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Planning board directs staff to draft stormwater rules after MS4 compliance briefing
Summary
After a presentation from Weston & Sampson on MS4 permit obligations and recent EPA outreach, the Town of Blackstone planning board voted to have staff and consultants draft stormwater rules and regulations to accelerate compliance and report a schedule to EPA.
Doree Schwartz of Weston & Sampson told the Town of Blackstone Planning Board that the town is not fully compliant with the later iterations of the EPA’s MS4 stormwater permit and outlined steps the town can take to close gaps.
"We're currently in permit year 6," Schwartz said, explaining the permit’s history and obligations. She told the board the town has made progress — it adopted chapter 110 (stormwater management and land disturbance bylaw) in 2011 — but additional regulatory updates and supporting rules are needed, in part because the Blackstone River is listed as impaired for…
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