please advise. Yours very truly, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor City of Atlanta Sr fie.. <!vie_ Re6 J--("' Pl ~ LL U / H.,{ ~ rA,_ 6 t'C2 CA.e_Jv }C' �