A Guide to the Patrick McSweeney papers, 1958-1987 M 280
A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 280
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
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Cluny Brown
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Patrick McSweeney papers, Collection # M 280, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Biographical / Historical
Patrick M. McSweeney is a lawyer currently with McSweeney, Stutts, and Burtch in Richmond, Virginia. He lives in Powhatan and is the Powhatan representative to the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission (R.R.P.D.C.) which he joined in 1977 and served as chairman in FY 1981. Mr. McSweeney is concerned about the environment and aside from the work with the R.R.P.D.C., he belongs to the Conservation Council.
The Richmond Regional Planning District Commission consisted of Henrico, Chesterfield and Richmond, when first organized in 1956 under the auspices of the Richmond City Planning Commission. In 1968, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Virginia Area Development Act (VADA) allowing local governments to voluntarily form and join planning commissions. The new commissions would be more involved in the political decision making process than before. The new commission was formed in 1969 as the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission. The Commission provides many services including: comprehensive planning, water quality management, population and data forecasting, and transportation services. Included here is a list of chairmen and the names of the three Executive Directors.
Chairmen Nathan J. Forb FY 1969-1970 (Deceased) Edwin H. Ragsdale FY 1970-1971 James C. Francisco, Jr. FY 1971-1972 Earl H. Henley FY 1972-1973 Anthony P. Mehfoud FY 1973-1974 W. Thomas West FY 1974-1975 Howard D. Brown FY 1975-1976 Aubrey H. Thompson FY 1976-1977 (Deceased) J. Ruffin Apperson FY 1977-1978 Richard S. Ellyson FY 1978-1979 George W. Jinkins, Jr. FY 1979-1980 (half term) Charles M. Johnson FY 1979-1980 (half term, Deceased) Patrick M. McSweeney FY 1980-1981 Richard S. Gillis FY 1981-1982 Terry L. Cook FY 1982-1983 Henry O. Holliman, Jr. FY 1983- 1984 Joan Girone FY 1984-1985 Andrew J. Gillespie FY 1985-1986 John A. Waldrop, Jr. FY 1986-1987 Karl E. Hawk FY 1987-1988 Paul C. Robinson FY 1988-1989 Harry G. Daniel FY 1989-1990
Scope and Contents
The collection covers Mr. McSweeney's involvement in water issues in the Richmond area from 1958-1987. There is only one item from 1958 and the bulk of the collection ranges from 1977 to 1985. The collection particularly covers his involvement with the R.R.P.D.C., which he joined in 1977. The R.R.P.D.C. water materials cover many topics. The bulk of it concerns the Richmond-Crater 208 program, which was a coalition of Richmond and Petersburg R.R.P.D.C. members as well as private citizens concerned with water problems in the metropolitan area. The 208 program concerns Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), James River Water Quality Management Plan, and James River Water Quality Monitoring Program (both abbreviated JRWQMP), Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO), and Non-Point Source (NPS) pollution. There are also a great deal of correspondence and reports concerning the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, a federal permit about which there is some controversy over Richmond's compliance. Materials in the collection include correspondence, notes, reports, agendas, minutes, some legal documents, publications and newspaper clippings. The newsclippings that could be identified by source, date and page and are held in the James Branch Cabell Library periodicals collection were discarded and are noted in the series listing. The correspondence is largely between Mr. McSweeney, the R.R.P.D.C. and the State Water Control Board (SWCB).
The collection contained audio cassettes of two meetings, one of the SWCB and the SWCB and the R.R.P.D.C. These have been transferred to M15, series 16, numbers 205 and 206. Also removed from the collection was a Style magazine, v. IV, # 21, May 1986. This can be found in the Department's collection of Style. The program "The James River as Commonwealth--A Public Symposium" can be found in the Department's University Publications file under Environmental Studies.
Of some interest are letters to and from Senator John Warner, Senator Harry F. Bryd, Jr., Rep. Dan Daniel, Rep. Robert W. Daniel, Jr., Rep. J. Kenneth Robinson, and Rep. Thomas J. Bliley.
The materials in this collection cover on-going projects and additional material will be added in the future. Until then, the newspaper is a good source of information pertinent to the collection.
Arrangement
The collection contained disorganized, loose papers and a few labelled files when received. The order was established by the compiler by subject in keeping with the few files that were labelled. Within the subject headings, the papers are arranged chronologically. Many of these papers and reports are technical and some knowledge of water quality and the related terminology would be helpful. Series I--RRPDC non-water related materials (n.d., 1974-1983); Series II--RRPDC water materials (N.D., 1971-1987), sub-series 1: NPDES Permit (n.d., 1977-1985), sub-series 2: Richmond/Crater 208 (n.d., 1973- 1986), sub-series 3: Water Treatment (n.d., 1971-1986), sub-series 4: Water Quality (n.d., 1977-1987), sub-series 5: Laws for Planning Commissions (n.d., 1976-1983); Series III--Water laws (n.d., 1958-1985); Series IV--Water groups and publications (n.d., 1977-1986); Series V--Miscellaneous materials (n.d., 1978-1985); Series VI--Newspaper Clippings (n.d., 1974-1986); Series VII--Reports (n.d., 1974-1986)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Lawyers -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond
- McSweeney, Patrick M., 1943-
- Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
- Sanitation -- Virginia -- Richmond Metropolitan Area.
- Water quality management -- Virginia -- Richmond Metropolitan Area.
- Water-supply -- Virginia -- Richmond Metropolitan Area.
Container List
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Housing Survey1978
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Housing and Land Use Summary1978
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC W.E. Gates and Associates1974
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC W.E. Gates/ADAPT1976-1977
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Council, n.d.1978
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Council1978
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Council1979
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Search Committee1978-1979
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes, n.d.1977
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1978
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1978
- Mixed Materials box: 1
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1978
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1979
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1980
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1985
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1982
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1982
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1982
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1982
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1983
- Mixed Materials box: 2
RRPDC Agenda and Minutes1983
- Mixed Materials box: 2
NARC1982
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Environmental Policy Committee1982
- Subseries 1: NPDES Permit, n.d.1977-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 3
NPDES Permit, n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 3
NPDES Permit1977-1978
- Mixed Materials box: 3
NPDES Permit1980
- Mixed Materials box: 3
NPDES Permit1981-1983
- Mixed Materials box: 3
NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 3
NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 4
NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 4
NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 4
NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 4
NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 4
NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 3
- Subseries 2: Richmond/Crater 208, n.d.1973-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208, n.d.1974, 1977-1978
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 2081979
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 2081979-1981
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 2081982-1983
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208 Technical Advisory Committee, n.d.1981-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208 Citizens Advisory Committee, n.d.1979-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208 Waste Treatment Management1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208 Waste and Sewage Treatment, n.d.1981Scope and Contents
Includes letter from Senator John Warner
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208 Waste and Sewage Treatment1987
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208 Waste and Sewage Treatment1987
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208 Wasteload Allocation, n.d.1982
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Richmond/Crater 208 Wasteload Allocation1982
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP, n.d.1973, 1978-1980
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP1982
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP1982
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP1982
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP1982
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP1983
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP1983
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP1984-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 Cost Estimates, n.d.1981-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Richmond/Crater 208 Cost Estimates1982
- Mixed Materials box: 5
- Subseries 3: Water Treatment, n.d.1971-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Combines Sewer Overflow, n.d.1971, 1979, 1985-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Point Source, n.d.1979-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Point Source1985
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Non-Point Source, n.d.1971-1981
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Non-Point Source1982
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Non-Point Source1982
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Non-Point Source1984
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Stream Sanitation Analysis1978-1979
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Wasteload Allocation Strategy1982
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Henrico-Sewage Treatment Plant, n.d.1980-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 7
- Subseries 4: Water Quality, n.d.1977-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Water Quality Management and Funding, n.d.1977-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 8
James River, n.d.1979-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 8
James River1983
- Mixed Materials box: 8
James River1984
- Mixed Materials box: 8
James River1984
- Mixed Materials box: 8
James River1985
- Mixed Materials box: 8
James River1986
- Mixed Materials box: 8
James River1987
- Mixed Materials box: 9
James and Appomattox Rivers1987
- Mixed Materials box: 9
James and Appomattox Rivers Water Quality Modeling1986
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Water Quality Modeling Transparency, n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 9
James River Corridor Study1979-1980
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Water Quality Standards, n.d.1977, 1980, 1982
- Mixed Materials box: 9
State Water Plan Advisory Committee (SWPAC), n.d.1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Sub-Committee #4 Reports1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 9
SWPAC Sub-Committee Reports1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Northside Docs., n.d.1978, 1982
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Northside Docs.1983-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Northern Virginia P.D.C. Water Quality Management, n.d.1977, 1981-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 8
- Subseries 5: Laws for Planning Committees, n.d.1976-1983
- Mixed Materials box: 10
MPO, n.d.1976-1977, 1982
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Public Participation--FOIA, n.d.1979-1981
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Public Participation-FOIA1982
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Memorandum of Understanding, n.d.1980-1983
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Section 205 (j), n.d.1981-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Section 205 (j)1982
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Section 205 (j)1983
- Mixed Materials box: 10
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Water Policy Legislation, Virginia, n.d.1985
- Mixed Materials box: 11
State Water Control Law1975
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Legal and Administrative Systems for Water1978
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Regulatory Reform1983-1984
- Mixed Materials box: 11
State Statutes, n.d.1958, 1972, 1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Clean Water Act1972, 1977, 1982, 1984
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Water Code for Virginia, n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 11
State Department of Health Water Regulations, n.d.1984
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Litigation--Water1972, 1976, 1979
- Mixed Materials box: 11
State Water Allocation Laws, n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 11
State Water Codes, n.d.1984
- Mixed Materials box: 11
State Water Codes1981, 1984
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Virginia Water1977, 1984, 1985
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Newsletters--Miscellaneous1979, 1985-1986
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Water Resources Task Force, n.d.1978, 1980, 1982-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Chesapeake Bay, n.d.1983-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 12
VCU James River Symposium1983
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Smith River1982
- Mixed Materials box: 12
National Wildlife Federation, n.d.1980-1981
- Mixed Materials box: 12
National Wildlife Federation1981
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Conservation Council of Virginia, n.d.1980, 1982
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Newton Ancarrow1978-1979
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Meeting Notes1982
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Miscellaneous Correspondence1978, 1981, 1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Miscellaneous Notes, n.d.1981
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Miscellaneous Notes1982, 1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 13
3-C1974-1977
- Mixed Materials box: 13
O'Connor, n.d.1977-1979
- Mixed Materials box: 13
O'Connor1980-1982
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Monthly report of the State of the Rivers1982-1983
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Monthly report of the State of the Rivers1983
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Monthly report of the State of the Rivers13.6
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Monthly report of the State of the Rivers1985
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Monthly report of the State of the Rivers1986
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Draft Doc/Reports1984
- Mixed Materials box: 14
"Swimming Clean Water for Virginia "1977
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Miscellaneous Reports, n.d.1980-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Water Quality Analysis of James a Appomattox Rivers1986
- Mixed Materials box: 14
NPDES Briefing Document1986
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Henrico County Department of Public Utilities--Annual Report1986
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Quarterly Report #2 York River STP Nutrient Removal Project1986
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Virginia waste water Treatment Plant Effluent CBOD1986
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Richmond/Crater James River Water Quality Management Program Final Report1985
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Final Report Appendices Table A1-A5514.9
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Final Report Appendices Table A56-A78
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Final Report Appendices Table A79-A94
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Final Report Appendices Figure A1-A93
- Mixed Materials box: 14
James River Water Quality Monitoring Program Data Report #11983
- Mixed Materials box: 14
James River Water Quality Monitoring Program-Permanent Monitoring Data Report #11983
- Mixed Materials box: 15
The Hidden Dangers of Urban Storm water, n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Setting the Course for Clean Water, n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Citizen's Guide to Clean Water1973
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Water Research Needs for Virginia 1975 and Beyond1975
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Protecting our Water Resources, n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Richmond NPDES Permit No. Va 0063177, n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Water Quality Standards1974
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Executive Report on the 208 Planning Process--Richmond/Crater 208 Study Area1977
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Water Quality Analysis of the Upper James River1979
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Application to the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service1979
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Application to the U.S. Water Resources Council1979
- Mixed Materials box: 15
James River Corridor Study--Goals, Policies, Principles and Guidelines: Implementation1981
- Mixed Materials box: 15
James River Corridor Study--An Introduction1980
- Mixed Materials box: 15
James River Corridor Study--Background Information1980
- Mixed Materials box: 15
James River Corridor Study--Issues1980
- Mixed Materials box: 15
James River Corridor Study--Data Collection and Vulnerability Analysis1981
- Mixed Materials box: 15
James River Corridor Study--Land Use Impact Analysis and Suitability Guidelines1981
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Water Quality Analysis of the Upper James River Estuary1980
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Census Reports1980
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Pollution of the James River and Related Problems: A Bibliography1981
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Draft Residual Waste Management Plan: Section 1, Draft 2-B1982
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Preliminary Wasteload Allocation Strategy for the Upper James River Estuary1982
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP--Residual Waste Management Plan Final Draft1982
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Richmond/Crater 208 IWQMP--Public Hearing Concerns1982
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Richmond/Crater Interim Water Quality Management Plan Draft1982
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Upper James Estuary Wasteload Allocation Plan--Final Report1982
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Non-Point Source Assessment and Control Needs--Final Report1982
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Nature and Extent of Trace Element Contamination Associated with Fly-Ash Disposal Sites in the Chisman Creek Watershed
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Waste Water Discharges are not Complying with EPA Pollution Control Permits1983
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Water Quality Review and Analysis1983-1984
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Water Quality Review and Analysis1984
- Mixed Materials box: 15
James River Estuary Water Quality Monitoring Program1984-1985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Organic Chemicals in Sediments from the Upper James River--A Progress Report1985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
City of Richmond NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
SWCB on the City of Richmond NPDES Permit Reissuance1985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Public Hearing Presentation--City of Richmond-NPDES Permit No. Va 0063177
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Response to Comments Received by SWCB on Draft NPDES Permit No. Va 00631771985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Comments by the City of Richmond in Response to Draft NPDES Permit No. Va 00631771985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
City of Richmond NPDES Permit/Consent Special Order--Information Package1985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
James River Water Quality Monitoring Program1985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
City of Richmond NPDES Permit1985
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Sediment-Water Column Exchanges of Nutrients and oxygen in the Tidal James and Appomattox Rivers1985