Transcript 2013-2014 Industrial Storm Water Workshop

September 23rd, 2014
Welcome!
Sally Anson,
San Diego County Office of Education
(SDCOE)
Annika Kubischta & John Quenzer,
D-MAX Engineering, Inc. (D-MAX)
Outline
 New Industrial Permit
requirements
 Compliance strategies
 Sample collection protocols
 Districts selected for 2014-2015
sample collection
New Permit Requirements
 Minimum BMPs
 Visual observations
 Monthly
 When Sampling
 Sampling Events
 Numeric Action Levels
New Permit:
Minimum BMPs
 Generally should already be implemented
 Good Housekeeping (Cleaning/Storage)
 Preventive Maintenance
 Spill and Leak Prevention & Response
 Material & Waste Management
 Erosion & Sediment Controls
 Employee Training
 Quality Assurance & Record Keeping
 Will be detailed in the new SWPPPs
New Permit:
Visual Observations: Monthly
 When do I complete observations?
All Districts, Every Year, Every Month
 Once a month, every month of the year. Even
months when you had a sample event.
 Within daytime operating hours
 On days without precipitation
 What do I need to look at?
 “Outdoor industrial equipment and storage
areas, outdoor industrial activities areas,
BMPs, and all other potential source of
industrial pollutants.”
New Permit:
Visual Observations: Monthly
 Treat as a monthly site inspection
 Ensure that nothing is entering the storm drain
system during dry weather.
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If a discharge is found, describe how it was discontinued.
 Ensure all outdoor areas are clean and maintained.
 What next?
 Send copy of form to Sally and Annika
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[email protected]
[email protected]
New Permit:
Visual Observations: Sampling Event
 When do I complete sampling event visual
observations?
All Districts, Every Year
 Complete at the time of sampling.
 Complete at every sample point.
 Measure pH using test strips, and include value
on form.
New Permit:
Visual Observations: Sampling Event
 What am I looking for?
 Ensure only rain water enters the storm drains
 If visual pollutants are present, find and abate the source
 Floating/suspended materials
 Oil and grease
 Discolorations
 Turbidity
 Odors
 Trash/debris
 What next?
 Send copy of form to Sally and Annika
 [email protected]
 [email protected]
New Permit:
Sampling Events
 When do I collect a sample?
 All Districts, Twice Every Year:
 First sample: July-December
 Second sample: January-June
 During a qualified storm event (QSE):
 No runoff for 48 hours prior to the event
 Generates runoff during operating hours
 Within 4 hours of:
 The start of runoff, OR:
 The start of facility operations (if runoff
started within the prior 12 hours)
 Within daytime operating hours under
safe conditions
New Permit:
Numeric Action Levels (NALs)
 Instantaneous NAL
 pH: <6; >9
 Total Suspended Solids: 400 mg/L
 Oil & Grease: 25 mg/L
 If 2 or more samples exceed the numbers above, an
NAL is triggered
New Permit:
Numeric Action Levels (NALs)
 Annual Average NAL
 Cadmium: 0.0053 mg/L
 Copper: 0.0332 mg/L
 Lead: 0.262 mg/L
 Nickel: 1.02 mg/L
 Zinc: 0.26 mg/L
 Oil & Grease: 15 mg/L
 Total Suspended Solids: 100 mg/L
 If the average of values for the samples taken
over the year exceed the numbers above, an
NAL is triggered
New Permit:
Numeric Action Levels (NALs)
 What happens if I have an NAL Exceedance?
 Enter Level 1 for that pollutant:
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Complete evaluation by Qualified Industrial Storm
Water Practitioner (QISP)
Identify BMPs and SWPPP revisions
Submit Report
 Takes 4 QSEs without NALs to return to baseline
 Continued NAL exceedances will result in Level 2:
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Involves preparing an action plan, technical report,
BMP demonstration, etc.
New Permit Pop quiz: What conditions
are required for me to sample?
No rain for 48 hours prior to the storm event
It is within 4 hours of the start of runoff OR
the start of business hours
The storm began less than 12 hours ago
It is during regular facility hours
• Answer: All of the above
New Permit Pop quiz: When do I
complete monthly visual observations?
Every month
When taking a sample
When it is not raining
When Annika calls at the end of the year
• Answer: A & C
Extra Credit: What else?
Answer: During regular
business hours
New Permit pop quiz: True or False?
My district only needs to complete storm
water tasks during the wet season (Oct-May)
If there is a qualifying rain event on July 1,
2015, I need to take a sample.
If I take a sample in September, 2015 and it
rains in December, I need to take a sample.
If I don’t sample during July-December, 2015,
then I need to take 2 samples in January-June
• Answer: A, C, D = False; B= True
Compliance Strategies
 No industrial exposure = no permit coverage!
 All activities and materials protected from contact
with rainfall or runoff
 No runoff = no sampling!
 Consider redirecting flows to infiltration basins, or
to irrigation reservoirs, etc.
 Transition year opportunities
 The exceedance you know is better than the one you
don’t. Test now!
Selected for full, old Permit
2014-2015 Sampling:
Alpine Union (001)
Jamul-Dulzura Union (001)
Borrego Springs Unified (001)
Ramona Unified (001)
Brawley Elementary (001)
San Marcos Unified (001, 002)
Cajon Valley Union (001)
San Ysidro (001)
El Centro Elementary (001)
Valley Center-Pauma Unified (001)
Escondido Union High (001, 002)
Vista Unified (001, 002)
Fallbrook Union Elementary (001, 002)
Warner Unified (001, 002)
Potential for supplemental
new Permit 2014-2015 sampling:
Capistrano Unified - Aliso Viejo
Capistrano Unified - Capistrano
Beach
Grossmont Union High School
District
La Mesa-Spring Valley School
District
Lakeside Union School District
Oceanside Unified School
District
Poway Unified School District
San Dieguito Union High
School District
Santee School District
South Bay Union School
District
Mountain Empire Unified School
District
Recommended especially for Zinc, Copper, and TSS if you
have had high sample results, or have never sampled.
Small kits provided by EMA: $52.50 for analysis
Pollutant Identification Activity
 Many pollutants can be identified without lab
work
 Group exercise: 15 minutes
 Sample 1:
 Sample 2:
 Sample 3:
 Sample 4:
 Sample 5:
Compliance Strategies
 Sample result improvement: Zinc & Copper
 Common Sources:
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Engine, brake, and tire wear dust
Galvanized items
Residues end up in oil drips
 Solutions:
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Increased/strategic sweeping, steam cleaning, spot cleaning
Cover storage and work areas or move indoors
Stabilize unpaved parking and driveway areas
Protect storm drain inlets
Install treatment/redirect
Compliance Strategies
 Sample result improvement: TSS
 Common Sources:
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Engine, brake, and tire wear dust
Landscape erosion
Unpaved parking and driveway areas
 Solutions:
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Increased/strategic sweeping
Stabilize unpaved parking and
driveway areas
Protect storm drain inlets
Install treatment/redirect
Compliance Strategies
 Sample result improvement: Oil & Grease
 Common Sources:
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Motor oil drips and leaks
Oily/greasy equipment
 Solutions:
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Increased spill prevention and
cleanup
Cover equipment storage and work areas
Protect storm drain inlets with an oil absorbent
boom
Install treatment
Compliance Strategies
 Install treatment/Redirect
 Mimic natural processes by working to keep
rainwater from running off site altogether, or filter
out the pollutants on its way downstream
Compliance Strategies
 Redirect runoff wherever possible:
 Vegetated swales
Compliance Strategies
 Redirect runoff wherever possible:
 Detention/retention basins
Compliance Strategies
 Redirect runoff wherever possible:
 Capture for reuse
Compliance Strategies
 Redirect runoff wherever possible:
 Direct downspouts to landscaping
Compliance Strategies
 Redirect runoff wherever possible:
 Speed-bump type berms to contain or direct flow
Compliance Strategies
 Redirect runoff wherever possible:
 Increase pervious areas: Pervious pavement or
landscaping
Compliance Strategies
 Filtration options
 Biological (direct flow to landscaping
or manufactured inserts)
 Filter inserts/fabric
 Booms/wattles, sandbags
 Separators
Storm Water Sample Collection
 How do I collect a sample?
 What’s in the EMA cooler?
 How do I use what’s in the
cooler?
 How do I fill out the Chain
of Custody form?
 I’ve collected the sample,
what now?
How do I
collect a
sample?
1. Do a pH paper test
2. Wherever possible, use the
sample bottle to collect water
directly
3. If another container is used,
ensure the container is clean,
and rinse with sample water
before collecting
How do I
collect a
sample?
3. Avoid collecting leaves or
debris
4. Sample flowing, not pooled,
water
5. Sample AFTER any installed
treatment device
6. Call EMA ASAP to notify of
drop-off time
What’s in the
EMA cooler?
1. One (1) Liter Amber glass jar with
HCl – Blue Dot (marked #1)
2. One (1) 125 mL Amber glass jar with
HCl – Blue Dot
3. Two (2) VOA glass Vials with HCl – Blue Dots & Bubble
Wrap
4. One (1) 250 mL plastic with HNO3 – Green Dot
5. One (1) 250 ml plastic (no preservative)
6. One (1) Liter plastic (no preservative)
How do I use
what’s in the
cooler?
1. Fill One (1) Liter Amber glass jar with
HCl – Blue Dot (marked #1) – FIRST!
2. Fill the other glass bottles with Blue
Dot & Bubble Wrap 2nd (3 total) zero
headspace!
3. Fill 250 mL plastic with HNO3 – Green
Dot, 3rd
4. Fill 25o mL plastic unpreserved 4th
5. If sample remaining, fill last bottle.
How do I use
what’s in the
cooler?
Zero Headspace?
This means that the bottle
must not have bubbles inside:
1. Fill bottles all the way
2. Screw on the lid
3. Turn bottle upside down to
check for bubbles
4. If pea-sized or smaller bubble
exists, you are done
5. If larger bubble exists, add
more sample and check again
How do I use
what’s in the
cooler?
DO:
• Wear gloves!
• Fill bottles with preservatives first!
• Label bottles with discharge point,
date, and time of sample
• Place bottles in cooler with ice
DO NOT:
Over-fill bottles that contain preservatives
How do I fill
Your Name
out the chain
of custody?District
Name
#glass/#plastic
(ex: 4g/2-3p)
Discharge point #
Sample date
& time
Date & time
given/sent to
lab personnel
Your info
I’ve collected
the sample,
what now?
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Pack samples carefully using cushion
Samples must be sent to EMA (address on COC)
If shipping , complete “Relinquished by” section
If delivering, wait until arrival at EMA
Pop quiz: Where to sample?
= Flowing water
= Puddled water
= Boom / Wattle
• Answer: D
Pop quiz: Which bottles require
zero headspace?
• Answer: B & C
What’s in store for 2014-2015?
 Continue procedures under the
old Permit until July 1, 2015
 SWPPP revisions
 Make changes now if you can!
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Review facility layout
Review facility storage
Review BMPs in place
 Site visits
 Effort to reduce pollutant levels
What else do I need to do?
 For 2014-2015:
 Annual Employee Training (Retain log)
 SWPPP Implementation
 Monitoring and Observations
 Annual Report (Due July 1st)
 Provide observation worksheets, and
signed ACSCE, to Sally & Annika via e-mail
 After notification that it’s ready, log on to
SMARTS to download and review report.
 Request changes, or certify report as-is.
 Save copy of confirmation page for your
records.
Questions?
Thank you for keeping
storm water clean!
Contacts
Sally Anson
[email protected]
(858) 292–3598
You did it!
Thanks for
being storm
water superstars!
See you next
time!
Annika Kubischta
[email protected]
(858) 586-6600 ext. 20