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On Tuesday , May 5, the Infrastructure Committee met to consider the latest version of the Citizen Review Panel charter. The charter was quickly recommended to the Council with only one minor change. The charter will go before the full Council on Monday, May 11.
Paul 5/7/09
In our ongoing effort to keep the community informed about stormwater-related efforts in the City of Bangor, we have instituted this simple blog. Our intention is to post
updates from time to time, particularly regarding information that may not require a mass e-mailing, but would still be of interest.
If you have any updates or other information you would like to see included in a post here, please e-mail us at stormwater@bangormaine.gov.
Paul Nicklas & Wendy Warren
3/13/09
On Thursday, March 5, University College of Bangor hosted an initial stakeholder meeting for the Birch Stream watershed management plan. Turnout from the community was high,
including residents, business owners, and others with an interest in the watershed. Chet Bieglow of Sewall, Andrew Johnston of SMRT, and City staff outlined aspects of the watershed planning
effort.
Paul 3/13/09
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the City Council held a stormwater workshop on Wednesaday, March 11 in Council Chambers, with several
members of the community in attendance. LaMarr Cannon of NEO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) gave a very engaging overview of nonpoint
source pollution and urban impaired streams. Wendy Warren followed with an explanation of the regulatory drivers of watershed planning> A second workshop, focused on the features of a watershed management plan and on a potential citizen group for the
Penjajawoc watershed, will be held on April 1.
Paul 3/13/09
Guide To Effective Public Participation
The RUNDOWN Newsletter May 2009
On Tuesday , May 5, the Infrastructure Committee met to consider the latest version of the Citizen Review Panel charter. The charter was quickly recommended to the Council with only one minor change. The charter will go before the full Council on Monday, May 11.
Paul 5/7/09
In our ongoing effort to keep the community informed about stormwater-related efforts in the City of Bangor, we have instituted this simple blog. Our intention is to post
updates from time to time, particularly regarding information that may not require a mass e-mailing, but would still be of interest.
If you have any updates or other information you would like to see included in a post here, please e-mail us at stormwater@bangormaine.gov.
Paul Nicklas & Wendy Warren
3/13/09
On Thursday, March 5, University College of Bangor hosted an initial stakeholder meeting for the Birch Stream watershed management plan. Turnout from the community was high,
including residents, business owners, and others with an interest in the watershed. Chet Bieglow of Sewall, Andrew Johnston of SMRT, and City staff outlined aspects of the watershed planning
effort.
Paul 3/13/09
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the City Council held a stormwater workshop on Wednesaday, March 11 in Council Chambers, with several
members of the community in attendance. LaMarr Cannon of NEO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) gave a very engaging overview of nonpoint
source pollution and urban impaired streams. Wendy Warren followed with an explanation of the regulatory drivers of watershed planning> A second workshop, focused on the features of a watershed management plan and on a potential citizen group for the
Penjajawoc watershed, will be held on April 1.
Paul 3/13/09
The Bangor Area Storm Water Group (BASWG) is made up of MS4 Permittees in the Bangor Region who have formed a non-profit organization. The BASWG mission is to work together to address the minimum control measures required in the MS4 permit. By working together, the group has achieved cost savings, received grant money, and met several of the minimum control measures that would be difficult to achieve as individual communities. Website coming soon!
Birch Stream Documents
1st Draft Birch Stream Watershed Management Plan, May 19, 2010
Birch Stream is one of five “Impaired waters” located in Bangor that are listed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Impaired waters are determined by DEP and listed on the following website:
http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/docmonitoring/305b/index.htm Scroll down to 2008 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report, click on 2008 Appendices, and go to page 48 and 49. The City of Bangor is developing a Watershed Management Plan to guide the development, prioritization, and implementation of physical and policy changes to improve water quality in Birch Stream. Click on the Birch Stream Documents link above to view all documents associated with the Birch Stream Watershed Management Planning efforts.
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit / Stormwater Management Plan 2008 – 2013
The General Permit for Discharge of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems and State or Federally Owned Separate Storm Sewer Systems (heretofore referenced as the "General Permit") can be found at http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/docstand/stormwater/MS4.htm#intro and was issued by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) on July 1, 2008. The General Permit authorizes the direct discharge of stormwater from or associated with a regulated small municipal or State or federally owned separate storm sewer system (“MS4”) to a MS4 or waters of the State other than groundwater. Discharges must meet the requirements of the General Permit and applicable provisions of Maine's waste discharge and water classification statutes and rules.
To comply with this General Permit, the regulated MS4 shall develop, implement, and enforce a Stormwater Program Management Plan (“Plan”) implementing six minimum control measures, set forth in Section H of the General Permit, which are designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants within the Urbanized Area (UA) from its regulated small MS4 to the maximum extent practicable, to protect water quality, and to satisfy the appropriate water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act. The Plan and all Minimum Control Measures must be substantially implemented by June 30, 2013. The regulated MS4 shall describe in its Stormwater Program Management Plan how it will reduce or eliminate polluted stormwater runoff to the maximum extent practicable within the UA from its MS4.
Click on the following link to view the City of Bangor Report for Permit Year One of the 2008-2013 Permit Cycle
Penjajawoc Stream Documents
Penjajawoc Stream is one of five “Impaired waters” located in Bangor that are listed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Impaired waters are determined by DEP and listed on the following website.
http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/docmonitoring/305b/index.htm. Click on the Penjajawoc Stream Documents link above to view all the documents associated with the Penjajawoc Stream Watershed Management Planning efforts.
Stormwater Newsletter coming soon!
Contact Us: stormwater@bangormaine.gov