The week of September 17, 2019, ACWA hosted the 2019 National NPDES Permit Writers Workshop in Washington, DC. In total, 125 people participated at this meeting with representatives from 41 states, 7 EPA regions, ACWA staff and EPA Headquarters. We also had 100+ people participate in this meeting remotely. Topics for this meeting included permit writer resources and a clearinghouse, updated federal application forms, integrated planning, fact sheets, CSOs, peak flow management, several 316(b) cooling water intake structure topics, collection systems, performance based limits for nutrients, ammonia criteria, design flow, PFAS/PFOS, Antibacksliding, permit streamlining, NPDES eReporting Rule, and program performance measures.
Day 1
Kevin Weiss Permit Writers Resources
Amelia Letnes NPDES Permit Writers Clearinghouse
Susanna Bains NPDES Application Forms
Chris Kloss Integrated Planning
Elizabeth Eddy Quality Fact Sheets
Kathy Shreve Wyoming Fact Sheets
Carol Paden Oklohoma Fact Sheets
Bryant Thomas NPDES Permits to Impaired Waters
Danielle Stephan Impaired Waters
Jason Knutson WQS Variances in Wisconsin
Discussion questions WQS variances session
Day 2, Track 1: 316(b) CWIS
Sam Kaplan 316(b) Rhode Island Experience
Brad Gavin 316(b) Alcoa Warrick
Brad Gavin 316(b) Fact Sheet BSG IDEM
Curt Linderman 316(b) BPJ Facilities
Randy Thompson 316(b) De Minimis
Christy Clark 316(b) De Minimis
Jason Knutson 316(b) Regulatory Updates
Danielle Gaito 316(b) CWIS Fact Sheet
Curt Linderman 36(b) Retirement and Closures
Day 2, Track 2: Program Challenges
Eleanor Ott Collection Systems
Phil Argiroff Collection Systems
Meg Parish Colorado Design Flow Slides (1)
Donette Barreto Nevada Design Flow
Dave Haire Antibacksliding Overview
Loretta Carstens Antibacksliding
Day 3
Kevin Weiss EPA Efforts to Streamline NPDES Permit Issuance
Mindi Cross Arizona Streamlining
Carey Johnston NPDES eRule Update
Chris Henninger Arizona Evolution eReporting
Kevin Weiss EPA Efforts to Streamline NPDES Permit Issuance
Final Agenda Packet
