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Trumbull County holds hearing on revised erosion, drainage rules; updates include higher water‑quality threshold and new review fee
Summary
At a Jan. 28 public hearing, Trumbull County officials reviewed proposed revisions to the county's erosion and sediment control rules and drainage manual, including updated rainfall data, an Ohio EPA-driven water-quality standard change from 0.7 to 0.9 inches, and a $500 drainage review application fee.
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on Jan. 28 in Warren to consider proposed revisions to the county's erosion and sediment control rules and the Trumbull County drainage manual that county staff say are needed to comply with the federal Clean Water Act and state law.
Gary Tenary, chief deputy engineer at the Trumbull County Engineer's Office, led the presentation and said most of the manual remains unchanged but its organization was streamlined from eight sections to seven and several technical and administrative updates were added. "We updated the rainfall intensity numbers" and the 24‑hour rainfall amounts for storm frequencies using the latest ODOT guidance and NOAA Atlas data, Tenary said. He…
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