Proposed Public Notification Requirements for the Great Lakes

Public Notification Requirements for Combined Sewer Overflows to the Great Lakes Basin - On January 13, 2017, EPA published a proposed rule requesting comments on Public Notification Reqirements for Combined Sewer Overflows to the Great Lakes Basin. The comment period for the proposed rule will close March 14, 2017.

Reports to Congress

Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows into the Great Lakes Basin (2016) - This report presents EPA’s assessment of the implementation status of long-term CSO control plans (LTCPs) in the Great Lakes Basin. The report includes a summary of existing information on the occurrence and volume of discharges from CSOs in the Great Lakes Basin during 2014.

Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows to the Lake Michigan Basin (2007) - This report assesses the occurrence of CSOs in the Lake Michigan drainage basin. The report identifies EPA actions to ensure that state permitting and enforcement efforts are consistent with the national CSO control policy and Clean Water Act, and lead to further reduction in CSO discharges to Lake Michigan.

Great Lakes National Program Office

The Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) coordinates U.S. efforts with Canada under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem, which includes Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.

Illinois

There are 116 communities in Illinois with CSOs. All 41 CSO permits in the Great Lakes Basin in Illinois are in the Chicago metropolitan area and part of the TARP. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago provides information on CSO discharges from the TARP system and has developed a program where reaches of the Chicagoland waterway map Exit will be color coded based on CSO data compiled by staff. The geographical boundaries of the segments are listed in the District's CSO Notification Plan Exit.

The following Illinois permits are in the Great Lakes Basin:

Appendix A of the Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows into the Great Lakes Basin has information on CSOs in communities in the Great Lakes Basin during 2014.

EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database has additional information on NPDES discharges, including CSO discharges for some facilites.

Indiana

There are 94 communities in Indiana with CSOs. The following 30 Indiana permits are in the Great Lakes Basin:

Appendix A of the Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows into the Great Lakes Basin has information on CSOs in communities in the Great Lakes Basin during 2014. 

EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database has additional information on NPDES discharges, including CSO discharges for some facilites.

Michigan

The following 42 Michigan permits are in the Great Lakes Basin:

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality prepares annual reports Exit summarizing CSO, sanitary sewer overflow and retention basin discharge information. 

Appendix A of the Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows into the Great Lakes Basin has information on CSOs in communities in the Great Lakes Basin during 2014.

EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database has additional information on NPDES discharges, including CSO discharges for some facilites.

New York

There are 67 communities in New York with CSOs. The following 19 New York permits are in the Great Lakes Basin:

Appendix A of the Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows into the Great Lakes Basin has information on CSOs in communities in the Great Lakes Basin during 2014.

EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database has additional information on NPDES discharges, including CSO discharges for some facilites.

Ohio

There are 86 Communities in Ohio with CSOs. The following 55 Ohio communities are in the Great Lakes Basin:

View the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's online interactive map Exit of CSO outfall locations and permit information. 

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website Exit has more information about the Ohio CSO Control Program.

Appendix A of the Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows into the Great Lakes Basin has information on CSOs in communities in the Great Lakes Basin during 2014.

EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database has additional information on NPDES discharges, including CSO discharges for some facilites.

Pennsylvania

There are 144 communities in Pennsylvania with CSOs. Erie is the only Pennsylvania CSO community located in the Great Lakes Basin:

Appendix A of the Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows into the Great Lakes Basin has information on CSOs in communities in the Great Lakes Basin during 2014.

EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database has additional information on NPDES discharges, including CSO discharges for some facilites.

Wisconsin

The following two Wisconsin communities are in the Great Lakes Basin:

Appendix A of the Report to Congress: Combined Sewer Overflows into the Great Lakes Basin has information on CSOs in communities in the Great Lakes Basin during 2014.

EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database has additional information on NPDES discharges, including CSO discharges for some facilites.