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Project Title:	PCUC: Big Sandy Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant
Project Number:	SX21071007	AWMPC:	BSADD
Funding Status:	Partially Funded	Date Approved by AWMPC:	12.09.2014
Project Status:	Approved	Primary County:	Floyd
Project Schedule:	0-2 Years	Planning Unit:	Floyd
E-ClearingHouse SAI:	KY201601060009	ECH Status:	Approved
Primary System:	KY0027413 Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission	ADD WMC Contact:	Matt Scofield
Legal Applicant:	City of Prestonsburg
Entity Type:	Incorporated City

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Project Title:
PCUC: Big Sandy Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant

Project Description:
City of Prestonsburg will be the legal applicant and Prestonsburg City's Utility Commission will be the primary beneficiary. When this project was submitted through the Big Sandy Area Development District in 2014 it was the intention of PCUC to construct a new regional wastewater treatment plant on planned industrial development acreage on the south end of the City. Plans for not only the commercial/industrial components of the site but the construction of the new wastewater treatment plant depended entirely on the construction of a modern bridge over the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River in the proposed area. The completed plant would have substantially relieved PCUC’s existing plant treatment capacity freeing up as much as 350,000 GPD of influent flow. Hence the construction of the new plant would have enabled the existing plant that was operating at capacity to extend sanitary sewer service to several underserved areas, eliminate/reduce failing septic systems, and eliminate/reduce straight pipes. PCUC has for some time been committed to the extension of sewer service along the US 23 Corridor and the construction of the new facility would have given PCUC the opportunity to continue this commitment to serve all the areas in their facilities plan including such locations as US 23 South, Daniels Creek, Prater Creek, Emma, Ivy Creek, Mare Creek, Tom’s Creek and others. In addition, freeing up capacity at the existing plant on the North end of Prestonsburg would have allowed immediate sewer extension to the unserved areas of Abbott Creek, Stephens Branch, Little Paint Creek, and locations along US 23 North to Johnson County. In early 2015, it was learned that the Commonwealth, due to limited funding, would not be constructing the much needed bridge to the industrial development site. Therefore PCUC could not proceed with its plans to construct the new regional wastewater treatment facility there. Late in 2015 negotiations commenced between PCUC and Southern Water & Sewer District for the transfer of all of the sewer plants (3) belonging to Southern to PCUC. Said negotiations continued for several months and resulted in an asset transfer agreement in 2016 that would transfer Southern’s sewer plants/collection areas at Wayland, Eastern, and Harold/Betsy Layne and the water assets in Pyramid and Harold/Betsy Layne to PCUC. The transfer agreement resulted in a joint application for the transfer being filed with the Public Service Commission. The application is now being considered by the PSC. All parties involved believe the Commission will readily see the high merits of the proposed transfer and approve it. PCUC now plans to construct its Big Sandy Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant 0.75 MGD on the site of the current wastewater treatment plant that Southern operated in Pike-Floyd Hollow at Betsy Layne. Constructing the regional plant here enables PCUC to much more efficiently pursue the decades old goal of providing sewer service all along the US 23 corridor to the Pike County line. In addition, PCUC will be given the opportunity to provide sewer service to previously unserved areas in Pike-Floyd Hollow, Harold Bottom, Justell, Right and Left Forks of Pinhook Branch, and Lower Mud Creek/Upper Little Mud Creek, resulting in the reduction/elimination of an even greater number of failing septic systems and straight pipes. Furthermore, PCUC plans to reverse the flow of waste water at Allen that currently flows to its existing sewer plant sending the flow to the proposed new plant in Betsy Layne. Construction of the Big Sandy Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant at this location will further enhance the already substantial reduction of flow to the existing PCUC plant in Northern Prestonsburg.

Need For Project: Briefly describe how this project promotes public health or achieves and/or maintains compliance with the Clean Water Act or Safe Drinking Water Act:
The Commission is also currently operating under an agreed order-Civil Action 07-CI-1260-in Franklin Circuit Court. Although all compliance is currently being accomplished, one of the remedial measures of the order is to provide additional treatment capacity that is not feasible on the property of the existing treatment facility. The proposed project area will be developed with a public/private partnership on property that will have an immediate impact for job creation and economic development. This project is essential to the future development of the region incorporating communities into a regional concept while maximizing economies of scale, minimizing operations and management resources and providing the critical opportunity for economic development. With the proper collection and treatment of wastewater together we will have a drastic and positive impact on the quality of life and health in our Eastern Kentucky Region.

Project Alternatives:

Alternate A:

Note: If project includes the construction of a new treatment plant or upgrade to existing plant, please explain regionalization options here.

Upgrade the existing WWTP

Alternate B:

Entity Information
Entity Type:	Incorporated City
Entity Name:	City of Prestonsburg
PSC Group ID:	8805500
Office EMail:	sharon.setser@prestonsburgcity.org
Web URL:
Office Phone:	606-886-2335	Fax:	606-886-0563

Entity Address Information
	Mail Address	Physical Address
Address Line 1:	200 N Lake Dr
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Prestonsburg , KY 41653

Entity Contact Information
Contact Type	Name	Title	EMail	Phone	Cell
Business Contact:	Sharon Setser	City Clerk	sharon.setser@prestonsburgcity.org	606-886-2335
Authorized Official:	Rick Hughes	Mayor	rick.hughes@prestonsburgcity.org	606-886-2335	606-226-0477

Information Source:	Kentucky Department for Local Government
Date Last Modified:	05.17.2024

Project Administrator (PA) Information

Name:	Matt Scofield
Title:	Water Management Coordinator
Organization:	Big Sandy Area Development District
EMail:	matt.scofield@bigsandy.org
Phone:	606-886-2374 Fax:
Address Line 1:	110 Resource Ct
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Prestonsburg , KY 41653

Applicant Contact (AC) Information

Name:	Brian K Music
Title:	Superintendent
Organization:	Prestonsburg City's Utility Commision
EMail:	bmpcuc@bellsouth.net
Phone:	606-886-6871 Fax:
Address Line 1:	2560 S Lake Dr
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Prestonsburg , KY 41653

Project Engineer (PE) Information

This project requires a licensed Professional Engineer.

A Professional Engineer has been procured for this project.

Licensed Engineer Information

License Number:	PE 14238
PE Name:	Ronald M. Johnson
Firm Name:	R. M. Johnson Engineering, Inc.
Address Type:	Mailing
Address Line 1:	4032 Real Quiet Lane
Address Line 2:
Address Line 3:
City, State Zip:	Lexington , KY 40509
License Status:	Current	Disciplinary Actions:	No
Issue Date:	02.27.1985	Expiration Date:	06.30.2025

Phone:	606∙785∙5926 Fax:
EMail:	rjohnson@rmje.net

Engineering Firm Information
Permit Number:	688
Firm Name:	R. M. Johnson Engineering, Inc.
Phone:	606∙785∙5926 Fax: 606∙785∙0244
Web URL:
E-Mail:	sjohnson@rmje.net
Address Line 1:	PO Box 444
Address Line 2:
City, State Zip:	Hindman , KY 41822
Issue Date:	11.10.1993	Expir. Date:	12.31.2024
Permit Status	Current	Disciplinary Actions	No

Estimated Budget As-Bid Budget

Project Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
Administrative Expenses:
Legal Expenses:
Land, Appraisals, Easements:
Relocation Expense & Payments:
Planning:
Engineering Fees - Design:	$472,900
Engineering Fees - Construction:
Engineering Fees - Inspection:	$302,972
Engineering Fees - Other:	$69,600
Construction:	$7,247,205
Equipment:
Miscellaneous:
Contingencies:	$724,721
Total Project Cost:	$8,817,398

Construction Cost Categories
Cost Category	Cost
WWTP Secondary Portion:	$7,247,205
WWTP Advanced Portion:
Inflow & Infiltration Correction:
Major Sewer Rehabilitation:
Collector Sewers:
Interceptor Sewers, including Pump Stations:
Combined Sewer Overflow Correction:
NPS Urban:
Non-Categorized Cost:
Total Construction Cost:	$7,247,205

Total Sustainability Costs:

Note:

Sustainability costs are included within other costs
reported in this tab. This breakout, when provided,
is for SRF review purposes.

Project Funding Sources

Total Project Cost:	$8,817,398
Total Committed Funding:	$600,000
Funding Gap:	$8,217,398	(Partially Funded)

Funding Source	Loan or Grant ID	Fiscal Year	Amount	Status	Applicable Date
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A16-078	2016	$600,000	Committed	03-03-2016
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A18-001	2018	$8,344,498	Withdrawn	05-25-2018
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A19-005	2019	$4,172,249	Withdrawn	01-29-2019
KIA SRF Fund A Loan (CW)	A20-006	2020	$4,172,249	Bypassed	04-08-2020
Total Committed			$600,000

Funding Source Notes

Estimated Project Schedule

Facility Plan Approval Date:

02.01.2018

Estimated Environmental Review Submittal Date:	03.01.2017
Estimated Bid Date:	04.01.2018
Estimated Construction Start Date:	07.01.2018
Estimated Construction Completion Date:	07.01.2020

The following systems are beneficiaries of this project:

KY0027413

Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission

Checked box indicates primary system for this project.

Project Ranking by AWMPC:

Regional Ranking(s):
Planning Unit Ranking:
Total Points:

Plans and Specifications:

Plans and specs have been sent to DOW.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by DOW.

Plans and specs have been sent to PSC.

Plans and specs have been reviewed by PSC.

Economic Impacts
Jobs Created:
Jobs Retained:

MHI Basis:

Demographic Impacts (GIS Census Overlay)
Serviceable Demographic	Project Area	Included Systems	Included Utilities
Population:		8,187	9,446
Households:		3,987	4,614
MHI:		$32,577	*$34,033
MHI MOE:		$10,832	$12,186
MOE as Percent:		33%	36%
**NSRL:		2	2

Population and household counts are based on the 2020 Census DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) dataset.

Median Household Income (MHI) Source: American Community Survey 2018-2022 5 Yr Estimates (Table B19013 *(for the primary system operated by the above listed beneficiary utilities).

MHI MOE = Med HH Income Margin of Error.

** NSRL (Non-Standard Rate Levels):
  0 = Greater than or equal to Kentucky MHI (KMHI).
  1 = Between 80% KMHI and KMHI (exclusive).
  2 = Less than or equal to 80% KMHI.
  - KMHI = $60,183
  - 80% KMHI = $48,146

New Customers
New Residential Customers:
New Commercial Customers:
New Institutional Customers:
New Industrial Customers:

New or Improved Service
Service Demographic	Survey Based	Census Overlay*
To Unserved Households:	2,200
To Underserved Households:	900
To Total Households:	3,100
**Cost Per Household:	$2,844

*	GIS Census block overlay figures are estimates of population and households potentially served by systems and projects based on a proximity analysis of relevant service lines to census block boundaries published for the 2010 SF1 dataset.
**	Cost per household is based on surveyed household counts, not GIS overlay values.

Geographic Impacts
For Project Area

Counties

Floyd

Legislative Districts

District Name	Legislator
House 095	Ashley Tackett Laferty
Senate 29	Johnnie Turner
Congressional 5	Hal Rogers

Groundwater
Sensitivity
Zones

HUC 10 Watersheds

HUC 10 Code	Watershed Name
0507020302	Mud Creek-Levisa Fork

Potential Impaired Watershed Designations

303d	305b	Priority Watershed	Special Use Waters	Exceptional Use Waters
Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

Note:

Impaired Watershed Designations only indicate that mapped components for this project lie within a HUC-12 watershed boundary containing impaired waterbody features. An affirmative indication for any designation will require a detailed analysis of the project to determine if any of the proposed project components will actually have a positive impact on the relevant impaired features.

Geographic Impacts
For Included System(s)

Counties

Floyd

Legislative Districts

District Name
House 095	Ashley Tackett Laferty
Senate 29	Johnnie Turner
Congressional 5	Hal Rogers

CW Specific Impacts:

Wastewater Volumes (MGD):

For this project:
For included system(s):	1.000
Reduced by this project:

Other CW Specific Impacts:

This project provides regionalization and/or consolidation of wastewater treatment systems.

This project will eliminate a package treatment plant that is more than 25 years old.

This project will eliminate a package treatment plant that has received notices of violations within the last two state fiscal years (July through June).

This project includes an on-site mound, and/or decentralized WW treatment system.

This project is necessary to achieve full or partial compliance with a court order, agreed order, or a judicial or administrative consent decree.

Agreed Order Number: 07-CI-1260

This project includes components to achieve compliance with a federal consent decree.

Primary system has not received any CWA Notices of Violation within the previous state fiscal year (July through June).

This project is consistent with the approved facility plan.

This project will have a positive impact on drinking water sources within a 5 mile radius.

Planning Needs:

Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Correction.

Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Correction.

Replacement or Rehabilitation of Aging Infrastructure.

New Treatment Plant.

New Collector Sewers and Appurtenances.

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems.

Upgrade to Advanced Treatment.

This project addresses PFAS or other emerging contaminants.

Rehab/Upgrade/Expansion of Existing Treatment Plant.

New Interceptor Sewers and Appurtenances.

Stormwater Control.

Non-Point Source (NPS) Pollution Control.

Recycled Water Distribution.

Planning

Other (specify):

Project Inventory (Mapped Features):

Point Features:

DOW PermitID	Count	FeatureType	Purpose	Status	Existing Capacity	Proposed Capacity	Units
KY0027413	1	SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT	WWTP - REGIONALIZATION & CONSOLIDATION	NEW		0.75	MGD

Linear Features:

DOW Permit ID	Line Type	Purpose	Activity	Size (in.)	Material	Length (LF)
KY0027413	FORCE	INTERCEPTOR	EXTENSION	10.00	PE	1,030
					Total Length	1,030

Administrative Components:

The following administrative components are included in this project:

Planning

Sewer System Evaluation Survey Report

Design

Construction

Management

Audits on Record
Associated With Applicant

Audit Year	Entity Name	Entity Relationship
2022	Prestonsburg, City of	Parent
2021	Prestonsburg, City of	Parent
2020	Prestonsburg, City of	Parent
2023	Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission	Child
2022	Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission	Child
2021	Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission	Child
2020	Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission	Child

Water Treatment Plants Eliminated:

This project includes the elimination of water treatment plant(s).

Sanitary Sewer Components:

This project includes a new wastewater treatment plant.

Proposed design capacity (MGD):

0.750

This project includes an expansion of an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes rehabilitation of an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes upgrades to an existing wastewater treatment plant.

This project includes rehabilitation or replacement of aging infrastructure.

This project includes new collector sewers.

This project includes new interceptor sewers.

Total length of new interceptor sewer (LF): 1,030

This project includes elimination of existing sewer system components.

Security Components:

This project includes cyber-security components.

Green
InfrastructureWater
EfficiencyEnergy
EfficiencyEnvironmentally
InnovativeAsset
Management

Green Infrastructure:

Green stormwater infrastructure includes a wide array of practices at multiple scales that manage wet weather and that maintains and restores natural hydrology by infiltrating, evapotranspiring and harvesting and using stormwater. On a regional scale, green infrastructure is the preservation and restoration of natural landscape features, such as forests, floodplains, and wetlands, coupled with policies such as infill and redevelopment that reduce overall imperviousness in a watershed. On the local scale, green infrastructure consists of site and neighborhood-specific practices, such as:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Implementation of green streets.
Item 2:	Wet Weather management systems for parking areas.
Item 3:	Implementation of comprehensive urban forestry programs.
Item 4:	Stormwater harvesting and reuse.
Item 5:	Downspout disconnection.
Item 6:	Comprehensive retrofit programs designed to keep wet weather discharges out of sewer systems.
Item 7:	Establishment or restoration of riparian buffers, floodplains, wetlands or other natural features.
Item 8:	Management of wetlands.
Item 9:	Purchase of land or easements on land that has a direct benefit to water quality.
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Water Efficiency:

The use of improved technologies and practices to deliver equal or better services with less water. Water efficiency encompasses conservation and reuse efforts, as well as water loss reduction and prevention, to protect water resources for the future. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Installing or retrofitting water efficient devices such as plumbing fixtures and appliances (toilets, showerheads, urinals).
Item 2:	Installing any type of water meter in previously unmetered areas (can include backflow prevention if in conjunction with meter replacement).
Item 3:	Replacing existing broken/malfunctioning water meters with AMR or smart meters, meters with leak detection, backflow prevention
Item 4:	Retrofitting/Adding AMR capabilities or leak equipment to existing meters.
Item 5:	Developing water audit and conservation plans, which are reasonably expected to result in a capital project.
Item 6:	Recycling and water reuse projects that replace potable sources with non-potable sources (Gray water, condensate, and wastewater effluent reuse systems, extra treatment or distribution costs associated with water reuse).
Item 7:	Retrofit or replacement of existing landscape irrigation/agricultural systems to more efficient landscape/agricultural irrigation systems (rain and moisture sensing equipment)
Item 8:	Water meter replacement with traditional water meters.*
Item 9:	Projects that result from a water audit or water conservation plan.*
Item 10:	Storage tank replacement/rehabilitation to reduce water loss.*
Item 11:	New water efficient landscape/agricultural irrigation system, where there currently is not one.*
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Energy Efficiency:

Energy efficiency is the use of improved technologies and practices to reduce the energy consumption of water projects, use energy in a more efficient way, and/or produce/utilize renewable energy. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Renewable energy projects such as wind, solar, geothermal, and micro-hydroelectric, and biogas combined heat and power systems that provide power to a POTW.
Item 2:	POTW-owned renewable energy projects.
Item 3:	Collection system infiltration/inflow (I/I) detection equipment.
Item 4:	POTW energy management planning, including energy assessments, energy audits, optimization studies, and sub-metering of individual processes to determine high energy use areas
Item 5:	Projects that achieve a reduction in energy consumption (pumps, motors).*
Item 6:	Projects that cost effectively eliminate pumps or pumping stations.*
Item 7:	I/I correction projects that save energy from pumping and reduced treatment costs.*
Item 8:	I/I correction where excessive groundwater infiltration is contaminating the influent requiring otherwise unnecessary treatment processes.*
Item 9:	Replacing old motors with premium energy efficiency motors.*
Item 10:	Upgrade of POTW lighting to energy efficient sources.*
Item 11:	SCADA systems where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*
Item 12:	Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) controllers where substantial energy savings can be demonstrated.*
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Environmentally Innovative Projects:

Environmentally innovative projects include those that demonstrate new and/or innovative approaches to delivering services or managing water resources in a more sustainable way. Examples include:

Component		Cost
Item 1:	Total integrated water resources management planning likely to result in a capital project.
Item 2:	Utility sustainability plan consistent with EPA’s sustainability policy.
Item 3:	Greenhouse gas inventory or mitigation plan and submission of a GHG inventory to a registry as long as it is being done for an SRF eligible facility.
Item 4:	Planning activities by a POTW to prepare for adaptation to the long-term effects of climate change and/or extreme weather.
Item 5:	Construction of US Building Council LEED certified buildings, or renovation of an existing building on POTW facilities.
Item 6:	Decentralized wastewater treatment solutions to existing deficient or failing onsite wastewater systems.
Item 7:	Constructed wetlands projects used for municipal wastewater treatment, polishing, and/or effluent disposal.*
Item 8:	Projects that result from total/integrated water resource management planning consistent with the decision criteria for environmentally innovative projects and that are CWSRF eligible.*
Item 9:	Projects that facilitate adaptation of POTWs to climate change identified by a carbon footprint assessment or climate adaption study.*
Item 10:	POTW upgrades or retrofits that remove phosphorus for beneficial use, such as biofuel production with algae.*
Item 11:	Projects that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of chemicals in wastewater treatment.*
Item 12:	Treatment technologies that significantly reduce the volume of residuals, generation of residuals, or lower the amount of chemicals in the residuals.*
Item 13:	Educational activities and demonstration projects for water or energy efficiency.*
Item 14:	Projects that achieve the goals/objectives of utility asset management plans.*
Item 15:	Sub-surface land application of effluent and other means for groundwater recharge, such as spray irrigation and overland flow.*
Total Cost:

* Indicates a business case may be required for this item.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Asset Management:

If a category is selected, the applicant must provide supporting documentation in PDF format to substantiate claims.

Asset Management Components

Last Rate Adjustment Date:	03.01.2023 Download Fee Schedule
Rate Adjustment Age (months):	10

System’s monthly water bill, based on 4,000 gallons, as a percentage of MHI:

1.50%

The system has an Asset Management Plan (AMP).

The system(s) involved in this project have specifically allocated funds for the rehabilitation and replacement of aging and deteriorating infrastructure.

If any box(es) above are checked, please describe each below.

Activity	Date
Profile Created:	12.04.2014
Profile Last Modified:	08.03.2022
General Info Last Modified:	08.02.2017
Narrative Last Modified:	09.18.2017
Admin Info Last Modified:	08.03.2022
Budget Info Last Modified:	09.18.2017
Impacts Info Last Modified:	01.12.2015
Plans & Specs Info Last Modified:
Components Info Last Modified:	01.06.2015
GIS Last Modified:	09.22.2017

The profile is complete.