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Title: Municipal Operations and Employee Training


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Municipal Operations and Employee Training
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Municipal Operations
  • Where does municipal runoff come from?
  • The municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4)
    conveys runoff from
  • Road maintenance.
  • Landscaping.
  • Building/facilities maintenance.
  • Storm conveyance system
  • maintenance.
  • Utility repair and replacement.
  • Vehicle maintenance and washing.

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NPDES Phase II Minimum Control Measure No. 6
  • Pollution prevention/good housekeeping for
    municipal operations
  • Must
  • Develop an operations and maintenance program to
    prevent and/or reduce polluted storm water runoff
    from operations activities.
  • Include employee training to prevent or reduce
    polluted storm water runoff from activities such
    as maintenance of open space, vehicles,
    buildings, and storm water conveyance systems.
  • Develop and implement site-specific plans for
    vehicle maintenance facilities and wastewater
    treatment plants, unless a separate permit for
    these activities exists.

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Municipal Legal Authority
  • Non-storm water discharges to the MS4 should be
    officially prohibited by storm water or sanitary
    sewer ordinance or other regulatory mechanism.
  • Some flows are specifically prohibited.
  • Allows for other flows not yet determined to be
    prohibited.
  • Applies to the municipalitys own operations in
    addition to residences and businesses.
  • Municipal operations and staff must lead by
    example!

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Common Requirements
  • Storm conveyance system inspection, cleaning, and
    general maintenance
  • Municipal yard storm water runoff management
  • Landscape/pesticide programs
  • Flood control/detention basin programs

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Common Requirements
  • Operation and maintenance programs for
  • Vehicles
  • Snow disposal
  • Roads
  • Municipal parks and open space
  • Public buildings
  • Wastewater
  • Training and education for municipal employees

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Municipal Maintenance Activities
  • Maintenance activities routinely performed by
    city staff
  • Storm conveyance system maintenance
  • Road, curb, gutter, pothole repairs
  • Striping, painting, marking application or
    removal
  • Ditch digging, mowing, pesticide/herbicide or
    fertilizer applications
  • Wet utility repairs
  • Refuse, litter, and roadside waste collection

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Storm Water Conveyance System Cleaning and
Repair
  • Identify the location of catch basins
  • Describe the frequency of catch basin/inlet
    inspection and cleaning
  • Percentage of catch basins/inlets inspected
    annually (20 minimum)
  • Provide inspection schedule and reports

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Storm Water Conveyance System Cleaning and
Repair
  • Describe operations and maintenance best
    management practices (BMPs) to be implemented.
  • Develop a mechanism to track cleaning and the
    amount of debris removed.
  • Evaluate operation and maintenance of pump
    stations, drainage structures, and structural
    BMPs.

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Develop Practical BMPs
  • The BMPs should
  • Evaluate and document current work practices.
  • Identify individual pollutants of concern.
  • Identify storm water contamination sources and
    possible remedies.
  • Provide targeted employee training using simple
    fact sheets.

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Develop Practical BMPs
  • Developing the BMPs should
  • Involve the municipal staff.
  • Include grouping by task categories or by
    department.
  • List responsible departments and individuals.
  • Provide opportunities for modification and
    updates.

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Practical BMPs
  • Types of municipal operation activities that
    effective BMPs would address

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Practical BMPs
  • Effective BMPs that address some common municipal
    operations

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The Good
  • Operations and maintenance plans that
  • Involve all responsible departments and
    individuals.
  • Focus on specific activities and include
    achievable goals.
  • Focus on maintenance of controls.
  • Address pollutants of concern.
  • Consider seasonal variations.
  • Reflect employee comments and concerns.

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The Bad
  • Operations and maintenance programs that
  • Do not address operation activities.
  • Are expected to be implemented by untrained
    staff.
  • Are directed by a single department.
  • Are not reviewed, revised, and maintained.
  • Claim to address and remove every type of
    pollutant.

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Training for Municipal Employees
  • Provide
  • General and activity-specific training.
  • General awareness training for all city
    employees.
  • Regular and targeted training for employees based
    on activities they perform.
  • Materials for easy and frequent refreshers.
  • Teach employees their actions have an impact on
    water quality they are the community examples!

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Training for Municipal Employees
  • Create recognizable links between pollutants and
    the environment.
  • Provide employee training in the form of
  • New employee orientation.
  • Distributed materials.
  • Workplace posters and fact sheets.
  • Frequent tailgate sessions.

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Whats in your SWPPP?
  • Are you
  • Implementing the BMPs previously developed?
  • Developing procedures to ensure existing BMPs are
    being implemented by appropriate departments?
  • Conducting training and educational outreach for
    all municipal employees?
  • Modifying existing BMPs and municipal maintenance
    activities to improve water quality?
  • Describing the tools and measures that will be
    used to assess
  • Progress toward achieving your measurable goals.
  • Appropriateness and effectiveness of the BMP.
  • Success and effectiveness of the approved SWPPP.

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Whats in your SWPPP?
  • Some measurable goals
  • The number of employees receiving storm water
    training annually
  • Successful development of BMPs for all municipal
    activities that could impact storm water
  • Number of miles of streets swept
  • Proportion of storm water conveyance system
    cleaned and repaired annually
  • Amount of debris collected annually
  • Reduction in frequency of spills or discharges
    from municipal facilities or public works
    projects

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