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MDEQ Updates and Requirements

MDEQ Updates and Requirements. Grace L. Scott Pretreatment Coordinator Field Operations Division, Water Bureau Phone: 517-335-4107 scottg@michigan.gov. Program Updates. Ballast Water - Permits required. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) - Permits required.

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MDEQ Updates and Requirements

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  1. MDEQ Updates and Requirements Grace L. Scott Pretreatment Coordinator Field Operations Division, Water Bureau Phone: 517-335-4107 scottg@michigan.gov

  2. Program Updates • Ballast Water - Permits required. • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) - Permits required. • Septage Program – Storage facilities being built, and more POTWs are considering accepting trucked waste. • Several fee packages, including one for groundwater permit fees are pending.

  3. Part 23 Rules Streamlining • The rules are presently stalled due to PA 91 of 2004, which restricts the Department’s rulemaking authority for Part 31 Water Resources programs after December 31, 2006.

  4. 40 CFR 136 Test Methods • March 12, 2007 Federal Register • Parts 122, 136, 141, 143, 430, 455 and 465 • March 26, 2007 Federal Register • Parts 136 and 503

  5. EPA Effluent Guidelines Plans • 2008 Plan is under development • Categories for detailed studies in EPA’s 2007/2008 annual reviews: • Steam Electric Power Generating • Coal Mining • Oil and Gas Extraction • Health Services Industry

  6. Training • Water and Wastewater Construction Permits Workshops • WATER AND WASTEWATER CONSTRUCTION PERMITS WORKSHOP: Avoid Delays in the Application Review ProcessDecember 5, 2007Lansing Community College • Env. Science and Services Division - Workshops http://www.michigan.gov/deqworkshops • DEQ Calendar

  7. Success of the Clean Water Act • Secondary Treatment for Municipalities • Control of Toxic Pollutants • Significant Appropriations • Permit Requirements • Pretreatment Requirements • Penalties – Citizen Suits • Goals for Swimmable/Fishable Waters • Zero Discharge YCUA Outfall, Lower Rouge

  8. McLouth SteelDetroit River 1965

  9. Wyandotte Chemical1969

  10. National Steel1969

  11. Oil - 1973

  12. Metro Beach – Lake St. ClairSeptember 1973

  13. Rouge River 1971 1987

  14. Connor Creek 1991 2007

  15. East Park Closure (near Bay Harbor)Cement Kiln Dust Leachate March 30, 2006

  16. Torch Lake – Lake LindenEPA Emergency Remediation Cost: >$400,000 Summer 2007

  17. Aging infrastructure – Estimated Needs >$ 4 billion for MI (2000) Ecosystem threats from exotic species and diseases Legal Challenges Unknown threats from PPCPs Bacteria/Algae Atmospheric Deposition Challenges 35 years after the Clean Water Act

  18. Spills CSOs/SSOs Water Uses Contaminated Sediments and Groundwater Stormwater/Non-point Sources Wetland Destruction Climate Changes/Global Warming Challenges 35 years after the Clean Water Act(continued)

  19. Where do we go from here? • Educate our communities and young people • Educate our elected officials • Get involved...stay involved!

  20. Thank You!!!!

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