May 29, 2025
Contact: Matthew Stutzman, IPDES Individual Permit Supervisor, matthew.stutzman@deq.idaho.gov
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released modified Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) preliminary draft permits to the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board and the cities of Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene for preliminary review.
The entities have ten days to review the preliminary draft permit and fact sheet for any errors and omissions that should be addressed before the public participation period.
After the preliminary draft period, DEQ will revise the materials as needed and formally notify all parties that the materials are posted on DEQ’s website for public comment, per the “Rules Regulating the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program” (IDAPA 58.01.25.109). Because these are permit modifications for the sewer board and the city of Post Falls, and a second public comment period for the city of Coeur d’Alene, the upcoming public comment periods will focus only on the revisions to the permits. To be notified of the forthcoming posting, go to the DEQ’s Newsroom page and click the Subscribe button.