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MUNICIPAL STORMWATER PERMITUPDATE & TIMELINE
Presented by Nick del Valle County of San Diego Watershed Protection
Program
Agenda
Status on Permit Implementation Activities:
• WQIP
• Jurisdictional Runoff Management Plan
• BMP Design Manual
• Optional Watershed Area Management Analysis
• Timelines & Opportunities for Engagement
• WPO & ERP
• IGP
New Requirements
WQIP
WMAA
BMP Manual
JRMP
• Water Quality Improvement Plan
• Jurisdictional Runoff Management Plan
• Best Management Plan Manual
• Watershed Management Area Analysis
Engaging Stakeholders: Water Quality Improvement Plans (WQIP)
Due June 2015
County Lead(8 total)
WQIP Goals & Strategies
Example goal:
• Eliminate ‘x’ % of persistently flowing outfalls
Example Strategy:
• Develop a residential outreach program to help reduce or eliminate flows attributed to over-irrigation
Jurisdiction Runoff Management Plan
Programs & Strategies
Reduce the discharge of pollutants from storm drains
Examples:
• Street Sweeping
• Education & Outreach
• Municipal BMPs
• Residential Outreach
BMP Design Manual
Requirements for standard projects & Priority Development Projects (PDPs) • Replaces SUSMP
• Joint Effort - San Diego Copermittees
Public Workshops
June 10, 11 2014
Draft BMP Design Manual
10/24/2014
Co-Permittee comments
due
11/18/2014
Draft Manual Public Review
February 2015
Final Manual
June 2015
Local Adoption
Dec 2015
Optional Alternative Compliance
Optional Watershed Management Area Analysis (WMAA)
Regional Mapping Effort
• Mapping (Soils, Channels, Slopes)
• HMP Exemptions
• Opportunities for Alternative Compliance Projects
• Developed Template for Watersheds
To Use Offsite Alternative Compliance...
• Must have completed the WMAA
• Jurisdictional Alternative Compliance Program
• Determine greater water quality benefit
• Program(s) may allow implementation or funding via in-lieu fee
• Voluntary agreement between jurisdiction/developer
• Built within 4 years of first PDP occupancy
Section E.3.c.(1)(b)., (1)(a). and (3).
Special Studies: Wet & Dry weather
San Diego River Dry-Weather Bacteria Source Tracking:
• Determine Sources of Bacteria During dry weather
• Using Genetic Tracking Technology
Pilot Surfer Wet Weather Epidemiology:
• Links Between Levels of Bacteria & Illness in Surfers in Winter
Bacteria Reference Watershed:
• Determine Naturally-Occurring Levels of Bacteria in Undisturbed Watersheds & Beaches Year-Round
Deliverables Timeline
*Reopener pending determination of RB EO Gibson
6/27/15 WQIPs due
6/27/15 JRMP update due
6/27/15 WP ordinance update due
12/27/15 BMP Design Manual due Implementation
Bacteria TMDL Reopener* 2016
Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Permit Engagement Opportunities
Orange County
enrollment
Early 2015
Riverside County
enrollment
Early 2016
Bacteria TMDL
reopener
Late 2016
Watershed Protection Ordinance (WPO) Update Schedule• WPO Workgroup meetings (4/7/14; 11/6/14)• County Counsel is reviewing the WPO draft comments
with WPP management.• December 2014 - Commence Stakeholder outreach.• January 2015 – Revise WPO per stakeholder comments.• February/March 2015 – File Public Notice with the Clerk
of the Board for the Board Letter.
Watershed Protection Ordinance (WPO) Update Schedule• April 2015 – First reading of the ordinance at the Board of
Supervisors.• May 2015 – Second reading and adoption of the WPO at
the Board of Supervisors.• June 2015 – WPO becomes effective.
Enforcement Response Plan (ERP)• Required components from the NPDES permit:
• Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Enforcement• Development Planning Enforcement• Construction Management Enforcement• Existing Development Enforcement
County Unincorporated Areas
Industrial Concentrations Bordering areas
• Fallbrook• Vista• Ramona• Lakeside• Alpine• Rancho San Diego• Spring Valley
• San Marcos• Escondido• El Cajon
Industrial Inventory
• Total: ~180 Facilities• Filers (NOI on file): 55%
(Notice of Intent)• Non-filers: 12%• NoNAs: 33%
(Notice of Non-Applicability)
County Strategy• Comply with MS4 Permit• Ensure industrial operators are in compliance with MS4
Permit• Assist operators, as feasible, to prepare for the
implementation of the re-issued Industrial General Permit (July 2015)
• Provide resource contact information to operators
