Regulatory Refresher The Municipal Regional Permit

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Regulatory Refresher The Municipal Regional
Permit

• Kristin Kerr,
• EOA, Inc.
• Illicit Discharge Stormwater Inspector Training
  Workshop
• April 24, 2013

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Regulatory Refresher

• Municipal Regional Permit Requirements
• C.4 Industrial/Commercial Site Controls
• C.6 Construction Site Control
• C.5 IDDE
• C.13 Copper Controls
• C.15.b Conditionally Exempt Discharges
• SMCWPPP Resources

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What is the 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, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara
  Counties
• Fairfield and Suisun City (Solano County)
• Vallejo (Solano County)

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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

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Commercial/Industrial Inspection Requirements in
the MRP

• Provision C.4
• Implement commercial industrial site inspection
  control program
• at all sites that could cause or contribute to
  pollution of SW runoff
• Inspection Content
• Prevention of SW runoff pollution or illicit
  discharge by implementing BMPs

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Industrial/Commercial Inspection Requirements in
the MRP

• Staff Training Topics
• Topics
• Urban runoff pollution prevention
• Inspection procedures
• Illicit discharge detection, elimination and
  follow-up
• Implementation of typical BMPs at Industrial and
  Commercial Facilities
• Minimum within the 5-year permit term
• Report Annually training dates, topics and
  percentage of inspectors attending

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Construction Site Inspection Requirements in the
MRP

• Provision C.6
• Implement construction site inspection control
  program
• at all construction sites
• Inspection Content
• Visual observation of actual discharges

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Illicit Discharge Inspection Requirements in the
MRP

• Provision C.5
• Implement program with centralized complaint
  collection follow-up component and active
  surveillance component
• Detect control illicit discharges not already
  controlled under C.4 Industrial/Commercial Site
  Controls and C.6 Construction Site Controls

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C.5 Illicit Discharge Detection Elimination
(IDDE)

• Legal Authority
• Enforcement Response Plan
• Spill Dumping Complaint Response Inspections
• Collection System Screening
• Record Keeping
• Reporting
• Control of Mobile Sources

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C.5 IDDE

• Legal authority to prohibit, control and
  eliminate non-stormwater discharges
• Sewage
• Wash water from cleaning exterior surfaces,
  pavement or equipment
• Runoff from material storage areas
• Pool or fountain water discharges containing
  chlorine, biocides, chemicals or filter backwash
• Sediment, pet waste, vegetation clippings,
  landscape or construction related wastes
• Food related wastes

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C.5 IDDE - Illicit Discharge Inspection
Requirements

• Enforcement Response Plan
• Implemented by April 1, 2010
• Enforcement Actions
• Timely correction of violations
• Before next rain event
• 10 business days
• Provide rationale if gt 10 business days needed
• Escalated responses to achieve compliance

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C.5 IDDE - Illicit Discharge Inspection
Requirements

• Complaint Response
• Central contact point
• Spill/dumping response flow chart, phone tree or
  contact list
• Conduct reactive inspections follow-up
• Data Tracking
• Complaint info
• Investigation info
• Response time

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Illicit Discharge Inspection Contactson Flows to
Bay Website
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Illicit Discharge Inspection Data Tracking
Field Form
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Illicit Discharge Inspection Data Tracking
Tracking Table
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C.5 IDDE - Illicit Discharge Inspection
Requirements

• Annual Reporting
• Number of discharges reported
• Number discharges reaching storm drains /or RW
• Number and discharges resolved in a timely
  manner
• Summary of major types of discharges and
  complaints

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Illicit Discharge Inspection Data Major Types of
Discharges
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Illicit Discharge Inspection Data Major Types of
Discharges
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C.5 IDDE

• Collection System Screening
• Survey for illicit discharges and illegal dumping
• Survey strategic collection system check points
  (end of pipes, storm drain inlets, catch basins,
  etc.)
• Once a year in dry weather
• Survey can occur with routine maintenance
  activities or inspections

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C.5 IDDE

• Control of Mobile Sources
• Program
• Minimum standards BMPs for mobile business
  types such as automobile washing, power washing,
  steam cleaning, and carpet cleaning
• Enforcement strategy that addresses unique
  characteristics of mobile businesses
• Outreach
• Inspection as needed

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C.5 IDDE

• Control of Mobile Sources
• Cooperate regionally in developing and
  implementing programs, including sharing
• mobile business inventories
• BMP requirements
• Enforcement action information
• Education

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C.5 IDDE

• Control of Mobile Sources
• BASMAA Regional Project
• Current Surface Cleaner Training Recognition
  Program (http//www.basmaa.org/Training.aspx)
• Video self test application (English Spanish)
• Web-based database of trained cleaners
• Program materials training marketing
• Add automotive washing and carpet cleaning
• Create web-based application to share information
  about mobile businesses

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Copper Controls

• C.13.b Manage discharges from pools, spas
  fountains containing copper-based chemicals
• C.13.a Manage waste generated from cleaning and
  treating of copper architectural features post
  construction
• Concerns after construction
• Roof power washing, re-patination (Patination
  solution contains acids), sealing
• Runoff containing copper residue
• BMPs During Maintenance
• Block storm drain inlets
• Discharge wash water to landscaping or sanitary
• SMCWPPP Fact Sheet

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Conditionally Exempt Discharges

• C.15.b.iv Individual Residential Car Washing
• Discourage through outreach efforts
• Encourage individuals to direct car wash waters
  to landscaped areas, use as little detergent as
  necessary, wash cars at commercial car wash
  facilities, etc.
• C.15.b.v Swimming Pool, Hot Tub, Spa, and
  Fountain Discharges
• Implement Illicit Discharge ERP for polluted
  discharges into the storm drain
• contains chlorine, copper algaecide, filter
  backwash, or other pollutants

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SMCWPPP Assistance

• CII Subcommittee Meetings
• CII Training Workgroup Meetings
• SMCWPPP Orientation Training materials
• BASMAA Pollutants of Concern (POC) training
  materials for PCBs and Copper
• Website www.flowstobay.org

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• Contact Information
• Kristin Kerr
• kakerr_at_eoainc.com
• 510.832.2852, X122