(14) 'Stormwater runoff' means precipitation and snowmel

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Stormwater Regulations in Vermont

• September 2004
• Vermont Agency of Transportation

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What is Stormwater?

• Stormwater Runoff - Water that washes off the
  land after a rainstorm, which does not infiltrate
  into the soil and runs off the land. General
  Definition
• (14)  Stormwater runoff means precipitation and
  snowmelt that does not infiltrate into the soil,
  including material dissolved or suspended in it,
  but does not include discharges from undisturbed
  natural terrain or wastes from combined sewer
  overflows. Act 140

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The Regulatory World of Stormwater
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Clean Water Act FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
ACT Amendments of 1972
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT (33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq.) AN ACT To provide for water
pollution control activities in the Public Health
Service of the Federal Security Agency and in the
Federal Works Agency, and for other purposes. Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, TITLE IRESEARCH AND
RELATED PROGRAMS DECLARATION OF GOALS AND
POLICY SEC. 101. (a) The objective of this Act is
to restore and maintain the chemical, physical,
and biological integrity of the Nations waters.
In order to achieve this objective it is hereby
declared that, consistent with the provisions of
this Act (1) it is the national goal that the
discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters
be eliminated by 1985
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Vermont Water Quality Standards Effective July
2, 2000 State of Vermont Water Resources
Board http//www.state.vt.us/wtrboard/docs/adopted
wqs.doc
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Clean Water Act
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State LawAn Act Relating to Stormwater
DischargeAct 140 (2004)

• Title 10 Conservation and Development
• Chapter 47 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
• 1264. Stormwater Management
• 1264a. Interim stormwater permitting authority
• 1264b. Stormwater Impaired waters restoration
  fund
• 1264c. Local community implementation fund

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Regulations

• Federal
• Clean Water Act
• Section 402 National Pollutant Discharge
  Elimination System (NPDES)
• Phase 1 2 Rule
• Stormwater Runoff from Construction Sites
• Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System General
  Permit (MS4)
• Multi-Sector General Permit

• State of Vermont
• 10 V.S.A. 1264. - Revised by Act 140
• Vermont Stormwater Management Manual April 2002 -
  Will be revised by Stormwater Management Rule,
  June 15, 2004
• 1997 Stormwater Management Procedures - Will be
  replaced by Stormwater Management Rule, June 15,
  2005

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Federal NPDES Permits CWA, Sec.
402Administrated by ANR

• Construction General Permit for Stormwater Runoff
  (CGP) from Large Construction Sites 3-9001. --In
  effect for constr. sites gt 5ac. CGP for small
  constr. sites 1 to 5 ac Expect to be issued
  2005 - - VTrans/ANR MOA
• Multi-Sector General Permit for Stormwater
  Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity
  (MSGP) Delayed
• General Permit for Small Municipal Separate Storm
  Sewer Systems (MS4) 3-9014 -- In Effect, but
  under appeal

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General Items

• Act 140 applies to long-term stormwater
  management NOT erosion prevention and sediment
  control
• Act 140 is a result of collaboration of a range
  of special interest groups, including VTrans.
• Recognizes two ANR permitting programs
• 1. NPDES based on CWA
• 2. State Permit Program based on Act 140

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Permit Tracksbased on Water Quality

• Unimpaired waters Waters that meet the Vermont
  Water Quality Standards. The majority of surface
  water in Vermont.
• Stormwater -Impaired Waters Waters that do not
  meet Vermont Water Quality Standards due to
  stormwater pollutants. 17 stream in Vermont.
  Most in Chittenden Co. or near ski areas.
• Waters can be impaired for other pollutants

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Permits related to Act 140for Stormwater-impaired
waters

• No general permits are available at this time.
  But each stormwater impaired water will have a
  Total Maximum Daily Load Study (TMDL) and a Water
  Quality Remediation Plan (WQRP) or a general
  permit. Deadline is September 30, 2007.

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Stormwater Management Rule

• Rulemaking process state by October 15, 2004 and
  adopt by June 15, 2005
• Projects involving ONE ACRE or more of impervious
  surface require a permit.
• Pavement Management projects exempt, see
  Redevelopment in Act 140 definitions
• To aid in the process VTrans is helping fund and
  guide the Stormwater Advisory Group (SWAG)

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Useful Websites

• VT Agency of Natural Resources
• http//www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/waterq/stormwater.h
  tm
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• http//www.epa.gov/OW/index.html
• EPA Stormwater
• http//cfpub2.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id6
• Stormwater Mangers Resource Center
• http//www.stormwatercenter.net/
• Stormwater Magazine
• http//www.stormwater.info/sw.html