ADVANCED MUNICIPAL
SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEMS
(MS-4) ISSUES

Morgantown, West Virginia
November 9, 2005

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

This workshop will highlight innovative funding options and strategies for reducing the environmental impacts of stormwater discharges in small communities. This is an outstanding opportunity to learn strategies to get citizens involved and important aspects of implementing MS4 issues from exceptional presenters. Co-sponsors will host national experts at the free, one-day workshop.

Andrew J. Reese, PE, PH is vice president and principal engineer at AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the last 25 years, he has earned a reputation for being a national expert in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and stormwater program development and implementation. Andrew has published more than 45 papers and articles and is the co-author of the best-selling textbook Municipal Stormwater Management. He is also a favorite instructor at seminars across the U.S.

Steve Cole and Tom Brankamp from Woolpert Engineering will discuss their experience working with the Northern Kentucky Sanitation District Storm Water Management Program, where 33 communities joined together into one district to jointly administer their MS-4 permits.

The Morgantown Utility Board will discuss lessons learned from two years of implementing a stormwater utility and will touch on funding opportunities for MS4s in West Virginia. Sherry Wilkins, MS4 permit writer for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, will explain what the agency expects in MS4 annual reports.

LOCATION
Room 101 A & B, 1st Floor
National Research Center for Coal and Energy Building (NRCCE)
West Virginia University
Evansdale Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia

WORKSHOP AGENDA
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome – Liz Garland, Executive Director, W.Va. Rivers Coalition
8:45 a.m. Annual reporting requirements for WV MS-4communities -
Sherry Wilkins, MS-4 Coordinator, WV DEP
9:15 a.m. Lesson learned from a storm water utility
Tim Ball, Assistant General Manager, Morgantown Utility Board
10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m. Jointly implementing MS4 permits in Kentucky
Steve Cole and Tom Brankamp, Woolpert Engineering
11:45 a.m. Working lunch (provided) Guest Speaker TBA
12:45 p.m. Creative financing and funding for storm water utilities
Andrew Reese, P.E., Vice President, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Developing new storm water utilities - Andrew Reese
4:20 p.m. Closing Remarks, Workshop Evaluation
4:30 p.m. Adjourn

This schedule is subject to change.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Local officials
Watershed associations
Concerned citizens
Technical assistance providers
Professionals responsible for implementing MS4 permits
Government agencies
This workshop is also open to residents and professionals outside West Virginia.

PARKING
Recommended location: The WVU Coliseum Parking Lot at the intersection of Route 705 and the Monongahela Blvd/Route 7/Route 19 is free and open to the public. Free WVU Shuttle Buses depart the Coliseum Blue Gate for the COMER Building/ Engineering PRT Station every 10 minutes between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.. Participants will have a short walk to the WVU NRCCE.

There is a short-term pay-parking lot at the 4-way stop intersection on Evansdale Drive between the NRCCE Building and the WVU Greenhouse. Parking is $1 per hour. Please do not park in a permit only lot. Tickets are issued several times per day and fines exceed $10.

Handicapped parking spaces are provided at the NRCCE.

LODGING
Individuals are responsible for reserving and funding lodging.

Hampton Inn
1053 Van Voorhis Road
Morgantown, WV 26505
Phone: 304-599-1200
Room Block Name - NESC
Room cost $78 single + tax
Rooms reserved Nov 8, 9, 10
Room block closes 10/25/05

Friend's Inn
4542 Country Club Road
Morgantown, WV 26505
Phone: 304-599-4850
Room Block Name - NESC
Room Cost $49.99 + tax
Room Block closes Nov 1

Website: www.friendsinn.com

ADVANCED REGISTRATON
• REGISTRATION IS FREE - Please click on the Registration Form to register.
• Registration Deadline: October 26, 2005