NCS000604_Cajahs Mtn 2022 Annual Report_20220830

Reporting
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Year
BMP
Measurable Goal
Reporting
Comments
No.
(July 1 -
Ref.
Metric
June 30)
Did Cajah's Mountain submit the
Annual Self -Assessment to NCDEQ
1
1
1
prior to August 31 each year?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain 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?
50
Did Cajah's Mountain attend a
community event to disperse
stormwater outreach
Representatives of the
materials/awareness through the
Town of Cajahs Mountain
use of interactive educational
were present at municipal
19
1
4.B.1.
games and activities?
YES
events
If so, how many event attendees
were engaged in stormwater
20
1
4.B.1.
outreach?
35
Did Cajah's Mountain provide
alternative outreach opportunities
if a community event was
canceled or as an additional
29
1
4.B.2.
outreach supplement?
NO
If so, how many attendees were
30
1
4.B.2.
engaged in stormwater outreach?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain have
WPCOG provide instruction and
stormwater educational activities
39
1 1
5.B.1.
to youth?
YES
If so, how many WPCOG youth
education activities/events were
40
1
5.B.1.
provided?
1
If so, how many WPCOG youth
41
1
5.B.1.
event participants were reached?
35
How many storm drains were
54
1
5.B.2.
stenciled?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain create a
presentation covering stormwater
topics to be presented in digital
classrooms and/or provided to
Presentation being
59
1
5.B.3.
teachers?
NO
developed.

If so, how many classroom
presentations were provided by
60
1
5.13.3.
teachers or staff?
0
If so, how many students were
reached by classroom
61
1
5.B.3.
presentations?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain develop
printed stormwater best practices
materials for local government
74
1
6.B.1.
distribution?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain 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 Cajah's Mountain evaluate the
target pollutants and audiences to
identify where outreach can be
Changes were not
85
1
8.B.1.
improved?
YES
required at 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
Updated on WPCOG
Did Cajah's Mountain maintain
website but Cajah's
and update the stormwater
Mountain webpage needs
100
1
10.13.1.
program web page?
PARTIAL
updating.
Was the annual selfassessment
uploaded to the Town of Cajah's
101
1
10.13.2.
Mountain's website?
NO
Did any web page links, contact
information, or documents need
102
1
10.13.2.
to be updated?
YES
How many hits did the
stormwater program web page
103
1
10.13.3.
receive?
93
Did Cajah's Mountain provide
citizen education as part of the
illicit discharge and illegal
120
1
11.13.3.
dumping enforcement process?
YES
If so, how many educational
citizen interactions were there
121
1
11.13.3.
during as part of the illicit
1

discharge and illegal dumping
enforcement process?
Did Cajah's Mountain establish a
hotline for stormwater complaints
130
1
12.13.1.
and information?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain identify
specific staff who will serve as the
131
1
12.6.2.
hotline contact(s)?
YES
How many stormwater hotline
132
1
12.6.3.
calls were received?
1
Did Cajah's Mountain stormwater
hotline staff receive training in
general stormwater awareness,
complaint call protocols,
Town Manager was the
appropriate contacts for referral,
only staff at time of
137
1
12.13.4.
and typical stormwater issues?
YES
training
Did Cajah's Mountain publicize
contact information on the Cajah's
Mountain's Facebook page, and
the stormwater program and
142
1
12.13.5.
WPCOG webpages?
Did Cajah's Mountain Establish a
web based complaint/
reporting/input form to be housed
147
1
15.B.1.
on the WPCOG website?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain utilize the
existing Facebook page to
promote public involvement in
stormwater programs, events and
projects and provide
outreach/general stormwater
156
1
16.13.1.
awareness messages?
If so, how many posts were made
on the Facebook page related to
157
1
16.13.1.
the stormwater program?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain participate
in quarterly Water Resource
166
1
17.B.1.
Committee meetings?
YES
If so, how many quarterly Water
Resource Committee meetings did
167
1
17.B.1.
Cajah's Mountain participate in?
2
If so, how many attendees (total
of all meetings) were at quarterly
Water Resource Committee
meetings that Cajah's Mountain
168
1
17.13.1.
participated in?
0

Did Cajah's Mountain provide a
survey to engage the public and
gauge public interest in
stormwater issues and the
181
1
18.6.1.
stormwater program?
YES
At time of report, no
If so, how many surveys were
surveys have been
182
1
18.6.1.
completed?
0
received
Did Cajah's Mountain provide and
promote volunteer stream
191
1
19.B.1.
cleanup activities?
NO
If so, how many stream cleanup
192
1
19.13.1.
events were held?
0
If so, how many stream cleanup
193
1
19.B.1.
participants were there?
0
If so, how many trash bags were
filled during stream cleanup
194
1
19.B.1.
events?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain provide
materials for volunteer stream
cleanup activities hosted by
211
1
19.13.2.
Cajah's Mountain and WPCOG?
NO
Did Cajah's Mountain supplement
or replace stream clean-up time
with outdoor educational
activities if streams do not have
adequate litter available for
216
1
19.13.4.
cleanup?
NO
If so, how many supplemental or
replacement outdoor educational
217
1
19.13.4.
activities were held?
0
If so, how many supplemental or
replacement outdoor educational
218
1
19.13.4.
activity participants were there?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain update the
existing MS4 map to include open
channels, storm drain information
Mapping and verification
231
1
20.13.1.
and flow direction?
YES
is ongoing
The Cajah mountain
infrastructure is not
owned or maintained by
If so, was at least 20% of the MS4
the Town but is being
232
1
20.13.1.
area mapped?
Yes
mapped
Did Cajah's Mountain add newly
Mapping is ongoing and is
constructed infrastructure to the
including new
241
1
20.13.2.
existing MS4 map?
YES
infrastructure

Updated ordinance has
Did Cajah's Mountain review the
been provided to the
IDDE ordinance and update if
Town. Adoption is in
246
1
21.13.1.
needed?
PARTIAL
progress
Did Cajah's Mountain develop a
251
1
22.13.1.
written IDDE Plan?
YES
Template for IDDE plan
What date did Cajah's Mountain
and O&M plan was
submit the written IDDE Plan to
provided to JP on
252
1
22.13.1.
DEQ for approval?
#####
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.
Did Cajah's Mountain use the MS4
High pollution potential
map to locate priority areas likely
areas (such as industrial)
253
1
23.13.1.
to have illicit discharges?
YES
are prioritized
Did Cajah's Mountain establish dry
weather inspection procedures
258
1
24.13.1.
and a schedule?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain establish
procedures to track and document
271
1
25.13.1.
illicit discharge investigations?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain screen
priority areas likely to have illicit
272
1
26.13.1.
discharges?
YES
1 Discharge was reported
during this reporting
period, it was not in an
If so, how many illicit discharges
area currently prioritized
273
1
26.13.1.
were identified in priority areas?
0
for monitoring
Did Cajah's Mountain evaluate
and assess the IDDE plan/program
282
1
26.13.3.
and revise if necessary?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain develop the
287
1
27.13.1.
IDDE tracking sheet?
YES
How many verified IDDE issues
288
1
27.13.2.
were identified?
1
Did Cajah's Mountain enforce
illicit discharge and illegal
293
1
27.13.3.
dumping violations?
YES
How many illicit discharge and
1 illicit dischage related to
294
1
27.13.3.
illegal dumping
0
construction site runoff of

violations/enforcement actions
an ongoing
were issued?
redevelopment
Property owner of the
discharge addressed it
before the report was
received. Receiving
homeowner reported the
How many illicit discharge and
issue well after repairs
illegal dumping
were made following the
violations/enforcement actions
storm that generated the
295
1
27.13.3.
were resolved?
1
polluted runoff
IDDE tracking sheet would
indicate chronic/repeat
Did Cajah's Mountain establish
violators. None were
and maintain a list of chronic
determined during this
308
1
27.13.4.
violators?
YES
reporting period
If so, how many chronic violators
309
1
27.13.4.
were identified?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain identify staff
and contractors likely to observe
and identify illicit discharges, illicit
connections, illegal dumping and
326
1
28.13.1.
spills?
YES
Cajahs mountains part
time manager/single
employee was trained,
Did Cajah's Mountain train
but they do not fall into
identified staff and contractors to
this category. WPCOG
identify and report illicit
IDDE/SW admin are
discharges, illicit connections,
trained in this regard
327
1
28.13.1.
illegal dumping and spills?
PARTIAL
however
How many staff and contractors
were trained to identify and
report illicit discharges, illicit
connections, illegal dumping and
328
1
28.13.1.
spills?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain utilize social
media and the stormwater
webpage(s) to publicize contact
Does not have social
337
1
29.6.2.
information for IDDE reporting?
NO
media.
Did Cajah's Mountain evaluate the
342
1
32.13.2.
IDDE complaint response time?
YES

During this reporting
period the single
discharge was responded
to within 8 hours - clean
up and repairs were done
before report was given.
This metric includes prior
reporting years where
esolution time follows the
periods outlined by issued
<24 hours
NOVs. No issued NOVS
If so, what was the average
response,
required further
response time for IDDE complaints
<5 days
enforcement to correct
343
1
32.13.2.
/ reports?
resolved
the issue
Town Manager was the
only staff at time of
Did Cajah's Mountain train
training, who was trained
municipal staff on proper handling
to inform WPCOG
of construction site runoff
IDDE/SW staff for
352
1
33.13.1.
complaints?
YES
complaints
How many staff were trained on
proper handling of construction
353
1
33.13.1.
site runoff complaints?
1
Single discharge came
How many construction site runoff
from private citizen but
complaints were received from
we were notified by the
354
1
33.13.2.
municipal staff?
0
manager in turn
Did Cajah's Mountain administer a
public survey to receive
perspective on construction site
367
1
34.13.1.
runoff?
YES
Included in overall survey
Did Cajah's Mountain publicize the
ability to report concerns about
construction runoff issues via the
online form on the Cajah's
Mountain and WPCOG websites
368
1
34.13.4.
and social media?
YES
Via WPCOG.
Did Cajah's Mountain develop an
ordinance that addresses
377
1
35.13.1.
construction site waste?
YES
Updated ordinance has
Did Cajah's Mountain adopt an
been provided to the
ordinance that addresses
Town. Adoption is in
378
1
35.13.2.
construction site waste?
PARTIAL
progress
Did Cajah's Mountain train
383
1
35.13.3.
municipal staff on identifying and
YES

reporting construction site
violations?
Town Manager was the
only staff at time of
training, who was trained
How many staff were trained on
to inform WPCOG
identifying and reporting
IDDE/SW staff for
384
1
35.13.3.
construction site violations?
1
complaints
No phase II qualifying
Did Cajah's Mountain track the
projects were
number of low -density and high-
permitted/submitted
405
1
36
density plan reviews performed?
YES
during this permit cycle
If so, how many low density
406
1
36
project reviews were performed?
0
If so, how many high density
407
1
36
project reviews were performed?
0
If so, how many low density
408
1
36
project reviews were approved?
0
If so, how many high density
409
1
36
project reviews were approved?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain 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
430
1
36
action (if any)?
YES
How many high density non -
municipally owned SCM
435
1
36
inspections were performed?
2
How many low -density inspections
440
1
36
were performed?
1
How many post -construction
445
1
36
enforcement actions were issued?
0
Town Manager was the
only staff at time of
training. WPCOG staff are
Did Cajah's Mountain train field
contracted to handle
and office staff in Stormwater
these enforcement
Ordinance procedures and
actions on behalf of the
450
1
38.13.1.
enforcement actions?
YES
Town
WPCOG staff are also
How many staff were trained in
trained on these
Stormwater Ordinance procedures
procedures and
451
1
38.13.1.
and enforcement actions?
1
enforcement actions
How many post -construction
460
1
38.13.2.
notices of violation were issued?
0

How many post -construction Civil
461
1
38.13.2.
Citations were issued?
0
How many post -construction
violations are still in process of
462
1
38.13.2.
abatement?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain review post -
construction procedures and
documents and update as
475
1
39.13.1.
needed?
YES
None were built during
this time. One of the non -
municipal SCMs is
undergoing
redevelopment/expansion
and will be reinspected
How many pre -CO SCM
once construction has
480
1
42.13.1.
inspections were completed?
0
finished
How many repeat pre -CO SCM
481
1
42.13.1.
inspections were completed?
0
How many permitted projects
with O&M Plans received their
482
1
40.B.1.
CO?
0
How many SCM inspections were
483
1
42.13.2.
completed by municipal staff?
2
How many SCM inspections
performed by municipal staff were
484
1
42.13.2.
failed?
0
How many qualified licensed
professional inspections
completed with documentation
485
1
42.13.3.
received?
2
How many SCMs are under annual
486
1
42.13.3.
inspection enforcement?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain conduct
inspections of
Cajahs Mountain only has
20% of low -density projects this
one Low Density site at
487
1
42.13.4.
year?
YES
the time of reporting
Materials are avaiable and
Did Cajah's Mountain provide
typically provided during
educational materials about low
permitting, but were
density developments during the
created during this permit
issuance of zoning permits,
cycle and no new Phase II
distributed through mailings,
qualifying projects have
posted on social media, and
been submitted to the
520
1
43.13.3.
handed out at events?
PARTIAL
town

How many low density
educational materials were
521
1
43.13.3.
distributed?
0
Materials are avaiable and
typically provided during
permitting, but were
created during this permit
Did Cajah's Mountain provide
cycle and no new Phase II
educational materials to
qualifying projects have
developers about high density
been submitted to the
530
1
44.B.2.
development?
PARTIAL
town
How many high density
educational materials were
531
1
44.B.2.
distributed?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain
establish/maintain links to all
post -construction ordinances,
manuals, policies, checklists,
design standards, and/or other
540
1
44.B.3.
materials on the website?
NO
Via WPCOG.
Did Cajah's Mountain maintain a
545
1
45.B.1.
Pet Waste Ordinance?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain implement
and enforce the Pet Waste
546
1
45.B.1.
Ordinance?
YES
Did Cajah's Mountain develop
educational awareness materials
on fecal coliform pollution
associated with maintenance of
555
1
45.13.2.
septic systems?
NO
How many educational awareness
materials on fecal coliform
pollution associated with
maintenance of septic systems
556
1
45.13.2.
were distributed?
The town of cajahs
mountain only owns 2
adjacent properties (Town
Did Cajah's Mountain develop an
hall and a Park), neither of
O&M Plan for each municipal
which has signifigant
facility with the potential to
potential to generate
561
1
46.13.2.
generate stormwater pollution?
NO
stormwater pollution
How many O&M Plans for
municipal facilities with
stormwater pollution potential
562
1 1
1 46.13.2.
does Cajah's Mountain have?
0

Did Cajah's Mountain verify the
existing list of municipal facilities
with stormwater pollution
567
1
47.B.1.
potential?
YES
How many municipal facilities
were verified to have stormwater
pollution potential and/or spill
568
1
47.6.2.
risk?
0
How many municipal facilities
569
1
47.6.2.
need a SPCC Plan?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain perform
annual good housekeeping facility
582
1
47.13.3.
inspections?
YES
How many annual good
housekeeping facility inspections
583
1
47.13.3.
were performed?
2
ROW ditch at the town
How many annual inspections
park needs repairs but is
required good housekeeping
owned/maintained by
592
1
47.13.4.
corrective actions?
0
NCDOT
Documentation is
available should the town
Did Cajah's Mountain develop a
build a property with spill
written spill response procedure
potential. At this time
plan for each facility that requires
neither property has spill
597
1
48.B.1
one?
NO
risks
How many municipal facilities
implemented spill response
598
1
48.13.2.
procedure plans?
0
How many non -reportable spills
were documented according to
615
1
48.13.5.
the spill response SOP?
0
How many reportable spills were
documented according to the spill
616
1
48.13.5.
response SOP?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain develop an
MS4 O&M Plan to define required
procedures, inspections,
schedules, documentation, and
MS4 maintenance and
625
1
49.B.1.
evaluations?
YES
When did Cajah's Mountain
submit the MS4 0&M Plan to
Submitted along side IDDE
626
1
49.B.2.
DEQ?
#####
plan on 11/03/2020
Did Cajah's Mountain provide
635
1
50.13.1.
comprehensive stormwater
YES

training to municipal staff and
contractors?
How many comprehensive
stormwater training sessions were
636
1
50.13.1.
held?
1
Cajahs Mountain only had
one staff member at time
of training (Town
Manager), and no
consistantly contracted
staff. Public works
maintenance on
Sewer/water lines is
How many municipal and
handled by the City of
contractor staff received
Lenoir as CM does not
comprehensive stormwater
have a public works
637
1
50.13.1.
training?
1
department
The town of cajahs
mountain does not own
any MS4 infrastucture
outside of drainage found
Did Cajah's Mountain inspect the
at Town Hall and on the
646
1
51.13.1.
MS4 infrastructure?
YES
park parcel
How many MS4 catch basins were
The Town does not own
647
1
51.13.1.
inspected?
0
any catch basins
How many MS4 conveyances were
The Town does not own
648
1
51.13.1.
inspected?
0
any MS4 conveyances
How many MS4 issues were
649
1
51.13.1.
documented?
0
How many MS4
cleanings/maintenance actions
666
1
52.13.2.
were performed?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain maintain an
inventory of municipally -owned
SCMs with information including
Tracking procedure is in
type, year built, date of last
place, but the Town of
inspection and maintenance
Cajahs Mountain does not
671
1
53.13.1.
actions?
YES
own any SCMs
How many municipally -owned
672
1
53.13.1.
SCMs are in the inventory?
0
The Town of Cajahs
Moutain does not own
Did Cajah's Mountain
any SCMs. If one is built it
develop/maintain a SCM
will be required to have
Operation and Maintenance Plan
an O&M maintenance
673
1
53.13.2.
for each muncipally-owned SCM?
NO
plan

How many municipally -owned
686
1
54.13.3.
SCMs were inspected?
0
How many municipally -owned
SCMs had documented
deficiencies/required
691
1
54.13.4.
maintenance?
0
How many municipally -owned
SCM corrective actions/repairs
692
1
54.13.4.
were performed?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain ensure that
only certified
The Town maintains a
landscapers/applicators are
landscaper to maintain
applying pesticides, herbicides and
park grounds and yard
701
1
56.13.1.
fertilizers?
YES
surrounding town hall
How many certified
landscapers/applicators are
applying pesticides, herbicides and
702
1
56.13.1.
fertilizers?
1
Did Cajah's Mountain establish
Procedure is in place, but
standard operating procedures for
the Town does not own
711
1
57.13.1.
vehicle and equipment washing?
YES
any municipal vehicles
Did Cajah's Mountain implement
Procedure is in place, but
standard operating procedures for
the Town does not own
712
1
57.13.1.
vehicle and equipment washing?
YES
any municipal vehicles
Did Cajah's Mountain ensure all
municipal facilities have
No Town of Cajahs
appropriate industrial stormwater
Mountain properties
717
1
58.13.1.
permit coverage?
YES
require industiral permits
How many municipal facilities
have industrial stormwater permit
718
1
58.13.1.
coverage?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain perform
street and parking lot sweeping
719
1
59.13.1.
annually?
YES
The single municipal road
was swept, and the 2
parking lots owned by the
towns are hand swept on
720
1
59.13.1.
How many lane miles were swept?
<1
an at least monthly basis
Did Cajah's Mountain track
conveyances/inlets that have
frequent problems with pollution
721
1
59.13.2.
to prioritize their maintenance?
NO
Did Cajah's Mountain distribute
educational flyers regarding street
722
1
59.13.4.
ruoff pollution?
NO

How many educational flyers
regarding street ruoff pollution
723
1
59.13.4.
were distributed?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain service
public waste receptacles on an as
744
1
60.13.1.
needed basis?
YES
How many trash bags were
745
1
60.13.1.
used/collected?
13
Litter on municipal park is
removed, but need to
Did Cajah's Mountain collect litter
establish tracking with the
754
1
60.6.2.
on an as -needed basis?
PARTIAL
landscaper
How much trash was collected
755
1
60.13.2.
(pounds)?
Unknown
Did Cajah's Mountain bag and
collect leaves on municipal
764
1
61.13.1.
property?
YES
How many bags of leaves were
collected from municipal
765
1
61.13.1.
property?
8
How many leaf/litter/yard waste
774
1
61.13.2.
flyers were distributed?
0
Was leaf/yard debris identified as
an issue during the annual MS4
779
1
61.13.3.
O&M Plan review?
NO
Did Cajah's Mountain train first
responders on minimizing,
Town of Cajahs Mountain
collecting and disposing of fluids
utilizes Caldwell County
and other vehicular pollutants
and other municipal
784
1
62.13.1.
following an accident?
NO
response teams
How many first responders were
trained on minimizing, collecting
and disposing of fluids and other
vehicular pollutants following an
785
1
62.13.1.
accident?
0
Did Cajah's Mountain enforce
significant vehicle leaks from
parked cars under the IDDE
No signifigant leaks were
794
1
62.13.3.
ordinance?
PARTIAL
reported
How many enforcement actions
were issued for significant vehicle
795
1
62.13.3.
leaks from parked cars?
0