The MS4 Program

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The MS4 Program MDTs Commitments Obligations
a.k.a Why the Heck Should I Care?
Stacy Hill, P.E. Great Falls District
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Why does the MS4 Program exist?
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Sure, but thats not Montana!
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• 35 years of CWA
• industry WWTF better
• but runoff is out of hand only getting worse

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Not in Montana, huh?Thats the beauty of the
program
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So who is stuck with this?
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Tag Youre It!

• Urbanized areas with a population gt 50,000
• Cities with a population greater than 10,000
• cities, counties, MDT, universities, MAFB,
  hospitals, large complexes

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Which means

• Billings Urbanized Area
• Billings, Yellowstone County
• Great Falls Urbanized Area
• Great Falls, Cascade County, MAFB
• Missoula Urbanized Area
• Missoula, Missoula County, UM
• Bozeman (including MSU)
• Butte
• Helena
• Kalispell
• MDT in all of these areas

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What do we have to do?
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Required elements

• 6 Minimum Control Measures
• Public Education Outreach
• Public Involvement/Participation
• Illicit Discharge Detection Elimination
• Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control
• Post-Construction SW Management
• Pollution Prevention Good Housekeeping
• Storm Water Management Program

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What is proposed for each of the 6 program areas?
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Public Education Outreach

• TAP presentations, brochures, PSAs
• Public Meetings
• Website
• Storm Drain Stenciling
• Guidance Manuals
• Training

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Public Involvement/Participation

• Stakeholder meetings
• Public Involvement in Transportation Planning
  Project Development
• Adopt-A-Highway
• Feedback Solicitation Action

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Illicit Discharge Detection Elimination

• Spill Response/IDDE Procedures
• Storm Sewer Mapping
• Dry Weather Screening
• SPCC Program
• Training

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Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control

• Permitting Compliance
• Inspection/ECCP Development
• Training Information

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Post-Construction Storm Water Management in New
Development Redevelopment

• PESC Program Presentation Wednesday 3-5
• Revegetation Programs
• Inspection Maintenance
• Environmental Checklists/Reviews

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Pollution Prevention Good Housekeeping

• Training
• Street Sweeping
• Winter Road Management/Deicer Studies
• Waste Disposal/Recycling
• Procedures Manuals
• Vehicle Equipment Maintenance

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What does MDT need me to do?
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What does MDT need me to do?

• new ideas
• spreading the word
• tracking the information
• realizing this is a worthwhile cause

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One more timewhy are we doing this?
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Its worth it, right?!
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Questions?
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