Action Items for Rulemaking

Deliverables

Send Out

Due Date

Assumptions:

-Stephanie B. can spend a significant amount of time on organizing comments

-Deb and Spencer can spend time responding to comments

-Jane with permit writers on workgroup can complete variance IMD

-Koto has time to work on TMDL IMD

-Does not include time spent on responding to Congressional inquiries, etc. on the rule

-Assumes the FCR is not revised

RULEMAKING PACKAGE

Hearings

(Andrea, Stephanie)

 

Transcriptions (9) (Stephanie/Contractor)

 

Officer Reports (9) (Andrea)

To Do: Medford and Portland

 

Done

 

 

May 12

 

    

Draft IMDs

(Jane, Koto, other permit writers)

Variances—Jane working with others

TMDLs—sent out to regional staff for input

 

 

-Spencer to incorporate BPA and Intake Credits into “Phase II” of the RPA IMD—i.e. after June

 

 

For June EQC

 

    

Process Comments

(Stephanie)

-Log in each commenter on master spreadsheet

 

-Electronic and 5 hard copy files of all comments received

 

Ongoing

April 22, 2011

    

Sort Comments and Assign Responders

(Cheryl)

-Review logged in comments and copy/paste comments into relevant sections of the Response to Comments document

 

-Re-organize/Lump as necessary

-Strategize on how to organize and respond to form letters

 

 

Ongoing

April 22--substantive comments

 

*May 5--rest of minor/form letter comments

 

* To meet this deadline, RTC document might not reflect every single comment

    

Draft Response to Comments and Proposed Rules

(Andrea, Koto, Spencer, Deb)

 

-Address additional comments per Cheryl’s additions

 

-Simultaneously elevate issues as needed for Neil discussion

 

-Simultaneously revise and finalize rules if necessary (e.g. BPA)

 

*May 3, 2011

 

*Assumes Spencer can finish drafting the BPA AND review and respond to permitting comments the week of April 25

 

    

Draft Staff Report

(review by Wigal, Foster, Liebe, Clipper, Mullane, IRT)

 

 

-Review Response to Comment, Revised Rules, Staff Report

 

-Staff work on updating issue papers during this manager review time

 

-Schedule a meeting w/ IRT members around May 5

 

-get RTC to Michele for formatting for EMT review (probably don’t need)

May 4, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 6, but probably later

May 9, 2011

 

    

Draft Staff Report

(review by EMT opt-ins, Larry K., Maggie V., Stephanie Clark for Dick, Joanie, etc. )

 

 EQC Staff Report – with the following attachments:

Proposed rule revisions (strikeout/underline; Summary of Public Comments and Agency Responses; Presiding Officer’s Report; Statement of Need and Fiscal and Economic Impact (from notice package); Land Use Evaluation Statement (from notice package); Relationship to Federal Requirements Questions (from notice package); Advisory Committee Membership and Report; issue papers

 Rule Implementation Plan Checklist and Plan

 Facilitator’s Report (Donna Silverberg) May 18 due

 

*Staff report and other rulemaking docs mostly complete

 

*Stephanie C. will get docs into EQC format

 

May 13, 2011

 

May 19, 2011

    

Final Staff Report

(for Dick’s sig)

 

See above

 

Everything final

May 24, 2011

 

May 26, 2011

 

 

 

    

Final Staff Report

(to EQC)

 

See above, plus

 

Accompanying Materials:

-Memo describing MOU with ODF and MOA with ODA

-Variance and TMDL IMDs

-Facilitator’s Report

- Issue Papers

 

 

May 26, 2011

 

 

 

 

(Stephanie C. needs to send Report to EQC by May 27)

 

    

Submit Revised Standards to EPA for Approval

(Andrea)

AG certification of rule adoption

Rules filed with SOS

Submittal package to EPA

EPA action item

 

July 21, 2011

 

 

Oct. 20, 2011

    

Final IMDs

(Jane, Koto, Deb, Andrea, Spencer, other permit writers??)

Variances

TMDLs

Antidegradation

 

See Timeline for Follow Up Action Items Doc

EQC MEETINGS

    

EQC Information Presentation

Staff Reports and PPTs

 

March 17, 2011

(Deb and others)

Director’s Dialogue

 

April 7, 2011

 

Meeting

 

April 21 – 22, 2011

    

EQC Action Item

Staff Reports and PPTs

 

May 12, 2011

(Deb and others)

Director’s Dialogue

 

June 2, 2011

 

Meeting

 

June 16, 2011