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**required documentation guidance | **required documentation guidance | ||
− | *[[Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) toolkit]]: A collection of resources for use by stormwater program staff. It is intended to help entities regulated under the MS4 program meet the requirements of the general permit. It offers a wide range of downloadable stormwater education information including sample fact sheets, newsletters, videos, and other resources.<br /> | + | *[[Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) toolkit]] Update: A collection of resources for use by stormwater program staff. It is intended to help entities regulated under the MS4 program meet the requirements of the general permit. It offers a wide range of downloadable stormwater education information including sample fact sheets, newsletters, videos, and other resources.<br /> |
− | *[[Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)]] are EPA approved amounts of pollutant loading that can occur and have a water body meet water quality standards. Follow this link to learn more about them along with guidance and resources. | + | *[[Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)]] are EPA approved amounts of pollutant loading that can occur and have a water body meet water quality standards. Follow this link to learn more about them along with guidance and resources to help the MS4 community evaluate progress towards meeting TMDL goals. |
+ | Examples of materials include: | ||
+ | **modeling guidance | ||
+ | **monitoring strategies | ||
+ | **updates and enhancements to existing pollutant reduction estimator tools | ||
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*The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to evaluate MS4 permittees for compliance with the [https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/wq-strm4-59k.pdf MS4 General Permit]. The MPCA does this through compliance audits. To find out more information about the audit process see the following pages: Audit guidance [[Phase II MS4 audit process]] and [[Self-audit guidance for Phase II MS4s]] | *The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to evaluate MS4 permittees for compliance with the [https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/wq-strm4-59k.pdf MS4 General Permit]. The MPCA does this through compliance audits. To find out more information about the audit process see the following pages: Audit guidance [[Phase II MS4 audit process]] and [[Self-audit guidance for Phase II MS4s]] | ||
− | *Webinars [[Stormwater Manual webinars]] and [[MS4 webinars and videos]] | + | *Webinars have been recorded and can be found on the following pages: |
+ | [[Stormwater Manual webinars]] and [[MS4 webinars and videos]] | ||
===In progress accelerated implementation projects=== | ===In progress accelerated implementation projects=== |
The goal of this project is to provide technical assistance to MS4s to help build sustainable and effective local stormwater management programs.
Meeting the goal of this project means that there is:
In the fall of 2017, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) solicited input to identify technical assistance and outreach needs of the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) regulated community. The MPCA conducted an electronic survey of representatives from the MS4 regulated community, including municipal program managers, consultants, and staff involved in implementing local stormwater pollution prevention programs (SWPPPs). The full results can be found on the 2017 MS4 Technical Assistance and Outreach Needs Survey Results page.
The following are highlights of the results:
Fact sheets and guidance were created and can be found throughout the Stormwater Manual and the links below.
Examples of materials include:
Examples of materials include:
Stormwater Manual webinars and MS4 webinars and videos