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Storm Water Programs

Industrial– bus maintenance yards

Construction– addition of a gym

Municipal

Municipal Program

Regulates storm water discharges from a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4)

MS4

A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains

Phase I

•Larger cities and counties are permitted through MS4 permits

•Require programs and procedures to be implemented by the municipality that

will reduce storm water pollutants in the runoff

Some schools are currently involved under Phase I

A Public Education Program is one aspect of a storm water management program and many include reaching out to classrooms, educating the students, and measuring the effectiveness of the outreach program

Phase II

A second phase of storm water regulations will broaden the world of Permittees to include smaller cities and counties as well as other governmental facilities

Phase II (cont.)

Currently there is a Draft Statewide General Permit for the discharge of storm water from Small MS4s, which can be found at:

www.swrcb.ca.gov/stormwtr/index.html

Regulated Small MS4s

School districts within cities and portions of counties that are subject to permit are defined as regulated Small MS4s

Permit Requirements

The permit requires the Permittee to address 6 minimum control measures (or program areas)

Permit Requirements (cont.)

For each minimum control measure, best management practices (BMPs) must be implemented that reduce the discharge of pollutants in storm water runoff and measurable goals for each BMP to ensure BMP development and implementation

Minimum Control Measures•Public Education and Outreach

•Public Involvement/Participation

•Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination

•Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control

•Post Construction Storm Water Management

•Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations

Public Education Requirements

Educate the public on The impacts of storm water

The steps the public can take to reduce pollutants in storm water runoff

Public Education Examples

Presentations

Worksheets

Field trips (in conjunction with other science lessons)

Public Participation Requirements

Comply with State and local public notice requirements

Allow the public to review and comment on the permit and SWMP

Involve the public in the implementation of SWMP

Public Participation Examples

Storm drain stenciling around the schools

Creek cleanups

Monitoring team

Demonstration wetlands on site

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Requirements

Storm sewer system map

An ordinance prohibiting non-storm water discharges

Plan to detect and address non-storm water discharges

Educate on the hazards of illicit discharges

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Examples

Implement program for trash reduction at school events

Train janitorial staff on prohibiting non-storm water discharges

Construction Site Control Requirements

An enforceable ordinance to require erosion and sediment controls at construction sites

MS4 must require construction site operators to use BMPs

Site plan and BMP review

Public comments/complaints procedures

Site inspections and enforcement procedures

Construction Site Control Examples

Use surrounding municipality’s program/requirements

Ensure that contractors follow requirements

Post-Construction Management Requirements

An ordinance requiring long term BMPs Capture and/or infiltrate

Design BMPs

On-going maintenance of BMPs

Post-Construction Management Examples

Use surrounding municipality’s program/requirements

Ensure that contractors follow requirements

Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping RequirementsExamine municipal activities that have the potential to cause pollution in storm water

Implement BMPs to reduce that potential

Train employees

Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping Examples

Use proper amounts of fertilizer on grounds

Reduce pesticide use in conjunction with other state programs

Bus maintenance yards may already by covered under industrial program if all BMPs have already been implemented, reference existing SWPPP in SWMP

Coordination

In implementing the program, schools are encouraged to work with the surrounding MS4, especially:

•Existing education materials

•Construction/Post-Construction Programs

Permit Coverage

To obtain coverage under the General Permit, once adopted, a school district will submit a Notice of Intent to comply with the permit and a Storm Water Management Program (SWMP)

SWMP

Describes the BMPs to be implemented that address the six minimum control measures, the measurable goals to be achieved and a time schedule of implementation. A permittee has 5 years to fully implement a program, (assuming it is making reasonable progress throughout). In the case of schools, the SWMP should also identify all of the schools within the district.