Laserfiche WebLink
8 <br /> <br />submittal to Ecology. <br />• Assist the City in review of the public notice Draft NPDES Permit and Fact Sheet. <br />Provide written review comments for City consideration for submittal to Ecology. <br /> <br />Assumptions <br />• The status of the City’s individual NPDES permit renewal is unknown at this time. The <br />activities described above represent what would typically represent NPDES permit renewal <br />support and review activities. The budget for Task 2.0 is based upon the expected activities, <br />which cannot be specifically defined at this time. NPDES permit review and support will be <br />provided to the extent budgeted resources allow. <br /> <br />Deliverables <br />• Permit review commentary, technical analysis, and draft permit review comments for <br />incorporation into City correspondence with the Department of Ecology. <br /> <br />Task 3.0 Water Quality Standards, Rulemaking Review, and Compliance Support <br />The City has identified a high level list of topics where the City may require technical <br />support. This may include review of water quality standards, review of proposed changes in <br />state water quality standards and federal criteria, development of review commentary for <br />Ecology’s rulemaking, and compliance support for current and emerging compliance <br />requirements. The list of potential key topics includes the following: <br /> <br />• Washington’s Integrated Report and 303(d) Impaired Waters List <br />o Both comments on the process and the actual proposed listing or review of <br />water quality monitoring data and listings. <br />o The federal Clean Water Act requires states to perform a water quality <br />assessment every two years and publish an Integrated Report on impaired <br />waters needing cleanup. Washington’s most recent 2014-2018 Section 303(d) <br />List was approved by EPA on August 26, 2022. Ecology recently completed a <br />2022 Water Quality Assessment call for data on September 30, 2022. The next <br />step is for Ecology to compile and assess water quality data using the guidance <br />of Policy 1-11 to determine waters where designated uses are impaired for <br />publication of a new draft list of impaired waters for review by early 2024. <br /> Ecology currently has an open public comment period from November <br />7, 2022 to January 6, 2023 on the 2022 Updates to Water Quality <br />Program Policy 1-11 Water Quality Assessment: <br />• Water Quality Program Policy 1-11 Chapter 1 Washington’s <br />Water Quality Assessment Listing Methodology to Meet Clean <br />Water Act Requirements <br />• Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Nutrient Reduction Program <br />o Challenging Washington’s DO standard has long been a topic of discussion. <br />Ecology has avoided previous petitions to revise that state’s DO standards in <br />1998 and in 2017. <br /> In a November 19, 2021 letter, EPA disapproved a key part of <br />Washington’s Dissolved Oxygen standard for natural conditions, when <br />human actions considered cumulatively may not cause the D.O. to <br />decrease more than 0.2 mg/L.