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combine BMPs for stormwater quality mJlnJl~ To help with this effort, the District is establishing a H)...........ber technical advisory group. We hope to have representatives from large and sma11 cities, counties, COOT, and other organizations. The memhership will notberestrictedtocommunitieswithin the District and will attempt to include representation from other Front Range communities as well JtIIfIIIlI'Y 23, 1998 BMP Sembuu On January 23,1998 the District is sponsoring a one-day semi11llr on the topic of stormwater stnJctural best mA11llgr.ment practices. The program will include the showing of the new video produced by DRCOG on construction activities man.V"'ent, a short training segment on the selection and design of stnJctural BMPs, a panel discussion on the experience by local governments in the use of Volume 3 - Best Management Practices, and an audience participation segment on suggested needs on how to improve Volume 3. Stormwater NPDES Activities New EPA InidDtWes EP A will publish proposed regulations for Phase IT of the stormwater program (i.e., affecting municipalities with less than 100,000 in population) in January. EPA is under court order to have these prolI1I11gate<J by 1999 (see Tucker Talk and a related article by John Doerfer). We will distn'bute copies of the draft Phase IT regulations to local governments when they are available and will schedule a meeting to discuss them in January or February of 1998. On June 2, 1997 EP A published proposed regulations for reissllance of general permits for constnJction-site stormwater discharges. They include provisions intended to protect threatened and endangered species and sites of archaeological ~. After EP A adopts these, the State will most likely need to II1odi1Y its constnJction general permit conditions to be in line with EP A's requirements. De1tver, AIU'Ortl, IIIUI ~ Permit Implementation Actirities Following issuance ofpermi!s in May of 1996, the District continued to wod; with Denver, Aurora, and Lakewood as they takes steps to implement the requirements of their stormwater permits. See the article by John Doerfer about this and other stormwater related permit efforts of the District AMpa/Ioe Cmurty PIuISe 1 App/icIltion Arapahoe County was notified in 1996 by the State that it had an unincorporated urban-area population of over 100,000 and this put them into the Phase I category for municiplll stormwater NPDES permitting. Three special districts within the County meet the regulatoty defiuilion of"owner of municipal separate storm sewer system" and need to be permitted as well. These are East Cheny Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority, and Inverness Water and Sanitation District The County and the three special districts agreed to become "co-permittees" and submit a single, combined permit application. Although individual descriptions were needed where the entities differ, overa11 efficiency and COnoiotP.11Cy were gained using this approach. The District assisted these co- permittees with their preparation of Part 1 application submitted in July, 1997. Part 2 Of the application is planned for completion in July, 1998. The co- permittees used the protocols developed by the Joint Task Foroe when the initial permit application requirements were being defined for the largest three cities. Offer of Assistance Should your city or county within the District's service area decide to WOJk toward preparing information that may be eventoa11y used to SUJlP.Or! a permit application, or is taking an initiative to develop its own stormwater quality m.""gI'.......t program, or simply wants to develop a stormwater system inventory, call us. We can provide you with advice and a fully developed set of consistent protocols and data management tools that can help make 10 your job easier and consistent with others in this region, thereby qualifying your community for further suppoll and assistance as you enter the world 0# stormwater permitting. I Welcome To New Staff Members Ken MacKenzie has joined the District as an Engineering Inspector in the South Platte River Program. A student intern with us since early 1995, Ken graduated stmtnUl cum laude from the Metropolitan State College of Denver in May, earning his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering Technology. Ken is an active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers. His prior life experience includes nine years in the aviation industty, where he achieved a position of a supervising airframe and power plant mechauics with Continental ExpresslRocky Mountain Airways. As a lifelong front range resident, Ken brings to the District much knowledge and understanding of this region. Sandra Gonzalez has joined the District as Admiuistrative Secretary. Prior to joining the District she was an Execntive Secretary with the San Bernardino County Public Works Group for 14 years. Sandy obtained an Associate Degree in Business at San Bernardino Valley College, California, which she has supplemented over the years with several courses woddng toward a bachelor's degree. Sandy is also a volunteer member of the Denver Center for Performing Arts Kindred Spirits Council and a Board member of the CU Boulder Parents Association. David Mallory has joined the District as a Project Engineer in the Floodplain M.n~genumt Program. David has a B. S. Degree in Civil Engineering from Colorado State Uuiversity and is a registered P.E. in Colorado. His previous experience has been in the private sector, most recently with RG Consulting F.nginPMS, Inc. We are delighted that Ken, Sandy and David have joined the District and we look forward to woddng with them.