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Regulatory Alert - RA 02-17 - WET WORKSHOP – WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN HURT YOU – NEGOTIATING AND IMPLEMENTING WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY REQUIREMENTS

Member Pipeline - Regulatory - Alert (RA 02-17)

To: Members & Affiliates, Water Quality Committee
From: National Office
Date: September 13, 2002
Subject: WET WORKSHOP – WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN HURT YOU – NEGOTIATING AND IMPLEMENTING WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY REQUIREMENTS
Reference: RA 02-17

Make Your Hotel Reservations By:
October 7, 2002

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PLAN NOW TO ATTEND AMSA’S WET WORKSHOP

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You –
Negotiating and Implementing
Whole Effluent Toxicity Requirements
November 6-8, 2002
Westin Tabor Center
Denver, Colorado
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND — HOTEL DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 7, 2002

Join AMSA in Denver, Colo., November 6-8 as we explore strategies to better implement whole effluent toxicity (WET) requirements and avoid unrealistic WET permit limits. This fall will be a critical time in the whole effluent toxicity arena, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to repromulgate its WET test methods by the end of the year. Although litigation has kept WET out of the spotlight for a number of years, EPA’s actions this fall are likely to result in a flurry of activity from permit writers and enforcement personnel. If WET is not an issue for your agency now, it will be soon.

Informative Sessions to Focus on Key WET Issues
The workshop, consisting of four half-day sessions, will highlight the critical issues that both WET testing staff and personnel responsible for negotiating, certifying, and monitoring compliance with WET permit requirements must understand. This workshop will not teach how to conduct WET tests.

Rather, it will provide advice and counsel to help you ensure your agency’s permit limits are realistic. The workshop will offer in-depth technical presentations and valuable opportunities for wastewater professionals to get feedback from WET experts on their agency’s issues. The workshop will provide participants with helpful tips and vital information that they cannot get anywhere else. A joint session with AMSA's Law Seminar will examine the sometimes complex interactions between technical and legal policy issues, and highlight WET issues that are critical for both groups to understand.

Designed by wastewater professionals to address the issues most relevant to the clean water community, the workshop will present the no nonsense facts about managing WET requirements. Are you struggling to explain WET issues to your state permit writer? We encourage you to invite them to join you at the workshop to learn from the experts.

Participants will learn:

Make Your Hotel Reservations Today – Deadline October 7
Be sure to reserve your hotel accommodations at the Westin Tabor Center by the October 7th deadline to guarantee the special conference rate of $159 single/double. Call the Westin Tabor Center, 1-800-228-3000 to make your reservations today, and be sure to mention that you a participant in AMSA’s WET Workshop.

Check AMSA’s Web Site for More Information
A preliminary agenda and registration information for the workshop is attached. Visit AMSA’s web site, www.amsa-cleanwater.org, for online registration and the most up-to-date information on the WET Workshop – What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You – Negotiating and Implementing Whole Effluent Toxicity Requirements and Permit Limits.

Denver – The Mile High City
Fall is a perfect time to join AMSA in Denver, Colo. City attractions beckon as visitors explore the U.S. Mint, Denver Art Museum, Colorado History Museum, and Lower Downtown which offers one of the nation’s greatest concentrations of Victorian buildings and warehouses. Denver offers a variety of attractions all within easy walking distance of the Westin Tabor Center.

 

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