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Grace L. Scott Pretreatment Coordinator Water Resources Division 517-284-5488 (new number) scottg@michigan.gov

Stormwater, Asset Management and Wastewater (SAW)

Grants for:

 Stormwater and wastewater asset management

plan development,

 Stormwater management plan development,  Sewage collection and treatment plan development,

Loans to:

 Construct projects identified in an asset

management plan or stormwater management plan. http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,4561,7-135- 3308_3333_4169_21606-308098--,00.html

Federal Regulations

 Effluent Guidelines

 Steam Electric (40 CFR Part 423) Proposed revisions

published in Federal Register on 6/07/2013

 Comments were due 9/20/2013  Final Regulation expected May 2014 (required under

consent decree between EPA and the Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club)

 http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/steam-

electric/index.cfm

Federal Regulations

 Electronic Reporting Rule – Would require all NPDES

reporting be submitted electronically. Covers municipalities and some SIUs.

 http://www2.epa.gov/compliance/proposed-npdes-

electronic-reporting-rule

 Published in Federal Register 7/30/2013  Comments due 10/28/2013

Federal Regulations

 Preliminary 2012 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan for

review and comments due October 7, 2013. http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/i ndex.cfm

 No new categories are proposed.  Requesting comment on how EPA evaluates industries.  No additional information on Dental Amalgam Effluent

Guideline

 Continuing to work on Shale Gas Extraction.

 Discontinuing - Coalbed Methane Extraction , Chlorine and

Chlorinated Hydrocarbon manufacturing, and Regenerated Cellulose Manufacturers (under Plastics Forming).

Constitution Hall

 Staff are moving (1, 2, 3 or even 4 times)  We ask for your patience, as we are operating without

access to many files and resource materials.

 Staff in Lansing will have all new phone numbers, and

some field staff are receiving cell phones.

 For current contact information:

http://www.michigan.gov/deq

Sleeping Bear Dunes

Our best kept secret is out. Voted the most beautiful place in America in 2011. Now Michigan is truly a world class destination. With 20% of the world’s fresh water surrounding us, we have a huge responsibility to ensure that it’s clean. Thank you and the MWEA for your long commitment to this difficult and important work.