Interstate Commission to Conduct Hearings on Proposed Revisions to Pollution Control Standards for the Ohio River

The following is the recently released notice of the upcoming hearings and informational meeting related to ORSANCO's proposed revisions to its Pollution Control Standards. 

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) will conduct hearings, open to the public, on its Pollution Control Standards for wastewater discharges to the Ohio River as follows:   

When:              Wednesday, June 24, 2009

                        4:00 PM - 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM           

Where:             Holiday Inn Cincinnati – Airport

                        1717 Airport Exchange Blvd.

                        Erlanger, KY  41018 

The purpose of these hearings is to receive oral and written comments concerning proposed revisions to the Commission’s Pollution Control Standards (2006 Revision) for the Ohio River.  The record of the hearings shall remain open and written testimony accepted until July 24, 2009.  Written testimony should be directed to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, 5735 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati, OH  45228. 

In addition to the hearings, informational meetings open to the general public will be held as follows for the purposes of answering questions and holding discussion on proposed revisions to the Pollution Control Standards: 

Tuesday, June 9, 2009                          Undo’s Italian Restaurant         

4:00-6:00 PM and 7:00-9:00 PM         51130 National Road, St. Clairsville, OH

Wednesday, June 10, 2009                  Pullman Plaza Hotel

4:00-6:00 PM and 7:00-9:00 PM         1001 Third Avenue, Huntington, WV

Tuesday, June 16, 2009                        Falls of the Ohio State Park

4:00-6:00 PM and 7:00-9:00 PM         201 West Riverside Drive, Clarksville, IN

Wednesday, June 17, 2009                  Aztar Executive Conference Center

4:00-6:00 PM and 7:00-9:00 PM         421 NW Riverside Drive, Evansville, IN

Thursday, June 18, 2009                      Courtyard by Marriott Paducah West

4:00-6:00 PM and 7:00-9:00 PM         3835 Technology Drive, Paducah, KY

Copies of the Commission’s present Pollution Control Standards delineating the proposed revisions will be available on request from the Commission office, and on the ORSANCO web site (www.orsanco.org). 

ORSANCO is an interstate agency established in 1948 to control and abate water pollution in the Ohio River Valley.  Member states include Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.  The federal government is also represented.  

This article was authored by David M. Flannery, Jackson Kelly PLLC. For more information on the author see here.