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Construction Site Stormwater Compliance Presentation for CALBIG October 9, 2013

A presentation on stormwater regulations, inspection requirements, documentation and tracking, enforcement, and available resources.

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Construction Site Stormwater Compliance Presentation for CALBIG October 9, 2013

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  1. Construction Site Stormwater CompliancePresentation for CALBIGOctober 9, 2013 Kristin Kerr, P.E., QSD EOA, Inc. on behalf of the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program

  2. Outline of Presentation • Overview of Stormwater Regulations • MRP Construction Site Inspection Requirements • Stormwater Inspection Documentation and Tracking • Enforcement • Resources

  3. Stormwater Regulations 101 The Clean Water Act • Requires a Permit to discharge into Waters of the State from Point Sources • Wastewater Treatment Plants • Industrial Facilities • NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permits

  4. 1986 Amendments: Stormwater Nonpoint Source • Requires permits to discharge stormwater from: • Municipal Separate Storm Drains (MS4) • Industrial Facilities • Construction Sites • NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permits • Larger municipalities’ permits called Phase 1 and smaller ones Phase 2

  5. Why Regulate Pollutants in Stormwater? • A storm drain system is completely separate from the sanitary sewer system • Water entering storm drains generally receives no treatment before discharging to creeks and the Bay

  6. Municipal NPDES Permitting Authority

  7. Stormwater Permits • Individual NDPES Stormwater Permits – issued by Regional Board • Municipal Regional Permit (MRP) • Statewide NPDES General Stormwater Permits – issued by State Board • Industrial General Permit (IGP) • Construction General Permit (CGP) • Phase II MS4 General Permit

  8. Statewide General Permits • NPDES authority issues one permit • Used to cover same or similar operations • Facilities/municipality applies for coverage • Facilities/municipality submits Notice of Intent (NOI)

  9. Statewide Construction Activities General Permit • Revised Permit adopted by State Board & effective July 1, 2010 • Applies to projects that disturb ≥1 acre of land – Public & Private • Contains requirements for site BMPs, inspections, sampling, SWPPP, reporting, QSP/QSD • Compliance inspections & enforcement by Regional Water Board staff

  10. What do you need to know about the Construction General Permit (CGP)? • MRP Inspections: looking at SWPPP, QSP inspection records, sampling results, etc. may help inform your inspection • Public projects ≥ 1 acre must file for coverage under the CGP - will you be involved? • Overall site compliance reflects on your inspection program • You inspect for compliance with local SW ordinance • Regional Board staff inspects for compliance with CGP

  11. Municipal Regional Permit (MRP) • Regional permit regulating municipal stormwater systems • Adopted by Regional Water Board: October 14, 2009 • Effective date: December 1, 2009 • Permit renewed every 5 years • Applies to cities, counties, and districts in: • San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties • Fairfield and Suisun City (Solano County) • Vallejo (Solano County)

  12. MRP Permit Provisions • C1 – Compliance with Discharge Prohibitions • C2 – Municipal Maintenance • C3 – New Development and Redevelopment • C4 – Industrial and Commercial Discharge • C5 – Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination • C6 – Construction Inspection • C7 – Public Information and Outreach • C8 – Water Quality Monitoring • C9 – Pesticide Toxicity Control • C10 – Trash Reduction • C11 – Mercury Load Reduction • C12 – PCBs • C13 – Copper • C14 – PBDE and Legacy Pesticides • C15 – Exempted & Conditionally Exempted Discharges • C16 – Reporting

  13. MRP Construction Site Inspection Requirements Big Picture Requirements… • Implement a construction site inspection and control program at all construction sites • Prevent discharges of pollutants and impacts on receiving waters • When does this apply? • All year long!

  14. MRP Construction Site Inspection Requirements • During wet season, at least 1 stormwater inspection per month for • sites disturbing > 1 acre • “high priority” sites • Inspect both Public (e.g. CIP projects) & Private sites

  15. MRP Construction Site Inspection Requirements • What is a high priority site? • Identified by your municipality • Generally, site with < 1 acre of land disturbance that • Has a steep slope and/or, • Is adjacent to a creek

  16. MRP Construction Site Inspection Requirements When is the wet season? October 1st – April 30th

  17. Construction Site Inspections • When construction ends during wet season: • Continue stormwater inspections until site is fully stabilized. • If stabilizing with vegetation, assume “fully stabilized” when there is 70% vegetative cover.

  18. Construction Site Inspections • For every required stormwater inspection, there must be a completed inspection checklist.

  19. Construction Site Inspections • For sites that require monthly wet season inspections, data from the stormwater inspection checklist must be: • Tracked (in spreadsheet or database), and • Reported (in Annual Report).

  20. Construction Site Inspections • Tracking table is not submitted in Annual Report but is the basis for Annual Report data summaries • Regional Board can request tracking table at any time • Inspection tables should match summaries in Annual Report

  21. Stormwater Inspection Forms

  22. Stormwater Inspection Form • Document Problems in 6 BMP categories: • Erosion control • Run-on and run-off control • Sediment control • Active treatment systems (as needed) • Good site management • Non-stormwater management

  23. Stormwater Inspection Forms • Document Illicit Discharges

  24. Stormwater Inspection Forms • Enforcement Actions • Resolution of Problem • Problems fixed • Need More Time • Escalate Enforcement • Comments: rationale for longer compliance time, all escalation in enforcement discussions, relevant information

  25. Enforcement Options and Reporting

  26. Enforcement Response Plan (ERP) • Each agency must have and implement an ERP • ERP provides framework for consistent and effective enforcement • ERP must include progressive (escalating) enforcement • The Program prepared an ERP template in 2010 • Agencies developed ERPs based on the template

  27. What’s in an ERP? • Identifies enforcement actions and timeframes for correction of violations. • Timeframes: Violations must be corrected • Within 10 business days , • Or before next rain event, • OR record rationale for longer compliance. • Procedures for escalating the enforcement response.

  28. Example of Progressive Enforcement

  29. Documenting Violations • Violations identified during inspections (and other data) must be recorded on inspection form. • The specific category of the violation must be indicated. • Example on next slides.

  30. Documenting Violations: Example

  31. Documenting Violations: Example

  32. Documenting Enforcement • For all violations: Show the level of enforcement on the checklist. • Should be appropriate to violation and lead to timely, corrective compliance. • Repeat violations should result in escalated enforcement response level. • Indicate the timeframe for correcting violation on checklist.

  33. Lessons Learned from 2013 ERP NOVs • Provide field scenarios for each level of enforcement. • Give timeframes and procedures to verify corrective actions implemented within 10 business days or before next rain. • Include discussion of which staff has authority to issue each level of enforcement.

  34. Lessons Learned from 2013 ERP NOVs • Provide discussion of escalating responses for repeat violations. • There should be consistent enforcement action in the ERP and Annual Report.

  35. What else should you know about the MRP? • Provision C.13.a. manage waste generated from cleaning/treating copper architectural features during construction • SMCWPPP BMP Fact Sheet

  36. What else should you know about the MRP? • Provision C.3.h Stormwater Treatment Systems Operation &Maintenance (O&M) Verification Inspections • Municipalities must maintain a database of Regulated Project treatment/HM controls • Report on inspections in Annual Report

  37. What else should you know about the MRP? • SW Treatment Systems O&M Inspections continued.. • specific requirements for number of inspections and frequency: • Inspection of new BMPs within 45 days of installation • Inspection of at least 20% of all BMPs installed • Inspection of at least 20% of total vault-based or proprietary systems • Inspection of all BMPs at least once every 5 years

  38. For More Information… • Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/water_issues/programs/stormwater/mrp.shtml • SMCWPPP Construction BMP Resources http://www.flowstobay.org/construction • CASQA Construction BMP Handbook Portal (available on web by subscription – contact your agency stormwater coordinator for information on how to access the portal)www.casqa.org

  39. Contact Information: Kristin Kerr EOA, Inc. kakerr@eoainc.com 510-832-2852, X122

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