EPA’s “Fact Sheet” covering the new permit is 150 pages long, and the permit itself is 160 pages long. Where to begin? Order this in-depth audio conference recording to learn how this new permit affects you and your business. In plain English, our experts will explain the major changes between the MSGP 2000 and the new rule and provide practical insights into how your business may be affected by new effluent limitations, broadened monitoring provisions, and tightened corrective actions when permit conditions are violated.

You and your colleagues will learn:

• How the new permit requirements came about as a response to recent administrative and court decisions
• What is now required for sampling, monitoring, and requirements relating to storm events
• Changes to measures required to control erosion and sedimentation
• The distinction between technology-based and water-quality-based effluent limitations
• How permittees must implement good housekeeping practices and regularly test and maintain industrial equipment
• Strategies to prepare Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) and Notices of Intent (NOIs) for permit coverage
• How to conduct training programs for employees, inspectors, and maintenance personnel
• Modifications to what are allowable stormwater and non-stormwater discharges
• EPA’s updated electronic system for filing NOIs and reporting monitoring data
• The new or modified categories of facilities covered by MSGP 2008
• How to anticipate the new enforcement climate

Libby Ford, a qualified environmental professional, is a senior environmental health engineer and the coordinator of the Environmental Water Team at Nixon Peabody, LLP. Among her areas of focus are wastewater permitting, water quality, wastewater compliance and associated monitoring, and analytical issues. She has a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering, both from the University of Notre Dame. Ford is a certified mediator and she hopes to apply this training and her many years of experience working at the intersection of legal/regulatory and technical issues to complex water and other environmental disputes.

Jean McCreary, Esq., is a partner at the Rochester, New York, office of law firm Nixon Peabody, LLP, and chair of the firm’s energy and environment practice group. Her practice includes environmental regulatory compliance and enforcement defense work for industrial clients, site investigation and remediation under state and federal laws, spill release reporting and response, health risk assessment, and design and implementation of environmental management systems for infrastructure projects. She is a certified professional environmental auditor and works extensively on environmental transactional due diligence for multinational corporations globally.

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