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<br /> 4 ~ s <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> September 2 1990 <br /> i <br /> CONTACT: L s Lyle, City Engineer, 687-5291 <br /> From Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIA E RELEASE <br /> CIT HIRES CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN <br /> i <br /> Sectio 402 of the Clean Water Act requires the Environmental Protection <br /> Agency (EPA to promulgate regulations for industrial and municipal <br /> ;stormwater ischarges in municipalities with populations greater than <br /> 100,000. T e EPA will issue new federal stormwater National Pollution <br /> Discharge E imination System (NPDES) permit regulations in October, 1990. <br /> i <br /> Cities affe ted by the regulations are now beginning the process of <br /> developing rograms to provide the short- and long-term data needed to meet <br /> the new fed ral and state requirements. <br /> The NP ES will have two parts. Part 1 requests information on existing <br /> land use, s orm sewer systems, water quality data, and stormwater management <br /> i <br /> programs. he city of Eugene will be expected to comply with Part 1 within <br /> nine months after promulgation of the final regulations. Part 2 is primarily <br /> a pollution abatement plan that will be formulated from the information <br /> gathered in Part 1. Part 1 and Part 2 must be completed by 1993, with full <br /> compliance y 1996. In Oregon, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) <br /> is the agen responsible for issuing and establishing limits for the NPDES <br /> permit. <br /> I <br /> more <br /> <br />