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MDEQ Updates and Requirements. Grace L. Scott Pretreatment Coordinator Field Operations Division, Water Bureau Phone: 517-335-4107 scottg@michigan.gov. Program Updates. Ballast Water - Permits required. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) - Permits required.
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MDEQ Updates and Requirements
Grace L. Scott
Pretreatment Coordinator
Field Operations Division, Water Bureau
Phone: 517-335-4107 scottg@michigan.gov
Program Updates
- Ballast Water - Permits required.
- Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) - Permits required.
- Septage Program – Storage facilities being built, and more POTWs are considering accepting trucked waste.
- Several fee packages, including one for groundwater permit fees are pending.
Part 23 Rules Streamlining
- The rules are presently stalled due to PA 91 of 2004, which restricts the Department’s rulemaking authority for Part 31 Water Resources programs after December 31, 2006.
40 CFR 136 Test Methods
- March 12, 2007 Federal Register
- Parts 122, 136, 141, 143, 430, 455 and 465
- March 26, 2007 Federal Register
- Parts 136 and 503
EPA Effluent Guidelines Plans
- 2008 Plan is under development
- Categories for detailed studies in EPA’s 2007/2008 annual reviews:
- Steam Electric Power Generating
- Coal Mining
- Oil and Gas Extraction
- Health Services Industry
Training
- Water and Wastewater Construction Permits Workshops
- WATER AND WASTEWATER CONSTRUCTION PERMITS WORKSHOP: Avoid Delays in the Application Review ProcessDecember 5, 2007Lansing Community College
- Env. Science and Services Division - Workshops http://www.michigan.gov/deqworkshops
- DEQ Calendar
Success of the Clean Water Act
- Secondary Treatment for Municipalities
- Control of Toxic Pollutants
- Significant Appropriations
- Permit Requirements
- Pretreatment Requirements
- Penalties – Citizen Suits
- Goals for Swimmable/Fishable Waters
- Zero Discharge
YCUA Outfall, Lower Rouge
Aging infrastructure – Estimated Needs >$ 4 billion for MI (2000)
Ecosystem threats from exotic species and diseases
Legal Challenges
Unknown threats from PPCPs
Bacteria/Algae
Atmospheric Deposition
Challenges 35 years after the Clean Water Act
Spills
CSOs/SSOs
Water Uses
Contaminated Sediments and Groundwater
Stormwater/Non-point Sources
Wetland Destruction
Climate Changes/Global Warming
Challenges 35 years after the Clean Water Act(continued)
Where do we go from here?
- Educate our communities and young people
- Educate our elected officials
- Get involved...stay involved!
