EPA Eyes Sewer Rule As Means To Coordinate Stormwater Control Measures

摘要

EPA officials appear poised to unveil in the coming months a proposed rule to address several long-delayed issues related to municipal sewer overflows as well as related stormwater issues - the latest in a series of regulatory mechanisms from the agency seeking to limit stormwater runoff and one that may also coordinate the various efforts.rnWhile sources say EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is slated in the coming weeks to decide whether the agency will move forward with the draft rule, EPA Deputy Administrator Robert Perciasepe told a wastewater treatment industry conference April 20, in Washington, DC, that the agency may address "a suite of things" in a rule addressing sewer overflow issues to mitigate the effects of heavy rainfall on municipal sewer systems.