Storm Water Training

Pollution Prevention

What is the best way to prevent the contamination of storm water at the source?

Nutrients, Phosphorus and nitrogen

What are a common component of storm water runoff? and an addition of what can result in algal blooms?

General Permit or an Individual Permit

What are the two classes of NPDES permits?

When they receive a certificate of coverage (COC) under the general permit

When are people with general permits authorized to discharge?

If the conditions at an industrial facility cannot be properly managed by the requirements of the general permit

When is an individual permit used?

1) Storm water from Industrial Activity and 2) Storm water with required monitoring

What are the two types of Industrial storm water general permits?

a Short-term storm water characterization (STSWCS) of storm water discharge from certain areas

What do storm water with required monitoring general permit require?

The facility has secondary containment structure mandated by state or federal regulations from which storm water is periodically discharged to waters of the state

Facilities meeting one of the following conditions must be covered under the "Storm water with required monitoring" general permit?

Determine the standard industrial classification (SIC) code

What is the first criteria to consider when determining if coverage is needed under the NPDES industrial storm water permit?

determine if there is a point source discharge of storm water to surface waters of the state.

What is the second criteria to consider when determining if coverage is needed under the NPDES industrial storm water permit?

lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands.

What are surface waters of the state?

evaluate the potential for exposure of industrial materials or activities to storm water.

What is the third criteria to consider when determining if coverage is needed under the NPDES industrial storm water permit?

No

Are final products that are designed for outdoor use considered exposure ?

material handling equipment, industrial machinery, raw materials, intermediate products, by products, waste materials and final products

What are industrial materials or activities? (examples)

apply for an exemption from the storm water permit requirements by submitting an application for No Exposure Certification in Miwaters

What can facilities without exposure do?

the condition of no exposure must be maintained at all times and the application for No Exposure Certification submitted in Miwaters every 5 years

How can a facility remain exempt from the storm water permit requirements?

Miwaters

What is the web-based permitting and compliance database that every facility must set up an account with?

a form that must be approved by the department before these forms and reports can be submitted

What is a certifier Agreement Form?

The body of water to which your storm water is discharged( either directly or via and underground storm sewer or roadside ditch)

When applying for a storm water permit coverage, what is needed?

1) have supervision over the facilities storm water treatment and control measures included in the SWPPP. 2) Conduct comprehensive storm water inspections per the frequency in the general permit. 3) Conduct visual assessment of storm water discharge in correlation with each comprehensive storm water inspection. 4) shall review and sign the SWPPP

What are the responsibilities of the Industrial Storm Water Certified Operator?

at the facility on a regular basis

The certified operator should be someone who is____?

To prevent storm water from contacting contaminants before being discharged into the receiving waters

What is the goal of the SWPPP?

any material that can degrade or impair water quality.

What is a significant material?

Soils, salt piles, raw materials, food products, wastewater

What are some examples of significant material?

all the significant materials that have the reasonable potential to contaminate storm water runoff.

The storm water permit requires that the SWPPP include a list of?

be included in the routine inspections

Areas and situations identified in significant material inventory where a signifiant material has a medium to high potential to contact storm water shoud____

once every two weeks

How often should routine inspections be performed and documented?

1) operation and Maintenance 2) Material Storage Practices 3) Material Inventory Procedures 4) Employee Participation

What practices should be included in good housekeeping?

Quarterly or on an approved alternate schedule. The inspection is required to be conducted by the certified operator.

how often are comprehensive site inspections occur and who should be doing the inspections?

the whole facility

should certain parts or the whole facility be evaluated during the comprehensive site inspection?

within 6 months of the issuance/reissuance of the certificate of coverage or individual permit

When must the visual assessment procedures be developed (time)?

Industrial Certified Storm Water Operator and in a clean, clear glass or plastic container during the first 30 mins of the start of the discharge from a storm event

who must samples be collected by and what type of container? and at what time?

Certified Operator, qualified personnel, or auto sampler

Who can samples be collected by? 3 options

within 48 hours after collection

How soon must samples be evaluated ?

72 hours

How long must someone wait to sample again if they miss the 30 minute mark after a storm event?

no turbidity, color, oil films, floating solids, setteable solids, suspended solids or deposits

Receiving water shall not contain:

MDEQ Pollution Emergency Alert System (PEAS)

Who do you contact if there is a spill or release to the waters of the state?

annually

How often is employee training to be conducted for most storm water permits?

1) preventative maintenance and good housekeeping practices 2) material handling and storage procedures 3) spill response and reporting procedures should be a component of the spill prevention and response plan

Employee training programs should include:

Physical features that control and prevent storm water pollution, which range from preventative measures to treatment systems

what are structural controls?

designed to detain storm water and release it at a controlled rate for flood control

what are detention basins?

designed to detain storm water and allow it to evaporate or infiltrate to ground water

What are retention basins?

discharges from fire hydrant flushing, lawn watering, springs, uncontaminated groundwater, irrigation drainage

What are some examples of non-storm water discharges that can be covered under the general permit?

must be done annually from the date the SWPPP is completed.

when must the SWPPP review be completed?

On or before Jan 10th of each year.

When must the Storm water Annual report be submitted to Miwaters?(what date)

3 years

How long must storm water program records be retained?

within 6 months, STSWCS

If required by a permit, within how long (time) after the effective date of the COC or individual permit, must the permitte submit an approval _________ plan for monitoring and ananlysis of the storm water discharges to the MDEQ, Water Resource Division District Supervisor

5 years

How long is a NPDES permit valid?

All significant materials that are exposed or likely to be exposed to storm water runoff

What must be eliminated from the property before the COC or individual permit is terminated

unannounced

When a MDEQ comes to visit, is it usually planned or unannounced?

1) a tour of the facility, 2) a review of the SWPPP 3) a review of the associated records

What does the industrial storm water inspection consist of ? 3 parts

Internal Floor drains will be inspected to ensure that they are not connected to the storm sewer system or surface waters

During the indoor and outdoor tour of the MDEQ, what areas will the MDEQ inspector evaluate?