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Hi Meghan, Haven't heard that any of the regulations have been suspended, at least not yet, so we are still moving forward. We are working on some DCIA mapping approaches here at CLEAR with a couple pilot communities. In some of our testing the delineation of outfall catchment areas proved time consuming and problematic so we are looking at other approaches and talking to DEEP about what they might accept as sufficient. We will keep all informed once we get some guidance. In any case, you may want to hold off before you get too far on the DCIA mapping front. Would be curious to hear who has attempted to start calculating DCIA and if they have found an easy way. We will also have new statewide (2012) 1m impervious cover data available this summer to help those towns that don't have better data. I know some of the COGs have been working on this on a trial basis with a couple towns. -Dave Dickson UConn CLEAR ________________________________ From: Unmoderated discussion list for Connecticut GIS Users <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Meghan McGaffin <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:34:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CTGIS-L] DISCUSSION: all EPA grants and contracts frozen - what about the MS4 permit? GIS people - are you still going ahead with preparations to be compliant with the MS4 permit? How does the changing federal climate affect policy at our state level? Seeing as all things are inherently temporary anyways, I would like to continue with the Directly Connected Impervious Area (DCIA) mapping, re-delineating our watersheds with the new lidar data and mapping out our storm water infrastructure. Anyone else looking to take a similar or different approach? Here's an article on the EPA freeze: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/epa-freezes-grants-cdc-cancels-climate-change-summit-article-1.2953986 Foreseeing sweeping changes in President Trump's White House, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention canceled a climate change conference and the Environmental Protection Agency froze all of its grants and contracts. With fossil fuel enthusiast Scott Pruitt slated to lead the EPA, the new administration appears poised to gut the 46-year-old department. It reportedly suspended its contracts and funding for air quality, climate change and emission reduction programs and ordered its employees to secrecy. Citing leaked emails, ProPublica reports<https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-imposes-freeze-on-epa-grants-and-contracts> the nationwide restrictions - which include task orders and assignments - are in place pending further instructions from the Trump administration. In addition, the agency will enforce tougher screening for media requests, pass public appearances and website changes through the new administration, and funnel all social media activity through a digital strategist, according to the Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/environmental-protection-grants-staff_us_5886825be4b0e3a7356b575f?pon75akll8ei5dn29>. The EPA's final Twitter dispatch was a blog post from outgoing Administrator Gina McCarthy praising her agency's work under the Clean Air Act on Jan. 19. The modifications signal the administration's initiative to reverse Obama's environmental legacy, which started almost immediately after Trump assumed the presidency with the White House striking most mentions to climate change from its website. Possibly anticipating conflict with a right-wing White House, the Atlanta-based CDC nixed a conference on climate change's impact to health - without explanation. Meg McGaffin GIS Analyst City of Milford, CT<http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/> 203-783-3232 [log in to unmask] CT GIS User Network<http://ctgis.uconn.edu/index.htm> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (CTGIS-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all CT GIS Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove yourself by going to http://listserv.uconn.edu/ctgis-l.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (CTGIS-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all CT GIS Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove yourself by going to http://listserv.uconn.edu/ctgis-l.html