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July 29, 2015 Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting

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The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force is:

Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: Spokane County Water Resource Center
1004 N. Freya Street
Spokane, WA 99202

Click here for a map

Call In Number: 800-704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#

Mark Vincent Presentation: Pigments and PCBs
To joint the presentation from your computer, tablet or smartphone, please go to
For audio, please use the dial in phone number above.

*Please note, the conference call in number will remain open until 15 minutes until after the meeting begins. It will continue to remain open as long as there are callers on the line. If you wish to join the meeting by phone late, please notify Kara Whitman (kmwhitman@wsu.edu) ahead of time.

Presentation: PCBs in pigments July 2015

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF July 29 2015 Meeting Summary (edited 9.22.15)
–  SRRTTF July 29 Agenda_revised2
–  SRRTTF Mtg Summary 06-24-15 DRAFT
Technical Documents
–  SRRTTF_Phase_2_Draft_Report_2015_07_22
–  Edit to 2.3.2 Blank Correction 29Jul2015 (Spokane County)
–  Update on Scope of 2015 Sampling
–  Draft-Amendment-4-Appendix-B-Ecology-contract-07-15-15
Ecology Outreach Grant
–  SRRTTF Support Letter_Draft 2015 07 21
–  7.21.15 update to gross grant concept
EPA Response
–  EPA plan for PCBs in response to court order
–  Spokane TMDL Notice_of_Filing_EPA Response_to_Remand_filed_7.14.15
–  Ecology Response to Questions from EPA email dated 7 May 2015
PCB Purchasing Policies
–  EPP Policy ADMIN 5600-14-07_City of Spokane
–  ORD C35099 – 06-02-2014 – SMC_City of Spokane PCB purchasing ordinance
–  Spokane County PCB Purchasing Resolution

EPA Response to U.S. District Court- filed on July 14th, 2015, in response to the Court’s order of March 2015

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EPAs response to the remand by the court and Judge Rothstein has been filed and is available for viewing. Task Force members are asked to convey any big-picture questions or comments pertaining to the response to Chris Page of the Ruckelshaus Center (c.page@wsu.edu, 206-770-6060) no later than close of business on July 21st. These will be compiled and sent to Brian Nickel (EPA) prior to the July 29th Task Force Meeting.

– Spokane TMDL Notice_of_Filing_EPA Response_to_Remand_filed_7.14.15

July 15, 2015 SRRTTF Education and Outreach Meeting

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Date: July 15 , 2015
Time:1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Location: Spokane City Hall
808 W Spokane Falls Blvd
Spokane, WA 99201 (MAP)
Room 2A (second floor), check in at Security Desk.

Call In Number: 800-704-9804 Participant Code: 34863442#

Meeting Documents:
–  SRRTTF Education and Outreach meeting 7.15.15 summary
–  SRRTTF Education and Outreach Work Group_summary notes 7_8_15 CONFERENCE CALL
–  first draft GROSS grant info
–  July 15 GROSS grant concept Final Draft

 

Ecology Announcement: State Fiscal Year 2016 Final Water Quality Funding Offer List and Intended Use Plan

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The Department of Ecology’s (Ecology) Water Quality Program is pleased to announce the availability of the State Fiscal Year 2016 (SFY16) Water Quality Final Funding Offer List and Intended Use Plan (Final List). The Final List describes how Ecology intends to use state and federal dollars to fund projects focused on improving water quality across the state.

Ecology received 227 applications requesting more than $352 million in financial assistance. Ecology is offering grant and loan funding for 162 projects totaling approximately $227 million. The total includes $143 million in loans from the Washington State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, approximately $61 million in grants from the Stormwater Financial Assistance Program, $21.4 million in grants from the Centennial Clean Water Program, and $1.4 million in grants from the Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Program. The projects offered funding reflect the highest priority water quality projects across the state. Projects offered funding include:

  • 93 stormwater facility projects.
  • 31 nonpoint source pollution control activity projects.
  • 21 wastewater facility projects. Six of these are construction projects in communities that qualify for financial hardship status that will receive grants, forgivable principal loans, and loans with further reduced interest rates.
  • 14 stormwater control activity projects.
  • 3 local onsite sewage system repair and replacement projects, including one that covers 9 counties.

The Final List is available at: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/1510027.html. Additional information on Ecology’s Water Quality Program funding can be found at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/funding/funding.html.

 

Environmental Assessment Program: PCBs in Carp from Lake Spokane, Draft Report available for review

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The Environmental Assessment Program has just released its draft report on “PCBs in Carp from Lake Spokane”, and is available for review. Please review and send comments to Brandee Era-Miller at BERA461@ecy.wa.gov no later than July 14th, 2015.

Documents:
–  DRAFT Report:  PCBs in Carp from Lake Spokane”
–  Congener Data for Appendix

 

July 1, 2015 Education and Outreach Small Work Group Meeting

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The next Spokane River Regional Task Force Education and Outreach Small Work Group Meeting is:

Date: July 1, 2015
Time:1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Location: Spokane RiverKeeper
35 West Main, Suite 300 Spokane, WA 99201 (Map)

to call in to the meeting dial 509-335-4700, when prompted dial the conference code 4255 and then the # key

Meeting Documents
–  SRRTTF-Ed-and-Out-WG-Meeting-7_1_15 summary Notes
–   Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force_Draft REVISED Agenda
–   Joint Key Messages – SRHD comments May 2015
–   SRRTTF-Education-and-Outreach-Resources_Vision_ed-and-outreach-work_TF-outreach-activities-Updated 6.30.15
–  Spokane County PCB_Poster_REVISED
Ecology Grant Information:
–  Ecology: Stormwater Financial Assistance 
–  2015-17 Municipal Stormwater Grants of Regional or Statewide Significance: Funding Guidelines

 

July 1, 2015 Technical Track Work Group Meeting

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Spokane River Regional Task Force
Technical Track Work Group Meeting

Date: July 1, 2015
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location:
Washington Department of Transportation
2714 North Mayfair  Drive Spokane, WA 99163 (across from Foothills Auto Mall on Foothills Drive)  Map

Parking: Street or the parking lot behind the building.

Call In Number: 800-704-9804 Participant Code: 34863442#

Meeting Documents
–  TTWG 07-01-15 summary notes DRAFT
–  Tech Track WG agn 07-01-15_REVISED 2 DRAFT
–  Base Map_SRRTTF_11x17, Base Map_SRRTTF_34x44
– SRRTTF_TTWG_2015_0701_correct
–  Potential Project Summaries 063015

For Reference:
– Rationale and cost flow gages

Draft Carp Study report
REPORT_Lake Spokane Carp 6-30-15
Congener Data for Appendix

TCP site information
Appendix B-Spokane Wells
Appendix A-TCP Sites
PCB TCP Sites 4-17-15

 

Spokane River Water Quality Public Opinion Surveys: Kootenai, Spokane, Lincoln, & Stevens Counties

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The Spokane River Forum recently commissioned Robinson Research to conduct a Spokane River Water Quality public opinion telephone surveys in Kootenai, Spokane, Lincoln and Stevens Counties. Two reports on these surveys are now available. One report provides results for Spokane, Lincoln, and Stevens Counties in Washington; the other for Kootenai County in Idaho. The Kootenai County report also compares similarities and differences with WA respondents.

Andy Dunau of the Spokane River Forum emphasizes that “There are, of course, many ways to analyze and correlate data.”  Andy would like the Task Force to know that if there are particular items they are interested in or would like more detail on, let him know and they will see if it can be mined from the survey data.

Adriane Borgias and Marlene Feist were at a meeting where they discussed the survey results. Marlene has a PowerPoint presentation from Robinson Research and she is willing to edit for Toxics Task Force presentation.

Task Force members are asked to let Chris Page (Ruckelshaus Center, c.page@wsu.edu) know if they think it would be valuable to have a presentation on this topic at an upcoming Task Force meeting.

June 24, 2015 Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force Meeting

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The next meeting of the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force is:

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location:
Liberty Lake Sewer & Water District Office
22510 E. Mission Avenue Liberty Lake, WA 99019
Click here for a map

Call In Number: 800-704-9804
Participant Code: 34863442#

Please note, the conference call in number will remain open until 15 minutes until after the meeting begins. It will continue to remain open as long as there are callers on the line. If you wish to join the meeting by phone late, please notify Adriane Borgias (abor461@ecy.wa.gov) ahead of time.

Meeting Documents
SRRTTF Mtg Summary 06-24-15 DRAFT
–  SRRTTF June 24 2015 Agenda
–  SRRTTF 5 27 15 summary notes DRAFT
–  TTWG 6 3 15 Summary notes DRAFT
–  SRRTTF-Coordinated Response-Work-Summary-FINAL SRRTTF-6-15-2015
–  ECY Comparisons
–  SRRTTF_ComparabilityofReports_2015_06_24
–  Combined comments on LT Phase 2 Report_Updated 6.22.15
–  SRRTTF_Phase_2_Draft_Report_2015_05_20
–  Technical Projects Priority Next Steps_Updated V2
–  Rationale and cost flow gages

–  SRSP comments on LimnoTech Report 6.24.15