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<td>[https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-12/documents/modelillicit.pdf EPA Model ordinance]</td> | <td>[https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-12/documents/modelillicit.pdf EPA Model ordinance]</td> | ||
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+ | <td>Permit item 18.15: For each training in item 18.8, the permittee must document: | ||
+ | *a. general subject matter covered; | ||
+ | *b. names and departments of individuals in attendance; and | ||
+ | *c. date of each event. [Minn. R. 7090] | ||
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New permit requirements and related guidance materials
This table is a resource for guidance and outreach related to the new permit requirements. The permit requirements (items) listed below may only be partially new. In this case, the part of the permit item that is new will be indicated with bold italic text. If there is no bold italic text, then the whole permit item is new.
Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 1 - Public education and outreach | |
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Permit item | Guidance materials |
Permit item 16.3: During the permit term, the permittee must distribute educational materials or equivalent outreach focused on at least two (2) specifically selected stormwater-related issues of high priority to the permittee (e.g., specific TMDL reduction targets, changing local business practices, promoting adoption of residential BMPs, lake improvements through lake associations, household chemicals, yard waste, etc.). The topics must be different from those described in items 16.4 through 16.6. [Minn. R. 7090] | Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) toolkit- MCM 1 |
DDL: MCM 1 Public Education and Outreach | |
Clean Water MN | |
MS4 Toolkit: planting for clean water | |
Permit item 16.4: At least once each calendar year, the permittee must distribute educational materials or equivalent outreach focused on illicit discharge recognition and reporting illicit discharges to the permittee. [Minn. R. 7090] | Materials are being created. This includes a video and newsletter articles. |
Permit item 16.5: For cities and townships, at least once each calendar year, the permittee must distribute educational materials or equivalent outreach to residents, businesses, commercial facilities, and institutions, focused on the following:
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MPCA chloride resources |
MS4 Toolkit: Winter salt use | |
Permit item 16.6: For cities and townships, at least once each calendar year, the permittee must distribute educational materials or equivalent outreach focused on pet waste. The educational materials or equivalent outreach must include information on the following:
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Materials are being created. This includes newsletter articles, a flyer, and a photo library. |
There is no poop fairy - video | |
Permit item 16.8: The permittee must document the following information:
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DDL: MCM 1 Public Education and Outreach – see documentation section |
Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 2 - Public participation/involvement | |
Permit item 17.6: Each calendar year, the permittee must provide a minimum of one (1) public involvement activity that includes a pollution prevention or water quality theme (e.g., rain barrel distribution event, rain garden workshop, cleanup event, storm drain stenciling, volunteer water quality monitoring, adopt a storm drain program, household hazardous waste collection day, etc.). [Minn. R. 7090] | DDL: MCM 2 Public Participation/Involvement |
Permit item 17.7: The permittee must document the following information:
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DDL: MCM 1 Public Education and Outreach – see documentation section |
Example Excel spreadsheet of documentation of public activities held (City of Fairbault) | |
Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 3 - Illicit discharge detection and elimination | |
Permit item 18.5: For cities, townships, and counties, the permittee’s regulatory mechanism(s) must require owners or custodians of pets to remove and properly dispose of feces on permittee owned/operated land areas. [Minn. R. 7090] | Materials pending |
Permit item 18.6: For cities and townships, the permittee’s regulatory mechanism(s) must require proper salt storage at commercial, institutional, and non-NPDES permitted industrial facilities. At a minimum, the regulatory mechanism(s) must require the following:
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Chloride Reduction Model Ordinance |
Permit item 18.8
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DDL: MCM 3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination - see Training tools section |
Materials pending ("illegal dumping" video from Angie) | |
Materials pending (MS4 Toolkit PowerPoint materials) | |
Permit item 18.9: The permittee must maintain a written or mapped inventory of priority areas the permittee identifies as having a higher likelihood for illicit discharges. At a minimum, the inventory must include the following:
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Materials pending |
Permit item 18.10: The permittee must conduct illicit discharge inspections at least once each calendar year in areas identified in item 18.9. [Minn. R. 7090] | DDL: MCM 3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination - see Training tools and Documentation & tracking templates sections |
Permit item 18.11: The permittee must implement written procedures for investigating, locating, and eliminating the source of illicit discharges. At a minimum, the written procedures must include:
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DDL: MCM 3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination - see Example procedures section |
Permit item 18.13: The permittee must maintain written enforcement response procedures (ERPs) to compel compliance with the permittee’s regulatory mechanism(s) in Section 18. At a minimum, the written ERPs must include:
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DDL: MCM 3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination |
Enforcement response procedures | |
EPA Model ordinance | |
Permit item 18.15: For each training in item 18.8, the permittee must document:
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