2023 National NPDES Permitting Meeting – Washington, DC

Purpose:

This is a CLOSED MEETING intended to help support states and EPA to build staff capacity, identify challenges & barriers to NPDES program implementation, highlight opportunities for permitting authority program improvement & enhancement, showcase NPDES program innovations, assist with analysis of training, guidance, tools, and other support material needs, improve administrative efficiencies, clarify roles and responsibilities, build stronger linkages to other programs, modernize permit terms, improve data management, discuss program performance measures, identify program areas where targeted technical assistance would be most beneficial, and attempt to solve some of the most intractable NPDES Program issues.

Attendees:

The National NPDES Meeting is a national coregulator event specifically organized by state and federal regulators for EPA and state program staff representatives. Attendees include:

• State and EPA staff involved in managing and overseeing NPDES programs
• State and EPA staff involved with drafting and overseeing NPDES permits
• Partnering state and federal agency staff that provide technical and/or regulatory assistance to the NPDES programs
• Invited guests as appropriate

Meeting Location: William Ruckelshaus Conference Center, EPA HQ, Washington DC

Agenda: A copy of the final agenda can be found here.

Remote access details including the agenda and MS Teams Link(s) will be shared with registered participants via email next week.

Local Hotel: Washington Hilton Hotel (passkey.com), Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009, cutoff date for reservations is January 28^th, 2023. (Please plan to stay at this hotel, $188 per night, as ACWA is under contract to secure a certain number of room nights. Thank you!)

Registration:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Registration for this meeting has now closed. As previously noted, this meeting is being held in a federal facility and all meeting participants must be vetted by security in advance of the meeting. We are sorry for any inconvenience. If you have already purchased your flight and have secured a hotel stay, but have not yet registered, please contact Alexys Bailey abailey@acwa-us.org. Likewise, please contact Lexy if you were hoping to participate remotely.