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IEPA ATTACHMENT NO. £
Timeline of Lower Des Plaines River and CAWS
UAA Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meetings
March 8, 2000
IEPA held an LDPR UAA SAC meeting.
December 15, 2000 IEPA held an LDPR UAA SAC meeting with 11 members in attendance
who decided that field data collected by local agencies and private
corporations would be used in the UAA process.
February 20,2001
IEPA held an LDPR UAA SAC meeting with 25 members present.
March 20, 2001
IEPA held an LDPR UAA SAC meeting with 8 members present.
April 11, 2001
IEPA held an LDPR VAA SAC meeting with 23 members in attendance.
Dr. John Braden presented on the socioeconomic impacts ofthe UAA
proc~s.
.
May 17, 2001
LDPR UAA Biological Sub-committee workgroup meeting was held with
12 members present to discuss assessment methodology.
June 4, 2001
LDPR UAA Biological Sub-committee meeting held.
June 19,2001
IEPA held an LDPR UAA SAC meeting.
July 30, 2001
IEPA met with LDPR UAA consultants.
October 30, 2001
IEPA held an LDPR UAA SAC meeting.
February 14,2002
IEPA held an LDPR UAA SAC meeting.
March 13, 2002
IEPA met with LDPR UAA consultants.
March 2002
MWRDGC announced the initiation ofthe CAWS UAA in their R&D
Newsletter, which has a mailing distribution of several 100 individuals
and organizations.
. April 1, 2002
IEPA met with LDPR UAA consultants.
April 3, 2002
LDPR UAA Biological Sub-committee meeting held with 18 members
present to discuss biological matrices.
April 4, 2002
Summary ofUAA Biological Sub-committee activities published.
May 15,2002
MWRDGC made a CAWS UAA presentation to about 75 members ofthe
Industrial Water, Waste and Sewage Group.
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May 16, 2002
LDPR UAA SAC meeting held with 30 members present to discuss
potential recreational use classification
of LDPR.
.
June 4, 2002
LDPR UAA Biological Sub-committee meeting held with 20 members
present.
June 20, 2002
LDPR UAA conference call to discuss data compilation, temperature
process and budget issues.
August 22, 2002
IEPA e-mail solicited about 70 individuals
to a CAWS UAA SAC
convening meeting.
September 2002
MWRDGC published a CAWS UAA update in their R&D Newsletter,
which has a mailing distribution
of several 100 individuals and
organizations.
September
5, 2002
IEPA held a CAWS UAA SAC convening meeting with aoout 35
potential SAC members.
October
8, 2002
MWRDGC mailed a notice and explanation ofthe initiation ofthe CAWS
UAA to 27 Mayors
of Villages located along CAWS.
January 30,2003
IEPA convened a CAWS UAA Health Advisory Committee, composed
of
local, state and federal health experts to discuss the formulation of a public
health advisory program for CAWS recreational
users~
January 30,2003
IEPA held an LDPR UAA meeting with consultants, USEPA Region V
and MWRDGC
to discuss bacteria.
January 31, 2003
IEPA gave a CAWS UAA Presentation.
to about 100 individuals at the
MWRDGC Stickney Seminar Series.
March 26, 2003
IEPA e-mail solicited about 20 individuals and organizations to become
members
of the CAWS UAA Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC).
April 2003
Friends
of the Chicago River announced the May 2003 CAWS UAA
Public Meeting schedule in their newsletter, which has a distribution
of a
few hundred individuals and organizations.
April 2003
IEPA e-mail solicited about 10 more individuals and organizations
for
membership in SAC.
April
1, 2003
IEPA gave a short presentation to about 20 individuals at the Port
Development and Safety Council Meeting in Chicago.
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April 10, 2003
April 15,2003
April 21, 2003
April 21, 2003
April 22, 2003
May 5, 2003
May 6, 2003
May 8, 2003
May 27, 2003
June 2003
June 6,2003
June 9, 2003
June 24, 2003
IEPA held a
UAA data acquisition meeting at CDM's Chicago Office with
SAC members anticipated to be submitting data.
IEPA conference call with Midwest Generation to discuss temperature
Issues.
IEPA e-mail invited approximately 300
people- including legislators, the
press, local government, special interest groups and the public at large-
to a series of 3 CAWS UAA public meetings located across the Chicago
Metropolitan Area.
IEPA held the first CAWS UAA Health Advisory Committee meeting.
IEPA held the
fust
CAWS UAA SAC meeting.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEP
A) held a public
meeting at the Evanston City Hall in the Council Chambers located at
2100 Ridge Avenue in Evanston. The meeting was held from 7 - 9 pm to
discuss and seek input on the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS)
Use Attainability Analysis (UAA).
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS UAA
at the Lake Katherine Nature Preserve,.7402 Lake Katherine Drive in
Palos Heights from 7
-.9 PM.
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS UAA
at the Stefani'sat Harborside International Golf Course, 11001 South
Doty Avenue East in Chicago from 7 - 9 PM.
IEPA e-mail invited approximately 300 people; including legislators, the
press, local government, special interest groups .and the public at large to 2
additional CAWS UAA public meetings located across the Chicago
Metropolitan Area.
IEPA posted about 100 flyers at various CAWS public access areas
announcing the June 24 and 25, 2003 Public Meetings on the CAWS
UAA.
IEPA held an LDPR UAA temperature issues meeting with Midwest
Generation and consultants.
IEPA made a CAWS UAA presentation to about 100 attendants
ofthe
Illinois River Coordinating Council meeting in Utica, Illinois.
IEPA held a CAWS UAA SAC meeting.
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June 24, 2003
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS UAA
at the State of Illinois Thompson Center, Room 2-025, 100 West
Randolph Street in Chicago from 7 - 9 PM.
June 25, 2003
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS
UAA
Windjammer Marina, 13701 S. Hoxie in Chicago from 7 - 9 PM.
July 17, 2003
IEPA presented an introduction
of the CAWS UAAat the Port
Development
&
Safety Council Meeting.
July
22,2003
IEPA held a CAWS UAA SAC meeting.
August 6, 2003
IEPA met with USEPA and Midwest Generation.
August 26, 2003
IEPA held a CAWS
UAA SAC meeting.
August 28, 2003
IEPA e-mail invited approximately 300 people; including legislators, the
press, local government, special interest groups and the public at large to a
series
of 3 CAWS UAA public meetings located across the Chicago
Metropolitan Area.
September 8, 2003
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS
UAA
at the Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd. in Evanston from
7
- 9PM.
September 9, 2003
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS
UAA
at the Lake Katherine Nature Preserve, 7402 Lake Katherine Drive in
Palos Heights from
7 - 9
PM.
September 11, 2003 IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS UAA
at the Stefani's at Harborside International
Golf Course, 11001 South Doty
Avenue East in Chicago from
7 - 9 PM.
September 16, 2003 IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS UAA
at the James
R.
Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph in Chicago from 7-
9PM.
September 22, 2003 CDM represented IEPA and the CAWS 1)AA to an audience of about lOO
individuals, as a WQ panelist at
Lt.
Governor Pat Quinn'sand Friends of
the Chicago River's 1st Annual Chicago River Summit in Downtown
Chicago.
October 28, 2003
IEPA held a CAWS
UAA SAC meeting.
November 10, 2003 IEPA presented a CAWS
UAA update to about 30 individuals at the Port
Development
&
Safety Council Meeting in Downtown Chicago.
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November 18, 2003 IEPA presented a CAWS UAA paper at the Water Environment
Federation TMDL 2003 Conference UAA Technical Sessions in
Downtown Chicago.
November 19, 2003 IEPA held a CAWS UAA meeting with the Coast Guard and other
waterway safety agencies
to discuss use restrictions on CAWS.
November 20,2003 IEPA held its final LDPR UAA SAC meeting with 30 members present
for proposal presentation.
November 24, 2003 IEPA held a meeting with 8 agencies responsible for marine safety
in
CAWS.
December 2003
MWRDGC published a CAWS UAA update in their R&D Newsletter,
which has a mailing distribution
of several 100 individuals and
organizations.
December 16, 2003 IEPA held a CAWS UAA SAC meeting.
January 27, 2004.
IEPA held a CAWS UAA SAC meeting.
February 17,2004
IEPA held a CAWS UAA Biological Subcommittee meeting.
February 18, 2004
IEPA granted a personal interview regarding the CAWS UAA to reporter
Michael Hawthorn environmental reporter for the Chicago Tribune and to
reporter Gary Wisby
of the Chicago Sun Times.
An
article subsequently
appeared in the February
19 edition of the Chicago Tribune.
February 24, 2004
IEPA held a CAWS UAA SAC meeting.
February
25,2004
IEPA held a HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meeting with local,
state and federal health authorities and interested SAC members.
February 26, 2004
IEPA granted a personal interview regarding the CAWS UAA to Guy
Tridgell, a staffwriter for the Daily Southtown newspaper and
to Bob
Okon, a business writer for the Joliet Herald News newspaper.
March 2004
Sierra Club Illinois Chapter explained and announced the May 2004
CAWS UAA Public Meeting schedule in their second quarter newsletter,
Wild Onion, and
on their website, which has a distribution of a few
hundred individuals and organizations. .
March 2004
Southeast Environmental Task Force announced the May 2004 CAWS
UAA Public Meeting schedule in their newsletter.
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March 9, 2004
April 12, 2004
April 27, 2004
May 10, 2004
May 11,2004
May 13, 2004
May 19, 2004
May 25, 2004
June?,2004
June 7, 2004
July 30, 2004
August 10, 2004
MWRDGC made a CAWS
UAA presentation to about 150 attendants at
the Illinois Water Environment Federation's 25th Annual Conference and
Exhibition in Rockford, IL.
IEPA met with SAC members to refine the public outreach elements
ofthe
CAWS Health Advisory Program.
IEPA held a CAWS
UAA SAC meeting.
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS
UAA
at the Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd. in Evanston from
7 - 9PM.
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS
UAA
at the State of Illinois Building, 160 N. LaSalle Street, Room N505 in
Chicago from
12 - 2 PM.
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS
UAA
at the James R. Thompson Center, 100 West Randolph Street, Room 2-
025 in Chicago from 7 - 9 PM.
IEPA held a public meeting to discuss and seek input on the CAWS
UAA
at the Calumet Initiative/SE Environmental Task Force Offices, 13300 S.
Baltimore Avenue in Chicago from 7 - 9 PM.
IEPA
made a CAWS UAA presentation to approximately 70 members of
the Industrial Water Waste and Sewer Group.
MWRDGC mailed an explanation
of the CAWS Health Advisory
Program, including pamphlets, to agencies and organizations owning
or
operating CAWS public access facilities.
IEPA and USEPA issued a press release that introduced a Health Advisory
Program for
CAWS, consisting of a pamphlet and signs designed by SAC
and other public health agencies.
IEPA made a
CAWS UAA Update presentation at the Port Development
& Safety Council meeting.
IEPA's contractor, CDM, presented a CAWS UAA update to about 125
attendants at the MWRDGC Research and Development Seminar Series in
Stickney, IL.
IEPA granted a personal Chicago River canoe trip interview to Chicago
Tribune newspaper
staff writer, Michael Hawthorn, and an article
subsequently appeared
in the Tribune.
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August
11,
2004
August 17, 2004
November 2004
February 4, 2005
February
10,2005
IEPA made a CAWS UAA presentation to the Evanston Environmental
Control Board.
IEPA met with SAC
member Midwest Generation at the CAWS UAA
contractor'soffice to discuss Use Designation Issues.
Draft CAWS
UAA was submitted to IEPA.
Draft CAWS
UAA report released to stakeholders.
IEPA granted an interview to Chicago Tribune staffwriter, Michael
Hawthorn.
February 23, 2005
-_. IEPAmet with SAC member, Midwest 'Generation, representatives
concerning CAWS
UAA findings.
March 2, 2005
June 2006
June 22, 2005
July 13, 2005
October
18 2005
Winter 2005
May 5, 2006
May 9, 2006
October 16, 2006
January 12, 2007
January 17, 2007
IEPA held a
CAWS UAA SAC meeting.
Friends
ofthe Chicago River published an article on the CAWS UAA
findings in their
Summer Newsletter, "The River Reporter," Vol. 20 #3.
IEPA held a CAWS
UAA SAC meeting.
IEPA held a CAWS
UAA SAC meeting.
IEPA held a CAWS
UAA SAC meeting.
IEPA published a
CAWS UAA article in the Winter 2005 issue of
"Progress," which was distributed to about 8000 individuals and continues
to
be available on IEPA'swebsite.
IEPA granted an interview to Chicago Tribune
staffwriter, Michael
Hawthorn, and an article
on CAWS appeared in the May 15 edition ofthe
Chicago Tribune.
IEPA held a CAWS
UAA SAC meeting.
IEPA
met with FOCR to hear their presentation input on the CAWS UAA.
IEPA met with SAC
member Midwest Generation to hear a presentation
on alternative W.Q. standards for CAWS and LDPR.
IEPA gave a CAWS
UAA presentation to approximately 100 attendants at
the Illinois Water Environment Association/Central States Water
Environment Association Government Affairs in Water Pollution
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January 26,2007
March 9, 2007
March 20, 2007
March 22, 2007
Conference in Naperville,
IL and subsequently distributed the presentation
to Association members.
IEPA released draft CAWS and
LDPR W.Q. standards to stakeholders.
IEPA met with Chicago,
MWRDGC and USEPA over proposed CAWS
standards.
IEPA presented Draft CAWS and LDPR standards
to LDPR stakeholders
at a meeting in Joliet.
IEPA presented Draft CAWS and LDPR standards to CAWS stakeholders
at a meeting in Downtown Chicago.
.Various 2003 to 2006 IEPA made a CAWS UAA update presentations to the Invasive Species. ..
. Barrier Committee.
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