DNR UpdateMWFPA-WCMA-DNR Meeting 2019

Jason KnutsonWastewater Section Chief

Wisconsin DNR

Administration Changes Governor

Office of the Secretary

Preston ColeElizabeth Kluesner (Deputy)

Todd Ambs (Asst Dep)

Secretary’s Directors

Natural Resources Board

Executive Programs

Bureau of Legal Services

Law Enforcement

Management & Budget

Office of Communications

ForestryDivision

Forestry Business Services

Forestry Management

Forest Protection

Fish, Wildlife, & Parks Division

Facilities & Lands

Fisheries Management

Parks & Recreation

Natural Heritage Conservation

Wildlife Management

Internal Services

Finance

Human Resources

Technology Services

Business Support/ External Services

Community Financial Assistance

Customer & Outreach Service

Environmental Analysis &

Sustainability

Science Services

Watershed Management

Environmental Management

Drinking & Groundwater

Office of the Great Waters

Water Quality

Air Management

Remediation & Redevelopment

Waste & Materials Management

Adrian StocksWater Quality Bureau

Director

Wastewater(Jason Knutson)

Permits(Wade Strickland)

Water Evaluation(Marcia Willhite)

Monitoring(Tim Asplund)

Lakes and Rivers(Carroll Schaal)

Assess(Monitor

Condition)

Plan(TMDLs, Water Quality

Standards)

Manage(WPDES, Grants,

External Partners)

Vacant (WW)Greg Searle (WR)

Field Operations Directors

Business Support/IT(Ryan Raab)

Environmental Management Division

Darsi Foss, AdmJim Zellmer, Water

Deputy

Wade StricklandSection Chief

Permits

Keri BehmIS Resources

1.0 FTE

David ArgallIS Data Services

1.0 FTE

Kari FlemingEnvironmental

Toxicologist-Adv1.0 FTE

Diane FigielWR Engineer-Adv

1.0 FTE

Fred HegemanWW Engineer-Adv

1.0 FTE

VacancyWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

Laura DietrichWW Specialist-Adv

(Waukesha)1.0 FTE

Matt ClauchertyWR Specialist

1.0 FTE

Jason KnutsonSection ChiefWastewater

Jonathan HillWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

Bob LiskaWW Specialist-Adv

1.0 FTE

Andrew DutcherWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

Chris BellovaryWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

Ian HansenWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

VacancyWW Engineer-Adv

1.0 FTE

Phillip SprangerWW Specialist-Adv

(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE

VacancyWW Engineer-Adv

1.0 FTE

Nate WillisWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

Trevor MoenWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

Tim RyanWW Supervisor

South District - West (Fitchburg)

Nathan WellsWW Engineer

(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE

Caitlin O’ConnellWW Engineer(Dodgeville)

1.0 FTE

Alan HopfenspergerHydrogeologist

(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE

Amy GarbeWW Engineer(Waukesha)

1.0 FTE

Jennifer JerichWW Specialist

(Horicon)0.5 FTE

Brenda HowaldWW Specialist

(Fitchburg)0.5 FTE

Sean SpencerWW Specialist

(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE

Tanner ConnorsWW Engineer

(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE

Steve WarrnerWW Specialist

(Horicon)1.0 FTE

Doris ThieleWW Engineer-Adv

(Horicon)0.5 FTE

Bryan HartsookWW Supervisor

South District - East(Milwaukee)

Nick LentWW Engineer(Milwaukee)

1.0 FTE

Lisa CreeganWW Specialist(Milwaukee)

1.0 FTE

Emily JamesWW Specialist(Milwaukee)

1.0 FTE

Curt NickelsWW Engineer-Adv

(Plymouth)1.0 FTE

VacancyWW Engineer(Milwaukee)

1.0 FTE

VacancyWW Engineer(Milwaukee)

1.0 FTE

Kelley O’ConnorWW Supervisor

East District(Green Bay)

Susan EichelkrautWW Specialist-Adv

(Milwaukee)1.0 FTE

Roy Van GheemWW Engineer(Green Bay)

1.0 FTE

Alexis PeterWW Specialist(Green Bay)

1.0 FTE

David GerdmanWW Engineer(Green Bay)

1.0 FTE

Nicole KruegerWW Engineer(Green Bay)

1.0 FTE

Gary KincaidWW Engineer-Adv

(Green Bay)1.0 FTE

Shaun ShieldsWQBEL Engineer

1.0 FTE

Lisa LumleyWW Specialist(Green Bay)

1.0 FTE

Mark StanekWW Engineer-Adv

(Oshkosh)1.0 FTE

Sarah DonougheWW Specialist(Green Bay)

1.0 FTE

Barti OumarouWW Engineer

(Oshkosh)1.0 FTE

Michelle BalkWW Supervisor

North District(Spooner)

Eric DeveneciaWW Engineer-Adv

(Superior)1.0 FTE

VacancyWW Engineer

(Spooner)1.0 FTE

Alison CanniffWW Specialist

(Ashland)0.5 FTE

Lonn FransonWW Engineer-Adv

(Hayward)1.0 FTE

Sheri SnowbankWW Specialist

(Spooner)1.0 FTE

Austin GriesbachWW Engineer(Rhinelander)

1.0 FTE

Mike GoettelWW Specialist-Adv

(Superior)1.0 FTE

Lacey HillmanWW Supervisor

West District(Eau Claire)

VacancyWW Engineer-Adv(Black River Falls)

1.0 FTE

Will (Woody) MyersHydrogeologist-Adv

(Eau Claire)1.0 FTE

Geisa ThielenWW Engineer(Eau Claire)

1.0 FTE

Holly HeldstabWW Specialist(Eau Claire)

1.0 FTE

Pete PfefferkornWW Engineer-Adv

(Wi Rapids)1.0 FTE

Angie ParkhurstWW Specialist(Eau Claire)

0.5 FTE

Julia StephensonWW Engineer-Adv

(La Crosse)1.0 FTE

VacancyWW Engineer

(Baldwin)1.0 FTE

Danielle LukeWW Specialist(Wis Rapids)

1.0 FTE

Nick LindstromWW Engineer

(Wausau)1.0 FTE

Ben HartenbowerWQBEL Engineer

(Eau Claire)1.0 FTE

LTE: Inna Gurevic

LTE: Grace Radman Alison Caniff Leila Jenkins

LTE: David Haas Laurel Last

Wastewater Program Staff

Leanne HinkeWW Specialist

(La Crosse)1.0 FTE

Rachel FritzWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

Sarah LuckWQBEL Engineer

(Fitchburg)1.0 FTE

Adrian StocksWater Quality

Bureau Director

VacantField Operations

Director

Amanda PerdzockWW Specialist

1.0 FTE

Emma LorenzenWW Engineer

1.0 FTE

LTE: Mycal Raleigh Logan Hacker

LTE: Jeanette Figiel Jack Dougherty Alex Avalos

Leila JenkinsWW Specialist

(Spooner)0.5 FTE

Taylor SteagerWW Specialist

1.0 FTE

Michael Polkinghorn

WQBEL Engineer1.0 FTE

LTE: Chris Dietrich

LTE: Patrick Bass

VacancyWW Specialist

1.0 FTE

WPDES Backlog Update

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Jul-09 Nov-10 Apr-12 Aug-13 Dec-14 May-16 Sep-17 Feb-19 Jun-20

%

Statewide SC CO NE NO SE WC

8.8%

Study Groups

• Septage Group• Aquatic Plant Management• Wastewater Permit Process Improvements

• Will resume in 2019• Priorities identified

• WPDES Permit Applications• Certainty/Consistency

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wastewater/PermitsStudyGroup.html

ECTriennial Standards Review – Priorities for 2018-2020

A: In ProgressB: New PrioritiesC: Priorities, but limited

progress expectedD: Barriers to progressE: Not Priorities

AntidegradationBacteria Criteria Revision

BiocriteriaChloride Variance Streamlining

Designated Uses Process Revision

P Site Specific CriteriaP Assimilative Capacity in GLs

Wetlands Floristic Assessment Numeric Benchmarks

CyanobacteriaHuman Health Criteria Revisions

Mercury MDVOutstanding/Exceptional Resource

Water Process Revision

PFAS

Aquatic LifeCriteria Revisions

AmmoniaArsenicChloride

Total Suspended Solids (TSS)Copper

Nitrate/Nitrogen

P Criteria for2-Story Lakes

Arsenic VarianceProcess

Other Updates of Potential Interest

• Adoption of 316(b) Regulations into State Code (NR 111)• NPDES Updates Rule (Phase 1)

• Effective June 12, 2019• Defines “pesticide discharge” and “pesticide residue”• Applications:

• Must include SIC and NAICS codes• Representative Data limited to age of 4.5 years or less• Must include requests for Fundamentally Different Factors Variances and/or AEL/316(a)

Variances, if requested• Online Public Notice

• Later talks today: Phosphorus, Trading, Denitrification, Landspreading, TMDLs

Questions

PFAS

• PFAS = Per- and PolyFluoroAlkyl Substances• PER-sistant!• Family of over 3,000 man-made fluorinated

organic compounds• Fluorinated carbon tail is lipophobic (repels

fat), oleophobic (repels oil), and hydrophobic

• Manufactured since 1940s• 2002: Production of PFOS in US is phased out

• Replaced by shorter-chained PFAAs • 2015: Production of PFOA in US is phased out

• Replaced by GenX and shorter-chained PFAAs• Production in China for both chemicals has since

increased

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U.S. PFOA/PFOS Water Quality StandardsState PFOA PFOS Type Promulgated?

California 14 13 DW NMaine 130 560 GW N

Michigan 420 11 DW Y12,000 12 SW (nondrinking) Y

Minnesota 35 27 DW/GW NNevada 667 667 DW N

New Jersey 14 13 DW NNorth Carolina 2,000 - GW Y

Texas 290 560 GW YVermont 20 20 DW/GW Y

*Units are in ng/L, DW = Drinking Water, GW = Groundwater, SW = Surface Water

USEPA: Non-enforceable Health Advisory Level of 70 ng/L PFOA/PFOS individually and combined!

ATSDR: Minimal Risk Levels (DW)

PFOA PFOSAdult 78 52Child 21 14

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PFAS at the Federal Level

• EPA released a federal action plan last week• Priority Actions include:

• Propose a national drinking water Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)• PFOA and PFOS

• Listing PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA hazardous substances• Developing interim cleanup recommendations• Finalizing and drafting toxicity assessments (beyond PFOA/PFOS)• Issue supplemental proposed Significant New Use Rules• Developing additional laboratory analytical methods

PFAS in Wisconsin

• DNR requested that DHS review health-related data to advise on GW health standard for:

• PFOA• PFOS

• Triennial Standards Review: Category B• Surface Water Quality Standard development is a new priority

• Scoping: Roll out Fish Tissue Sampling Plan in 2019 field season• Working with permittees to address known PFAS discharges• Lab Cert developing SOPs for modifications to testing procedures• Other DNR Programs also taking action