The City of Milwaukie is a co-permittee on the Clackamas County Phase 1
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) NPDES Permit. The City is required
to renew their MS4 permit with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality by
September 2, 2008.
As part of the MS4 permit renewal application, the City’s Stormwater Management
Plan, Stormwater Monitoring Plan, and summary of Benchmarks are required to be
available for 30 days for public review and comment. The
Stormwater
Management Plan describes the activities that the City is proposing to
conduct to limit pollutants in stormwater runoff. The
Stormwater Monitoring Plan describes the sampling and data collection
efforts that the City is proposing to conduct to better understand sources of
pollutants and characteristics of stormwater impacts to receiving water bodies.
The Benchmarks
estimate pollutant load reduction goals for the City’s permit area to address
the applicable total maximum daily load (TMDL) requirements
Your suggestions, ideas, and comments are solicited. The public review and
comment period is open from July 7th to August 6th. You may view the three
documents online, or to request a hard copy, please call 503.786.7615 Written
comments can be submitted by August 6th, 2008 to
SearsR@ci.milwaukie.or.us or
online via the link below.
