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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) hereby provides public notice of the draft General Permit 3-9040 for Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Roads. The draft MRGP General Permit covers stormwater discharges from all municipal roads, Classes 1-4.

Upon issuance of the final MRGP, municipalities are required to submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to the Agency by July 31, 2018 to obtain coverage under the MRGP.

The public is invited to provide written comment on the draft MRGP through the close of business (4:30pm) on October 27, 2017.

Written comments on the draft MRGP should be emailed to Jim Ryan at [email protected] or mailed to:
Jim Ryan DEC Stormwater Program
1 National Life Drive, Main 2
Montpelier, VT 05620-3522

Public information meetings will be held on the following dates, times, and locations:

• Tuesday October 10, 2017, from 6:00-8:00, Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission office, 29 Main Street Suite 4 Montpelier
• Wednesday, October 11, 2017, from 2:00-4:00 Johnson Town Offices, 293 Lower Main Street (Route 15) Johnson
• Monday, October 16, 2017, from 2:00-4:00 Martin Memorial Building, Ascutney
• Tuesday, October 17, 2017, from 2:00-4:00 Brandon Town Hall, 1 Conant Square, Brandon
• Wednesday, October 18, 2017, from 2:00-4:00 Northern Vermont Development Association, 36 Eastern Avenue St. Johnsbury

A copy of the MRGP and related documents may be downloaded from: https://dec.vermont.gov/watershed/public-notices/mrgp-public-notice

Hard copies of the draft General Permit and related documents may be obtained upon request.  Requests and questions should be sent to the email above or directed to 802-490-6140.

• Final Draft Municipal Roads General Permit (MRGP) Permit for Public Review
  • Final Draft Permit
  • MRGP Fact Sheet
  • Public Notice and Public Meetings Information
• Municipal Roads Outreach Materials
  • Timeline
  • Summary Sheet
  • FAQ
• MRGP Draft Standards
• Road Erosion  Inventories and related documents
  • Road Erosion Inventory
  • Road Erosion Inventory Supplement
  • Catchbasin Inventory
  • Catchbasin Inventory Form
  • Latest MRGP presentation (PDF format, 4.6 MB file size)
  • Latest MRGP presentation (Powerpoint format, 26 MB file size)
• Intermittent Stream Culvert Sizing Guidance
• Funding Assistance
  • Grant-In-Aid Applicants
  • Water Quality Grants for Municipalities

October 19, 2017

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Bethel Town Hall

Bethel, VT

Agenda

1. Call to order – Mark Warner
2. Introductions
3. Approval of minutes for 8/17/2017 (attached)
4. Action on SERC Contract and Notice to Proceed.
5. Treasurer’s report – John Durkee
6. Select Locations for 2018 LEPC Meetings
7. HMEP Vermont Commodity Flow Study Presentation – Kevin Geiger
8. LEPC12 CERT – Brad Salzmann (10 minutes)
9. Other Business/Upcoming Trainings – members
   1. EMD Seminar – Todd Sears
   2. EMD Traning

LEPC12 Next meeting – December 21, 2017 at TBD

Come learn all the details of the draft MRGP and the practices that will soon
be required by municipal road crews to reduce erosion and sedimentation
from rain events. Learn appropriate strategies to address ditch spoil in road
drainage areas that will save money and improve water quality.

Funded through Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s
Watershed Grants Program

TRORC Road Foreman Regional Meeting
Meeting agenda for Wednesday Nov. 1, 2017 Chelsea Town Garage
9:30am – 11:00am

1) Introductions (9:30am)
2) Pike Industries – Jeff Salvador, Jared Herbert (20 mins)
Discuss aggregates
3) All Things Water Quality
Better Roads deadline (Upcoming grant cycle) – Rita
Road Erosion Inventories – showing the Final Report – Rita
Municipal Roads Grants-in-Aid Pilot – Rita
Municipal Roads General Permit – Mike Storace
4) Hydroseeder discussion
5) Meeting Adjourn
Stay for lunch!
Please RSVP to Rita ([email protected] or call 457-3188)
Location:
Chelsea Town Garage – 25 East Randolph Road, Chelsea, VT. Phone: (802) 685-4302
Directions:
From Exit 2 of I-89 (Sharon) or Exit 3 (Royalton), go north on VT110 to Chelsea (11.5 miles). Take left on East Randolph Road. Garage on left. Both VT110 village bridges will be open!!

This is an outreach meeting on new statutory requirements surrounding forest blocks and habitat connectors. TRORC is in the process of updating their Regional Plan to include these new requirements and are also revising the Natural Resources Chapter. All are welcome to join and give their feedback on these elements of the TRORC Regional Plan.

Registration is free and a light meal will be served.

Click here to register by November 10^th

The purpose of this forum is:

• Learn about changes we are seeing in our wildlife and ecosystems in response to a changing climate
• Learn about actions you can take and what is going on locally and regionally
• Learn new strategies for providing wildlife passage and flood protection
• Learn how to respond to future changes

Speakers include:

• Erich Osterberg, Dartmouth College
• Rick Van de Poll, Environmental Consultant
• Amanda Stone, UNH Cooperative Extension
• Paul Marangelo, The VT Nature Conservancy
• Mark Goodwin, City of Lebanon

For more information click here.

The workshop is FREE, but space is limited. Please register by November 10 by clicking the link above. Contact Sherry Godlewski at [email protected] or (603) 271-6801 with questions.

The forum is hosted by the Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup

This is an outreach meeting on new statutory requirements surrounding forest blocks and habitat connectors. TRORC is in the process of updating their Regional Plan to include these new requirements and are also revising the Natural Resources Chapter. All are welcome to join and give their feedback on these elements of the TRORC Regional Plan.

The first delivery of the Local EMD course will be November 16^th, 2017, 5:30-7:30pm at the Hartford Fire Station. This will be Block One only, Building a Baseline.

Blocks 2-4 will be offered in the months of December, January and February. Dates are TBD. Times and location remain the same.

  Course Objectives:

Prepare the local Emergency Management Director to perform his/her duties through all phases of a local emergency: Preparation, Response, Recovery, and Mitigation.

Topics covered will include, but are not limited to:

• Desired Attributes of an Emergency Management Director
• Local Emergency Operations Planning
• Animal Response
• EMD-Responder Relationship
• Models for Mobilizing Community
• Designing an Emergency Operation Center
• Public Information and Communications
• The Disaster “Process”
• State Resources
• Interaction with FEMA

To register for this course, please log into the States LMS via the following link:

https://vermont.csod.com

If you do not already have an account, you can register via the following link:

https://vermont.csod.com/selfreg/register

For registration assistance or questions, please contact Brittany Marquette, [email protected], 802.241.5414

For EMD course or certification questions, please contact Todd Sears, [email protected], 802.241.5527

This is an outreach meeting on new statutory requirements surrounding forest blocks and habitat connectors. TRORC is in the process of updating their Regional Plan to include these new requirements and are also revising the Natural Resources Chapter. All are welcome to join and give their feedback on these elements of the TRORC Regional Plan.

This training provides an introduction for members of local planning commissions, zoning and development review boards, selectboard and other town officials. The four main areas that will be covered in this training are:

1. Planning for a Vibrant Sustainable Community
2. Roles and Responsibilities of Various Municipal Boards
3. Ways to Implement the Town Plan
4. Overview of Meetings, Hearings, and Due Process