We have added a link to the website maintained by Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA) for the benefit of our water quality focused members.
For anyone following the EPA Proposed New Rulemaking detate, you may find their Stormwater Rulemaking Input Letter interesting. It is available for free download on their homepage.
ASIWPCA urges EPA to consider the significant benefit fo regulating precipitation-driven discharges in a different way than traditional point sources.
Other recommendations include:
- meaningful engagement with states at national and regional levels
- the need for prioritization and risk-based approach
- support for a national stormwater strategy for lands inproduction
- directing Farm Bill funds to impaired water
- redevelopment standards that do not facilitate further urban sprawl
- increased funding to state nonpoint source programs
- recommendations that the Chesapeake Bay requiremetns and retrofitting both be proposed in separate rulemakings
About Our Association
- Nebraska Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association
- The Nebraska Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association (NeFSMA) is an active organization of over 100 members representing over 50 organizations. NeFSMA pursues multiple purposes including: 1.)promote public awareness of floodplain and stormwater management; 2.) promote the professional status of floodplain and stormwater management and secure all benefits resulting there from; 3.) promote cooperation and information exchange between individuals and entities concerned with floodplain and stormwater management; 4.) keep individuals concerned with floodplain and stormwater management well informed through educational and professional seminars and to provide a method for dissemination of information, both general and technical; 5.) inform and educate concerned individuals of pending floodplain or stormwater legislation, funding and other related management matters. Please browse our website to learn more about NeFSMA at www.nefsma.net. If you are interested in joining, either contact one of the board members or complete the membership form.
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