El Segundo staff: Hyperion will miss Headworks deadline; discharges were treated sewage, not odor issues
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Speaker 1 (Unidentified speaker) told the meeting that the Air Quality Management District has received only three odor complaints since the last session and issued no violations, and that Hyperion has notified the U.S. EPA it will not meet a Dec. 31 deadline for the Headworks Overflow Bypass Improvement Project.
The update focused on two distinct issues, speakers said: odor complaints and federal compliance over overflow discharges. "They've received only 3 odor complaints, and they've issued 0 violations," Speaker 1 said, calling the complaint count "significantly down." Speaker 1 also said Hyperion reported lacking basic resources and "they're gonna try and work with EPA to develop a new date" for finishing the Headworks improvement.
Speaker 2 described the operational cause behind recent bypasses, saying "the headworks were what caused our overflow," and recounted earlier operational limits that hampered response: the bypass system at one point was under about three feet of water and staff did not have a crane to lift the lid. "How hard can this be?" Speaker 2 asked rhetorically.
Other participants clarified the nature of the environmental concern. Speaker 3 explained that when the discussion refers to the EPA, it concerns the discharge of water into the ocean and not odor control, saying, "That's really not an odor issue," and adding that the discharge involved "treated sewage." Those remarks distinguished AQMD odor-tracking from federal overflow and discharge rules enforced by the U.S. EPA.
On a related operational note, Speaker 1 reported that "operational testing of the 1 mile outfall gate was successfully completed on January 29." The report concluded without any recorded motion or formal vote in the transcript; Speaker 2 closed the item by thanking the city manager.
Next steps noted in the discussion: staff said they will work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a revised schedule for the Headworks Overflow Bypass Improvement Project. No formal action or decision was recorded in the provided transcript.
The update focused on two distinct issues, speakers said: odor complaints and federal compliance over overflow discharges. "They've received only 3 odor complaints, and they've issued 0 violations," Speaker 1 said, calling the complaint count "significantly down." Speaker 1 also said Hyperion reported lacking basic resources and "they're gonna try and work with EPA to develop a new date" for finishing the Headworks improvement.
Speaker 2 described the operational cause behind recent bypasses, saying "the headworks were what caused our overflow," and recounted earlier operational limits that hampered response: the bypass system at one point was under about three feet of water and staff did not have a crane to lift the lid. "How hard can this be?" Speaker 2 asked rhetorically.
Other participants clarified the nature of the environmental concern. Speaker 3 explained that when the discussion refers to the EPA, it concerns the discharge of water into the ocean and not odor control, saying, "That's really not an odor issue," and adding that the discharge involved "treated sewage." Those remarks distinguished AQMD odor-tracking from federal overflow and discharge rules enforced by the U.S. EPA.
On a related operational note, Speaker 1 reported that "operational testing of the 1 mile outfall gate was successfully completed on January 29." The report concluded without any recorded motion or formal vote in the transcript; Speaker 2 closed the item by thanking the city manager.
Next steps noted in the discussion: staff said they will work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a revised schedule for the Headworks Overflow Bypass Improvement Project. No formal action or decision was recorded in the provided transcript.
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