Water Protection Program Update - REGFORM · Lake Ecoregion Chl-a Response Impairment Thresholds...
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Chris Wieberg, Director
Water Protection Program
Water Protection Program
Update
A Year In Review and Priorities Moving
Forward
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Number of rules revised or new 83/118 • 18 rescissions • 64 amendments • 1 new rule • Total number of restrictions 7,218 • Total number of restrictions removed 2,865 • Percentage of restrictions removed 39.7%
In October of 2018 the CWC adopted the majority
of RTR amendments which became effective on
February 28th, 2019
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The CWC approved the 2018 303d list in October
2018
• 26 waterbodies re-categorized as attaining
Water Quality Standards
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In late 2018 we were still wrapping up work from
the Drought of 2018
• Grant Funding – Committed over $900,000 in grants to system
experiencing loss or potential loss of critical drinking water services or facilities as a result of drought
• Effluent Reuse Discussions
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In November 2018 improvements were made to
our ICIS-NPDES data transfer
• Now have more accurate data being displayed
in ECHO
• Reduction in “False” violations due to data
issues
• Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement data is
now being batched to the federal system.
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In December 2018 we were also involved in DEQ
level negotiations related to ongoing EPA
enforcement cases
• DNR took over 50+ EPA Enforcement case in
various media. 11 were water cases
• We have regular update meetings with R7 on
the status of these cases 11 cases
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The Clean Water Commission received
approval of the NNC for Lakes on December
14th 2018
Lake
Ecoregion
Chl-a
Response
Impairment
Thresholds
Nutrient Screening
Threshold s
TP TN Chl-a
Plains 30 49 843 18
Ozark
Border 22 40 733 13
Ozark
Highlands 15 16 401 6
Lake Ecoregion Values (µg/L)
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In January 2019 the WPP and Commission
approved a grant to MPUA-RSC to provide
planning assistance to small communities.
• Pilot grant to assist small communities with
much needed planning assistance
• More to come on this during the seminar….
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In February of 2019 the WPP began drafting
amendments and revisions to the 2010 Nutrient
TMDLs
• First PN’s happened in the summer of 2019 but
were pulled back to rework the amendments.
• Future PN’s expected this fall and winter
• Focus is on new data and nutrient WLAs that
can be achieved via Enhanced Nutrient
Removal Technology
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In March 2019 Northwest MO experienced
historic flooding that had impacts of water and
wastewater facilities.
• This and other precipitation related flooding
occurring on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
until July of 2019
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Early 2019 Flood Extent 1993 Flood Extent
2019 vs. 1993
St. Joseph WWTF
Craig WWTF
Big Lake State Park WWTF
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2019 vs. 1993
Early 2019 Flood Extent 1993 Flood Extent
Booneville WWTF and DWTP Columbia WWTF and DWTP
Jefferson City WWTF
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2019 vs. 1993
Early 2019 Flood Extent 1993 Flood Extent
New Madrid WWTF
New Madrid Power Plant
Cape Girardeau WWTF
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In May of 2019 Jefferson City was hit by an EF3
tornado
• The DNR LCSOB was near the path and
received minor damage.
• WPP team members were asked to stay
home for a couple of days while clean up
occurred
• Several team members experienced
property damage during this event
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In July 2019 the Clean Water Commission
approved the amended 2020 listing Methodology
document
• Originally approved in July 2018
• CWC requested that the program work on outstanding
issues for a potential amendment
• The program held several work group meetings on topics
• Focus of the amendment was the 12 step (now 13)
process for biological assessments on small streams
• Most items were resolved via the amendment
• Working on the 2022 LMD right now
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In July the Division of Environmental Quality
officially established the Central Field Operations
group
• Conduct field work and
inspections
• Assist with coordination
efforts between the
program and field offices
• Provide a field presence
in the Program office
• Currently staffed up to
conduct Water related
field work.
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Coming Up
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In late 2019 WPP will be accepting grant applications for
our new Regionalization and Consolidation Grant
• Largest sector of enforcement is small private domestic facilities
• We have more than most states
• Grant for municipalities connecting small public or private systems that are permitted or should be permitted
• We intend to do this solicitation every year
• Covers 100% of the cost of connect
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In Late 2019 WPP will be gathering public input
on hydrogeological evaluations associated with
permitting
• This document as guidance when performing collapse potential
evaluations to support WPP construction and operating permit
decisions for wastewater treatment facilities.
• This public notice is an opportunity to receive input on the proposed
procedure document, which describes how the collapse potential is
determined by geologists with the Missouri Geological Survey.
• The public notice period is August 23, 2019 to September 23, 2019.
The document can be found at https://dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/wpcp-pn.htm
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In late 2019 the WPP will be establishing new
procedures
• NH3
– Use the criteria directly as the wasteload allocation
– Similar to KS and IA
• Data Exclusions
– Set a policy on when data can be excluded or
established as an outlier
• Fertilizer Exemptions
– 120 exemptions – need to be evaluated and renewed
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In 2020 the WPP will be subject to an EPA
review of our NPDES program
• Review of permits
• Review of enforcement actions
• Review of Inspection processes via oversight
inspections
• MS4, CAFO, Pretreatment etc.
• Outstanding Items from the 2014 review
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2019 WPP priorities Decreasing Permit Backlog and processing times
Implementation of the Revised WQS
Drought Mitigation
Complete the Red Tape Reduction
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NEXIS (Nutrient Exchange Incentive System)
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Questions for me….
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Thank You
• Questions and Comments for WPP can be
directed to:
573-522-9912