Purpose: This meeting is intended to help support states and EPA to build staff capacity, identify challenges & barriers to pretreatment program implementation, highlight opportunities for program improvement & enhancement, showcase pretreatment program innovations, assist with analysis of training, guidance, tools, and other support material needs, improve administrative efficiencies, clarify roles and responsibilities, build strong linkages to other programs, improve data management, identify program areas where targeted technical assistance would be most beneficial, and attempt to solve some of the most intractable pretreatment program issues.

Attendees: This is a national State/EPA coregulator event specifically organized by state and federal regulators for EPA and State program staff representatives. Attendees include:

• State and EPA staff involved in managing and overseeing pretreatment programs;
• State and EPA staff involved with drafting and overseeing permits;
• Partnering state and federal agency staff that provide technical and/or regulatory assistance to the pretreatment program;
• Invited guests as appropriate;

Meeting Venue: Hampton Inn and Suites, 495 S. Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID 83702. ACWA has secured room nights for $147 + tax per night for the week, should you wish to remain at this hotel while attending the rest of the NACWA meeting (walking distance). A hotel link to secure this rate will be posted.

Registration: A meeting registration link will be posted in March 2023.

Agenda: ACWA will be reaching out to state and federal program staff to identify individuals interested in participating on an Agenda Planning Committee. If you are interested in participating on this Agenda Planning Committee or presenting at this meeting, please contact Sean Rolland at srolland@acwa-us.org.