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POTWs will also have start-up costs associated with conducting an industrial 
survey, reviewing legal authority, evaluating possible revenue sources, 
determining technical information necessary to support local ordinances 
and standards, designing amonitoring enforcement program, and meeting 
public participation requirements. ‘In: Figure 5-3, cost estimates for 
accomplishing these tasks are presented for the Metropolitan St. Louis 
Sewer District, the Sanitary District of Rockford, and the Green Bay 
Metropolitan Sewerage District. 
If you consider their anticipated start-up costs and add to those 
costs the equipment requirements noted above, their total costs for pre- 
treatment program development may range from $300,000 fora moderately 
sized city such as Rockford to well over $500,000 for a city the size 
of St. Louis. It is also important to take into account that these agencies 
are, in effect, simply fine-tuning their existing industrial control ee) 
programs to meet Federal requirements, with thé result that agencies 
starting a pretreatment effort can anticipate even higher start-up costs. _ 
LOCAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION COSTS 
a Even more significant than program start-up costs are the projected 
annual costs that POTWs should anticipate for administering their programs. 
In contrast to development costs, which are cushioned by 75% Federal 
‘funding, municipal agencies will have to bear these ongoing administrative 
expenses on their own. This will include the high costs associated with 
maintaining field crews and a satisfactory laboratory capability. In 
‘addition, this will mean ensuring adequate technical, engineering, and 
legal assistance; providing an effective mechanism for the adjudication 
of disputes with industrial users; and overall administrative expenses, 
“ncluding the costs associated with record keeping and the preparation, 
Too and submission of aed reports. 
Figures 5-4 through 5-6 illustrate the magnitude of projected annual 
‘pretreatment expenditures. Figure 5-4, for example, projects the annual 
wost for each field crew when equipment life, maintenance, and personnel 
‘costs are calculated. As indicated, the bulk of the crew equipment will 
‘need replacement within five (5) years and such replacement is not eligible 
-for grant funding. Hence, while the local share of outfitting an industrial 
waste pretreatment crew is approximately $13,000, its annual operating 
‘Costs amount to over $55,000. 
ae Figure 5-5 indicates a similar analysis for the additional laboratory 
‘equipment required. Again, it must be emphasized that these are incre- 
mental costs and assume an existing laboratory which requires no physical 
modifications. While the local cost of acquisition is approximately 
945,000, the true annual cost is over $110,000. While these numbers 
Will vary significantly from POTW to POTW, it must be realized that the 
‘Program set-up cost is minimal in comparison to the annual operating 
(cost. 
C For illustrative purposes, Figure 5-6 shows a hypothetical cost 
work-up of a POTW with 300 to 400 significant industries. These numbers 
‘are offered to generate thought and discussion and should not be cased 
dn granite. However, a total annual cost of $380,000 does not seem 
NMnreasonable. 
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