IN RE



APPLICATION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS WASTE

MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY FOR APPROVAL

OF ENVIRONMENTAL USER FEE AND

WASTEWATER USER FEE



GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS



OF THE

UNITED STATES



PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION



Docket No. 554

Order No. 19/2012



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ORDER



WHEREAS, on November 28, 2007, the Virgin Islands Public Services Commission

(hereinafter “PSC” or the “Commission”) completed its rate investigation of the Virgin Islands



Waste Management Authority (hereinafter, “The Authority” or “WMA”) and memorialized its

findings in PSC Order 20/2008; and



WHEREAS, in Order No. 20/2008, dated January 30, 2008, there were nine specific

conditions imposed on the WMA, with the requirement to submit supplemental information

within 18 months. Those conditions were:



2.



The Authority’s application for the Waste Water User Fee (hereinafter “WUF”) is

granted, on a temporary basis, for period of eighteen (18) months commencing January 1,

2008. As a condition for renewal of the WUF beyond June 30, 2009, WMA is required to

submit the PSC the following by January 1, 2009:



a.



b.



The design of an industrial pre-treatment program, including a listing of the

customers to which the program will apply, and a timetable for implementation;



A report of the steps taken by WMA to validate the Equivalent Residential Units

(“ERUs”) utilized for non-residential customers, including an evaluation of the

flow and strength of wastewater discharged from non-residential property types,

as well as an assessment of the unit cost of conveying and treating wastewater

with various strength characteristics so that the ERUs utilized for non-residential

customers can be cost justified, as well as an explanation of the steps taken to

refine the basis for the equivalent units;



An application for “miscellaneous service” fees (impact fees, industrial pre-

treatment program fees, high strength surcharge fees, septic fees, etc.) with a

justification for the cost, and reflecting an off-set of the WUF revenue

requirements or the General Fund appropriation;