EPA listening session
Holly Piza
Please see the following announcement from EPA. This is an opportunity to comment on the proposed rulemaking, the information collection request (ICR), and the rulemaking process. I would all interested to attend.
Holly Piza, PE, CFM
Project Engineer
Master Planning Program
Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
2480 W 26th Ave, Suite 156-B
Denver, CO 80211
303.455.7880 fax
Hello! I hope you are having a nice holiday season!
EPA would like to announce its plans to open a public input period and hold listening sessions to inform a rulemaking to strengthen national stormwater regulations by establishing a program to reduce stormwater discharges from new development and redevelopment and making other regulatory improvements.
Stormwater discharges from developed sites can negatively impact water quality through increases in stormwater volume and increased pollutant loads to the receiving waters. Because stormwater discharges from the built environment are a principal contributor to water quality impairments nationwide, EPA signed an FR Notice in October 2009 announcing its plans to propose and take final action by November 2012 on a national stormwater rulemaking. EPA also proposed an information collection request (ICR) to inform the rulemaking.
In order to support the rule, EPA will be issuing a second FR Notice this week which requests input from the public on preliminary considerations for modifying and/or supplementing EPA’s stormwater regulations. In addition, the notice provides the opportunity for the public to voluntarily provide information on current stormwater control practices that retain stormwater on-site including design, performance, operation and maintenance, cost, and benefit information. The locations of the listening sessions are listed below and posted to the following website (www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/rulemaking). Registration information is available on the website.
The locations and dates for the five listening sessions are:
January 19, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at EPA Region 5
Office, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604
January 20, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at EPA Region 9
Office, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
January 25, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at EPA Region 8
Office, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129
January 26, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at EPA Region 6
Office, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75202
January 28, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at EPA HQ Office,
Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20004
We look forward to discussing the proposed regulatory considerations with you during the comment period. A Factsheet is attached for your convenience. If you have questions about the Notice and/or the rulemaking, please contact me at (202) 564-1489 or galavot...@epa.gov.
Please feel free to forward this message to groups who are interested in providing input.
Thank You! Holly Galavotti
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Holly S. Galavotti
Storm Water Team
U.S. EPA, Water Permits Division
Mail Code: 4203M
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20460-0001
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