County seeks comments on stormwater management plan
Multnomah County welcomes comments on its draft Stormwater Management Plan, which is up for renewal this year. The county is in the process of renewing two National Pollutant Discharge Elimination (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Phase I permits. The NPDES permits are issued by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality under the federal Clean Water Act and renewed every five years.
The county maintains two permits in the Portland and Gresham areas. The City of Portland and the Port of Portland are co-permittees with Multnomah County in the Portland area. The cities of Gresham and Fairview are co-permittees with the county for the Gresham area permit. Multnomah County implements a single county-wide Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) to cover both permit areas.
In the Portland permit area, coverage for the county includes five Willamette River bridges and pockets of unincorporated county land in the urban area. In the Gresham permit area, coverage includes the Interlachen neighborhood and arterial roads in Fairview, Troutdale, and Wood Village.
Multnomah County is proposing revisions to the Stormwater Management Plan that will be submitted as part of the permit renewal. The revised SWMP is available for public review and comment from June 6 to July 7, 2008. The draft plan is available online at www.co.multnomah.or.us/stormwaterplan. For further questions, please contact Roy Iwai, Water Quality Program, at (503) 988-5050 ext. 28031.
Multnomah County will consider and address all substantive comments received by 5:00 pm, July 7, 2008. Comments can be submitted via email to water.quality@co.multnomah.or.us or by mail to:
Multnomah County - Water Quality Program
1620 SE 190th Avenue
Portland, OR 97233-5910
Posted on June 5, 2008
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Posted by: Chris Lane - June 24, 2008 07:24 AM
I have a suggestion but you e-mail and storm water links don't work. Let me know when they are up and running.
chris@platelocks.com
Thanks,