StormWater Management Authority Seeking Public Comments

JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL - The StormWater Management Authority and its member cities, including City of Vestavia Hills, and in conjunction with Jefferson County Department of Health’s Watershed Protection Program are soliciting public comment beginning this week on proposed ordinances to regulate pollutant discharges to area waterways.

This includes revisions to current regulation on Sediment and Erosion Control, and adoption of regulations of Post-Construction Runoff Control and Illicit Discharges. To inspect the ordinances on JCDH’s website, visit http://www.jcdh.org/swma-draft-ordinances/. Public comment will be accepted at swma.ordinances@jcdh.org through February 12, 2018.

The Watershed Protection Program provides stormwater services to Storm Water Management Authority, Inc. SWMA was formed as a cooperative agency to help the municipalities of Jefferson County comply with their National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Stormwater permit issued by Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

The SWMA member cities in Jefferson County are:

• Adamsville
• Brighton
• Brookside
• Center Point
• Clay
• Fairfield
• Gardendale
• Graysville
• Homewood
• Hueytown
• Irondale
• Lipscomb
• Maytown
• Midfield
• Mulga
• Mountain Brook
• Pinson
• Pleasant Grove
• Tarrant
• Trussville
• Vestavia Hills

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