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RPCs describe clean-water projects and municipal roads assistance; Otter Creek basin work highlighted
Summary
RPC presenters described municipal assistance under the municipal roads general permit and the role of clean water service providers; they cited a forest-road restoration project on Seth Hill in Bristol and said RPCs help towns with road erosion inventories and stormwater work.
RPC presenters told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that RPCs support towns in meeting water-quality requirements, including work under the municipal roads general permit and stormwater programs.
One presenter described his RPC's role as the clean water service provider for the Otter Creek basin and said the RPC handles the remaining non-regulatory clean-water projects such as riverine floodplain restoration, forest-road remediation and riparian plantings.
The presenter described a project in the town of Bristol on Seth Hill where legacy forest roads were eroding; RPC funds were used to stabilize and restore the roads. Presenters said these projects are part of a broader state strategy that assigns agriculture to required agricultural practices, municipal roads to the municipal roads general permit, and stormwater to stormwater permits, leaving a "last piece of the bucket" handled by clean water service providers.
RPCs said about 204 towns received assistance with water-quality work last year and that they also help towns complete road erosion inventories and comply with the municipal roads general permit.
Ending: Presenters said RPCs can scale local conservation and stream-restoration projects that are not covered by other permits and invited further collaboration with the committee and state agencies.
