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Join NAIOP and the 495/MetroWest Partnership in a virtual informational session with staff from the Region 1 office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). During the session, the EPA will provide updates on the draft Residual Designation Authority Permit (sometimes referred to as an “RDA permit”) that it will issue for comment later this year. 

The RDA permit will require private commercial, industrial, and institutional properties of one acre or more in the Charles, Mystic, and Neponset River Watersheds to control their stormwater run-off in order to reduce pollutants, such as nutrients and bacteria, from entering the watersheds. While the EPA will not be in a position to discuss specific permit conditions during this session, feedback on implementation considerations, suggestions for stakeholder outreach and potential stormwater management strategies that participants would like to share are welcome and encouraged.

This event is free and open to 495/Metrowest Partnership Stakeholders & NAIOP Massachusetts Members

*Note that for those unable to attend, the slides will be posted on the EPA website. All members of the public will have an opportunity to provide comments about this permitting matter when EPA starts the formal permitting process by releasing its draft permit. In making its final permit decisions, EPA considers all comments that it receives and will issue a response to significant comments prior to issuing a final permit. EPA will post information about that process on its website and in the Federal Register when the draft permit is issued, which is anticipated for later this year.