February 27th EPA Stakeholder Meeting Notes
EPA released meeting notes from the February 27th stakeholder meeting on March 6th. Says Laurie Mann from EPA, “We are not currently planning to assemble a written response to the…
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Pend Oreille runoff eyed for Spokane flows
The Washington Department of Ecology will spend $250,000 to study whether Lake Pend Oreille could be tapped to provide water for better flows in the Spokane River. The Spokesman Review reports.
Legal comment on Washington State dissolved oxygen criteria as applied to Lake Spokane
The Hayden Regional Sewer Board, the City of Coeur d’Alene, the City of Post Falls and Inland Empire Paper Company requested attorneys to create a legal analysis of Washington state’s…
Comments to February 13, 2009 Core Model Workshop
The City of Spokane, Kaiser Aluminum, the City of Coeur d’Alene, Inland Empire Paper, Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board, Avista, Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District, City of Post Falls…
Sewage plant moves ahead despite unknowns
Spokane County commissioners voted 2-1 on Friday to allow an engineering firm to begin construction on a wastewater treatment plant that will raise sewer bills for residents served by it, most of whom live in Spokane Valley. Decision on whether plant can discharge effluent into the Spokane River still unknown. The Spokesman Review reports.
Spokane River cleanup could take longer
A proposal in the Washington Legislature would relax the deadline for cleaning up the Spokane River and other state waterways, allowing wastewater dischargers up to 20 years to meet stringent new limits for phosphorus and other pollutants. The Spokesman Review reports.
Public comment sought on draft watershed plan for lower Spokane River
Spokane County is seeking public comment on the Draft Watershed Plan for the Lower Spokane River Basin.
EPA Stakeholder Meetings
Schedule and agendas for Spokane River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL meetings
Draft dissolved oxygen modeling scenarios updated
The attached document contains a list of the draft modeling scenarios currently being considered by Ecology, IDEQ, the Spokane Tribe and EPA for assessment of Lake Spokane dissolved oxygen impacts.
Maybe in 2030
Polluters say they need 20 years to clean up their act and regulators just might give it to them. The Inlander Reports