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Allen County approves $6,500 on-call contract for MS4 stormwater support
Summary
The Allen County Board of Commissioners approved a one-year on-call contract with BERC Consulting to support the county's MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System) program, covering permit compliance, annual reporting and technical assistance required under IDEM and federal NPDES phase 2 rules.
The Allen County Board of Commissioners approved a one-year on-call contract with BERC Consulting to provide NPDES MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System) water-quality program assistance, county staff told the commission.
County staff described the federal NPDES program's Phase 2 designation — which brought Allen County under MS4 permit requirements after the 2000 U.S. Census urbanized-area mapping — and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's (IDEM) rule updates. The presenter said IDEM codified Phase 2 requirements in Rule 13 (effective Aug. 6, 2003) and later issued a municipal stormwater general permit and construction general permit in December 2021; those changes required MS4 entities to update ordinances, technical standards,…
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