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Project Overview
Phase 1
•Project Launch•Situation
Assessment•Stakeholder Input
Phase 2
•Using Phase 1 results, create detailed work plan for investigation of problem
Phase 3
•Conduct investigation, prepare recommendations, identify options, and describe trade offs.
•Stakeholder input•Revise as needed
Phase 4
•Prepare implementation Plan
•Stakeholder input•Revise as needed
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April May Spring – Summer Fall, end October 2016
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NPDES Permitting Program Review Situation Assessment, May 6, 2016
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Situation Assessment Topics•Definitions•Context•Background Research• Interview Process•Demographics•Findings•Results & Implications
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Situation Assessment• Internal and external scan of the situation or
context in which an issue is occurring
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Why an Assessment?• Engages the full system (there are many parts to
the NPDES process and many situational drivers)• Initial point of contact with the key stakeholders
that will likely be needed to eventually resolve the situation
• Identifies priorities and flash points• Results used to establish the appropriate plan of
work• Situation Assessments are an intervention
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Context - Problem• For well over a decade, the Oregon DEQ and
Legislature have actively pursued improvements to its NPDES permitting program
• Blue Ribbon Committee• Internal work teams• Independent audit• Quality improvement efforts
• Permitting goals still elude the department• Oregon Legislature has authorized consulting
assistance
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Context –Project Goals
1)Issue environmentally relevant permits that regulate discharges so that Oregon’s waters meet state water quality standards
2)Reissue permits before the existing permit expires
3)Reduce the number of administratively extended permits to less than 10 percent
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Project Perspective
• Successful NPDES Permit Backlog Improvements require changes by all the stakeholders
• Fault finding not useful to solution creating
• Systems orientation• Efficiencies/ Quality Management / Tinkering
• Change management
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Seek Cause
Not Blame
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Systems produce what they are designed to produce.
The key to improvement is understanding the system(s).
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Change Management
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Change Management
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Full System Implications– Applies to Everyone, Not just DEQ
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Document Review
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Document Review• Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) initial report (2004)• Various BRC meeting minutes• Compliance Schedule Settlement Agreement
between Plaintiffs and Oregon DEQ (2007)• Senate Bill 45: Water Quality Permit Program
Improvements – Fact Sheet (Feb 2010)• NPDES MOA between State of Oregon and USEPA
(Apr 2010)
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Document Review• Summary of Internal Program Review of Water
Quality NPDES/WPCF Permitting Program (Jan 2015)• Service Quality Pledge to Oregon Wastewater
Permit Holders• Statewide Permit Issuance Plan for Federal Fiscal
Year 2016 (Oct 2015)• Outcome-based Management and Strategic Goals
(Nov 2015)• Various DEQ Audits• Water Quality 2035 Vision and Strategy (Nov. 2015)
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Document Review• Wastewater Permitting Program – Improvements and
Measures (Jan 2011)• Internal Review of Water Quality NPDES/WPCF
Permitting (Dec 2014)• Summary of Active and Backlogged Individual Permits
(Jan 2016)• Survey of State NPDES Programs (Jan 2016)• USEPA Final Permit Quality Review for Oregon (Mar
2016)• Various Oregon Water Quality Standards documents• Various TMDL documents
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Document Review
• Various Internal Management Directives (IMDs)• Charter for Wastewater Permit Managers Team
(Nov 2014)• Charter for Senior Permit Group (Jan 2015)• Anti-Backsliding and Water Quality Permits (Mar
2015)
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Interview Process
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Interview Process• MWH and DEQ worked together
to identify key NPDES stakeholders
• 60-90 minute interviews, primarily in person but some via phone
• Project background and interview questions provided in advance
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Interview Participants• 16 Interviews,* 39 Participants • Environmental /NGO’s• Regulated Community• EPA Region 10• DEQ
• Regional Managers• Permit Managers• Senior Permit Writers• Legal/Enforcement (including Attorney
General’s Office)• Permit Coordinators• Standards & Assessments
* Primarily in-person, April 2016
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Interview Questions8 Questions• Background of Interviewees• Problem Definition• Assessment of Previous Efforts• Potential Areas of Focus• Barriers• Definition Success• Chances of Success• Other
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Findings
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Stacked, Complex Problem• No single problem -
multi part, complex issues
• Perspective is directly linked to place in system
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As Described by Stakeholders• Backlog is both an issue and a symptom • Efficiency alone will not resolve the
problem• Each Stakeholder views healthy water
quality and a working NPDES process as beneficial and in the interest of the individual stakeholders.
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Backlog is a Compounding Problem• The more it grows, the
worse it becomes• Significant intervention
needed to reverse the trend
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Success will require changes in nearly all the parts
of the system.
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Need a Strategic Approach to CWA Implementation
Requires Forward Thinking
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Results & Implications
• Structural• Capabilities• Resources• Cultural• Legal/ Policy
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Structural• Adequacy of the systems in place
• Tools, records and tracking• Input process (permit and monitoring
information)• Decision making structures/ Integration of
Decision Processes• Standardized procedures and directives• Funding • Multi-tasking• Performance metrics
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Tools, Records and Tracking•Permit template•Data from monitoring
• Monitoring requirements
• Integration of systems•General tracking
• NPDES Permits (Performance)• Litigation/ Standards
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Input Process•Applicant responsibility / DEQ responsibility
•Required information•Timeliness
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Decision Making Structures
•Decentralization•Chains of Command•Bifurcated Responsibilities/ Integration of Decision Processes
•External / Internal
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UnderstandingPolarities
33Implications of Decentralization
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Chain of Command & NPDES
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Integration of Decision Processes
Presenting Issue
Standard Setting
TMDL Development
Permit Creation / Adoption
Permit Result-
Revolving Fund & Project Priorities
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Standardized Procedures
• Consistency vs. Tailored Solutions• Refresh / Shelf-life• Uncertainty
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Funding• Philosophical• Punitive• Uncertainty• Diminishing return
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Current Job Design Requires Multitasking
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Multitasking BasicsThree Types*1. Performing two tasks simultaneously. (E.g. talking on the
phone while driving or answering email during a webinar.)2. Switching from one task to another without completing the
first task. 3. Performing two or more tasks in rapid succession. (Minds
need time to change gears in order to work efficiently.)
May result in up-to 40% in lost productivity
Source: American Psychological AssociationSource: https://www.wrike.com/blog/high-cost-of-multitasking-for-productivity
Implications of Multi-tasking
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Performance Metrics and Capacity
•System capacity, inputs, and potential for improvement not necessarily linked.
•Metrics may not match realistic targets.
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Capacity Basics
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• There is no one best way to measure capacity.
• Output measures are easier to understand. With multiple products, inputs measures work better.
Goals and metrics need to be aggressive but achievable.Implications of Performance Metrics and Capacity
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CapabilityExpertise a critical element of successful execution
• 5 years to high competence• Inadequate expertise of NPDES permit
writers/ Inadequate training
• Managers are managers vs. experts in in CWA policy complexities
• Utilization of tools needs assessment• Recruitment of essential talent• Job performance metrics
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Expertise Basics
10,000 Hour Rule• To become an expert in
something requires 10,000 hours of practice
• 10,000 hours = 3 hours/day 10 years
• There are no prodigiesSource: Malcom Gladwell - Outliers
Implications of 5 Years to Competence
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Recruitment & Retention, Performance (Statewide Issue)
• 2-year, 50% Retirement Window
• Labor Agreements• Morale• Succession
Planning
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Resources• Available resources (as deployed)
inadequate to resolve backlog• Available resources not always efficiently
utilized • Uncertainties in DEQ funding , funding
structure limit resources• Blue Ribbon Committee Status
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Available Resources• Actual reduction in hours
available for permit processing while workload increased in volume and complexity
• Placement of personnel without expertise may result in short-term net loss
• Multitasking precludes fully accurate measurements of productivity
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Efficient Use of Existing Resources• Inconsistent training• Change fatigue• Existing tools may or may not be user
friendly
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Blue Ribbon Committee• Chartering Questions• Goal and role clarity
• Membership• Working structure
• Executive sponsorship• Committee leadership• Ground rules
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Cultural
• The Oregon Way• Customer service v Regulatory
identity• Reluctance to impose/Resistance
to top down leadership• Customization v Standardization
of NPDES process
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The Oregon Way• First and best• Pioneers• Unique landscape and citizen needs• Urban/ Rural demands
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Customer Service v. Regulator• Legislative and Blue Ribbon Committee
oversight• Assistance to small communities
• Staff concerns for attainability and cost of NPDES requirements
• Balancing needs
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Leadership
Not Just a DEQ Issue
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Customization versus Standardization• Another polarity• Place based drivers
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Legal/ Policy• Permits are increasing in complexity • Procedural accuracy overarching requirement• Need more proactive approaches to meet clean
water act mandates• Requirements may not result in desired
outcomes• Shift in EPA role and increasing oversight by EPA
delays NPDES permit issuance
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Legal / Policy• Ramifications of WQS, TMDLs on NPDES permits
delays issuance - Unattainable standards inhibit NPDES permit issuance
• Water Quality Trading Approaches• Litigation uncertainty and existing cases restrict
NPDES permit issuance / Workload issue• Tracking
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Legal / Policy
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• Permits are increasing in complexity.
• Procedural accuracy overarching requirement.
• Requirements may not result in desired outcomes.
National Trends
Statewide Trends
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Disapproval of standards by EPA creates significant disruption in the NPDES process.
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Factors of Success
32 Descriptions of Success
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Chances of Success
•Range 0-80%•Mean 41%•Median 40%•Mode 50%