245.2006
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT
RESOLUTION NO.:245, 2006
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
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WHEREAS, on March 10, 2003, the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC) required a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the Town of Queensbury to comply with
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Phase II Storm Water Regulations for
regulated small municipal separate storm water sewer systems (MS4s) in order to comply with the
Federal Clean Water Act, and
WHEREAS, MS4s are conveyances owned by a public entity that discharge to U.S. waters
and are designed to collect and convey storm water, are not a combined sewer, and are not part of a
publicly owned treatment works, and a “small MS4” is an MS4 within municipalities with a population
of less than 100,000, including the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the federal Census Bureau designated all or parts of the following municipalities
as “urbanized areas”: the City of Glens Falls, Warren County, Washington County, Town of Fort
Edward, Village of Fort Edward, Village of Hudson Falls, Town of Kingsbury, and Town of
Queensbury, collectively known as the “Greater Glens Falls Urbanized Area MS4s,” and as an MS4
community, the Town of Queensbury is therefore required to comply with the EPA’s Phase II Storm
Water Regulations, and
WHEREAS, the NOI outlines a multi-year plan to address new requirements designed to
minimize effects of uncontrolled release of storm water to "waters of the US", and
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WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury applied for and received a State Pollutant
Discharge Elimination Systems (SPEDES) Permit for MS4 discharge under New York State DEC
General Permit No.: GP-02-02, and
WHEREAS, DEC requires an annual report on progress and compliance with SPEDES
General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
(MS4s), Permit No. GP-02-02 in the following management practice areas:
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public education
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public participation/involvement
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illicit discharge detection and elimination
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construction site stormwater runoff control
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post-construction stormwater management
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pollution prevention/good housekeeping for municipal operation
and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury must adopt an Ordinance that is equally as
protective as the NYS SPEDES regulations by January 8, 2008, and
WHEREAS, a requirement of the SPEDES Permit is that the Town submit an annual
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report to DEC by June 1 of each year and such annual report must be presented in a public
forum,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall hold a public hearing on Monday, May
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15, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at which time
all interested parties shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the Town of Queensbury’s
Storm Water Management Program Annual Report SPEDES No.: NYR20A112, and
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BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk
to provide 10 days notice of the public hearing by publishing the Notice of Public Hearing presented at
this meeting in the Town’s official newspaper and posting the Notice on the Town’s bulletin board, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk, Town
Supervisor and/or Executive Director of Community Development to take any actions necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 1 day of May, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Stec
NOES: None
ABSENT :Mr. Brewer
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