OREGON’S WATER QUALITY STANDARDS PROJECT

Rulemaking Work Group: Non-NPDES Source Issues #3

March 31, 2010, 10:00 – 4:00

Location: EPA 5^th Floor Conference Room

Portland, OR

Call-in Line: 866-299-3188

Code: 503-326-5873

AGENDA

10:00  Welcome and Introductions (Donna Silverberg)

10:10   Updates/Announcements (All)

10:20  Future Direction for DEQ (DEQ)

➢  EQC Meeting Feb. 18

➢  Stakeholder Work Group Meetings: *Work Plan and *Monthly Work Group Agenda Items

*Documents will be sent out prior to meeting

11:15  Pretreatment (Rick Williams, Clayton Brown, ACWA Pretreatment Committee and Tiffany Yelton Bram, DEQ) –will be introduced by David Klewier

Description: Presentation on current Federal/State approved Pretreatment programs, subcommittee's example of a Local Program, and Pollution Prevention Tools.  This stakeholder group would like to work on ideas that work towards reducing or eliminating toxic pollutants at the source.

Objectives: Work collaboratively with the Workgroup on ideas for addressing Pollution Prevention tools used together with Federal and State Approved Pretreatment Programs and Local Programs.

*Materials sent via e-mail with agenda

12:00  LUNCH

1:00  Overview of Sediment and Toxics (DEQ)

Description: DEQ will present a programmatic and scientific overview of sediment and toxics to prep work group members for future discussions.

Objectives: To provide work group members with a fundamental understanding of sediment delivery mechanisms and toxics transport processes. Work group members will also gain knowledge on use of sediment benchmarks, using sediment as a surrogate for toxics TMDLs, and current work on revising the turbidity standard.

2:00  Implementation-Ready TMDLs (DEQ)

Description: DEQ will explain how toxics are currently addressed in TMDLs, how they are implemented, and the changes DEQ is proposing.

 Objectives: Prepare the rulemaking work group for future discussions.

3:30  Wrap Up/Next Steps  

4:00  Adjourn

Note: We’ll take breaks as needed by workgroup members