Member Pipeline - Regulatory - Alert (RA 99-5)
To:
Members, Affiliates & Wet Weather Committee
From:
National Office
Date:
April 1, 1999
Subject:
WQS and Designated Uses for CSO Receiving Waters
Reference:
RA 99-5
ACTION PLEASE BY: April 9, 1999
EPA is in the process of developing a guidance document to facilitate the conduct of water quality and designated use reviews for CSO receiving waters. Attached is EPA's strategy for the development of this guidance.
EPA has asked for AMSA's assistance in this project. Specifically, EPA would like to identify current barriers to the implementation of the water quality-based provisions of the CSO policy. EPA is planning to host three meetings over the course of the next few weeks with stakeholder groups. The first meeting will be held in Philadelphia, with subsequent meetings in Boston and Chicago.
EPA requests that AMSA municipalities plan to attend these meetings and participate in a discussion of the difficulties/impediments to long-term CSO planning as they relate to water quality standards. An EPA staff document titled “Question/Issues on the Impediments/Solutions to the Implementation of the WQ-Based Provisions of the CSO Policy” is also attached, and will be the framework for the discussions. Separate meetings for municipalities, regional and state permitting authorities, and environmentalists, will be held at each location. Once EPA has received input from the three regional meetings, it will develop a draft guidance document that will be reviewed by an invited stakeholder group in June or July of 1999.
Please review the attached documents, and consider whether you or someone in your agency has an interest in participating. If interested, please contact Mark Hoeke, AMSA at 202/833-9106, or by electronic mail at mhoeke@amsa-cleanwater.org, or by fax at 202/833-4657. Exact meeting locations and times will be available in the near future.
ATTACHMENT:
- U.S. EPA Memorandum to Water Management Directors, Regions I-X
This document is available for downloading in either WordPerfect format or Microsoft Word format. To download a file, click one of the links above; select "Save File" then pick the drive and directory into which you wish to save the file.
- EPA Staff Document “Questions/Issues On the Impediments/Solutions To The Implementation of the WQ-Based Provisions of the CSO Policy.” This document is available for downloading in either WordPerfect format or Microsoft Word format. To download a file, click one of the links above; select "Save File" then pick the drive and directory into which you wish to save the file.