Welcome to the NTAEP home page. Our group is composed of environmental professionals from the greater Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Metroplex. Our group meets during the lunch hour on the third Wednesday of each month except for the summer months of June through August. Our meetings feature a speaker and time for networking. See below for upcoming meetings and go ahead and register if you like! We hope you can join us soon!
If you would like to see our exciting upcoming events or view a presentation from a previous meeting, please see our Recent News! NTAEP also offers a scholarship to students with an environmental science major - find out more here.
North Texas Association of Environmental Professionals (NTAEP)
Interested in becoming a member of NTAEP? We would love to have you! Please click below to view our memberships to see which one is right for you.
Check out the Corporate Spotlight to see what our corporate sponsors are up to in the environmental industry!
You can't have a great organization without great people! Get to know our Board of Directors!
Looking for a career? Looking to fill an open position? NTAEP can help! We post job openings in the enviromental industry from our affiliates/members, so check them out!
NTAEP Monthly Meeting - 3514 W. Airport Freeway, Irving, Texas 75062
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The Meeting for May 20, 2020 has been cancelled. Please check back for next upcoming meeting.
Proposed 2020 MSGP
EPA is seeking public comment on a proposed 2020 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for stormwater discharges from industrial activity. This proposed permit would replace the 2015 MSGP upon finalization. This proposed permit would cover stormwater discharges from industrial facilities in areas where EPA is the NPDES permitting authority. Per a 2016 settlement agreement, EPA considered recommendations outlined in a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's National Research Council (NRC) study.
EPA will take comments on the proposal during a 90-day comment period, which ends on June 1, 2020.
Click here to view the EPA hosted informational webcast to give an overview of the proposed changes to the permit.
Key proposed changes in the permit include:
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Streamlining the permit
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Eligibility for stormwater discharges to a federal CERCLA site
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Eligibility related to application of coal-tar sealcoat
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Discharge authorization related to enforcement action
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Public sign of permit coverage
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Consideration of major storm control measure enhancements
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Universal benchmark monitoring for all sectors
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Impaired waters monitoring
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Updating benchmark values
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Sectors with new benchmarks
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Additional implementation measures
12. Revisions to sector-specific fact sheets