TO: RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT FROM: Kerrie Romanow
COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: May 4, 2022
Approved Date
05/05/22
SUBJECT: UPDATE TO THE JANUARY – JUNE 2022 TRANSPORTATION AND
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE WORKPLAN
RECOMMENDATION
Approve an amendment to the January – June 2022 Transportation and Environment Committee Work Plan to drop the following item from the June 6, 2022 meeting:
Municipal Regional Stormwater NPDES Permit Semi-Annual Report Purpose: Provide a semi-annual report on the new Municipal Regional Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit. (Environmental Services)
BACKGROUND
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) is in the process of updating the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (Stormwater Permit). The Water Board released an updated Stormwater Permit on April 11, 2022 and has scheduled a hearing on May 12, 2022 to provide additional testimony on impacts with the proposed requirements. Since the implementation of the Stormwater Permit in the early 1990s, this is the largest permit that has been issued to date (669 pages). There are many proposed changes that require staff time to coordinate with all partner departments (Housing, Public Works, Transportation, Parks Recreation and Neighborhood Services, Fire Department and Planning Building Code Enforcement) that are impacted with the implementation of this draft Stormwater Permit. Staff will prepare for and present testimony at the upcoming Water Board Hearing. However, the Water Board may make additional changes before issuing a final order. As a result of the Water Board’s thorough extended hearing process, and pandemic-related delays, the final order is not anticipated until after the June 6, 2022 meeting. Staff will review the final permit once issued and report in the Fall, 2022.
RULES COMMITTEE: 5/11/22
FILE: 22-214
ITEM: B(7)
RULES AND OPEN GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
May 4, 2022
Subject: Update to the January – June 2022 Transportation and Environment Committee Workplan
Environmental Services (ESD) requests to drop this item from the current workplan with the expectation of adding it to the FY 22-23 workplan for Fall 2022. /s/
KERRIE ROMANOW
Director, Environmental Services
For questions, please contact Rajani Nair, Deputy Director, at [email protected] or (408) 799-7462.