Texas Releases Draft of TPDES Construction General Permit September 11, 2007
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has released its draft TPDES Construction General Permit for Permit reauthorization. The draft permit can be reviewed at http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/permitting/waterquality/attachments/stormwater/txr15draft.pdf
The South Central Chapter of IECA (SCIECA) will be collecting comments from members to compile as a SCIECA official comments submittal to the TCEQ. If you would like to provide your comments to include in the SCIECA comments submittal, please send them to Tom Schneider at CGP2008@stormcon.us.
Deadline to submit comments to SCIECA: September 24, 2007. This will allow SCIECA time to compile the comments and forward to the TCEQ to meet the TCEQ comments deadline of October 3, 2007.
H.R. 5558: What Next? November 3, 2006
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H.R. 5558 The Stormwater Enforcement and Permitting Act of 2006 has been causing a lot of comment in our industry lately. IECA has recently adopted a position on the bill, and our executive director, Ben Northcutt, went to Washington, DC, to talk to some of the people involved. (more…)
PA Legislature Invites Comment on Two Proposed Stormwater Regulatory Documents June 19, 2006
Posted by ericconrad in Call to Action, Legislative Update.2 comments
Members in Pennsylvania have until July 14 to submit comments regarding two proposed documents that will affect stormwater regulations within the state:
- Pennsylvania Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, contact Dennis Stum, (717) 787-6827
- Pennsylvania Model Stormwater Management Ordinance, contact Barry Newman, (717) 772-5661