- Federal & State Water Quality Programs and Priorities
- Legislation & Legal Developments
- National Trends in Managing Stormwater
- Low Impact Development
- On-Site Retention
- Municipal Stormwater Permit Compliance
- Industrial Permits from Different Perspectives
- Questions, Discussion & Analysis and More
AGENDA
8:30-9:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00
Welcome, Introductions & Conference Overview
Holly Duncan, President
Environmental Law Education Center
FEDERAL, STATE AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
9:00-9:30
SPECIAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: National Trends for Clean Water
Act Implementation and Stormwater Management
- A View from Inside the Beltway: Important Trends, Policies & Priorities at the Environmental Protection Agency
- Stormwater Management, EPA Multi-Sector General Permit and Other Regulatory Developments
- National Research Council Report on Urban Stormwater Management
Jenny Molloy, Stormwater Program
US
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington
DC
9:30-10:00
Water Quality Programs, Priorities and Legislation in Oregon
- Implementation of Oregon's Water Quality Programs
- Statewide Water Quality Priorities, Emerging Issues & Hot Topics
- Report from the 2009 Oregon Legislature & Stimulus Funding
Neil Mullane
Water Quality Administrator
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
10:00-10:30
Significant Legal Issues for Stormwater Management
- Water Quality Standards Compliance; Discharges to Water Quality Limited Streams; Best Technology; and Expansion of Permit Requirements to Non-Industrial Facilities
- Enforcement and Increase in Maximum Civil Penalties; New Human Health Criteria for Arsenic and Other Toxics; Proposed Expansion of Waters Subject to the Clean Water Act
- Updates on Other Clean Water Act Legal Issues: Relationship between NPDES and 404 Permits; NPDES Permit Requirements for Pesticides, Vessels and Water Transfers.
Michael Campbell
Stoel Rives LLP
10:30-11:00
Break
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT - THE BIG PICTURE
11:00-11:30
Implementing Low Impact Development in Oregon
- The Local State of Low Impact Development and Green Streets Implementation
- Life Cycle Cost Comparisons, Lessons Learned, Policy Implications
Steve Fancher
Manager, Watershed Management Division
City of Gresham
11:30-12:00
National Trends in Managing Stormwater
- Stormwater Retention On-Site
- National Debate and Implementation in California
- Response to National Research Council Report: What Does it Mean for the Northwest
Eric Strecker, P.E.
GeoSyntec, Inc.
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
MUNICIPAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND PERMITTING
1:00-2:00 Municipal Stormwater Permits
- Stormwater Permit Renewals and Negotiations
- Updates: MS4 Negotiations, Watershed Permit, ODOT
- Hot topics: Capture and Remove, Flow Reduction, Maintenance etc.
Benjamin Benninghoff
Municipal Stormwater Coordinator
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
2:00-2:30 Municipal Stormwater Permit Compliance - Successful Approaches
- What is Included in MS4 Permit Renewals
- Successful Compliance Approaches to Municipal Permits
- Hydro-Modification in Oregon and Other Hot Topics
Krista Reininga, P.E.
Brown and Caldwell
2:30-3:00
Break
INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER GENERAL PERMITTING
3:00-5:00
PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION - What Does an Effective,
Protective Industrial Stormwater Permitting Program Look Like?
Revising
Oregon's Industrial Stormwater Permits
- EPA Multi-Sector General Permit - How Will it Guide Revisions to Oregon's Permits?
- An Update on the Stormwater Advisory Committee
Jenine Camilleri
Stormwater Coordinator
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
What are the Major Concerns from the Conservation Community?
- Environmental Organizations' Challenges to Oregon's NPDES Stormwater Permits
- Settlement Agreements
- Building a New Effective, Efficient and Protective Stormwater Permit
Daniel Mensher, Staff Attorney and Clinical Professor
Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center at Lewis and
Clark Law School
Representing NEDC & Columbia Riverkeeper
Industrial Objectives for the New Stormwater Permits
- Clarifying Permittee Obligations
- Developing Reasonable and Environmentally Meaningful Permit Conditions
- Tailoring Controls and Monitoring Requirements to Individual Facilities within the Framework of a General Permit
Michael Campbell
Stoel Rives LLP
Representing Oregon Industrial Stormwater Group
Possible Impact of New Permits
- Administrative Burden of the Multi-Sector Industrial Stormwater Permit
- How Would it Affect Industrial Users?
Rick Fischl, Industrial Stormwater Program Manager
Clean Water Services
Representing Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies
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