Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

ECHO CENTER

Lakeside Hall

September 19, 2018

Last Updated 9/17/2018 3:45 PM

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

1:00 PM                   Lay of the Land: A Historical Perspective on CSOs and Untreated Discharges

Regulatory History

General Overview of CSOs

EPA Regulation

Vermont Response

VT ANR Combined Sewer Overflow Rule 2016

Lake Champlain TMDL and CSOs

Mary Borg, Deputy Director, Watershed Management Division, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

 

-                                   Current Landscape

Reporting Discharges on DEC Website

1272 Orders for 14 Municipalities (Ongoing Process)

Jessica Bulova, Manager, Wastewater Program,Watershed Management Division, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

 

1:45 PM                   Municipal Perspective

Pros and Cons of CSOs

Costs of Eliminating CSOs

Difference between CSOs

SSO's

Types of pollution

Loads Created by Breweries.etc

Megan Moir, Division Head,Water Wastewater, and Stormwater, City Of Burlington

Jeff Wennberg, Public Works Director, Rutland

Chad L. Whitehead, PE, Town Manager, Town of St.Johnsbury

Tom Dipietro, President, Green Mountain Water Environmental Association

 

3:00 PM                   Taking Action: Opportunities and Obstacles

State Loan and Grant Programs

Terisa Thomas, Water Infrastructure Finance Supervisor,Facilities and Engineering Division, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

 

-                                   Federal Loan and Grant Programs

Eric Law, Community Loan Specialist VT/NH, US Department of Agriculture

 

-                                   Estimating 20 year Costs for CSOs

Lynnette Claudon, Chief Pollution Control Design Engineer,Facilities and Engineering Division, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

 

-                                   Environmental Perspective

Elena Mihaly, Staff Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Peggy Delaney at 802-828-2278 or pdelaney@leg.state.vt.us