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Kathy Wirtanen
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Center for Leadership & Ethics
VMI, Marshall Hall
500 Anderson Drive
Lexington, VA  24450

Stormwater

Session A (9:30 am – 11:30 am)

Local Program Development
Welcome: David Johnson, Director, Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) 
Introduction: Ginny Snead, P.E., Regulatory Programs Manager, Div. of Stormwater Management, DCR

  • Jackie Rickards, Regional Projects Planner, Middle Peninsula PDC
  • Richard Street, Senior Environmental Engineer, Spotsylvania County
  • Scott Thomas, Director, Engineering and Resource Protection Division, James City County
  • Cost Effective Best Management Practices in Virginia and Local Implementation Planning*—Adrienne Kotula, Policy Specialist, James River Association

 

Hear from localities that are in the process, what they are finding as far as funding needs, staffing needs, administrative processes, and what they have learned so far.

 

Session B (2:45 pm – 4:00 pm)

Model Ordinances
Moderator: Delegate David Bulova, Virginia House of Delegates

  • Joe Battiata, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Center for Watershed Protection
  • Ann Neil Cosby, Counsel, Sands Anderson
  • They Killed Two Birds with One Stone: Development Ordinances that Achieve Stormwater Goals*—Adrienne Kotula, Policy Specialist, James River Association

 

What needs to be included in your model ordinance? Hear some lessons learned from localities who have written their model ordinance. Share ideas for how to handle some of the issues that have come up. 

 

Session C (4:15 pm – 5:30 pm)

Virginia Stormwater ePermitting System 
Moderator: Brian Stokes, Environmental Manager, Campbell County 
Presenter: Gerry Seeley, Enterprise Website Project Coordinator, DCR 

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation is developing an interactive website that will be used to obtain coverage under the State General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities beginning July 1, 2014. The Alpha (test) version of this website will be demonstrated so that local officials, developers, and engineers can get a preview of how the new ePermitting system will work.

Session D (9:45 am – 11:00 am)

MS4 Next Generation
Moderator: Chris Pomeroy, President, AquaLaw

  • Ginny Snead, P.E., Regulatory Programs Manager, Division of Stormwater Management, DCR
  • EPA’s Stormwater Program, Priorities and MS4 Inspection Activities—Andy Dinsmore, Stormwater Team Leader, US EPA, Region III

 

Session E (11:15 am – 12:30 pm)

Construction General Permit
Moderator: Ginny Snead, P.E., Regulatory Programs Manager, Division of Stormwater Management, DCR

  • 2014 Construction General Permit—Normand Goulet, Senior Environmental Planner, Northern Virginia Regional Commission
  • Translating the Virginia General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities—Drew Hammond, DEQ
  • The “Energy Balance” Method of Stormwater Management*—Michael Rolband, President, Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.

 

Session F (12:45 pm – 2:00 pm)

Stormwater Financing Options 
Moderator: Clyde Cristman, Legislative Analyst, Senate Finance Committee

  • Nissa Dean, Virginia Director, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay-River Wise Program
  • Randy Bartlett, P.E., Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, Fairfax County
  • Integrated Planning for Water Quality in the City of Richmond, VA*—Robert Steidel, Director of Public Utilities, City of Richmond

 

Session G (3:30 pm – 4:45 pm)

Establishing a Stormwater Utility Moderator: Lisa Jeffrey, Brown and Caldwell  

  • Trends in Stormwater Utilities Across the Nation - Prabha Kumar, Senior Consultant, Enterprise Management Solutions, Black & Veatch Corporation  
  • Established Program - Michelle Virts, City of Richmond  
  • New Programs
    • Erin Hawkins, Water Quality Manager, City of Lynchburg  
    • Ray Moyer Jr., Engineer, City of Staunton  
     

Session H (8:30 am – 10:45 am)

Private Sector Opportunities – Manufactured Treatment Devices (VTAP) 
Moderator: Jane Walker, Research Associate, VA Water Resources Research Center

  • Advancing Stormwater Treatment with High Flow Rate Bioretention Design*—Chris French, Stormwater Regulatory Manager, Filterra Bioretention Systems
  • Assessing Performance of Manufactured Treatment Devices for Treatment of Stormwater
    • The Virginia Technology Acceptance Protocol (VTAP) Program—C. Scott Crafton, Stormwater Compliance Specialist, DCR
    • Technical Development of VTAP—David J. Sample, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Virginia Tech
  • Field Testing of Imbrium Systems’ Jellyfish® Filter Using the Virginia Technology Assessment Protocol (VTAP)—Joel Garbon, Regulatory and Technical Specialist, Imbrium Systems

* Paper presentation 
(S) Speed presentation