NCS000331_Annual Report_20221220

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
US ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS,UNITED STATES ARMY GARRISON,FORT BRAGG
2175 REILLY ROAD
n I FORT BRAGG NORTH CAROLINA 28310-5000
December 5, 2022 ort: 2 0 2022
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SUBJECT: Storm Water Program Annual Report, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Land Quality Section
Stormwater Permitting Unit C 412623
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Enclosed you will find the Fort Bragg Storm Water Program Annual Report. The
report gives a detailed description of the status of the storm water program from 1
October 2021 through 30 September 2022.
For further information, please contact Mr. Lee Ward, Chief, Water Management
Section at [phone].
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I certify under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared
under my direction or supervision, in accordance with a system designed to assure that
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on
my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly
responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are
significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and
imprisonment for knowing violations.
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David A. Heins
Chief, Environmental Division
Directorate of Public Works

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Table of Contents
I. Program Summary and Assessment
II. Minimum Control Measures Discussions
A. Education and Outreach
B. Public Involvement
C. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
D. Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control
E. Post-Construction Stormwater Management !
F. Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping
G. Monitoring and Evaluation
III. Proposed Program Changes
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I. Program Summary and Assessment
Fort Bragg is authorized to discharge stormwater and continue operation of oil-water
separators not associated with wastewater facilities under North Carolina Department
of Environment Quality (NCDEQ), Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Quality, Permit Number NCS000331 (initially effective 1 April 2011 — 31 March 2016,
renewal effective 1 October 2021 — 30 September 2026, hereinafter "the Permit." In
accordance with Part III and Part IV of the permit, Fort Bragg hereby submits this report
in fulfillment of its annual reporting requirement.
This annual report provides the updated status of the Installation's
implementation of the Permit requirements, including compliance with the standard of
reducing the discharge of pollutants to the Maximum Extent Practicable (MEP).
The plan provisions are fully implemented and the best management practices
implemented by Fort Bragg are effective.
Fort Bragg's MS4 Stormwater Program is adequately funded and staffed to implement
and manage provisions of the MS4 Stormwater Plan.
Fort Bragg believes the single best indicator of how the Stormwater Management Plan
performing is by monitoring the amount of pollution entering the stormwater. The
results of this year's Qualitative Monitoring and Dry Weather Outfall Inspection analysis
did not detect frequencies of exceedance of water quality standards.
II. Minimum Control Measures Discussions
A. Stormwater Management Program Implementation
According to Part 2, Section A of the MS4 permit No. NCS000331, the
permittee is to develop, maintain, and implement a Stormwater Plan to
reduce pollutants discharged from the MS4 in accordancewith Section
402(p)(3)(B) of the Clean Water Act, provisions outlined by the Director, and
the provisions of permit NCS000331.
• Fort Bragg's Stormwater Management Plan details the Stormwater Management
Program for the five-year term of the stormwater permit.
B. Public Education and Outreach

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According to Part 2, Section B of the MS4 permit No. NCS000331, the objectives of the
Public Education and Outreach measure is to distribute educational materials to the
community or conduct equivalent outreach activities about the impacts of stormwater
discharges on water bodies and the steps that the public can take to reduce pollutants
in stormwater runoff. The target audiences have been identified as construction
contractors and inspectors, housing residents, environmental compliance officers, and
range operation personnel. The three high priority pollutants that have been identified
are sedimentation in runoff from construction activities; sanitary sewer overflows caused
by Fats, Oil, and Grease (FOG); stormwater pollution from industrial activities.
The following Public Education and Outreach activities were completed during this
year's reporting period:
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• Fort Bragg has completed its seventeenth year of its stormwater inlet labeling
campaign "Only Rain in the Storm Drain". To date, well over seven thousand
storm drain markers have been installed or replaced as a component of Fort
Bragg's continuing efforts to educate soldiers and their families to better
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understand the consequences of allowing pollutants to enter our storm drain
system.
• The initial 20-hour and 8-hour refresher Environmental Compliance Officer
(ECO)/Environmental Compliance Assistant (ECA) training continued each
month with 1,115 students trained. Additionally, training and outreach occurred
throughout the year at the unit level during the Compliance Assessment Team
(CAT) inspections of industrial areas. I
• Water Management Section continued sediment/erosion control and stormwater
controls training on an ad hoc basis during numerous construction site
inspections. This training includes project design, NCDEQ requirements, and
stormwater control measures installation and maintenance.
• Re-established the Water Management Stormwater Program Web page. The
Web page went live 27 January 2022. The Web Page provides information on
Fort Bragg's stormwater program, including the MS4 SWMP, Annual Reports,
Brochures, posters, fliers, and manuals.

C. Public Involvement and Participation
According to Part 2, Section C of the MS4 permit No. NCS000331, the objectives
of the Public Involvement and Participation measure is to provide and promote
volunteer opportunities for the installation-wide community,and to provide
opportunities for feedback on the Stormwater Plan.
• Sustainable Fort Bragg "Green Boot program" continues to enhance our
environment through resource stewardship. The goal is to reduce environmental
impacts through initiatives such as water conservation, pollution prevention and
recycling to name a few initiatives promoted within the installation.
• Fort Bragg continued "Operation Clean Sweep" initiatives across the installation.
All units on Fort Bragg (over 70,000 Soldiers) participate in the weeklong
installation wide clean-up program. The soldiers police-up trash and sweep
common areas to include around barracks, offices, parking lots, recreational
areas, and roads.
D. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
According to Part 2, Section D of the MS4 permit No. NCS000331, the objective of the
Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination measure is to develop, implement, and enforce
a program to detect and eliminate illicit discharges into the State's waters. The following
activities were completed or were ongoing within this year's reporting period:
• Fort Bragg's GIS contains information depicting the stormwater MS4 system
information including pipe material shapes and sizes, drainage structures,
outfalls, detention/retention basins, and monitoring locations. Data is updated
continuous basis. During this reporting period, Water Management section
completed approximately 8200 edits/updates to the Stormwater MS4 system
GIS layers.
Fort Bragg conducts Dry Weather Outfall inspections of stormwater outfalls. For
this reporting year, 356 out of 413 outfalls were inspected. None of the
inspections detected any illicit discharges.
• All Illicit discharges/spills, including sewage, are reported to the Fort Bragg Fire
Department/Spill Response Team and/or DPW Environmental Compliance
Branch. Copies of spill reports are maintained in the DPW Environmental
Compliance Branch. From 1 October 2021 through 30 September 2022, there
were two hazardous substance spills (fuel, oil, gasoline) and three Sanitary
Sewer overflow that reached Fort Bragg's MS4.

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Procedures for sanitary sewer overflows are investigated and cleaned up by
American States Utilities Service (ASUS, formerly Old North Utilities Service
(ONUS)) and reported to the contracting officer representative, Stormwater
Manager, and NCDNER as necessary.
SEWER RELEASES FOR FORT BRAGG COLLECTION SYSTEM
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS (SSO)
ESTIMATED VOLUME SURFACE
VOLUME SURFACE WATER CAUSE OF
DATE LOCATION al WATER al NAME SSO
Knox St. MH Beaver
2/6/2022 4394 50 30 Creek Grease
D-1410 Grease and
4/12/2022 Gruber Road 1,800 0 Debri
Viking Court Equipment
7/9/2022 Liftstation 2,250 0 Failure i
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E. Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control
According to Part 2, Section E of the MS4 permit No. NCS000331, Fort Bragg's
compliance with the NCDEQ Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources Erosion
and Sediment Control Program effectively meets the requirements of the Construction
Site Runoff Controls. The following activities were completed within this year's reporting
period:
Construction Site Runoff Control Program CITY
Number of NCDEQ Land Disturbing Permits 53
Number of Completed/Closed Out NCDEQ Land 20
Disturbing Permits
Number of NCDEQ Erosion &Sediment Control 130
Inspections
Number of Water Management < 1 Acre Land 16
Disturbing Project Reviews
Number of Water Management Erosion & 59
Sediment Control Inspections
Total Number of Ft Bragg Plan Reviews 23
Projects Receiving NOVs 0

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F. Post-Construction Site Runoff Controls
According to Part 2, Section F, 2 of the MS4 permit No. NCS000331, The objective of the
Post-Construction Site runoff Controls is to identify the specific elements to develop,
implement, and enforce a Post- Construction Site Runoff Control Program (PC Program)
to address stormwater runoff from development projects that disturb greaterthan or equal
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to one acre, including projects less than one acre that are part of a larger common plan
of development or sale, that discharge into the MS4. At a minimum, the Post-
Construction Program shall comply with 15A NCAC 02H .1017
Unlike other permitted MS4s, Fort Bragg is the owner, developer and project manager
for all construction projects on the installation. Military Construction requirements are
laid out in Army Regulations, Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) and Unified
Facilities Codes (UFC's), Installation Design Guides (IDG) and are incorporated into the
project contracts.
Water Management Section developed a Stormwater Management Manual for
Construction & Post Construction this year. The Manual addresses a Post-Construction
Stormwater Management Program in accordance with the NPDES MS4 and Urbanizing
Areas: Post-Construction Requirements (15A NCAC 02H .1017) and Section 438 of the
Energy Independence Security Act of 2007 (EISA) Public Law 110-140
Fort Bragg is on track to fully implement a Post-Construction by October 2023.
The following activities were completed this reporting period:
Post-Construction Program Assessment OTY
Number of plan reviews for low and high density. 7
Number of plan approvals issued by DEQ. 7
Number of plan approvals issued by Ft Bragg. 0
Number of Stormwater Control Measures added to 4
inventory on Ft Bragg
Number of Low Density projects constructed 0
Number of Stormwater Control Measures 766
Number of Low Density inspections. 0

G. Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations
According to Part 2, Section G, of the MS4 permit No. NCS000331, the objective of the
Pollution Prevention measure is to identify the specific elements for development and
implementation of a comprehensive suite of operation and maintenance programs to
prevent and minimize pollutants in runoff from base facilities and operations.
The following activities were completed within this year's reporting period:
• The Compliance Assessment Team conducted 1,863 Inspections of all military
units, directorates and contractors that produce hazardous waste (HW) or
Universal Waste (UW)to ensure compliance with applicable Federal, State and
DOD environmental regulations.
• Water Management Section continuously updates GIS Outfall, sampling
locations, and stormwater control measures maps.
• Continued use of OWS systems to capture oil and grease from vehicle and
equipment cleaning. Fort Bragg has an O&M Plan for oil-water separators.
ECOs and ECAs inspect their industrial areas once each month.
• Fort Bragg continues street sweeping activities to remove leaves and debris
from streets/roads, airfields, and parking lots. A total of 1,921 miles were swept
during this reporting period.
• Continued to ensure that Fort Bragg personnel are properly trained for pesticide,
herbicide, and fertilizer application according to DOD instruction 4150.07.
• Continued the 20-hr ECO/ECA Training Class providing information on pollution
prevention, spill prevention/response procedures, and good housekeeping
practices. The Compliance Assessment Team trained 1,115 students in the
ECO/ECA course.
• Fort Bragg's Qualified Recycling Program recycled 89,929.92 tons of concrete,
cardboard, paper, glass, brass, tires, plastics, lead acid batteries, cooking oil,
cooper, used motor oil, and Jet Fuel (JP8). These recycled products all
contribute to the goal of reducing or eliminating potential pollutants that may
impact stormwater.
Fort Braggs Grease Interceptor Consolidation and Management Plan and the
Grease Control Plan minimize discharge of fats, oils and grease into the sanitary
sewer collection system to reduce overflows.

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H. Industrial Activities
According to Part 2, Section H of MS4 Permit No. NCS000331, requires the
development, implementation, and maintenance of a SWPPP that covers all regulated
industrial activities at Fort Bragg. Regulated industrial activities are defined by Title 40
of the US CFR 122.26 (b) (14) and the following NC NPDES general permits:
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• NCG08000, vehicular maintenance areas
• NCG150000, air transportation
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Fort Bragg continued to maintain an update its Installation wide Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Plan (SWPPP).
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Base wide Monitoring Plan
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Fort Bragg has submitted to the Division for their approval an Installation wide Stormwater
Outfall Monitoring Plan (SWOMP)that was developed by extracting the Stormwater Outfall
Discharge (SDO) monitoring requirements from previous versions of Fort Bragg's installation-
wide Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPP). All Fort Bragg regulated industrial
activities defined in MS4 permit and 40 CFR 122.26 (b)(14)which contains eleven categories of
industrial activities and references Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes are
documented in the SWPPP. Implementation of the Fort Bragg SWOMP constitutes compliance
with the monitoring requirements in item 3 section H of permit NSC000331.
SDO monitoring is a tool used to evaluate the degree to which surface water quality may be I
impacted and to assess the effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs)/environmental
policies/procedures that are designed to prevent or reduce adverse effects on water quality. The
SWOMP specifies the standard operating procedures (SOP) to perform two types of SDO
monitoring activities. SDO Analytical Monitoring requirements of thirteen representative
industrial outfalls and SDO Qualitative Monitoring (also referred to visual) requirements for all 92
industrial outfalls. The SWOMP also describes the procedures to be followed by all government
and contract employees that fall under the guidance of the Fort Bragg Directorate of Public
Works/Environmental Division/Water Management Section.
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I. Oil Water Separators
The objective of this permit requirement is to protect Fort Bragg's receiving streams and
watercourses from adverse water quality impacts resulting from the accidental release
of HW/HM/POLs from oil water separators (OWS) to the MS4 or to waters of the state.
Fort Bragg's current SWPPP contains an inventory of all OWS's that discharge directly
to the MS4 or to waters of the state, or include a bypass feature that discharges to the
MS4 or to waters of the state.
The following activities were completed within this year's reporting period:
• Four OWS's that discharged to MS4 were removed from the inventory. The UST
closeout reports were filed with the DMLER Fayetteville Regional Office.
III. Proposed Program Changes/Updates
1. Fully implement a Post-Construction by October 2023.
2. Fully Implement the Installation wide Stormwater Outfall Monitoring Plan (SWOMP).
3. Update Stormwater Management Plan as necessary.
4. Update the Installation's Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) as
necessary.