By Kelly Dunn

HYRUM -- Storm-water management was brought to the attention of the Hyrum City Council Thursday night when the March 10 deadline pasted for submitting a Notice of Intent (NOI) to the state.

Since the city was brought into the game late, Hyrum was given a little extra time before they have to submit an NOI, said Brian Deeter from J.U.B. Engineering. However, the state is getting a little restless and wants the NOI, ASAP, he said.

Mayor Gordon Olson said, "As a result of the last census, Hyrum had higher density of population and we were included in the Cache Metropolitan Planning Organization. As a result of that we are required by law to have a program to manage our storm water."

J.U.B. Engineering was contracted by Hyrum, and is working with different staff members from the city to produce an NOI and to identify the best management practices, said Deeter.

Deeter said there are six areas in need of improvement: 1) the publication education and outreach, 2) public involvement/participation, 3) illicit discharge detection and elimination, 4) construction site runoff control, 5) post-construction runoff control, and 6) pollution prevention, good housekeeping.

Councilmen Douglas Stipes and Michael Stauffer both voiced concerns about the NOI, since this was the first time that any of the council members had seen it.

The council will talk about the NOI at the next meeting and would like to be presented with potential costs of storm-water management before making a final decision.

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TJ

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