The 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Annual Convention and Constructor Expo is the ideal opportunity to see everything that 澳门六合彩开奖预测 can do for you and your business, as well as to learn from industry peers and experts on how they are overcoming today鈥檚 challenges.聽 All convention attendees are encouraged to attend the March 6聽environmental session 鈥 鈥Stormwater as the New Epicenter of Environmental Action鈥 鈥 to learn about and discuss how stormwater, increasingly, is becoming the new focal point in environmental permitting debates and related litigation and federal enforcement.
On Wednesday, March 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 Environmental Forum and the Highway and Transportation Division will sponsor a special environmental session at the 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Convention in Palm Springs titled 鈥Stormwater as the New Epicenter of Environmental Action.鈥 聽In this session, participants will hear updates on two national stormwater rulemakings and three precedent-setting lawsuits that have bearing on the entire construction industry. Participants also will learn how a federal priority for stormwater enforcement is impacting jobsites nationwide.
Don鈥檛 miss out on the opportunity to build your connections, grow your business, and get involved 鈥 register for 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 94th Annual Convention today. 聽For more information and to register, please visit 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 website at .
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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"4572","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"150","height":"150","alt":""}}]]Navigating the landscape of requirements to control construction site runoff and warding off incoming disputes are ranked as top environmental priorities by today鈥檚 construction professionals. 聽If you are not confronting these issues head-on, you could face thousands of dollars in fines, and put your projects and your reputation at risk.
Indeed, the issue of whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and states may issue stormwater permits that set first-time numeric limits on the amount of sediment in construction stormwater runoff remains a heated and controversial debate.聽 Industry groups recently with EPA resolving their long-standing lawsuit over the Agency鈥檚 2009 rule imposing effluent limitations on the 鈥淐onstruction and Development Industry鈥 (C&D ELG). 聽In the settlement, EPA agreed to formally propose revisions to the C&D ELG rule that would withdraw the numeric limit and modify several of the mandatory 鈥渘on-numeric鈥 Best Management Practices requirements that currently form the basis of the 2009 rule. 聽Per the settlement agreement, EPA will propose these revisions by April 15, 2013.
Also of importance to the construction community, EPA is under a court-ordered deadline to issue a by June 2013 that will set first-time performance standards for the water leaving newly developed and redeveloped sites.
In addition, stormwater was the center of a recent dispute in where EPA was sued by Virginia Department of Transportation (and Fairfax County) for regulating stormwater 鈥渇low鈥 as a surrogate for other pollutants, namely sediment. 聽And the has taken on two different stormwater cases from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
The regulatory focus on stormwater permitting compliments the EPA鈥檚 enforcement activities, including its national emphasis on nutrient loading from stormwater runoff from construction sites as part of EPA鈥檚 . 聽In August 2012, for example, two construction companies paid a $270,000 civil penalty for stormwater violations at 17 different construction sites.
For more information, please contact Leah Pilconis, Senior Environmental Advisor to 澳门六合彩开奖预测 of America, at pilconisl@agc.org.