Annual Retreat
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Issues for monitoring and informational briefings

1. Upcoming Water Quality Control Commission rulemaking hearings:

a. Lower Colorado, Gunnison, San Juan Basins water quality standards revisions (7/01).

b. Basic Standards for Ground Water revisions (10/01).

c. Arequa Gulch water quality standards (11/01).

d. Microsemi site ground water quality standards (08/02).

e. DIMP standards revisions (02/02).

f. Arkansas/Rio Grande Basins water quality standards revisions (7/02).

2. Upcoming Water Quality Control Commission informational hearings:

a. Section 303(d) Listing Criteria (8/01).

b. WQCD Mixing Zone Guidance (8/01).

c. WQCD Antidegradation Significance Test Guidance (9/01).

d. Chatfield Control Regulation triennial review (9/01).

e. Bear Creek Control Regulation triennial review (9/01).

f. 401 Certification Regulations triennial review (9/01).

g. Procedural Rules routine review (9/01).

h. Continuing Planning Process regulation routine review (10/01).

i. Regulation Controlling Discharges to Storm Sewers triennial review (10/01).

j. Upper and Lower Colorado Basins water quality standards Issues Scoping Hearing (10/01).

k. Arkansas/Rio Grande Basins water quality standards Issues Formulation Hearing (11/01).

l. Discharge Permit System Regulations routine review (1/02).

m. 2002 Section 305(b) Report (1/02).

n. 2002 Section 303(d) List (3/02).

o. Design Criteria for Wastewater Treatment Works (4/02).

p. Sediment Standards Implementation Guidance (4/02).

q. New EPA bacteriological criteria implementation guidance (01/02)

3. New federal TMDL regulations?

4. Discharge permit program backlog reduction.

5. Public input into state/EPA Performance Partnership Agreement (put in monthly newsletter)

6. Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council.

7. Restructured Water and Wastewater Facility Operators Certification Board.

8. Review of Colorado approach to aquatic life classifications.

9. Follow-up regarding EPA disapproval of mixing zone provisions with respect to whole effluent toxicity requirements.

10. Confined Animal Feeding Operations general permit and control regulations.

11. Proposed "Good Samaritan" Act.

12. Arid West Water Quality Research Project.

13. Individual Sewage Disposal System Steering Committee.

14. Colorado Ground Water Quality Protection Council.

15. Source Water Protection Program.

16. Mercury Standards and Compliance

17. Narrative Standards/Methods of Implementation

18. HB 1032 Discharge Permit Program

19. Stormwater Phase II

20. Ammonia Criteria

 

2001 - 2002 Water Quality Forum Meeting Schedule

DRCOG - 2480 West 26th Avenue
12:30 - 4:00 p.m.


September 24, 2001

November 26, 2001

January 28, 2002

March 25, 2002

May 20, 2002

June 27 - 28, 2002 (Retreat on the Western Slope)

WQF Annual Review

Overall, what work well this year?

• Having meetings every other month
  
• Utilizing the web site
  
• The turnout to meetings

What could we do better?

• Need more industry people (Pat, Jerry will call)
  
• Need more commissioner involvement at meetings
  
• Need 1-page description of work groups and members for website
  
• Need work group updates (assign as part of agenda?)
  
• Make sure we monitor items listed in the work plan
  
• Utilize video conferencing (if possible)

Retreat Evaluation

What worked?

• Having Geoff Grubbs here (get EPA Headquarters back here next year)
  
• Having environment perspective here (Chuck, Melinda)/Good to have scholarships
  
• Great Turnout!
  
• Agenda/Stakeholder perspectives
  
• Chris Gate's presentation

What would you change?

• Give more time to Geoff Grubbs
  
• Next time, ask stakeholders: "What is your vision?"
  
• Need more business people here (CACI?)
  
• Need more west slope people here - move retreat to Glenwood?
  
• Add "Commissioner's perspective" to Stakeholder group presentations

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