Showing posts with label EPA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EPA. Show all posts
Sunday, April 24, 2011
EPA Asks for public comment on new proposed permit for stormwater runoff from construction activities
If you have an opinion about the new EPA proposed permit for stormwater runoff, please contact the EPA. Here is a fact sheet regarding the new proposed permit including instructions on how to comment. If you do have a comment, better get on it soon as there is a 60 day time limitation from the publish date in the Federal Register and I am not totally sure when that was.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Our Planet, Our Stuff, Our Choice - EPA Video Competition
The EPA is sponsoring the "Our Planet, Our Stuff, Our Choice" video competition
Videos must be 30 or 60 seconds long and focus on these themes:
Hey, you can even win some CASH! How cool is that?
Click here for full details
GOOD LUCK!
Videos must be 30 or 60 seconds long and focus on these themes:
- Reducing/reusing
- Recycling
- Composting
- Consumption and environmental footprint
Hey, you can even win some CASH! How cool is that?
Click here for full details
GOOD LUCK!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Stormwater Management Including Discharges from Newly Developed and Redeveloped Sites
Stormwater Management Including Discharges from Newly Developed and Redeveloped Sites
Information Collection Request (ICR) for proposed rulemaking
EPA is proposing to disseminate a survey to owners, operators, developers, and contractors of developed sites, owners and operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), and states and U.S. territories, which is designed to inform a rulemaking to strengthen stormwater regulations and to establish a comprehensive program to reduce stormwater from newly developed and redeveloped sites. Stormwater discharges from developed sites can harm water quality through increases in stormwater volume and pollutant loadings into nearby waterways. Generally, as sites are developed there is an increase in areas where water cannot infiltrate, so stormwater volume increases. The resulting stormwater flows across roads, rooftops, and other surfaces, transporting pollutants that are then discharged into waterways.
EPA intends to propose a rule to control stormwater from, at minimum, newly developed and redeveloped sites, and to take final action no later than November 2012. In order to support the rulemaking EPA is proposing to require three separate questionnaires focusing on gathering data about current stormwater management practices, including those used at newly developed and redeveloped sites. EPA’s proposed survey would gather data from three groups: 1) the owners, operators, developers, and contractors of newly and redeveloped sites; 2) the owners and operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems; and 3) states and territories. The draft survey would require detailed information about stormwater management and control practices, local regulations, and baseline financial information.
On October 26, 2009, EPA signed a Federal Register notice announcing its intent to submit a Information Collection Request (ICR) for the three questionnaires to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
EPA is requesting comments on the proposed Information Collection Request, including the associated burden estimate, but is NOT requesting completion of questionnaires at this time. The proposed ICR will be open for public comment for 60 days following publication in the Federal Register.
Here is the link for more information on the EPA website
Information Collection Request (ICR) for proposed rulemaking
EPA is proposing to disseminate a survey to owners, operators, developers, and contractors of developed sites, owners and operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), and states and U.S. territories, which is designed to inform a rulemaking to strengthen stormwater regulations and to establish a comprehensive program to reduce stormwater from newly developed and redeveloped sites. Stormwater discharges from developed sites can harm water quality through increases in stormwater volume and pollutant loadings into nearby waterways. Generally, as sites are developed there is an increase in areas where water cannot infiltrate, so stormwater volume increases. The resulting stormwater flows across roads, rooftops, and other surfaces, transporting pollutants that are then discharged into waterways.
EPA intends to propose a rule to control stormwater from, at minimum, newly developed and redeveloped sites, and to take final action no later than November 2012. In order to support the rulemaking EPA is proposing to require three separate questionnaires focusing on gathering data about current stormwater management practices, including those used at newly developed and redeveloped sites. EPA’s proposed survey would gather data from three groups: 1) the owners, operators, developers, and contractors of newly and redeveloped sites; 2) the owners and operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems; and 3) states and territories. The draft survey would require detailed information about stormwater management and control practices, local regulations, and baseline financial information.
On October 26, 2009, EPA signed a Federal Register notice announcing its intent to submit a Information Collection Request (ICR) for the three questionnaires to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
EPA is requesting comments on the proposed Information Collection Request, including the associated burden estimate, but is NOT requesting completion of questionnaires at this time. The proposed ICR will be open for public comment for 60 days following publication in the Federal Register.
Here is the link for more information on the EPA website
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