NPDES Phase II Storm Water Regulations

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NPDES Phase II Storm Water Regulations

• WHAT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NEED TO KNOW

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Overview

• Why care about storm water?
• What are the NPDES Phase II regulations?
• How does Phase II affect communities?
• How much is it going to cost?

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Why care about storm water?

• Rain snow become storm water when they hit
  the ground
• Storm water runoff affects the health of our
  waterways

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Why care about storm water?

• Natural System
• Slow absorption
• Ground water recharge
• Natural filtration
• Low runoff

• Developed System
• Decreased absorption
• Decreased recharge
• Pollutant runoff
• High runoff
• Impacts
• Erosion sedimentation
• Flooding
• Decreased aesthetics recreation opportunities

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Why care about storm water?
Pollutants fall on impervious surface
Polluted storm water enters storm drain
Storm water enters waterway
Impaired waterway
Oil in parking lot
Storm drain outfall
Typical roadside catch basin
Sedimentation and flooding during rain event
Failed silt fence
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Why care about storm water?

• Reducing vegetation / increasing impervious
  surface increases storm water volume
• Higher flows when it rains lower flows during
  dry weather
• Storm water QUANTITY and QUALITY must be managed
  properly

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Why care about storm water?

• Benefits of storm water management
• Decreased flooding
• Land preservation through erosion control
• Improved wetland and riparian habitat
• Lower capital investment in infrastructure
• Reduced operations maintenance costs

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What are the NPDES Phase II Stormwater
Regulations?

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System,
  established in 1987 under the Clean Water Act
• Phase I (1990) covers industrial sites,
  construction sites over 5 acres, and
  municipalities over 100,000
• Phase II (2003) covers industrial sites,
  construction sites over 1 acre, and ALL public
  entities (municipalities and institutions)
  operating separate storm sewer systems AND
  contained within the U.S. Census Urbanized Area

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Phase II affects

• Cities, villages and townships in the urbanized
  area
• Counties
• Public institutions (schools, hospitals, prisons,
  etc.)
• Construction sites over 1 acre

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What are the NPDES Phase II Stormwater
Regulations?

• NPDES Phase II Goal
• To reduce the discharge of pollutants to the
  maximum extent practicable to protect water
  quality

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What are the NPDES Phase II Stormwater
Regulations?

• Permit Requirements

Jurisdictional Public Education Illicit
Discharge Elimination Public Participation
Pollution Prevention Good Housekeeping
Construction Storm Water Runoff Control Post
Construction Storm Water Management
Watershed Public Education Illicit Discharge
Elimination Public Participation Watershed
Plan Storm Water Pollution Prevention Initiative
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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Public Education Plan (PEP) Educate the public
  about reducing storm water pollution
• Illicit Discharge Elimination Plan (IDEP) Map
  storm sewer systems, identify and eliminate
  pollution sources

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Watershed Plan Compile water quality data across
  the watershed, determine goals and actions to
  achieve those goals
• Public Participation Plan Involve the public in
  development of watershed plan
• Storm Water Pollution Prevention Initiative
  Identifies water quality initiatives to be
  undertaken by each community based on watershed
  plan

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Both permits require implementation of Best
  Management Practices (BMPs)

• Structural BMPs
• detention ponds
• swales
• infiltration basins
• sand filters
• filter strips
• swirl concentrators

• Non-Structural BMPs
• ordinances zoning
• education outreach
• maintenance activities (drain cleaning, street
  sweeping)

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Effective storm water management requires actions
  by ALL municipal departments
• Actions must be coordinated and communicated
  between departments and other agencies (e.g.
  county)

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Many departments have a role
• Public Works / Public Services
• Planning Zoning
• Building
• Fleet Building Maintenance
• Parks Recreation
• Finance

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Public Works / Public Services
• Development of watershed management plan
• Structural and non-structural BMPs (e.g.
  engineering standards ordinances)
• Erosion control
• Public education outreach (e.g. pollution
  hotline, water bill inserts)

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Planning Zoning
• Development of watershed management plan
• Non-structural BMPs (e.g. ordinances and zoning)
• Public education outreach

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Building
• Soil erosion sedimentation controls
• BMP implementation

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Fleet Building Maintenance
• Good housekeeping (maintenance activities)
• Landscaping / grounds maintenance

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Parks Recreation
• Natural features protection
• Landscaping / grounds maintenance
• Public education outreach

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How does Phase II affect communities?

• Finance
• Budgeting for Phase II

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How much is it going to cost?

• Costs vary by community based on existing
  programs (e.g. ordinances, newsletter, website)
• Costs for some elements (e.g. public education)
  can be shared under watershed-based approach
• Estimates range from 1.50 to 8 per capita
  during first permit cycle

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Next steps

• Your permit application was due March 10, 2003
• Identify primary point of contact and supporting
  contacts in key departments
• Identify partners watershed communities, nested
  jurisdictions, and other key stakeholders
• Inventory existing mechanisms to meet
  requirements
• Begin development of draft IDEP PEP
• Begin watershed planning

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Summary

• Effective storm water management will protect and
  improve the quality of our waterways over the
  long term
• Effective implementation of Phase II requires
  cooperative efforts of a variety of departments
  within each municipality
• Cooperative efforts within and between regulated
  entities are cost-effective

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For more information

• Visit the web-site developed by SEMCOG and the
  Clinton River Watershed Council.
• The Southeast Michigan Phase II Storm Water
• Information Clearinghouse.
• www.crwc.org/projects/phase2/phase2home.html

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