Rulemaking Workgroup: DEQ’s Rule Package Overview SessionOREGON’S WATER QUALITY STANDARDS PROJECT
Rulemaking Workgroup: DEQ’s Rule Package Overview Session
December 2, 2010, 1:00 – 4:00
Location: ODOT Conference Room A & B
123 NW Flanders St, Portland, OR 97209
Call-in Line: 866-299-3188
Access Code: 503-326-5873#
Goals for Today’s Meeting
❖ To provide Workgroup members with an overview of DEQ’s Proposed Rule Package
❖ To clarify next steps and schedule in the Rulemaking process
❖ To answer any final questions that Workgroup members may have prior to the rule going out for public comment
AGENDA
1:00 Welcome, Introductions & Appreciation—Neil Mullane, DEQ
▪ Review purpose of today’s session – Donna Silverberg, facilitator
1:30 Review of the Rule Package: Where Are We Today? – DEQ Staff
High Level Overview – Jennifer Wigal
o What’s in the Package?
o What will be posted on DEQ’s Website on 1/3/2001?
o What is in the Fiscal Statement?
Specific Changes – Debra Sturdevant, Andrea Matzke, Spencer Bohaboy & Gene Foster
▪ What has been changed since the last meeting?
o Human Health Toxics Criteria
o Intake Credits
o Background Pollutant Allowance
o Variances with Pollutant Reduction Plan Requirement
o Division 41 & 42 Changes
2:30 Break
2:45 Rule Making Process Looking Forward: What is Next?
▪ Schedule of hearings
▪ Internal Management Directive (IMD) Development Schedule
▪ Variance Seminars
3:15 Other Related DEQ Activities:
▪ What else will accompany the rules at the June 2011 EQC meeting?
o Of the many things the rulemaking workgroup members have discussed and heard about over the past many months, what is DEQ planning to move forward?
▪ Arsenic criteria revisions
3:30 Questions and Final Thoughts:
o Final clarifying questions from work group members
o Final comments from EPA, CTUIR and work group members
4:00 Adjourn
* Thank you for your commitment to these issues and this process *