Suffolk County will be hosting a stakeholder meeting on Monday, May 16, 2016 on the following critical Reclaim our Waters nitrogen management initiatives:

• The Suffolk County Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan and associated Generic Environmental Impact Statement (kick-offmeeting); and,

• Proposed changes to the Suffolk County Sanitary Code (and associated Construction Standards) to authorize approval innovative/alternative on-site wastewater treatments systems (I/A OWTS).

The Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan will serve as an early action of the Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan*, and will provide recommendations for septic system nitrogen load reductions, and a preliminary wastewater management strategy, for all of the priority subwatersheds of Suffolk County.

The Sanitary Code changes will authorize the use of I/A OWTS on residential properties, for flows of up to 1,000 gallons per day, on a voluntary basis (no Board of Review variance required), for technologies which meet County performance specifications. Changes to the commercial code, and a framework for transition from passive systems to I/A OWTS, will be developed and proposed later in 2016.

* The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC) are, in partnership with numerous local governments and interested organizations on Long Island, embarking on development of the Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan (LINAP)