EPA’s Final Rules for Construction Site Runoff Pollution Limitation
Filed in Erosion and sediment control |
The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now developed their Final Rules for limiting pollution from construction site runoff. In discussions with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), the State has indicated unofficially that they were waiting for the EPA’s final rules before tackling this issue in Illinois. The federal rules will be phased in, according to the fact sheet. More information on this federal regulation can be found at the following link:
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/construction/
How do you think this should influence this ordinance update effort? Should we try to anticipate the Federal/State rules, or leave that issue for a future update when the State has had a chance to implement this rule making in Illinois?
Monday, November 30th 2009 at 1:58 pm |
This has been a hot-button topic for IEPA of late, I think anticipating a bit is a good idea.
Tuesday, December 1st 2009 at 2:56 pm |
If we can reasonably anticipate the Federal/State rules, I think we should incorporate them into the update. By the time the update is adopted the rules may very well be in place anyway. It would seem that if an applicant has to follow a set of rules, it will be easier for all involved with the development process if we incorporated something into the Ordinance so that one submittal could satisfy both us and the Feds/State.
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 at 11:44 am |
Agreed. We shouldn’t be making this process any more difficult to navigate than necessary unless we have a good reason stricter requirements than the Feds / State.
Monday, December 14th 2009 at 2:57 pm |
If we can anticipate IEPA’s requirements it would be nice to complete this now. I don’t know if this is possible though. I think we also need to be careful about taking on IEPA’s responsibilities by including references to their requirements. This was a major concern when we were rewriting the soil and erosion control sections of the Ordinance. I’m not sure municipalities want to be administering IEPA’s rules for them unless we are required to do so. I agree we may be overlapping on our regulations, but we do that now for IEPA water and sewer permits. We check separation requirements, material type, cover, etc. as do they and we both issue permits.
Friday, February 5th 2010 at 1:17 pm |
It appears that the limits on TSS will become part of the next round of MS4 permits. We will continue to track the IEPA response to this issue and keep everyone advised.