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Chapter 15, Proposed Amendments to Article IV Water Quality

Board of County Commissioners. Chapter 15, Proposed Amendments to Article IV Water Quality . Presented by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division April 9, 2013. Presentation Outline. Purpose History Ordinance Review Summary Action Requested. Presentation Outline. Purpose

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Chapter 15, Proposed Amendments to Article IV Water Quality

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  1. Board of County Commissioners Chapter 15, Proposed Amendments to Article IV Water Quality Presented by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division April 9, 2013

  2. Presentation Outline • Purpose • History • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  3. Presentation Outline • Purpose • History • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  4. Purpose • Remove duplication of wastewater permitting with FDEP • Consolidate water quality rules • Provide authority and language in support of the County NPDES permit

  5. Presentation Outline • Purpose • History • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  6. History • 1965 – first water quality regulations • 1984 – began issuing wastewater permits • 1996 – NPDES Permit issued to County

  7. Presentation Outline • Purpose • History • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  8. Ordinance Review • Repeals and Restructuring • Required Authority for NPDES • Adoption of State Standards • Management of the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)

  9. Ordinance Review Repeals & Restructuring: • Repeal wastewater regulations: Sections 15-114 thru 15-153 and 37-143 (3) • Transfer Section 15-39 on prohibited deposits, discharges to new Water Quality Ordinance.

  10. Ordinance Review • Required Authority for NPDES: Permit from FDEP requires that each permit holder have the legal authority to control illicit discharges, connections, spills and dumping into the MS4, and perform the required inspection and monitoring to confirm compliance

  11. Ordinance Review • Adoption of State Standards: Florida Administrative Code – • 62-302.530 Surface Water Criteria • 62-304 Part V TMDLs in Central District • 62-520.420 Standards for Ground Water • 62-520.400 Minimum Criteria for Ground Water

  12. Ordinance Review Management of the MS4: • Prohibitions on illicit discharges and connections to the MS4, discharges onto the ground surface causing water pollution

  13. Ordinance Review Management of the MS4: • Reporting of accidental discharges to the EPD • Requirement to cease discharge and initiate clean-up

  14. Ordinance Review Management of the MS4: • Maintenance of control structures, storm ponds and permit-required BMPs

  15. Ordinance Review Management of the MS4: • Allowance for non-stormwater discharges into the MS4 • Eighteen categories exempted: • Fire fighting flows • Landscape irrigation • Residential car washing • Dechlorinated swimming pool water

  16. Ordinance Review Management of the MS4: • Ordinance allows for applications to the EPO requesting variance • Ordinance includes provisions for enforcement if violations occur

  17. Presentation Outline • Purpose • History • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  18. Summary Public Meetings and Workshops: • EPC Work Session – March 2010 • Public Workshops (2) – May 2010 • ESTF Review – June 2012 • Ag Advisory Board and Farm Bureau – Sept. 2012 • EPC Hearing – Sept. 2012 • DAB – Nov. 2012 • LPA – Dec. 2012 • County Attorney’s Office - economic impact

  19. Summary • Eliminates wastewater permitting • Establishes authority to address NPDES permit requirements • Describes MS4 management activities • No substantial economic impact per Chapter 30-2

  20. Presentation Outline • Purpose • History • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  21. Action Requested • Finding that the proposed Water Quality Ordinance will not have substantial economic impact • Approval of Chapter 15, Article IV. Water Quality Ordinance

  22. Board of County Commissioners Chapter 15, Proposed Amendments to Article IV Water Quality Presented by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division April 9, 2013

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