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In anticipation of the expansion, Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality recently released a set of illustrative scenarios showing different ways that compliance in 2030 and 2035 could be achieved. While RFA believes the program has been effective and supports its expansion, the association identified some areas of concern related to specific aspects of the scenarios.
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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ’s) policy and rulemaking board adopted rules renewing Oregon’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Discharge General Permit No. 1200-Z (1200-Z General Permit), which regulates industrial stormwater discharges to waters of the state.[1] Under the rules, the new 1200-Z General Permit will take effect July 1, 2021, superseding the current 1200-Z General Permit issued in October 2018.
Key Permit Changes
Questionable expansion in scope of regulated transportation sector stormwater discharges. The new 1200-Z General Permit expands regulatory control of transportation sector discharges beyond the stormwater from the limited areas regulated under the Clean Water Act (CWA) transportation facility vehicle maintenance shops, equipment cleaning operations, and airport deicing operations to require control of discharges from the entire site o
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ’s) policy and rulemaking board adopted rules renewing Oregon’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Discharge General Permit No. 1200-Z (1200-Z General Permit), which regulates industrial stormwater discharges to waters of the state.
[1] Under the rules, the new 1200-Z General Permit will take effect July 1, 2021, superseding the current 1200-Z General Permit issued in October 2018.
Key Permit Changes
Questionable expansion in scope of regulated transportation sector stormwater discharges. The new 1200-Z General Permit expands regulatory control of transportation sector discharges beyond the stormwater from the limited areas regulated under the Clean Water Act (CWA) transportation facility vehicle maintenance shops, equipment cleaning operations, and airport deicing operations to require control of discharges from the entire site of the transportation fa