OREGON’S WATER QUALITY STANDARDS PROJECT

Rulemaking Workgroup Session #8

September 15, 2009, 8:30 – 2:30

Location: Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership

811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410

Portland, OR

Draft Agenda

8:20  Gather and get settled

8:30  Welcome and Process Check-in – Donna Silverberg

▪  Updates/Announcements

⬥  EQC informational agenda item October 22 or 23

▪  Comments on Notes from last meeting

▪  Process Check-in – topics and dates for final 2 meetings

9:00  Arsenic – Anthropogenic sources criterion – Debra Sturdevant & RWG Subgroup

▪  DEQ draft proposal

▪  Comments/thoughts of subgroup

▪  Discussion

Meeting objective: RWG discussion; agreement on approach/concepts

Handouts: Draft proposed rule language & implementation outline

10:15  NPDES Implementation Issues –Jennifer Wigal

▪  Review revised permit implementation approaches framework

▪  Discussion

▪  Next steps: Are there issues that should be referred to the toxics reduction strategy?

Meeting objective: Input on implementation framework document

Handouts: Revised implementation approaches framework document

11:30  Lunch Break

12:00  Variances – Debra Sturdevant

▪  Objectives for variance rule revisions, procedures

▪  Discussion of draft proposed rules and implementation procedures

Meeting objective: Input on proposed variance rule revisions & implementation procedures; Agreement on objectives for variances

Handouts: Discussion document, including variance objectives; Draft proposed revisions to variance rule

 Multiple discharger or water body variance

▪  Is there a current circumstance(s) (i.e. facility type/pollutant combination) that warrants development of a multiple discharger variance at this time?

2:00  Next steps; Wrap up

2:30  Adjourn

Note: We will take breaks as needed by the group.