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<br /> ~ / / J I. 1 T Ali <br /> <br /> ~/tom ~L~~~~/~~~~/L~J~ <br /> Public Works <br /> January 4, 1995 Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> CONTA T: Mary Wright-McIntosh, Public Information, 465-2739 (503) 687-5262 <br /> FOR EDIATE RELEASE <br /> E GENE'S STORMWATER PLAN NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE <br /> T e City of Eugene's Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan is now <br /> available from the Public Works Department, 858 Pearl Street, 4th Floor. The cost for the <br /> Plan is $ 0. <br /> Trough the reauthorization of the federal Clean Water Act in 1987, Congress <br /> mandat communities larger than 100,000 population begin reducing the discharge of <br /> stormwat r pollutants into the receiving waters of the United States. Eugene's Stormwater <br /> Plan for s the local policy framework for responding to these mandates. It also addresses <br /> other co munity values associated with Stormwater issues such as the protection of wetlands <br /> and othe natural resources that provide important Stormwater functions. <br /> T e Stormwater Plan focuses on management practices and techniques to reduce <br /> pollution through education, on-site pretreatment, operational practices, land-use regulations, <br /> and othe means to eliminate and reduce pollution levels. It offers amultiple-objectives <br /> approach to Stormwater management that maximizes benefits and minimizes economic and <br /> environ ental impacts on the community. The Stormwater Plan was adopted by the City <br /> Council n November, 1993. <br /> R ference copies of the Plan are also available at the Eugene Public Library. For <br /> more inf rmation, call Eugene Public Works Stormwater Information, 465-2739. <br /> <br />