Transcript WATER QUALITY CONTROL DIVISION – DISCHARGE PERMITS …

STORMWATER
PERMITTING
Requirements for
the Solid Waste
Industry in Colorado
5/04
WATER QUALITY CONTROL
DIVISION
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Regulates water quality for the State
Main tool: NPDES discharge permits
If your facility is a covered industry and has the
potential to discharge stormwater, you need a
stormwater discharge permit
STORMWATER – PHASE I AND II
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Phase I in effect for past 12 years
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Covered industries, construction sites over 5 acres,
municipalities over 100,000 population
MS4 – Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System – storm
sewers for a municipality
Phase II – went into effect in 2003
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Lowered construction site threshold to one acre
Regulated MS4s now include smaller municipalities, also ‘nonstandard’ municipalities, such as school districts, prisons,
universities
Exemption for small municipalities expired (3/10/03)
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS UNDER
MS4 PERMIT
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Municipalities have to implement 6 different program
areas to keep the stormwater going into their MS4
clean – public education, public involvement, illicit
discharge detection, construction, post-construction,
municipal operations (facilities and activities)
Municipal Operations: Pollution prevention/good
housekeeping
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operation and maintenance/training program
preventing or reducing pollutant runoff from municipal
operations
roads, storm sewer maintenance, municipal parking lots,
maintenance shops, storage yards, snow disposal areas,
waste transfer stations
WHAT TYPES OF FACILITIES NEED
INDUSTRIAL PERMITS?
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Hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal
facilities
Landfills, land application sites, and open dumps that
receive or have received any industrial wastes
Facilities involved in the recycling of materials (SIC code
5015 or 5093)
Transfer stations, collection companies (transportation
facilities under SIC code 42) with vehicle maintenance
(including vehicle rehabilitation, mechanical repairs,
painting, fueling, and lubrication), or equipment cleaning
TRANSFER STATIONS
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If the operator of the transfer station also owns the
landfill to be used, then the transfer station is
considered a support facility under SIC Code 4953 and
an industrial permit is not required.
If the operator of the transfer station does not own the
landfill, then the transfer station comes under SIC
Code 4212, Local Trucking. An industrial permit is
required only if they have vehicle fueling, maintenance
or equipment washing.
If a permit is not otherwise required, coverage under
the Municipal Operations program is needed if owned
or operated by a regulated MS4.
Is the Transfer Station Owned or
Operated by the Landfill Owner?
Yes
Owned or
Operated by an
MS4?
Yes
Under
MS4
Permit
No
No Permit
Needed
No
Is there Vehicle Maintenance,
Fueling, and/or Equipment
Cleaning?
Yes
No
Owned or
Operated by an
MS4?
Light Ind.
Permit
Yes
Under
MS4
Permit
No
No
Permit
Needed
WHICH PERMIT?
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No double permit coverage - discharges from an
industrial facility covered under an industrial permit will
not need additional coverage under the MS4 permit.
If an industrial facility seems to fit under both, then the
default would be coverage under the industrial permit.
Landfills – Heavy Industry permit
Most recycling sites – Recycling permit
Material recovery facilities - paper, newspaper, glass,
cardboard, plastic, aluminum, and tin cans – if no major
sorting by operator, would be considered a transfer
station. If assembling, breaking up, sorting, or wholesale
distribution of scrap and waste materials, then under
Recycling permit.
STORMWATER DISCHARGES
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Covers stormwater discharges from a wide range of
general industry areas:
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Industrial plant yards
Access roads and rail lines
Material handling sites
Refuse sites
Equipment maintenance facilities
Fueling areas
Shipping/receiving areas
Areas of past industrial activity
STORMWATER PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS
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Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP)
Most important part of permit
Identify potential sources of pollution
Develop and implement stormwater
management controls
BMPs (Best Management Practices):
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Structural
Non-structural
SWMP REQUIREMENTS
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Industrial activity description
Site map
Stormwater management controls:
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ID of potential pollutant sources, Best Management
Practices (BMPs)
SWMP administrator
Preventive maintenance
Good housekeeping
SWMP REQUIREMENTS (cont.)
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Stormwater management controls (cont.):
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Spill prevention and response procedures
Employee training
Existing and proposed BMPs
Check for non-stormwater discharges
Comprehensive inspection procedures
Record-keeping
STORMWATER PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS - OTHER
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SWMP requirements are narrative, pollutionprevention oriented, and based on your best
judgment
Other requirements:
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Two inspections of SW controls per year
Annual Report
Discharge Monitoring Report (some)
Annual Fee $386/year (don’t send fee with
application - a bill will be sent after permit coverage
begins)
‘NO EXPOSURE’ CERTIFICATION
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Can opt out of permit if no exposure of
materials or activities to stormwater (rare for
this type of facility)
Form available at
www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/PermitsUnit
CONSTRUCTION - STORMWATER
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If construction activity will disturb one or more acres
(or is part of a “larger common plan of development”),
need a stormwater construction permit
Construction activity includes clearing, grading,
excavation, other soil-disturbing activities
Must maintain permit until site has been finally
stabilized
Landfills: once landfill initially established, earth
disturbance is covered under Heavy Industry permit,
don’t need construction permit for on-going
operations
Municipality may have separate requirements
STORMWATER ENFORCEMENT
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SWMP must be available for review
Does SWMP reflect what is present? Are
BMPs sufficient? Water quality impacts?
Non-compliance handled at different levels:
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Inspection report
Notice of Violation
Cease and Desist Order
Penalty assessment
WHAT NOW?
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Stormwater applications relatively simple:
name, address, industrial activities, etc., where
your discharge goes, and preparation of a
SWMP
Division has applications, SWMP and other
guidance documents available
www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/PermitsUnit
Or contact the Division at (303) 692-3500
CONTACTS
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Stormwater Program:
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Kathy Dolan 303-692-3596 (pgm coord)
Nathan Moore 303-692-3555 (municipal)
Matt Czahor 303-692-3575 (construction,
complaints)