HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013 Auburn SWMP Final Draft.pdfResolution No. 4908
Exhibit “A”
CITY OF AUBURN
2013 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM
City of Auburn, WA
March 2013
Table of Contents City of Auburn Compliance Strategy and Work Plan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Regulatory Background ................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 City of Auburn Regulated Area ........................................................................................................................ 2
1.4 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Compliance ............................................................................................. 2
1.5 SWMP Implementation Responsibilities .......................................................................................................... 2
1.6 Document Organization ................................................................................................................................... 3
2. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................... 1
2.1 Permit Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 1
2.2 Current Compliance Activities .......................................................................................................................... 1
2.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities ................................................................................................................ 2
3. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH .................................................................................................................. 1
3.1 Permit Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 1
3.2 Current Compliance Activities .......................................................................................................................... 1
3.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities ................................................................................................................ 2
4. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 1
4.1 Permit Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 1
4.2 Current Compliance Activities .......................................................................................................................... 1
4.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities ................................................................................................................ 1
5. ILLICIT DISCHARGE DETECTION AND ELIMINATION ........................................................................................... 1
5.1 Permit Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 1
5.2 Current Compliance Activities .......................................................................................................................... 1
5.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities ................................................................................................................ 2
6. CONTROLLING RUNOFF FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION SITES .... 1
6.1 Permit Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 1
6.2 Current Compliance Activities .......................................................................................................................... 1
6.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities ................................................................................................................ 2
7. POLLUTION PREVENTION AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS ............... 1
7.1 Permit Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 1
7.2 Current Compliance Activities .......................................................................................................................... 1
7.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities ................................................................................................................ 2
8. MONITORING ............................................................................................................................................................ 1
8.1 Permit Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 1
8.2 Current Compliance Activities .......................................................................................................................... 1
8.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities ................................................................................................................ 1
APPENDIX A ............................................................................................................................................................. A-1
Acronyms and Definitions ..................................................................................................................................... A-1
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2-1. 2013 Stormwater Management Administration Program Work Plan ……………………………..………2-2
Table 3-1. 2013 Public Education and Outreach Work Plan ……………………………..…………………………….3-2
Table 4-1. 2013 Public Involvement Work Plan…………………………..………………………………………. …….4-2
Table 5-1. 2013 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Work Plan ……………………………………………….5-2
Table 6-1. 2013 Controlling Runoff from Development, Redevelopment, and Construction Sites Work Plan……6-2
Table 7-1. 2013 Pollution Prevention and Operations and Maintenance Work Plan………………………………..7-2
Table 8-1. 2013 Water Quality Monitoring Work Plan…………………………………………………………………..8-2
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CITY OF AUBURN 2013
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview
This document presents the City of Auburn’s Stormwater Management Program (SWMP). Preparation and
maintenance of this SWMP is required by the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) as a
condition of the Western Washington Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit (the Phase II Permit). The
Phase II permit covers discharges from regulated small municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s).
The permit to discharge stormwater is designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants, protect water quality,
and meet the requirements of the federal Clean Water Act.
Appendix A includes acronyms and definitions from the Permit to help the reader understand the City’s
Stormwater Management Program.
1.2 Regulatory Background
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program is a requirement of the
federal Clean Water Act, which is intended to protect and restore waters for “fishable, swimmable” uses. The
federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has delegated permit authority to state environmental
agencies, and these agencies can set permit conditions in accordance with and in addition to the minimum
federal requirements. In Washington, the NPDES-delegated permit authority is the Washington State
Department of Ecology (Ecology).
In Washington, municipalities with a population of over 100,000 (as of the 1990 census) were designated as
Phase I communities and must comply with Ecology’s Phase I NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit.
Auburn’s 1990 census was below the 100,000 threshold, and the City must comply with the Phase II
Municipal Stormwater Permit. About 100 other municipalities in Washington must also comply with the
Phase II Permit, along with Auburn, as operators of small municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s).
Ecology’s Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit is available on Ecology’s website at
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/stormwater/municipal/phaseIIww/wwphiipermit.html
The Permit allows municipalities to discharge stormwater runoff from municipal drainage systems into the
state’s water bodies (e.g., streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands) as long as municipalities implement programs to
protect water quality by reducing the discharge of “non-point source” pollutants to the “maximum extent
practicable” (MEP) through application of Permit-specified “best management practices” (BMPs). The BMPs
specified in the Permit are collectively referred to as the Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) and
grouped under the following Program components:
Public Education and Outreach
Public Involvement and Participation
Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
Controlling Runoff from New Development, Redevelopment, and Construction Sites
Pollution Prevention and Municipal Operation and Maintenance for Municipal Operations
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Monitoring
The Permit issued by Ecology became effective on August 1, 2012 and expires on July 31, 2013. The Permit
requires the City to report annually (March 31st of each year) on progress in SWMP implementation for the
previous year. The Permit also requires submittal of documentation that describes proposed SWMP activities
for the period of January through July 2013. Throughout the period of January through July 2013 the City
will continue to implement existing programs and maintenance activities.
1.3 City of Auburn Regulated Area
The Western Washington Phase II Permit applies to operators of regulated small MS4s that discharge
stormwater to waters of Washington State located west of the crest of the Cascade Range (west of the eastern
boundaries of Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Lewis and Skamania counties). For cities, the
Permit requirements extend to those areas of each City that drain to MS4s. Most of Auburn drains to MS4s
that ultimately discharge into the Green River, the White River, or Mill Creek. In addition, some portions of
the City drain to regional infiltration basins.
1.4 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Compliance
The federal Clean Water Act requires that Ecology establish “Total Maximum Daily Loads” (TMDL) for
rivers, streams, lakes, and marine waters that don’t meet water quality standards. A TMDL is a calculation of
the maximum amount of a pollutant that a water body can receive and still meet water quality standards.
After the TMDL has been calculated for a given water body, Ecology determines how much each source
must reduce its discharges of the pollutant in order bring the water body back into compliance with the water
quality standards. The Clean Water Act requires that TMDL requirements must be included in the NPDES
permits for dischargers into the affected water bodies.
Stormwater discharges covered under this permit are required to implement actions necessary to achieve the
pollutant reductions called for in applicable TMDLs. Applicable TMDLs are those approved by the EPA
before the issuance date of the Permit or which have been approved by the EPA prior to the date the
permittee’s application was received by Ecology. Information on Ecology’s TMDL program is available on
Ecology’s website at www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/tmdl.
The current permit does not contain any TMDL requirements for the City of Auburn. However, Ecology
has identified several water bodies that do not appear to meet the water quality standards. Ecology has
developed and the EPA has approved fecal coliform TMDLs for the Puyallup River Watershed. In
accordance with the Ecology approved Quality Assurance Project Plan, Auburn will continue to support the
Puyallup River TMDL clean up effort by conducting wet weather sampling through April 2013.
1.5 SWMP Implementation Responsibilities
The Utilities Engineering Division in the Public Works Department coordinates the overall administration of
efforts to comply with Permit requirements. The work plan tables in each Chapter provide the lead
departments for the associated task. Other major departments/divisions included in the 2013 SWMP
implementation include Maintenance and Operations (M&O), Human Resources (HR), Development
Engineering, Permit Center, Innovation and Technology (IT)), and Parks.
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1.6 Document Organization
The contents of this document are based upon Permit requirements and Ecology’s “Guidance for City and
County Annual Reports for Western Washington, Phase II Municipal Stormwater General Permits.” The
program components of this SWMP are organized as listed in the Permit:
Section 2.0 addresses Permit requirements for administering the City’s Stormwater Management
Program for 2013.
Section 3.0 addresses Permit requirements for public education and outreach for 2013.
Section 4.0 addresses Permit requirements for public involvement and participation for 2013.
Section 5.0 addresses Permit requirements for illicit discharge detection and elimination for 2013.
Section 6.0 addresses Permit requirements for controlling runoff from new development,
redevelopment, and construction sites for 2013.
Section 7.0 addresses Permit requirements for pollution prevention and operations and maintenance
for municipal operations for 2013.
Section 8.0 addresses Permit requirements for the monitoring section of the Permit for 2013.
Each section includes a summary of the relevant Permit requirements, a description of current activities, and
a table showing the planned activities for 2013. This document also includes acronyms and definitions in
Appendix A for easy reference.
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CITY OF AUBURN 2013
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
2. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
This section of the SWMP describes Permit requirements related to overall Stormwater Management
Program administration, including descriptions of the City’s current and planned compliance activities for
2013.
2.1 Permit Requirements
The Permit (Section S5.A) requires the City to:
Develop and implement a Stormwater Management Program and prepare written documentation for
submittal to Ecology by March 31, 2013. The purpose of the SWMP is to reduce the discharge of
pollutants from the municipal stormwater system to the maximum extent practicable and thereby
protect water quality.
Submit an annual compliance report (for 2012) to Ecology by March 31, 2013 that summarizes the
status of implementation and provides information from assessment and evaluation procedures
collected during the reporting period.
Coordinate with other permittees on stormwater related policies programs, and projects within
adjacent or shared areas.
2.2 Current Compliance Activities
The current compliance activities associated with the Permit include:
The City is on track to comply with Ecology requirements for submittal of SWMP documentation by
March 31, 2013. The Utilities Engineering Division leads the development of the future planned
activities with input and support from several other departments.
The City created an NPDES implementation management group.
The City set up the systems for tracking training. Training attendance is recorded and kept on file with
Human Resources.
The City has defined its strategy for cost tracking. Cost tracking is managed by staff recording time
spent on Permit elements on their timecards using project coding numbers. Reports can be generated
by the Finance Department to determine annual costs by element.
The City has defined and implemented a strategy for managing SOPs. SOPs are available for staff use
on the City’s Intranet.
The City is participating in a regional education and outreach consortium. Staff has ensured that the
City’s education and outreach program will work in concert with regional efforts such as the Puget
Sound Starts Here campaign.
The City is on track to comply with Ecology’s requirements for submittal of the 2012 Annual Report
by March 31, 2013.
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2.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities
Auburn has positioned itself well to maintain compliance. Table 2-1 presents the proposed work plan for the
2013 SWMP administration activities.
Table 2-1. 2013 Stormwater Management Administration Program Work Plan
Task ID Task Description Lead Compliance
Timeframe
SWMP-1
Summarize annual activities for "Stormwater
Management Program" component of Annual Report;
identify any updates to Program document. Define
process and roles for annual updates for SWMP.
Utilities
Engineering
The SWMP and Annual
Compliance Report submittal
is due on or before March
31st of each year.
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3. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
This section describes the Permit requirements related to public education and outreach, including
descriptions of the City’s current and planned compliance activities for 2013.
3.1 Permit Requirements
The Permit (Section S5.C.1) requires the City to:
Prioritize and target education and outreach activities to specified audiences, including the general
public, businesses, residents/homeowners, landscapers, property managers, engineers, contractors,
developers, review staff and land use planners, and other City employees to reduce or eliminate
behaviors and practices that cause or contribute to adverse stormwater impacts.
Have an outreach program that is designed to improve the target audience’s understanding of the
problem and what they can do to solve it.
Track and maintain records of public education and outreach activities.
3.2 Current Compliance Activities
The current compliance activities associated with the Permit include:
Collaboration with other NPDES municipalities through involvement in the Stormwater Outreach for
Regional Municipalities (STORM) integrated public education campaign, Puget Sound Starts Here
(PSSH). This campaign includes public service ads broadcast locally and on cable tv and the website
www.pugetsoundstartshere.org/. The City of Auburn broadcasts PSSH commercials on the City’s
government TV channel (TV 21).
Many of the current education and outreach activities that address stormwater management are
targeted at the general public, residents/homeowners, and some industries. Some of these programs
are listed below:
• Natural yard care workshops
• Fund raiser car wash kits
• Used motor oil and household hazardous waste program
• Residential hazardous waste newsletter
• Kids day booth
• Water Festival
• Household hazardous waste mobile
• Stormwater lobby display in the Customer Service Center.
• Spring Clean-up (bulky item collection)
• News letter (quarterly or biannually) for business
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• Residential cooking oil recycling
The City tracks its education and outreach efforts.
3.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities
The City plans to continue the program that has been developed over the last six years. The target audiences
include:
The general public
Businesses (including home-based and mobile businesses)
Residents/homeowners
Landscapers
Property managers
Engineers, contractors, and developers
City plan review staff, land use planners, and other City employees.
Table 3-1 presents the work plan for the 2013 SWMP public education and outreach activities.
Table 3-1. 2013 Public Education and Outreach Work Plan
Task ID Task Description Lead Compliance
Timeframe
EDUC-1
Continue collaboration with other NPDES
municipalities through Stormwater Outreach for
Regional Municipalities (STORM) and Puget Sound
Starts Here efforts to promote regional education and
outreach programs.
Utilities
Engineering
Refinements to existing
public education and
outreach activities are on-
going.
EDUC-2
Refine education and outreach strategy to supplement
existing education activities. An example would be
evaluating the current pet waste cleanup education
strategy and whether existing education activities
should be supplemented for better results.
Utilities
Engineering
EDUC-3
Implement new or modify existing education and
outreach activities. An example would be
implementing actions related to our Kid’s
Day educational activities based on the evaluation
done after the 2012 event.
Utilities
Engineering
EDUC-4
Staff training related to Surface Water Management
Manual Implementation/Technical Standards:
• Permitting
• Plan Review
• Site Inspections
• Maintenance Standards.
Utilities
Engineering
EDUC-5
Inform public employees, businesses and the general
public of the hazards associated with illegal
discharges and improper disposal of waste.
Utilities
Engineering Ongoing
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EDUC-6
Summarize annual activities for "Public Education and
Outreach" component of Annual Report; identify any
updates to SWMP.
Utilities
Engineering
The SWMP and Annual
Compliance Report submittal
is due on or before March
31st of each year.
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4. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
This section describes the Permit requirements related to public involvement, including descriptions of the
City’s current and planned compliance activities for 2013.
4.1 Permit Requirements
The Permit (Section S5.C.2) requires the City to:
Provide ongoing opportunities for public involvement through advisory boards or commissions and
watershed committees, and public participation in developing rate structures and budgets, stewardship
programs, environmental actions, or other similar activities. The public must be able to participate in the
decision-making processes, including development, implementation, and update of the SWMP.
Make the SWMP and Annual Compliance Report available to the public, by posting on the City’s website.
Make any other documents required to be submitted to Ecology in response to Permit conditions
available to the public.
4.2 Current Compliance Activities
The current compliance activities associated with the Permit include:
The City has defined a series of public involvement activities intended to meet the Permit requirements
for public involvement in development of the Stormwater Management Program. This process involves
presenting the draft SWMP to the Planning and Community Development (PCDC) and Public Works
(PWC) Committees. The City will then have a public hearing and presentation to the City Council.
The City will make the Stormwater Management Program document and Annual Compliance Report
available to the public on the City website.
4.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities
The City of Auburn has a history of including the public in decision making. Table 4-1 below presents the
work plan for the 2013 SWMP public involvement activities.
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Table 4-1. 2013 Public Involvement Work Plan
Task ID Task Description Lead Compliance
Timeframe
PI-1 Provide public involvement opportunities for annual
SWMP update.
Utilities
Engineering Public involvement
opportunities will be available
before 3/31/2013 submittal. PI-2
Make SWMP document and Annual Compliance
Report available to public by posting on the City
website.
Utilities
Engineering
PI-3
Summarize annual activities for "Public Involvement
and Participation" component of Annual Report;
identify any updates to SWMP.
Utilities
Engineering
The SWMP and Annual
Compliance Report submittal
is due on or before March
31st of each year.
PI-4
Provide public involvement opportunity for planting
native plants and invasive species removal at the
Auburn Environmental Park.
Planning and
Development
Department
2013
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5. ILLICIT DISCHARGE DETECTION AND ELIMINATION
This section describes the Permit requirements related to illicit discharge detection and elimination (IDDE),
including descriptions of the City’s current and planned compliance activities for 2013.
5.1 Permit Requirements
The Permit (Section S5.C.3) requires the City to:
Implement an ongoing program to detect and remove illicit discharges, connections, and improper
disposal, including any spills into the municipal separate storm sewers owned or operated by the City.
Maintain a storm sewer system map, have ordinances that prohibit illicit discharges, and implement an
ongoing program to detect and address illicit discharges.
Publicly list and publicize a hotline or other local telephone number for public reporting of spills and
other illicit discharges. Track illicit discharge reports and actions taken in response through close-out,
including enforcement actions.
Inform public employees, businesses and the general public of hazards associated with illegal
discharges and improper disposal of waste.
Train staff on proper IDDE response SOPs and municipal field staff to recognize and report illicit
discharges.
Summarize all illicit discharges and connections reported to the City and response actions taken,
including enforcement actions, in the Annual Compliance Report; identify any updates to the SWMP.
5.2 Current Compliance Activities
The current compliance activities associated with the Permit include:
The City has completed the mapping required for the Permit and is continually adding data to improve
the quality of the information in the storm drainage system layer of the GIS map. The City also has an
SOP for keeping the municipal separate storm sewer system map and inventory up-to-date.
City codes and standards currently have sections that address the required illicit discharges and civil
infractions.
Citizens can report illicit discharges or illicit dumping using the published spill hotline number or any
of the phone numbers published by the City. The calls are routed to Operations and Maintenance
where they are recorded and distributed to the appropriate response authority.
The City tracks spills, illicit discharges, and inspections.
The City has chosen to use CarteGraph as its issue tracking and resolution system.
The City created an IDDE response and enforcement SOP.
The City has trained staff for illicit discharge recognition and response.
The City has performed field assessments at primary outfalls.
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5.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities
Table 5-1 presents the work plan for 2013 SWMP illicit discharge detection and elimination activities.
Table 5-1. 2013 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Work Plan
Task ID Task Description Lead Compliance
Timeframe
IDDE-1 Define and implement City-wide IDDE Program and
develop any necessary supplemental IDDE activities.
Utilities
Engineering Ongoing
IDDE-2 Continue to review and update storm system map to
address data gaps and Permit requirements.
Utilities
Engineering/IT
Ongoing
IDDE-3
Conduct a field assessment of one high priority water
body. The water body to be assessed in 2013 will be
the Auburn valley aquifer.
Utilities
Engineering
Complete assessment field
work for one high priority
water body this year.
IDDE-4
Summarize annual activities for "Illicit Discharge
Detection and Elimination" component of Annual
Report; identify any updates to SWMP.
Utilities
Engineering
The SWMP and Annual
Compliance Report submittal
is due on or before March
31st of each year.
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6. CONTROLLING RUNOFF FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT,
REDEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION SITES
This section describes the Permit requirements related to controlling runoff from new development,
redevelopment, and construction sites, including descriptions of the City’s current and planned compliance
activities for 2013.
6.1 Permit Requirements
The Permit (Section S5.C.4) requires the City to:
Implement, and enforce a program to reduce pollutants in stormwater runoff (i.e., illicit discharges) to
the municipal separate storm sewer system from new development, redevelopment, and construction
site activities. The program must apply to both private and public projects, including roads, and
address all construction/development-associated pollutant sources.
Have adopted regulations (codes and standards), have plan review, inspection, and escalating
enforcement SOPs necessary to implement the program in accordance with Permit conditions,
including the minimum technical requirements in Appendix 1 of the Permit.
Develop provisions (plan review, inspection, and enforcement) and SOPs to allow non-structural
preventive actions and source reduction approaches such as Low Impact Development techniques to
minimize the creation of impervious surfaces and the disturbance of native soils and vegetation.
Have adopted regulations (codes and standards) and processes to verify adequate long-term operations
and maintenance of new post-construction permanent stormwater facilities and BMPs in accordance
with Permit conditions, including an annual inspection frequency and/or approved alternative
inspection frequency and maintenance standards for private drainage systems as protective as those in
Chapter IV of the 2005 Ecology Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington.
Provide copies of the Notice of Intent (NOI) for construction or industrial activities to representatives
of the proposed new development and redevelopment.
Provide training to staff on the new codes, standards, and SOPs and create public education and
outreach materials.
Record and maintain records of all inspections and enforcement actions by staff.
Summarize annual activities for the “Controlling Runoff” component of the Annual Compliance
Report; identify any updates to the SWMP.
6.2 Current Compliance Activities
The current compliance activities associated with the Permit include:
The City has existing programs, codes, and standards that address the Permit requirements for
management of stormwater runoff from development, redevelopment, and construction sites. The City
reviews all stormwater site plans for proposed development.
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The City adopted a stormwater management manual approved by Ecology as equivalent to the 2005
Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington.
The City has a site planning process for BMP selection and design criteria.
The City inspects all permitted development sites during construction and after construction.
The City clearly identifies the party responsible for operations and maintenance (O&M) and requires
long-term O&M of permitted facilities and BMPs.
The City tracks and records inspections and enforcement actions by staff.
The City provides copies of Notices of Intent (NOI) for construction and industrial activities in the
pre-application meeting with developers.
Construction inspectors and most building inspectors have the required erosion control training.
The City submitted the Permit required LID Implementation Report to Ecology.
Engineering staff have obtained LID Certification through the Washington State University Extension
Program.
6.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities
The City has a program to help reduce stormwater runoff from new development and construction sites.
Table 6-1 presents the work plan for 2013 SWMP activities related to runoff control for new development,
redevelopment, and construction sites.
Table 6-1. 2013 Controlling Runoff from Development, Redevelopment, and Construction Sites Work Plan
Task ID Task Description Lead Compliance
Timeframe
CTRL-1
Track and report construction, new development, and
redevelopment permits, inspections and enforcement
actions.
Planning/ Permit
Center On-going.
CTRL-2 Conduct annual inspection of all treatment and flow
control (other than catch basins) – private systems.
Utilities
Engineering On-going
CTRL-3
Summarize annual activities for "Controlling Runoff
from New Development, Redevelopment, and
Construction Sites" component of Annual Report;
identify any updates to SWMP.
Utilities
Engineering
The SWMP and Annual
Compliance Report submittal
is due on or before March
31st of each year.
CTRL-4 City staff will receive Certified Erosion and Sediment
Control Lead training.
Building
Department
Spring 2013
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7. POLLUTION PREVENTION AND OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE FOR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS
This section describes the Permit requirements related to pollution prevention and operations and
maintenance for municipal operations, including descriptions of the City’s current and planned compliance
activities for 2013.
7.1 Permit Requirements
The Permit (Section S5.C.5) requires the City to:
Implement an O&M program, with the ultimate goal of preventing or reducing pollutant runoff from
municipal separate stormwater system and municipal O&M activities.
Establish maintenance standards for the municipal separate stormwater system that are at least as
protective as those specified in the 2005 Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington.
Perform inspections of stormwater flow control and treatment facilities and catch basins and perform
maintenance as needed to comply with maintenance standards.
Check treatment and flow control facilities after major storms and perform repairs as needed in
accordance with adopted maintenance standards.
Have SOPs in place to reduce stormwater impacts associated with runoff from municipal O&M
activities, including but not limited to streets, parking lots, roads, or highways owned or maintained by
the City, and to reduce pollutants in discharges from all lands owned or maintained by the City.
Train staff to implement the SOPs and document that training.
Prepare Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) for all heavy equipment maintenance or
storage yards identified for year-round facilities or yards, and material storage facilities owned or
operated by the City.
Summarize annual activities for the “Pollution Prevention and Operations and Maintenance for
Municipal Operations” component of the Annual Compliance Report; identify any updates to the
SWMP.
7.2 Current Compliance Activities
The current compliance activities associated with the Permit include:
The City operates an O&M program intended to minimize pollutant runoff from municipal
operations.
The City is implementing the stormwater maintenance standards listed in the Stormwater Management
Manual.
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The City conducts and records the necessary maintenance operations identified based on inspections
of stormwater facilities and catch basins. The City performs spot checks of potentially damaged
permanent treatment and flow control facilities after storm events.
M&O staff involved with pesticides, pest management, and erosion and sediment control, receive
training in these areas. The City has developed procedures for these activities.
The City has developed Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans for applicable City facilities.
Public streets are swept on a regular schedule.
7.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities
Table 7-1 presents the work plan for 2013 SWMP activities related to pollution prevention and operations
and maintenance for municipal operations.
Table 7-1. 2013 Pollution Prevention and Operations and Maintenance Work Plan
Task ID Task Description Responsible Schedule Notes
PPOM-1 Conduct annual inspection of all treatment and flow
control (other than catch basins) in the public system.
Utilities
Engineering On-going
PPOM-2
Inspect 20% of the public catch basins before July 31,
2013 and perform maintenance as triggered by the
maintenance standards.
M&O On-going
PPOM-3
Summarize annual activities for "Pollution Prevention
and Operation and Maintenance" component of
annual report; identify any updates to SWMP.
Utilities
Engineering
The SWMP and Annual
Compliance Report submittal
is due on or before March
31st of each year.
PPOM-4 Perform street sweeping. M&O Ongoing
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CITY OF AUBURN 2013
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
8. MONITORING
This section describes the Permit requirements related to water quality monitoring, including descriptions of
the City’s current and planned compliance activities for 2013.
8.1 Permit Requirements
The Permit (Section S8) does not require municipalities to conduct water quality sampling or other testing
during this permit term, with the following exceptions:
Sampling or testing required for characterizing illicit discharges pursuant to the SWMP’s IDDE
conditions.
Water quality monitoring required for compliance with Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
conditions (water quality clean up plans). The current Permit does not require that Auburn perform
TMDL-related monitoring.
The City is required to provide the following monitoring and/or assessment data in each annual report:
A description of any stormwater monitoring or studies conducted by the City during the reporting
period. If stormwater monitoring was conducted on behalf of the City, or if studies or investigations
conducted by other entities were reported to the City, a brief description of the type of information
gathered or received shall be included in the annual report.
An assessment of the appropriateness of the best management practices identified by the City for each
component of the SWMP; and any changes made, or anticipated to be made, to the BMPs that were
previously selected to implement the SWMP and why.
8.2 Current Compliance Activities
Although not required in the current Permit, the City is performing wet weather fecal coliform monitoring of
stormwater discharge to a tributary of the White River as part of the approved Puyallup River Watershed
Fecal Coliform TMDL.
8.3 Planned 2013 Compliance Activities
Table 8-1 presents the work plan for 2013 SWMP monitoring activities.
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Table 8-1. 2013 Water Quality Monitoring Work Plan
Task ID Task Description Lead Compliance
Timeframe
MNTR -1
Participate in regional and state monitoring forums
and future legislative actions in order to influence
development of feasible and effective alternative
future monitoring requirements.
Utilities
Engineering Continue participation.
MNTR -2
Summarize annual monitoring activities for the Annual
Report; identify any updates to SWMP including
identification of sites selected for monitoring and a
summary of proposed questions for effectiveness
monitoring, purpose, design and methods.
Utilities
Engineering
The SWMP and Annual
Compliance Report submittal
is due on or before March
31st of each year.
MNTR-3
Continue wet weather fecal coliform monitoring in
conjunction with the Puyallup River Watershed Fecal
Coliform TMDL.
Utilities
Engineering Through April 2013
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APPENDIX A
Acronyms and Definitions
Appendix A: Acronyms and Definitions City of Auburn 2013 SWMP
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The following definitions and acronyms are taken directly from the Phase II Permit and are reproduced here
for the reader’s convenience.
AKART means all known, available, and reasonable methods of prevention, control and treatment. All
known, available and reasonable methods of prevention, control and treatment refers to the State
Water Pollution Control Act, Chapter 90.48.010 and 90.48.520 RCW.
Basin Plan is a surface water management process consisting of three parts: a scientific study of the basin’s
drainage features and their quality; developing actions and recommendations for resolving any deficiencies
discovered during the study; and implementing the recommendations, followed by monitoring.
Best Management Practices ("BMPs") are the schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices,
maintenance procedures, and structural and/or managerial practices approved by the Department that, when
used singly or in combination, prevent or reduce the release of pollutants and other adverse impacts to waters
of Washington State.
BMP means Best Management Practice.
CFR means Congressional Federal Register.
Component or Program Component means an element of the Stormwater Management Program listed in
S5 Stormwater Management Program for Cities, Towns, and Counties or S6 Stormwater Management
Program for Secondary Permittees of this permit.
CWA means Clean Water Act (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal
Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972) Pub.L. 92-500, as amended Pub. L. 95-217, Pub. L. 95-
576, Pub. L. (6-483 and Pub. L. 97-117, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Discharge for the purpose of this permit means, unless indicated otherwise, any discharge from a MS4
owned or operated by the permittee.
Ecology’s Western Washington Phase I Municipal Stormwater Permit regulates discharges from
municipal separate storm sewers owned or operated by Clark, King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties, and the
cities of Seattle and Tacoma.
Ecology’s Western Washington Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit covers certain "small"
municipal separate stormwater sewer systems.
Entity means another governmental body, or public or private organization, such as another permittee, a
conservation district, or volunteer organization.
Equivalent document means a technical stormwater management manual developed by a state agency, local
government or other entity that includes the Minimum Technical Requirements in Appendix 1 of this Permit.
The Department may conditionally approve manuals that do not include the Minimum Technical
Requirements in Appendix 1; in general, the Best Management Practices included in those documents may be
applied at new development and redevelopment sites, but the Minimum Technical Requirements in Appendix
1 must still be met.
Heavy equipment maintenance or storage yard means an uncovered area where any heavy equipment,
such as mowing equipment, excavators, dump trucks, backhoes, or bulldozers are washed or maintained, or
where at least five pieces of heavy equipment are stored.
Illicit connection means any man-made conveyance that is connected to a municipal separate storm sewer
without a permit, excluding roof drains and other similar type connections. Examples include sanitary sewer
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connections, floor drains, channels, pipelines, conduits, inlets, or outlets that are connected directly to the
municipal separate storm sewer system.
Illicit discharge means any discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer that is not composed entirely of
storm water except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit (other than the NPDES permit for discharges
from the municipal separate storm sewer) and discharges resulting from fire fighting activities.
IDDE means Illicit discharge detection and elimination.
Low Impact Development (LID) means a stormwater management and land development strategy applied
at the parcel and subdivision scale that emphasizes conservation and use of on-site natural features integrated
with engineered, small-scale hydrologic controls to more closely mimic pre-development hydrologic
functions.
Major Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Outfall means a municipal separate storm sewer outfall from a
single pipe with an inside diameter of 36 inches or more, or its equivalent (discharge from a single conveyance
other than circular pipe which is associated with a drainage area of more than 50 acres); or for municipal
separate storm sewers that receive stormwater from lands zoned for industrial activity (based on
comprehensive zoning plans or the equivalent), an outfall that discharges from a single pipe with an inside
diameter of 12 inches or more or from its equivalent (discharge from other than a circular pipe associated
with a drainage area of 12 acres or more).
Material Storage Facilities means an uncovered area where bulk materials (liquid, solid, granular, etc.) are
stored in piles, barrels, tanks, bins, crates, or other means.
Maximum Extent Practicable (MEP) refers to paragraph 402(p)(3)(B)(iii) of the federal Clean Water Act
which reads as follows: Permits for discharges from municipal storm sewers shall require controls to reduce
the discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent practicable, including management practices, control
techniques, and system, design, and engineering methods, and other such provisions as the Administrator or
the State determines appropriate for the control of such pollutants.
MEP means Maximum Extent Practicable.
MS4 – see Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System.
MTRs means Minimum Technical Requirements.
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) means a conveyance, or system of conveyances (including
roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or
storm drains):
(i) owned or operated by a state, city, town, borough, county, parish, district, association, or other public body
(created by or pursuant to state law) having jurisdiction over
disposal of wastes, storm water, or other wastes, including special districts under state law such as a sewer
district, flood control district or drainage district, or similar entity, or an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian
tribal organization, or a designated and approved management agency under section 208 of the CWA that
discharges to waters of the United States.
(ii) designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater.
(iii) which is not a combined sewer; and (iv) which is not part of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works
(POTW) as defined at 40 CFR 122.2.
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) means the national program for issuing,
modifying, revoking, and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and
enforcing pretreatment requirements, under sections 307, 402, 318, and 405 of the Federal Clean Water Act,
for the discharge of pollutants to surface waters of the state from point sources. These permits are referred to
as NPDES permits and, in Washington State, are administered by the Washington Department of Ecology.
Notice of Intent (NOI) means the application for, or a request for coverage under this General Permit
pursuant to WAC 173-226-200.
Outfall means point source as defined by 40 CFR 122.2 at the point where a municipal separate storm sewer
discharges to waters of the State and does not include open conveyances connecting two municipal separate
storm sewer systems, or pipes, tunnels, or other conveyances which connect segments of the same stream or
other waters of the State and are used to convey waters of the State.
O&M means Operations and Maintenance.
Permittee unless otherwise noted, the term “Permittee” includes Permittee, Co-Permittee, and Secondary
Permittee, as defined below:
(i) A “Permittee” is a city, town, or county owning or operating a regulated small MS4 applying and receiving
a permit as a single entity.
(ii) A “Co-Permittee” is any operator of a regulated small MS4 that is applying jointly with another applicant
for coverage under this Permit. Co-Permittees own or operate a regulated small MS4 located within or
adjacent to another regulated small MS4.
(iii) A “Secondary Permittee” is an operator of regulated small MS4 that is not a city, town, or county.
Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System or Small MS4 is a conveyance or system of conveyances
for municipalities having populations of less that 100,000 according to the 1990 US census. Such systems
include road drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels,
and/or storm drains that are:
a. Owned or operated by a city, town, county, district, association or other public body created
pursuant to State law having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, stormwater, or other
wastes, including special districts under state law such as a sewer districts, flood control districts or drainage
districts, or similar entity.
b. Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater.
c. Not a combined sewer system,
d. Not part of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) as defined at 40 CFR 122.2.
e. Not defined as “large” or “medium” pursuant to 40 CFR 122.26(b)(4) & (7) or designated under
40 CFR 122.26 (a)(1)(v).
Small MS4s include systems similar to separate storm sewer systems in municipalities such as: universities,
large publicly owned hospitals, prison complexes, highways and other thoroughfares. Storm sewer systems in
very discrete areas such as individual buildings do not require coverage under this Permit.
Small MS4s do not include storm drain systems operated by non-governmental entities such as: individual
buildings, private schools, private colleges, private universities, and industrial and commercial entities.
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SOP means standard operating procedure.
Stormwater means runoff during and following precipitation and snowmelt events, including surface runoff
and drainage.
Stormwater Associated with Industrial and Construction Activity means the discharge from any
2conveyance which is used for collecting and conveying stormwater, which is directly related to
manufacturing, processing or raw materials storage areas at an industrial plant, or associated with clearing
grading and/or excavation, and is required to have an NPDES permit in accordance with 40 CFR 122.26.
Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington means the 5-volume technical manual
(Publication Nos. 99-11 through 15 for the 2001 version and Publication Nos. 05-10-029-033 for the 2005
version (The 2005 version replaces the 2001 version) prepared by Ecology for use by local governments that
contains BMPs to prevent, control, or treat pollution in storm water.
Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) means a set of actions and activities designed to reduce the
discharge of pollutants from the regulated small MS4 to the maximum extent practicable and to protect water
quality, and comprising the components listed in S5 or S6 of this Permit and any additional actions necessary
to meet the requirements of applicable.
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a
waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards,