Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0068-0211
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-01-06T05:00Z

Stormwater
Permitting
for
Small
Oil
and
Gas
Construction
Activities
Garland
Anderson
May
10,
2005
REPRESENTING
Grand
Valley
Citizens
Alliance
High
Country
Citizens
Alliance
San
Juan
Citizens
Alliance
Western
Colorado
Congress
Western
Slope
Water
Network
Western
Organization
of
Resource
Councils
Colorado
Trout
Unlimited
>
18,500
MEMBERS
in
8
STATES
Colorado
New
Mexico
Idaho
Montana
North
Dakota
Oregon
South
Dakota
Wyoming
STORMWATER
DISCHARGE
PROBLEMS
°
ARE
NOT
ISOLATED
°
EXIST
FROM
NEW
MEXICO
TO
NORTH
DAKOTA
°
CAUSE
DEGRADATION
OF
THE
NATION'S
WATERWAYS
AND
WATER
SUPPLIES
°
SHIFT
COST
BURDENS
FROM
PRODUCERS
TO
LOCAL
COMMUNITIES
San
Juan
County,
New
Mexico
August
2004
San
Miguel
County,
Colorado
February
18,
2005
Garfield
County,

Colorado
9/
26/
04
Sublette
County,
Wyoming
July
2004
Little
Missouri
Grasslands,

North
Dakota
2/
24/
05
San
Juan
County,
New
Mexico
August
2004
Garfield
County,
Colorado
Conclusion
°
Construction
of
roads
and
drilling
pads
can
be
harmful
to
water
quality.

°
Oil
and
gas
construction
activities
must
not
be
exempted
from
clean
water
protections.