transparent
transparent transparent transparent
transparent transparent
Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way, Esq.
NJ Home | Services A to Z | Departments/Agencies | FAQs
Search
cso banner
transparent DWQ Home NJDEP Home  |  NJDEP Online transparent
transparent
transparent

CSO Workshop

On March 6, 2019 the DEP hosted a combined sewer overflow (CSO) Public Participation Workshop in Elizabeth, NJ. Seventy permittees, CSO supplemental team members, regulators and interested individuals attended. The workshop was led by three facilitators from EPA.

DEP’s Deputy Commissioner welcomed attendees by sharing DEP’s priorities, which includes protecting New Jersey’s water. She spoke about the two major milestones of the CSO permits and how these submissions must be developed with meaningful feedback. Deputy Commissioner Mans also shared her personal experiences as a former supplemental CSO team member. Our guest speaker, Ed Suslovic, came to us from the New England Environmental Finance Center in Maine and spoke about effective public engagement, how to reach a broad audience, the importance of creating a task force and the “process, relationship, results” triangle. Watch Ed’s video clips below.

The workshop included two breakout sessions designed to get the attendees working together. The first breakout session answered the questions of what unique capacities/information/assets can supplemental teams contribute, what information do permittees/public need and how do these responses pose opportunities for engaging the supplemental teams. Teams reported that supplemental teams can contribute diverse expertise and share their networking connections. The permittees need templates and to understand the community concern. The public needs real world effects on the community. These responses give the opportunity to engage, educate and empower the community.

In the second breakout session, groups mapped their stakeholders into different quadrants (high/low interest vs. high/low power). Attendees identified the media, residents, mayors and municipal managers as examples of stakeholders that have high interest and high power. Feedback on this breakout session confirmed the usefulness of the exercise and helped groups think outside the box.

The City of Elizabeth spoke about its use of surveys during its CSO supplemental team meetings and how effective they are in providing immediate feedback. Finally, Ironbound Community Corporation shared how they set a target goal for attendance at their ward-based meetings and shared their tips on making meetings interesting and fun. See both presentations below.

Topic
Format
pdf
pdf
video-camera
video-camera

 

Meet the Funders & Technical Resources : Forging Links between CSO Permits and Redevelopment Goals

On Friday December 4th DEP and the Office of Planning Advocacy hosted a CSO Workshop titled “Meet the Funders & Technical Resources: Forging Links between CSO Permits and Redevelopment Goals.” This meeting focused on the funding and technical assistance opportunities for CSO communities and how redevelopment can be tied to reducing CSOs in your city. Addressing CSOs is an opportunity to advance multiple goals of your municipality, such as redevelopment, investing in water infrastructure, reducing localized flooding, and increasing green space. State and Federal partners discussed what the CSO permit requires and how it can support important goals of your City, and the funding and technical assistance available to do so. This workshop was tailored to those that work in and with CSOs municipalities (and counties) on topics such as redevelopment, planning, open space, brownfield reuse, green infrastructure, engineering, stormwater and wastewater.

A “Guide to the Agencies” was developed for this meeting, which is designed to briefly outline the key programs and resources that state and federal entities offer related to CSO and redevelopment.

Topic
Format
pdf
pdf
powerpoint
pdf
pdf
pdf
pdf



The New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program (NJEIFP) Update

In September 2015, the NJEIFP held a series of seminars focusing on programmatic updates and the Proposed Priority System, Intended Use Plan, and Project Priority List for Federal Fiscal Year 2016, issued by the Department on August 28, 2015. New Jersey has expanded the NJEIFP to fund the development and implementation of Long Term Control Plans. Applications for LTCP planning and design loans have no due date. Planning and Design loans will be 100% interest free for terms of up to 10 years with the expectation that the studies will result in a capital improvement project for the LTCP.  Construction projects sponsored by permittees or membership municipalities in the CSO sewershed that reduce or eliminate excessive infiltration/inflow or extraneous flow would qualify for DEP interest-free financing for 100% of the allowable project cost for a loan term of up to 30 years. Up to $3M in principal forgiveness ($1M per sponsor) will be awarded to CSO abatement projects utilizing green infrastructure.


The seminars focused on financing available for CSO Permittees, detailed above, as well as the following:

  • New Loan Programs and Legislative Changes;
  • New Project Prioritization and Principal Forgiveness;
  • Operational Changes; and,
  • New Federal Requirements

Topic
Format

Speakers: David Zimmer, Executive Director, NJEIT
Scott Shymon, Bureau Chief, Construction, Payments, and Administration, NJDEP
Karen Fell, Assistant Director, Water System Operations, NJDEP
Frank Scangarella, Assistant Director, NJEIT

 
video-camera

To download the Intended Use Plan please visit https://www.njeit.org/

For more information on CSO specific funding please visit - New Funding Options Available for CSOs Under the NJEIFP.



Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Training Videos

Below is a three part video training series that is specifically designed to assist CSO permittees in understanding, completing and submitting their CSO Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs). The introduction provides a brief overview of the training series. In Part I, a general overview of the Monitoring Report Forms required for CSO reporting (i.e. DMRs) will be provided. This will include a discussion on the endorsement and submission requirements associated with CSO DMRs, as well as a discussion on electronic submission of the reports. In Part II of the training series, a DMR and its associated submittal form will be explored in more detail. In addition, parameter-by-parameter, an example DMR will be completed using a series of hypothetical examples.

Topic
Format
CSO DMR Training Introduction
pdf
video-camera
CSO DMR Training Part I
pdf
video-camera
CSO DMR Training Part II
pdf
video-camera



Reinvesting in Urban Water Infrastructure through Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plans. Below are presentations from the January 8, 2015 CSO workshop.

*The CSO workshop presentations are available in two formats, a PDF version and Video (.m4v).

Topic and Speaker
Format
Welcome Speaches
Jean Leary Matthews, Clean Water Division, USEPA Region 2
Dan Kennedy, Assistant Commissioner, Water Resource Management, NJDEP
Peter Kasabach, Executive Director, NJ Future
Ras J. Baraka, Mayor, City of Newark
 
  • Combined Sewer Overflow Permitting in New Jersey
    Pilar Patterson, Bureau Chief, NJDEP, Division of Water Quality
pdf
video-camera
Financing Water Infrastructure Upgrades

   
Moderator: David Zimmer, Director New Jersey Environmental Infrastracture Trust
  • Managing Costs through Regular Investments
    Andrew Kricun, P.E., BCEE, Executive Director/Chief Engineer, Camden County MUA

  • Financing Green Infrastructure
    Khris Dodson, Associate Director, Environmental Finance Center
pdf
video-camera

  • Financial Capability and Schedule Development
    Kevin Weiss, Chemical Engineer, Water Permits Division, US EPA
video-camera
   
  • Reinvesting in Urban Water Infrastructure through Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plans
    Dana L. Redd, Mayor, City of Camden, and
    Meishka L. Mitchell, Bice President of Neighborhood Initiatives, Coopers Ferry Partnership
pdf
video-camera
Tools for Building Collaboration and Community Engagement

Moderator: Khris Dodson, Associate Director, Environmental Finance Center
 
video camera
  • Community Engagement in Long Term Control Planning
    Kerry Kirk Pflugh, Manager, Constituent Services, NJDEP
pdf

  • NJ Model Stormwater Ordinance Revisited
    Donna Drewes, PP/AICP, Co-Director Sustainability Institute at TCNJ and Sustainable Jersey Program
pdf

  • Partnerships in Action: Three Examples from New Jersey
    Chris Sturm, Senior Director of State Police, New Jersey Future
pdf
video-camera

  • Newark DIG, Doing Infrastructure Green
    Kim Gaddy, Environmental Justice Organizer, NJ Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund and Pam Daniels, Unified Valisburg Services Organization
pdf
   
  • How to Incorporate Green into Your Long Term Control Plan
    Chris Kloss, Green Infrastructure Coordinator, US EPA, Office of Water
pdf
video-camera

  • Realistic Expectations for Green Infrastructure for CSO Communities
    Carter H. Strickland, Jr., Vice President and Managing Principal, HDR Inc.
pdf
video-camera

  • Getting More for your Money: CSO Upgrades, Parks and Flood Control
    Stephen D. Marks, Municipal Manager, City of Hoboken

pdf
video-camera

  • Green Infrastructure: State Requirements
    Adriana Caldarelli, Environmental Specialist, NJDEP, Division of Water Quality, Stormwater Management
pdf
video-camera

  • Questions and Answers
 
video
     
   
  • Green Infrastructure in Action at DC Water
    George S. Hawkins, General Manager, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
pdf
video-camera
video-camera
video-camera
Additional Documents from the CSO Workshop    
CSO Workshop Attendees List    



Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan Workshop
Tuesday, September 30, 2014


Topic and Speaker
Format
pdf
pdf
pdf
pdf



transparent
NJ Home

Department:  NJDEP Home | About DEP | Index by Topic | Programs/Units | DEP Online
Statewide:  NJ Home | Services A to Z | Departments/Agencies | FAQs

Copyright © State of New Jersey, 1996-2023
Department of Environmental Protection
P. O. Box 420
Trenton, NJ 08625

Last Updated: September 11, 2023

transparent
transparent
transparent transparent transparent
transparent