ACWA STORM WATER COMMITTEE

 

PHASE I NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL SUBCOMMITTEE

 

January 18, 2000

1:30 p.m. B 3:00 p.m.

 

Meeting Minutes

 

Location:                  City of Salem

                                    Civic Center Public Works Conference Room No. 325

                                    555 Liberty Street SE

 

Attendees:               Steve Downs, Ela Whelan, James Ollerenshaw, Nancy Kraushaar,  Charles Logue, Elizabeth Buchanan.

 

 

NPDES General Conditions

James Ollerenshaw and Janet Gillaspie met with Ann Levine and Jan Renfroe of DEQ on January 18 to discuss a new draft of the MS4 General Conditions.  The following is a summary (hopefully complete) of the changes DEQ has made from the version in the current permits.

 

General

The word co-permittee has been replaced with permittee throughout.  New definition of permittee added in definitions section.

 

Section A.

1.      This paragraph abbreviated.

2.      Reference to “sludge” deleted (Change from Portland and Eugene version)

8. Reference to “sludge” deleted (Change from Portland and Eugene version)

 

Section B

1.      “within the permittee’s jurisdiction” added (Change from Portland and Eugene version)

2.      “causing nuisance conditions” added (Change from CC, Gresham, USA)

 

Section C

2. “or subsequent permit actions” added (Change from Portland and Eugene version)

4.  “at any sample point” added (Change Eugene version)

 

Section D

2.“in whole or in part” deleted (Change from CC, Portland, USA, Salem)

6. Abbreviated

 

Section E

Definitions of “flow weighted composite sample” and “grab sample” deleted – these definitions will be included in Schedule B if necessary

Definition of Director added (Change from Portland and Eugene version)

Definition of Permit added (Change from Portland and Eugene version)

New definition of permittee

Definition of “Illicit Discharge” changed to correspond with Schedule A, para 1.b.

Storm Water Management Program definition changed to eliminate reference to Part I and 2 permit application.

 

 

2. Permit Renewal Schedule

The DEQ’s NW Region and Western Region have developed a new permit renewal schedule for NPDES permits.  Jan Renfroe indicated that this schedule would also apply to the MS4 permit renewals.  Contact Janet Gillaspie for more information on meetings to be held in the near future in each region to discuss this schedule.

 

3. DEQ Stormwater Task Force

DEQ is reconvening the Stormwater Task Force to evaluate and recommend implementation strategies for Phase II.  Meeting scheduled for Feb 8th, 2000, at DEQ Headquarters, Portland.  More information from Ranei Nomura, 229-5657.  Mark Yeager and Susie Smith represent ACWA on the Task Force.

 

Next Meeting

 

Tuesday March 14, 2000    1:30 pm   Salem Public Works, Room 325