The NIOA - September Newsletter
Greetings to NIOA members & friends of the NIOA! I hope you enjoyed your summer - it is hard to believe that it is already September!
NIOA Training
- The September NIOA Meeting will be held at the Huntington Wastewater Treatment Plant, 20 Hitzfield St, Huntington, IN 46750. Training will start at 10:30 at the plant, lunch will follow (sponsored by Fleis & VandenBrink Operations), and a tour of the Huntington Wastewater Treatment Plant. Details are on the NIOA Calendar. Please RSVP as soon as possible!
- We are looking for facilities willing to host future NIOA training. Please contact Bill Etzler if your facility is willing to host a future meeting.
- Before we know it, it will be December! Plan now on attending the annual NIOA Christmas lunch in Nappanee.
- At the July NIOA Meeting, Jerry Dittmer presented on CSO Long Term Control Plans. His presentation can be accessed from this dropbox link: Dittmer CSO Presentation.
Legislative Updates & Information
- CSO Utilities that discharge to the Great Lakes should be aware of development of new CSO notification requirements being considered by EPA, due to new legislation sponsored by Illinois Senator Mark Kirk last year. EPA is hosting a listening session on Wednesday, September 14 to take comments from affected parties. Written comments can be submitted here. For those of you who do not discharge to the Great Lakes, there is already discussion of expanding this to CSO facilities outside of the Great Lakes. I encourage you to consider commenting even if you are not immediately affected by these changes.
