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<br />Phase II Industrial Activity Permits <br /> <br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br />Kim Moore-Sykes <br /> <br />From: Neprash, Randy D [rneprash@bonestroo.com] <br />Sent: Wednesday, May 21,200310:14 AM <br />To: Neprash, Randy D <br />Subject: Info from the MPCA - [phaseii] Phase" Industrial Activity Permits <br />Importance: High <br /> <br />-----Original Message----- <br />From: Frazell, Kevin [mailto:KFrazell@LMNC.ORG] <br />Sent: Wednesday, May 21,20039:58 AM <br />To: Phaseii <br />Subject: [phaseii] Phase II Industrial Activity Permits <br /> <br />~~f6 ti'-tel tLi io-o-h~ <br />i/liro +k;.A. <br />K/~t6 <br /> <br />Heather Worthington, City Administrator of Falcon Heights, has asked that we send <br />out the following information regarding MPCA Phase II Industrial Permit <br />applications. Information you might be able to use! <br /> <br />Thanks, Heather! <br /> <br />Dear Colleagues: <br /> <br />I wanted to apprize you of a situation that arose today regarding the NPDES Phase <br />II Permit, Industrial Activity. <br /> <br />Yesterday our mayor received a letter from the MPCA at her home informing her that <br />the city had missed a "deadline for submitting application for general storm water <br />permit for industrial activity." Like other cities, we had already submitted our <br />regular permit application on May 7th, but had been informed earlier in the year <br />that since we did not meet the criteria for "industrial activity", we would not be <br />required to submit an application for that permit. <br /> <br />I called the number listed in the letter, and spoke with an employee of the MPCA <br />who was very helpful in explaining the need to file for an exemption from the <br />permit. I asked him how many calls he had received, and he estimated that between <br />he and his co-workers, it totaled nearly 80 calls yesterday, and they were on track <br />to meet that number today. I then asked if there was a penalty for late submission <br />of the application, and he replied that since the MPCA had made the error in <br />notifying the MS-4 cities about the need to apply for an exemption, he did not <br />believe that there would be a penalty. <br /> <br />In short, I wanted to let you know that this letter was sent because of an error in <br />communication from the MPCA to the cities, not because of a city error in not <br />applying for the exemption. 1,800 cities received this letter, according to the <br />MPCA employee I spoke with. <br /> <br />Further, since the letter went directly to the homes of mayors, and not to the city <br />hall, you may not be aware of this yet. <br /> <br />5/21/2003 <br />