Published: February 25, 2010
Tags: flood, Michael Lewis, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, prevention, redevelopment, runoff, Stibal, storm water, Tim Bate, West Allis
By Sean Ryan
West Allis planners would rather sacrifice the flood-prevention benefits of new runoff rules than risk losing redevelopment opportunities.
The city, which flooded when storms swept through southeast Wisconsin in 2008 and 2009, is leading the charge against the proposed Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District rules, which are designed to prevent floods. The district’s existing rules [...]
Published: February 22, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, developer, Dousman, D’Antuono, housing, lawsuit, permit, Richard Herr, runoff, settlement, Stoneridge Associates, Stoneridge Associates LP, storm water
By Sean Ryan
Developer Richard Herr will pay the state $240,000 to settle a storm water runoff lawsuit he claims unfairly targeted his 300-acre property in Dousman.
“The long and short of it is they fined me because they thought I had money,” Herr said of the state Department of Natural Resources. “It has nothing to do [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: construction site, discharge, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, limits, permit, storm water, turbidity
Christopher Reive and Katie Jeremiah
Dolan Media Newswires
Portland, Ore. — Beginning Feb. 1, a construction site of 1 acre or more will be subject to new compliance standards.
Water used to wash out concrete and construction materials — including stucco, paint and curing compounds — as well as soaps or solvents used to wash vehicles and equipment, [...]
Published: December 22, 2009
Tags: Jensen, Lewis, Mielke, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, redevelopment, Ruekert & Mielke, runoff, southeast Wisconsin, storm water, Thur, West Allis
By Sean Ryan
Municipal engineers in southeast Wisconsin will not accept new runoff rules without an explanation of cost and effect for redevelopment projects.
“We just need to think about more of the possibilities and kind of narrow down more of the costs,” said Michael Lewis, West Allis director of public works and city engineer.
The proposed Milwaukee [...]
Published: December 10, 2009
Tags: American Road & Transportation Builders Association, Environmental Protection Agency, Goldstein, highway, Newport, roadwork, runoff, storm water, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
By Sean Ryan
New federal runoff rules will unnecessarily increase road construction costs, according to a national road builder association.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s storm-water runoff rules for construction sites will apply to road expansion projects. Contractors working on highway projects long have been required to control runoff, but the EPA rules released this month require [...]
Published: December 1, 2009
Tags: DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Federal Register, monitoring, nephelometric turbidity units, Odefey, pollution, quality, runoff, Ryan, Stevens, storm water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
By Sean Ryan
A new federal runoff rule guarantees that contractors and developers will add a position to many construction sites in Wisconsin: water quality tester.
“The one kind of negative thing, from our perspective, is that because there is a standard, that would trigger monitoring of some sort,” said Pat Stevens, general counsel for the Wisconsin [...]
Published: November 16, 2009
Tags: 100-year storm, American Public Works Association's Wisconsin Chapter, engineer, G factor, Grisa, Grisa Scale, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, public works, rainfall, storm water, University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Wisconsin Initiative for Climate Change Impacts
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
Increased intensity and frequency of rainstorms has researchers in the state considering more storm-water regulations.
The so-called 100-year storms, which dump roughly six inches of rain in 24 hours, are occurring more frequently. That is leading planners, up to their ankles in floods, to wonder if they must design larger systems to handle more [...]
Published: November 10, 2009
Tags: Aecom Inc., Bachhuber, Department of Natural Resources, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, runoff, runoff rules, Schapiro, storm water, Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Municipal officials see a proposed change in state runoff rules as flexibility. But to a clean water advocate, it looks more like a loophole.
The state runoff rules, created in 2004, are intended to decrease the amount of dirt and pollution that storm water carries into waterways. Many municipalities are building storm-water retention [...]
Published: October 29, 2009
Tags: Belmont, Berlin, Boscobel, Carlson & Gamble SC, environmental permits, erosion, Olsen Brothers Enterprises LLC, Seifert, Silton, storm water, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
An attorney for a Berlin contractor argues the state cracked down too hard on the company with a $194,000 fine for environmental violations on two construction projects.
“There were violations,” said Richard Carlson, the attorney representing Olsen Brothers Enterprises LLC. “But our main argument is the state’s contention that there were no best management [...]
Published: October 28, 2009
Tags: Combined Locks, Kimberly, retention pond, runoff, sediment, storm water, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Comments: 3
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
The threat of thousands of dollars in penalties does not scare two village officials who refuse to meet state requirements to remove dirt from rain runoff.
The state can penalize the village of Kimberly until the fee exceeds the property value in the community, said Village Administrator Rick Hermus. Then, he said, he’ll hand over [...]
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