The Timetable and Delays
On March 25, 2010 the then-current engineering consultant emailed the DEP and attached a draft scope of a wastewater facility plan and time schedule that his office prepared for the district for moving forward with the wastewater project. These documents indicated that the district would commit to a timetable over the next 12 months to hold a series of community and public hearings, select a preferred alternative, hold a referendum by the taxpayers, execute inter-governmental agreements and apply to the DEP for a Clean Water Fund grant and low-interest loan. On March 29, 2010 the DEP responded to the engineering consultant asking if the district had agreed to this scope and, if so, we should submit a copy to the DEP as soon as possible. The DEP indicated that the district already owed it a response as of January 15, 2010. On June 3, 2010 the DEP wrote that it had not received the district’s response required on January 15, 2010 and that unless it heard from the district addressing the outstanding items by June 30, 2010, we would face enforcement action(s).