NCS000601_Sawmills 2022 Annual Report_20220830

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Year
BMP
Measurable Goal
Reporting
Comments
No.
(July 1 -
Ref.
Metric
June 30)
Did Sawmills submit the Annual
Self -Assessment to NCDEQ prior
1
1
1
to August 31 each year?
YES
Did Sawmills develop and
distribute new fliers to raise
9
1
3.B.1.
general stormwater awareness?
YES
If so, how many general
stormwater awareness fliers were
10
1
3.B.1.
distributed?
40
Did Sawmills attend the annual
Fall Festival and Tractor Treat to
disperse stormwater outreach
materials/awareness through the
use of interactive educational
Festival did not
19
1
4.B.1.
games and activities?
No
take place
If so, how many event attendees
were engaged in stormwater
outreach/received stormwater
20
1
4.B.1.
information?
Farmer's
Did Sawmills provide additional
Markets and
outreach supplement or
Stream Clean -
alternative outreach opportunities
Up with
if the annual Fall Festival was
Supplemental
29
1
4.B.2.
canceled?
Yes
Activity
If so, how many attendees were
30
1
4.B.2.
engaged in stormwater outreach?
35
Did Sawmills have WPCOG provide
instruction and stormwater
39
1
5.B.1.
educational activities to youth?
Yes
If so, how many WPCOG youth
education activities/events were
40
1
5.B.1.
provided?
2
If so, how many WPCOG youth
41
1
5.B.1.
event participants were reached?
10
How many storm drains were
54
1
5.B.2.
stenciled?
0
Did Sawmills create a presentation
covering stormwater topics to be
Presentation is
presented in digital classrooms
being
59
1
5.B.3.
and/or provided to teachers?
No
developed.

If so, how many classroom
presentations were provided by
60
1
5.B.3.
teachers or staff?
If so, how many students were
reached by classroom
61
1
5.B.3.
presentations?
Did Sawmills develop printed
stormwater best practices
materials for local government
74
1
6.B.1.
distribution?
Yes
Did Sawmills provide one
presentation about one of the six
NPDES Minimum Control
Measures at each annual WPCOG
75
1
7.B.1.
Water Quality Conference?
Yes
If so, how many attendees were
reached during the annual
WPCOG Water Quality Conference
76
1
7.B.1.
stormwater presentation?
137
Did Sawmills evaluate the target
pollutants and audiences to
Changes were
identify where outreach can be
not required at
85
1
8.B.1.
improved?
YES
this time.
If so, were any revisions made to
86
1
8.B.1.
target pollutants?
NO
If so, were any revisions made to
87
1
8.B.2.
target audiences?
NO
Did Sawmills maintain and update
the stormwater program web
100
1
10.13.1.
page?
YES
Was the annual selfassessment
101
1
10.13.2.
uploaded to stormwater website?
YES
Did any links, contact information,
or documents on the stormwater
102
1
10.13.2.
web page need to be updated?
YES
How many hits did the
103
1
10.13.3.
stormwater web page receive?
Did Sawmills provide citizen
education as part of the
enforcement process for illicit
discharges, illegal dumping and
116
1
11.13.3.
improper disposl of waste?
YES
If so, how many educational
citizen interactions were
completed as part of the illicit
discharge and illegal dumping
117
1
11.13.3.
enforcement process?
2

Did Sawmills establish a hotline
for stormwater complaints and
126
1
12.B.1.
information?
YES
Did Sawmills identify specific staff
who will serve as the hotline
127
1
12.13.2.
contact(s)?
YES
How many stormwater hotline
128
1
12.13.3.
calls were received?
6
Did Sawmills stormwater hotline
staff receive training in general
stormwater awareness, complaint
call protocols, appropriate
contacts for referral, and typical
133
1
12.13.4.
stormwater issues?
YES
Did Sawmills publicize contact
information on the municipal
Facebook page, and the
stormwater program and WPCOG
138
1
12.13.5.
webpages?
YES
Did Sawmills establish a web
based complaint/ reporting/input
143
1
15.13.1.
form?
YES
Did Sawmills maintain a Facebook
152
1
16.13.1.
page for stormwater messaging?
YES
Did Sawmills utilize the Facebook
page to promote public
involvement in stormwater
programs, events and projects and
provide outreach/general
153
1
16.13.2.
stormwater awareness messages?
YEs
If so, how many posts were made
on the Facebook page related to
154
1
16.13.2.
the stormwater program?
1
Did Sawmills participate in
quarterly Water Resource
167
1
17.13.1.
Committee meetings?
YES
If so, how many quarterly Water
Resource Committee meetings did
168
1
17.13.1.
Sawmills participate in?
2
If so, how many attendees (total
of all meetings) were at quarterly
Water Resource Committee
meetings that Sawmills
169
1
17.13.1.
participated in?
38
Did Sawmills provide a survey to
engage the public and gauge
182
1
18.B.1.
public interest in stormwater
YES

issues and the stormwater
program?
Survey is
available but
none have
If so, how many surveys were
been received
183
1
18.13.1.
completed?
0
at this time
Did Sawmills provide and promote
volunteer stream cleanup
Cleanup at
192
1
19.13.1.
activities?
YES
Veteran's Park
If so, how many stream cleanup
193
1
19.B.1.
events were held?
1
If so, how many stream cleanup
194
1
19.13.1.
participants were there?
13
If so, how many trash bags were
filled during stream cleanup
195
1
19.B.1.
events?
8
Did Sawmills provide materials for
volunteer stream cleanup
activities hosted by Sawmills and
212
1
19.13.2.
WPCOG?
YES
Did Sawmills supplement or
replace stream clean-up time with
outdoor educational activities if
streams do not have adequate
217
1
19.13.4.
litter available for cleanup?
YES
If so, how many supplemental or
replacement outdoor educational
218
1
19.13.4.
activities were held?
1
If so, how many supplemental or
replacement outdoor educational
219
1
19.13.4.
activity participants were there?
13
Did Sawmills update the existing
MS4 map to include open
channels, storm drain information
Mapping is in
232
1
20.13.1.
and flow direction?
YES
progress
Prior to this
year Sawmills
did not have
many outfalls
mapped.
Currently they
are being
inspected as
If so, was at least 20% of the MS4
they are
233
1
20.13.1.
area mapped?
Yes
mapped

Mapping is on
Did Sawmills add newly
going and
constructed infrastructure to the
progressing
242
1
20.13.2.
existing MS4 map?
YES
well
Updates to the
ordinance
have been
provided and
are in progress
Did Sawmills review the IDDE
of being
247
1
21.13.1.
ordinance and update if needed?
YES
adopted
Did Sawmills develop a written
252
1
22.13.1.
IDDE Plan?
YES
Template for
IDDE plan and
What date did Sawmills submit
O&M plan was
the written IDDE Plan to DEQ for
provided to JP
253
1
22.13.1.
approval?
#####
on 11/3/2020
Without
repeat
discharges
priority IDDE
areas were not
applicable.
Currently
working with
WM site maps
and NPDES
permit
locations to
generate
priority areas.
High pollution
potential areas
Did Sawmills use the MS4 map to
(such as
locate priority areas likely to have
industrial) are
254
1
23.B.1.
illicit discharges?
YES
prioritized
Did Sawmills establish dry weather
inspection procedures and a
259
1
24.B.1.
schedule?
YES
Did Sawmills establish procedures
to track and document illicit
272
1
25.B.1.
discharge investigations?
YES
Did Sawmills screen priority areas
273
1
26.B.1.
likely to have illicit discharges?
YES

A discharge
was reported
in an auto
recycling yard
but upon
investigation
no discharge
was found and
they were
maintaining
If so, how many illicit discharges
NPDES
274
1
26.13.1.
were identified in priority areas?
0
documentation
Did Sawmills evaluate and assess
the IDDE plan/program and revise
283
1
26.13.3.
if necessary?
YES
Did Sawmills develop the IDDE
288
1
27.13.1.
tracking sheet?
YES
How many verified IDDE issues
289
1
27.13.2.
were identified?
2
Did Sawmills enforce illicit
discharge and illegal dumping
294
1
27.13.3.
violations?
YES
How many illicit discharge and
illegal dumping
Dumping of
violations/enforcement actions
grey water into
295
1
27.13.3.
were issued?
1
a storm drain
How many illicit discharge and
illegal dumping
violations/enforcement actions
296
1
27.13.3.
were resolved?
1
Tracking tool is
in place, but
no chronic
violators were
determined
Did Sawmills establish and
within this
maintain a list of chronic
reporting
309
1
27.13.4.
violators?
YES
period
If so, how many chronic violators
310
1
27.13.4.
were identified?
0
Did Sawmills identify staff and
contractors likely to observe and
identify illicit discharges, illicit
connections, illegal dumping and
327
1
28.13.1.
spills?
YES

Full staff
training still
Did Sawmills train identified staff
needs to be
and contractors to identify and
done for some
report illicit discharges, illicit
Town of
connections, illegal dumping and
Sawmills Public
328
1
28.13.2.
spills?
PARTIAL
Works Staff
How many staff and contractors
were trained to identify and
report illicit discharges, illicit
connections, illegal dumping and
329
1
28.13.2.
spills?
5
Did Sawmills utilize social media
and the stormwater webpage(s) to
publicize contact information for
338
1
29.13.2.
IDDE reporting?
YES
Did Sawmills evaluate the IDDE
343
1
32.13.2.
complaint response time?
YES
Sawmills has
overall not had
<24 Hour
many illicit
If so, what was the average
response,
discharges
response time for IDDE complaints
<2 days
during this
344
1
32.13.2.
/ reports?
resolved
permit cycle
Full staff
training still
needs to be
Did Sawmills train municipal staff
done for some
on proper handling of
Town of
construction site runoff
Sawmills Public
353
1
33.13.1.
complaints?
PARTIAL
Works Staff
How many staff were trained on
proper handling of construction
354
1
33.13.1.
site runoff complaints?
5
No
construction
How many construction site runoff
site runoff
complaints were received from
discharges
355
1
33.13.2.
municipal staff?
0
were reported
Did Sawmills administer a public
survey to receive perspective on
368
1
34.13.1.
construction site runoff?
YES
Did Sawmills publicize the ability
to report concerns about
construction runoff issues via the
369
1 1
1 34.13.4.
online form on the Sawmills and
YES

WPCOG websites and social
media?
Updates to the
ordinance
have been
provided and
Did Sawmills develop an
are in progress
ordinance that addresses
of being
378
1
35.13.1.
construction site waste?
PARTIAL
adopted
Updated
ordinance has
been provided
to the Town, in
progress of
Did Sawmills adopt an ordinance
being adopted
that addresses construction site
at time of
379
1
35.13.2.
waste?
NO
report
Did Sawmills train municipal staff
on identifying and reporting
384
1
35.13.3.
construction site waste violations?
YES
How many staff were trained on
identifying and reporting
385
1
35.13.3.
construction site waste violations?
3
No projects
requiring
Phase II
Did Sawmills track the number of
permitting
low -density and high -density plan
were submited
406
1
36
reviews performed?
YES
to the Town
If so, how many low density
407
1
36
project reviews were performed?
0
If so, how many high density
408
1
36
project reviews were performed?
0
If so, how many low density
409
1
36
project reviews were approved?
0
If so, how many high density
410
1
36
project reviews were approved?
0
Did Sawmills maintain a current
inventory of low -density projects
and constructed SCMs, including
SCM type or low -density acreage,
location, last inspection date and
type of enforcement action (if
431
1
36
any)?
YES

No SCMs are
How many high density non-
present in the
municipally owned SCM
Town of
436
1
36
inspections were performed?
0
Sawmills
The town only
has only issued
a single low
density permit
which was
How many low -density inspections
several years
441
1
36
were performed?
1
ago
How many post -construction
446
1
36
enforcement actions were issued?
0
Did Sawmills train field and office
staff in Stormwater Ordinance
procedures and enforcement
451
1
38.13.1.
actions?
YES
How many staff were trained in
Stormwater Ordinance procedures
452
1
38.13.1.
and enforcement actions?
5
No post
construction
projects were
approved
How many post -construction
during this
461
1
38.13.2.
notices of violation were issued?
0
permit period
How many post -construction Civil
462
1
38.13.2.
Citations were issued?
0
How many post -construction
violations are still in process of
463
1
38.13.2.
abatement?
0
Did Sawmills review post -
construction procedures and
documents and update as
476
1
39.13.1.
needed?
YES
No SCMS have
been
permitted in
How many pre -CO SCM
Sawmills at
481
1
42.B.1.
inspections were completed?
0
this time
How many repeat pre -CO SCM
482
1
42.B.1.
inspections were completed?
0
How many permitted projects
with 0&M Plans received their
483
1
40.B.1.
CO?
0
How many SCM inspections were
484
1
42.13.2.
completed by municipal staff?
0

How many SCM inspections
performed by municipal staff were
485
1
42.13.2.
failed?
0
How many qualified licensed
professional SCM inspections
completed with documentation
486
1
42.13.3.
received?
0
How many SCMs are under annual
487
1
42.13.3.
inspection enforcement?
0
Did Sawmills conduct inspections
of 20% of low -density projects this
488
1
42.13.4.
year?
YES
Educational
materials have
been created,
but with a lack
of
Did Sawmills provide educational
developments
materials about low density
distribution
developments during the issuance
was not
of zoning permits, distributed
applicable
through mailings, posted on social
during this
521
1
43.13.3.
media, and handed out at events?
PARTIAL
permit cycle.
How many low density
educational materials were
522
1
43.13.3.
distributed?
0
Educational
materials have
been created,
but with a lack
Did Sawmills provide educational
of
materials to developers about
developments
high density development during
distribution
the issuance of zoning permits,
was not
distributed through mailings,
applicable
posted on social media, and
during this
531
1
44.13.2.
handed out at events?
PARTIAL
permit cycle.
How many high density
educational materials were
532
1
44.13.2.
distributed?
0
Did Sawmills establish/maintain
links to all post -construction
ordinances, manuals, policies,
checklists, design standards,
and/or other materials on the
541
1
44.13.3.
website?
YES

Did Sawmills maintain a Pet Waste
546
1
45.13.1.
Ordinance?
YES
Did Sawmills implement and
547
1
45.13.1.
enforce the Pet Waste Ordinance?
YES
Did Sawmills develop educational
awareness materials on fecal
coliform pollution associated with
556
1
45.13.2.
maintenance of septic systems?
No
How many educational awareness
materials on fecal coliform
pollution associated with
maintenance of septic systems
557
1
45.13.2.
were distributed?
0
How many municipal facilities
562
1
46.13.2.
have O&M Plans?
1
Did Sawmills verify the municipal
563
1
47.13.1.
facility list is complete?
YES
How many municipal facilities
were identified to have
stormwater pollution potential /
564
1
47.13.2.
spill risk?
1
How many municipal facilities
were inspected to ensure good
housekeeping / spill prevention
and control measures are
565
1
47.13.3.
implemented?
3
How many municipal facilities
Minor erosion
implemented corrective action(s)
and drain
570
1
47.13.4.
following inspection?
1
repairs
Did Sawmills develop a written
Included in
spill response procedure plan for
municipal
575
1
48.13.1
each facility that requires one?
YES
plans
How many municipal facilities
implemented spill response
576
1
48.13.2.
procedure plans?
1
How many non -reportable spills
were documented according to
585
1
48.13.5.
the spill response SOP?
0
How many reportable spills were
documented according to the spill
586
1
48.13.5.
response SOP?
0
Did Sawmills develop an MS4
O&M Plan to define required
procedures, inspections,
schedules, documentation, and
MS4 maintenance and
595
1
49.13.1.
evaluations?
YES

Submitted
When did Sawmills submit the
alongside IDDE
596
1
49.13.2.
MS4 O&M Plan to DEQ?
#####
plan template
Staff training
still needs to
Did Sawmills provide
be done for
comprehensive stormwater
some Town of
training to municipal staff and
Sawmills Public
605
1
50.13.1.
contractors?
PARTIAL
Works Staff
How many comprehensive
stormwater training sessions were
606
1
50.13.1.
held?
1
How many municipal and
contractor staff received
comprehensive stormwater
607
1
50.B.1.
training?
5
Did Sawmills inspect the MS4
616
1
51.13.1.
infrastructure?
YES
How many MS4 catch basins were
617
1
51.13.1.
inspected?
11
How many MS4 conveyances were
618
1
51.13.1.
inspected?
11
How many MS4 issues were
619
1
51.13.1.
documented?
0
How many MS4
cleanings/maintenance actions
636
1
52.13.2.
were performed?
16
Did Sawmills maintain an
inventory of municipally -owned
Sawmills does
SCMs with information including
not own any
type, year built, date of last
municipal
inspection and maintenance
SCMs at the
641
1
53.13.1.
actions?
YES
time of report
How many municipally -owned
642
1
53.13.1.
SCMs are in the inventory?
0
O&Ms will be
Did Sawmills develop/maintain a
put in place if
SCM Operation and Maintenance
any municipal
Plan for each muncipally-owned
SCMs are
643
1
53.13.2.
SCM?
YES
constructed
Sawmills does
not own any
municipal
How many municipally -owned
SCMs at the
656
1
54.13.3.
SCM inspections were performed?
0
time of report
How many municipally -owned
661
1
54.13.4.
SCMs had documented
0

deficiencies/required
maintenance?
How many municipally -owned
SCM corrective actions/repairs
662
1
54.13.4.
were performed?
0
Did Sawmills ensure that only
certified landscapers/applicators
are applying pesticides, herbicides
671
1
56.13.1.
and fertilizers?
YES
How many certified
landscapers/applicators are
applying pesticides, herbicides and
672
1
56.13.1.
fertilizers?
4
Did Sawmills establish standard
operating procedures for vehicle
681
1
57.13.1.
and equipment washing?
YES
Did Sawmills implement standard
operating procedures for vehicle
682
1
57.13.3.
and equipment washing?
YES
Did Sawmills ensure all municipal
facilities have appropriate
industrial stormwater permit
687
1
58.13.1.
coverage?
PARTIAL
How many municipal facilities
have industrial stormwater permit
688
1
58.13.1.
coverage?
0
Did Sawmills perform annual
municipal street/curb and gutter
689
1
59.13.1.
sweeping?
NO
690
1
59.13.1.
How many lane miles were swept?
Did Sawmills track
conveyances/infrastructure that
have frequent problems with
pollution to prioritize their
691
1
59.13.2.
maintenance?
NO
Did Sawmills distribute
educational flyers regarding street
704
1
59.13.3.
runoff pollution?
YES
How many educational flyers
regarding street ruoff pollution
705
1
59.13.3.
were distributed?
30
Did Sawmills service public waste
714
1
60.B.1.
receptacles?
YES
How many trash bags were
715
1
60.B.1.
used/collected?
120
Did Sawmills collect litter on an as-
724
1
60.13.2.
needed basis?
YES

How much trash was collected
725
1
60.13.2.
(pounds)?
4,080
Did Sawmills perform bagged leaf
734
1
61.13.1.
collections?
NO
How many bags of leaves were
735
1
61.13.1.
collected?
Did Sawmills train first responders
on minimizing, collecting and
disposing of fluids and other
vehicular pollutants following an
744
1
62.13.1.
accident?
NO
How many first responders were
trained on minimizing, collecting
and disposing of fluids and other
vehicular pollutants following an
745
1
62.13.1.
accident?
Did Sawmills equip and maintain
spill kits in first responder
754
1
62.13.2.
vehicles?
NO
How many first responder spill kits
755
1
62.13.2.
were maintained / refilled?
How many public education
materials about vehicle leaks /
pollution potential were
764
1
62.13.3.
distributed?
0
Did Sawmills enforce significant
No signifigant
vehicle leaks from parked cars
vehicle leaks
769
1
62.13.4.
under the IDDE ordinance?
NO
were reported
How many enforcement actions
were issued for significant vehicle
770
1
62.13.4.
leaks from parked cars?
0