DEQ Update. Teresa Seidel. Director Water Resources Division

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1 DEQ Update Teresa Seidel Director Water Resources Division

2 2019 New and Old New Administration WRD Funding Priorities

3 New Year, New Administration New Governor New Director New Structure - EGLE

4 DEQ Water Resources Division Protect and Monitor 4 Great Lakes and Lake St. Clair 11,000 inland lakes 76,000 river and stream miles 6.5 million acres of wetlands 74,000 acres of coastal dunes Groundwater For swimming, fishing, drinking water and aquatic ecosystems.

5 Water Resources Division Ensure Michigan s waters are safe and clean for recreating, fishing, and healthy aquatic ecosystems Administer: Groundwater Discharge Permits Program Surface Water Quality Program Water Resources Program Make 9,000 permit decisions per year

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7 Retirements and Staffing 300 employees 45% eligible for retirement within next 2 years 50% with <5 years experience Onboarding and retention Institutional knowledge retention

8 404 Program Changes WOTUS inserted 2015 Obama Rule in effect Wetland types eliminated This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

9 2019 State of Michigan Budget Health & Human Services 44% Insurance & Financial < 1% Agriculture < 1% Military & Vet < 1% Judiciary < 1% Natural Resource < 1% Environment < 1% LARA < 1% Corrections 3% Transportation 9% Education 30% State Police 1% General Government 9% Total: $58 Billion

10 2019 DEQ Budget by Category Contaminated Sites Cleanup & Redevelopment $150 Million 30% Air Quality $27 Million 5% Department Support $48 Million 10% Land Management $39 Million Outgoing Grans & Loans $146 Million 29% Total: $501 Million Water Quality $91 Million 18%

11 Fees & Funding 14 Fees Set to Expire This Year Repeal Sunsets Include Inflationary Adjusters Increase Air Permit Fee Clean Michigan Initiative General Funds

12 PFAS Work Public Drinking Water Supplies Surface Water Ambient water sampling Fish collection Wastewater Industrial Pretreatment Program Biosolids Landfills Laboratory

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14 Urban Areas and MS4s (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems)

15 Expanded Regulated Area New Urbanized Area Midland New MS4 Permittees Statewide 2 New Counties 8 New Cities 106 Potential Townships (DEQ to evaluate these townships first to determine if regulated as an MS4)

16 MS4 Permit Issuance 47 individual permits issued Plan to reissue permits by September 2019 Continue to meet with regional groups and share approved alternatives across the state

17 Water Resource Recovery Facilities WWTP WRRF Treat water to protect public health and the environment Treat water to protect public health and the environment Recover nutrients Optimize energy efficiency Produce energy Recover heat Water reuse Green infrastructure

18 MDEQ-WRD/MWEA Collaboration MDEQ-WRD and MWEA Workgroup Formed MWEA Proposal Establish metrics and baselines Literature review Michigan WRRF Recycling Summit Recognition Program Outreach Program MDEQ-WRD grant awarded with a 2 nd grant soon

19 Grants Inland Lake Aquatic Invasive Plant Species Control and Eradication Program - Up to $1 million of grant funds available to eligible applicants for permit fee reimbursement for chemical, physical, or biological control activities that occur in publicly accessible inland lakes in Additional information will be available soon at Grants for Inland Beach Water Quality Monitoring - $200,000 available for inland beach water quality monitoring projects in fiscal years 2019 and Proposals were due March 12 th. 13 proposals were received requesting $336,214. Projects will be awarded this summer. Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Approximately $4.2 million in state and federal funding. Draft information available in June. RFP planned for release in late July. Potential RFP for Developing or Updating Watershed Management Plans Federal CWA, Section 205j. Details pending federal budget decisions.

20 NPS Program 2019 Partnership Trout Unlimited for Cedar Creek Improvements Award 2012 Prior to BMPs 2018 After BMP Installation

21 Cedar Creek Improvements Habitat metric Pre-BMP Post-BMP (2012) (2018) Epifaunal substrate/available cover Pool substrate Pool variability 6 8 Sediment deposition Bank stability (LB, RB) * 7, 7 8, 8 Vegetative protection (LB, RB) * 2, 2 8, 7 Riparian vegetative zone width (LB, RB) * 0, 0 3, 3 Overall score Overall rank Good Good Macroinvertebrate metric Pre-BMP Post-BMP (2012) (2018) Total taxa Sensitive taxa (mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies) 5 7 Percent mayfly composition Percent caddisfly composition Overall score -2 2 Overall rank Acceptable Acceptable

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