Amy Butler Stevens is with the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).  She is currently serving as the Chief of the Watershed Restoration Division.  Amy has worked for the DEP for over 20 years.  In her current role, she is responsible for ensuring compliance with the County’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit under the Clean Water Act, planning, design, construction, inspection, and maintenance of best management practices to control urban runoff, stream restoration projects, implementation of a comprehensive countywide monitoring program, implementation of stewardship programs with private property owners to install best management practices, outreach and education, and building relationships with watershed groups and other partners.  In addition, the Division recently began overseeing the water supply and wastewater sewer plan and category changes.   

Amy began working for Montgomery County DEP in 2003. She managed the Stormwater Inspection and Maintenance for over nine years and Planning, Outreach and Monitoring section for over seven years.  Prior to working for Montgomery County, Amy worked for over three years at Tetra Tech, Inc., where she provided NPDES regulatory support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s, Office of Water.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at WilmingtonUniversity of North Carolina and her Master of Science in Environmental Science and Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University's School of Public Indiana Universityand Environmental Affairs.