Written Procedures, Practices, or Plans

The third term MS4 NPDES permit includes requirements for a number of written procedures, practices and/or plans. In many cases, the steering committee staff has developed a template/example for use by the permittees in developing their own individualized documents. Below is a list of the required written procedures, practices, and/or plans. Click on the item to review/download a template, if one is available.

• SOPs for Structural Control Inspections/Maintenance (Program 1)
• Dry Detention/Retention Systems
• Exfiltration Tench
• Swales
• Conveyance Ditches/Canals
• Wet Detention Systems
• Pollution Control Devices
• Stormwater Pump Stations
• Major Stormwater Outfalls
• Control Structures
• Pipes/Culverts and Inlets/Manholes
• Program for Litter Control (for public streets, roads & highways) (Program 3)
• Program for Street Sweeping (Program 3) - Updated 2-10-2012
  The Load Reduction Tool is available here
• Practices for reducing pollutants from areas associated with road repair & maintenance (Program 3)
• Practices for minimizing pollutants from MS4-owned or operated equipment yards and maintenance shops (Program 3)
• Procedures for inspections of and pollution control
  measures used at: (Program 5)
• Operating municipal landfills
• Municipal waste transfer stations
• Municipal waste fleet maintenance facilities
• Any other municipal waste TSD facilities
• Program(s) for public education (Programs 6, 7e, 7f)
• Reducing use of PHFs
• Promote reporting of suspected illicit discharges and improper disposal (to the MS4)
• Encourage proper use and disposal of HHHW
• Procedures for minimizing the use of PHFs on public property & how the materials are applied, stored and mixed. (Program 6)
• Procedures for proactive inspection program for identifying/eliminating illicit discharges, connection, or dumping (to MS4) (Program 7c)
  Facilities requiring Multi-Sector Generic Permit (MSGP) by SIC Code and Narrative Description is available here
• Procedures for reactive investigations for identifying/eliminating illicit discharges, connection, or dumping (to MS4) (Program 7c)
• Procedures for spill prevention/spill response (Program 7d)
• Plan for training on spill prevention/response (Program 7d)
• Procedures to reduce or eliminate sanitary wastewater contamination into the MS4 (Program 7g)
• Procedures for proactive high risk facility inspections in commercial and industrial areas discharging to the MS4 (Program 8a)
• Procedures for pre-construction site plan reviews, notifying all new development/redevelopment applicants of need to obtain all required stormwater permits, and for verifying that ERP and CGP have been obtained before issuing any local grading or clearing permits/approvals (Program 9a)
• Procedure for inspection of construction sites (both MS4 and private) discharging to the MS4 (Program 9b)
• Plan for training on stormwater management, erosion and sedimentation controls (construction site plan reviewers, site inspectors and site operators) (Program 9c)