Appendix A

Minutes
Source Water Assessment Plan Advisory Committee Meeting
April 9, 1998

John Barnes	Wyoming State Engineer's Office
David Zelenka	Wyoming Water Development Commission
Mike Wireman	US Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII
Maggie Davison	Dept. of Environmental Quality/Water Quality Division
Phil Ogle	Dept. of Environmental Quality/Water Quality Division
Mark Opitz	Natural Resources Conservation Service
Rick Schuler	US Bureau of Land Management
Jim Bigelow	Wyoming Dept. of Agriculture
Kevin Frederick	Dept. of Environmental Quality/Water Quality Division
Ted Bartke	US Geological Survey
Chris Jessen	Wyoming State Geological Survey
Jeff Lundberg	Wyoming Agri-Business
Floyd Field	Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems
David Schmidt	US Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII
Jim VanDorn	Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities
Bud Spillman	Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities
Phil Stump	Dept. of Environmental Quality/Water Quality Division
Rod Weyrich	Town of Yoder
Gus Lopez	Laramie County Environmental Health
Larry Meuli	City/County Health Department
Wes Nash	Wyoming Mining Association/FMC Corporation
Larry Martin	National Park Service
Joe Evans	Wyoming County Commissioners Association
Tom Clayson	Petroleum Association of Wyoming

After opening remarks, David Schmidt, representing the US Environmental Protection Agency, made a presentation on the monitoring requirements in the Safe Drinking Water Act and described how monitoring waivers are implemented. The relationship between source water assessments and some types of monitoring waivers was described.

Mike Wireman described the Intended Use Plan (IUP) that must be written in order for a state to use the SRF set-aside. Mike referenced the work plan that must be included in the IUP and identified specific issues that must be addressed in the work plan.

The schedule which had been prepared to describe tasks to be accomplished by the committee and the associated deadlines was reviewed and discussed.

A plan for prioritizing how source water assessments would be accomplished was discussed. The Advisory Committee identified the following considerations to be made in determining the order in which assessments would be conducted:

I. Vulnerability to Contamination

• Numbers of wells and/or surface water intakes
• Location(s) of intake(s) within the watershed (i.e., upper or lower watershed)
• History of MCL exceedances
• Threats to the system
• Aquifer sensitivity
• History of detected contaminants
• Existing treatment

II. Population/Greatest Benefit Considerations

• Population served by water supply system
• Systems with surface water intakes within the same watershed
• Systems with wells within the same recharge area

III. Intent/Interest in Protecting Drinking Water Supply

• Commitment to contribute to assessment (in funding and/or service) and to implementing protection plan
• Willing but unable to commit resources (i.e., "hardship")

It was discussed that this input from the committee would be formulated into a prioritization system and provided to the committee for discussion at the next meeting.

The meeting was adjourned.

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