Storm Water Pollution Prevention Planning

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Storm Water Pollution Prevention Planning

• A Guide Through the Process of Complying with The
  NPDES Phase II Storm Water Program

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After Lunch Agenda

• Planning and Community Assistance Staff will be
  available to you to help you fill in the Notice
  of Intent.
• We have blank copies of it and other forms

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NPDES Phase II

• NPDES is the National Pollution Discharge
  Elimination System
• By March 10, 2003, Light Industrial Facilities
  must
• Obtain coverage under the Multisector General
  Permit (MSGP) or
• Submit a No Exposure Certification

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Where Do You Fit In?
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SIC 4953 Refuse Systems Establishments engaged
in the collection and disposal of refuse by
processing or destruction or in the operation of
incinerators, waste treatment plants, landfills
or other sites for disposal of such materials

• Includes
• Collection and disposal of acid waste
• Collection and disposal of ashes
• Operations of dumps and landfills
• Collecting, destroying and processing garbage

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SIC 5093- Establishments primarily engaged in
assembling, breaking up, sorting, and wholesale
distribution of scrap and waste materials

• Automotive wrecking for scrap
• Bottles, waste wholesale
• Boxes, waste wholesale
• Fur cuttings and scraps
• Iron and steel scrap
• Junk and scrap
• Metal waste and scrap
• Wiping rags, including washing and reconditioning

• Nonferrous metals scrap
• Waste oil
• Plastics scrap
• Rags
• Rubber scrap
• Scavengering
• Scrap and waste materials wholesale
• Textile waste
• Wastepaper including paper recycling

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• So, You Are Included!!!
• Unless ..

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No Exposure Certification

• Can You Meet These Criteria?

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Most, if not all, facilities will not be exempt,
because

• You probably have materials stored outside
  (Question 6)
• Or
• You probably have waste materials that are not
  stored in covered, non-leaking receptacles such
  as dumpsters (Question 9)

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If you cant sign your name to a form that says
you have no exposure,

• THEN, YOU NEED TO FILL OUT gtgtgtgtgt

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The Notice of Intent
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The Notice of Intent

• Is a request to be authorized to discharge
  pollutants to the waters of the United States
  under the terms of the current Multisector
  General Permit (MSGP)
• Is an agreement by you with the USEPA to conform
  to the MSGP including the requirement to prepare
  and implement a Storm Water Pollution Prevention
  Plan (SWPP)

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To Complete a Notice of Intent

• You must determine if there are endangered
  species affected by your operation
• You must determine if historic properties are
  affected by your operation
• You must complete a Storm Water Pollution
  Prevention Plan

?Thats all of it!
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Endangered Species Per RSA 212-A

• Dwarf wedge mussel - Alasmidonta heterodon
• Swollen wedge mussel - Alasmidonta varicosa
• Frosted elfin butterfly - Callophrys irus
• Karner blue butterfly - Lycaeides melissa
  samuelis
• Persius dusky wing skipper - Erynnis persius
• Banded bog skimmer - Williamsonia lintneri
• Sunapee trout - Salvelinus aureolus
• Shortnose sturgeon - Acipenser brevirostrum
• Marbled salamander - Ambystoma opacum
• Timber rattlesnake - Crotalus horridus

• Bald eagle - Haliaetus leucocephalus
• Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
• Golden eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
• Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
• Piping plover - Charadrius melodus
• Upland sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda
• Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii
• Common tern - Sterna hirundo
• Least Tern - Sterna antillarum
• Purple martin - Progne subis
• Sedge wren - Cistothorus platensis
• Canada lynx - Lynx canadensis
• Small footed bat - Myotis leibii
• Pied-billed grebe - Podilymbus podiceps

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NH Resource For Endangered Species

• NH Natural Heritage/DRED
• Telephone - 603-271-3623
• FAX  - 603-271-2629
• Postal addressPO Box 1856 172 Pembroke
  RoadConcord, NH 03302-1856

• NH Heritage can check its database to see if they
  have any rare plant, rare animal, or exemplary
  natural community records on your property. All
  they need is a brief cover note and a clear map
  identifying your propertys boundaries. The map
  should be a clean photocopy of a USGS topographic
  map with your property clearly marked (you do not
  need to copy the whole topographic map, just the
  section showing your project).

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Historic Places Certification

• Contact
• http//www.historicdistricts.com and follow links
  to NH
• Or
• Ms. Edna Feighner Review and Compliance
  Coordinator
• NH Division of Historic ResourcesPO Box
  2043Concord, NH 03302-2043(603)271-3483
• Provide a cover letter and marked topographic map
  of your facility.

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Resources In Your Packet and On the NHDES Website

• Blank Notice of Intent
• A filled in fictitious NOI
• A sample letter to the NH Division of Historic
  Resources
• A sample letter to the NH Natural Heritage

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Information You Need For The NOI

• Section A - Generic Permit Number NHR05
• Section B - Info on the Operator
• Section C - Item 1 - The official name of the
  facility
• Item 2 - The address of the facility, including
• Latitude and Longitude of the facilitys front
  gate in degrees, minutes, and second
• Obtain from a topographic map
• Or, use a GPS
• Item 3 If you jointly operate a facility (Town
  Garage, fire department, etc), you will need to
  co-file

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Information You Need For The NOI (Contd)

• Do you discharge to a receiving water? If yes,
  its name.
• Do you discharge to a municipal separate storm
  sewer system (MS4)? If yes, the name of the MS4
  Operator.
• Item 6 asks for the 4 Digit SIC code or 2 letter
  activity code
• For Transfer Stations and Recycling Centers, its
  either 5093 or 4953 or both (See earlier
  description)
• For Landfills, its LF, if they receive or have
  received any industrial wastes

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Information You Need For The NOI (Contd)

• For Item 7, a 5093 SIC puts you in Sector N.
• For Item 8, Endangered Species and Historic
  Properties Certification
• Section D The Name and Signature of the
  authorized agent for the facility.

You are done!!!!
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NOI Signature An Important Point

• Signature requirements
• For a municipality, State, Federal, or other
  public agency, the plan must be signed by either
• The principal executive officer or ranking
  official, which includes the chief executive
  officer of the agency, or
• The senior officer having responsibility for the
  overall operations of a principal geographic unit
  of the agency

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Mail Completed Form To
Storm Water Notice of Intent (4203M) USEPA 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460
DO NOT MAIL SWPPP OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS TO THIS
ADDRESS
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Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)

• After The NOI, The Most Important Document

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First, lets understand the following

• You do not have to cover the entire facility with
  a roof. You do need to institute best management
  practices that minimize the opportunity for
  polluted storm water to enter the surface waters
  of the United States. These are the basic things
  that need to be in your SWPPP.

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The Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan Basic
Elements

• Seven Basic Elements
• Planning and Organization
• Assessment
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• Endangered Species Evaluation
• Historic Places Evaluation
• Certifications

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Planning and Organization

• SWPPP Coordinator And Team Identification
• Include actual names
• Include duties of each member of team
• Include Information on owners and/or operators of
  the site

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Assessment

• Site Description
• Site Map
• Significant Material Inventory
• Vehicle Wash Water and Wastewater
• Salt Storage (If you have it)
• Spills and Leaks in last 3 years
• Non-storm water discharges
• Allowable non-storm water discharges
• Existing Storm Water Monitoring Data
• Site Summary (Sources of pollution with a high
  risk of contaminating storm water

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Implementation

• Good Housekeeping practices
• Preventive Maintenance
• Best Management Practices
• Sediment and Erosion Control
• Management of Storm Water Runoff
• Spill Prevention and Response
• Employee Training

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Evaluation

• Quarterly Visual Monitoring
• Annual Site Inspections
• Recordkeeping and Reporting
• Quarterly Testing in 2nd and 4th Year of Plan, if
  you are in Sector N. (2000 MSGP started in 2000
  and the 2nd year was 2002. You will need to test
  again in 2004. The new MSGP should be issued in
  2005)
• Plan Revisions

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Sector N Effluent Limitations and Benchmark
Monitoring (SIC 5093)
1. Monitor once/quarter for the year 2 and 4
monitoring years
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Endangered Species

• Are there endangered species in the area?
• What effect might you have on them?

Historic Places

• Are there historic places in the area?
• What effect might you have on them?

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Finally, Certifications

• An authorized representative must sign the
  SWPPP

I certify under penalty of law that this
document and all attachments were prepared under
my direction in accordance with a system designed
to assure that qualified personnel properly
gathered and evaluated the information submitted.
Based on my inquiry of the persons who manage
the system, or those persons directly responsible
for gathering the information, the information
submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware
that there are significant penalties for
submitting false information, including the
possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing
violations.
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Not Really Finally. You need to attach

• Forms to be used
• Letters on endangered species and historic places
• Site Maps
• Assessments
• Any policies, procedures such as spill plans, and
  any document referred to in the main section.

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Now What?

• Change plan when appropriate. (Its a living
  document)
• If it isnt working
• You cant do something you said you would
• If a spill occurs, attach a root cause and
  corrective action statement
• Personnel change
• New buildings, new equipment, new processes, new
  waste streams, changes in size of site, etc.