Technical Fridays

Eliminating RSIS' Hold On Stormwater

Date: September 6, 2024 (12:00 p.m. EST) Rescheduled to Nov. 2024. Exact Date To Follow

Place: Virtual on Zoom

Cost: $50, 1.3 CLE credits available.

Read about the speakers, Stuart J. Lieberman and Mike Pisauro, Esq.

Flooding is increasingly an issue that municipalities, residents, and businesses struggle to address. The 2023 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Permit (MS4) sets new requirements for municipalities to address pollution and flooding. One of the new requirements is for municipalities to develop plans to reduce pollution and flooding. The Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) can get in the way of municipal plans to address flooding. Stronger stormwater management can be a tool used by municipalities to reduce flooding and address pollution. But RSIS would prevent these protective standards from applying to residential development.

The way we think about stormwater is incomplete and a better understanding can lead to the elimination of the RSIS restriction. Learn why The Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) should not prevent a town from enacting stronger stormwater protections, even for one and two-family properties. There is new legislation that will address this issue but there are other ways for municipalities to move forward.

This event will be 100% virtual and on Zoom. Recordings will be shared with attendees after the event.

If you have any questions about the event or are seeking a scholarship, please feel free to contact Pri Oliveira at poliveira@thewatershed.org.