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HEADQUARTERS,UNITED STATES ARMY GARRISON,FORT BRAGG
2 REILLY ROAD
NORTH FORT BRAGG NORTH CAROLINA 28310-5000
May 24, 2021
SUBJECT: Storm Water Program Annual Report, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Land Quality Section
Stormwater Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
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 April
2020 through 31 March 2021.
For further information, please contact Mr. Lee Ward, Chief, Water Management
Section at (910) 908-5286.
Sincerely,
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Monica A. Stephenson
Director of Public Works
RECEIVED
JUN 08 2021
DSNR-LAND QUALITY
STORMWATER PERMITTING
Stormwater Management Program
Annual Report
Monitoring Period: April
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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
11. Minimum Control Measures Discussions
A. Public Education and Outreach
According to Part 11, Section B of the Phase II permit, 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 following Public Education and Outreach activities were completed
during this year's reporting period:
• Fort Bragg has completed its sixteenth 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
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 902 students trained. Additionally, training and outreach occurred
throughout the year at the unit level during the Compliance Assessment Team
(CAT) inspections of industrial areas.
• WMS 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.
B. Public Involvement and Participation
According to Part 11, Section C of the Phase 11 permit, the objectives of the Public Involvement
and Participation measure is to comply with State and local public notice requirements when
implementing a public involvement and participation program. The target audience for this
measure has been identified as the Installation population and local volunteers that can be
involved in stream/lake cleanup or storm drain stenciling activities. The following activities
• Procedures for sanitary sewer overflows are investigated and cleaned up by
American States Utilities Service (ASUS, formerly Old North Utilitiets 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 (gal) WATER (gal) NAME SSO
N. Lucas and Beaver Debris in
03/1/21 Buff Circle 750 750 Creek Line
D. Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control
According to Part II, Section E of the Phase II permit, Fort Bragg's compliance with the
NCDENR 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
Assessment QTY
Active NCDEQ Land Disturbing Permits 43
Completed/Closed Out NCDEQ Land Disturbing 21
Permits
Water Management Land Disturbing Project 81
Approvals
Water Management/Environmental Clearances 139
Project Reviews
Projects Receiving NOVs 1
NCDEQ Erosion &Sediment Control 137
Inspections
Water Management Erosion &Sediment 67
Control Inspections
E. Post-Construction Site Runoff Controls
According to Part II, Section F, 2 of the Phase II permit, to comply with the Post
Construction requirements in 15 NCAC 02H Section .1000, Fort Bragg shall submit, for
approval, plans, supplement forms, specifications, and calculations to the Division for all
projects, including public roads and bridges, that disturb greater than or equal to one acre
including projects less than one acre that are part of a larger common plan of
development. Fort Bragg may reference their approved base wide SCM O&M Plan to
meet a project's O&M requirements. Additionally, to protect water quality in North
Carolina rivers, streams, and lakes, and the existing uses of such surface waters for their
scenery, swimming, boating, as well as for commercial and recreational fishing Fort
Bragg shall maintain an inventory and all plans and documents for Stormwater Control
Measures approved by the State after July 1, 2007. Fort Bragg shall inspect and maintain
all Stormwater Control Measures approved by the State after July 1, 2007 in accordance
with the schedule developed by Fort Bragg
The following activities were completed this reporting period:
Post-Construction Site Runoff Controls
Program Assessment QTY
Stormwater plans reviewed/submitted for 41
State a p p r o v a l Reviews 6
submitted
Stormwater Control Measures approved by the 255
State after July 1, 2007 total inventory
Stormwater Control Measures total inventory on 821
Ft Bragg
Stormwater Control Measures added 17
Stormwater Control Measures inspections. 575
Stormwater Control Measures completed routine 1725
maintenance procedures.
• 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.
• Vegetation, sediment and trash removal maintenance was conducted prior to the
accomplishment of the semiannual qualitative monitoring of 87 outfalls.
G. Monitoring & Evaluation
As required by Part II, Section J of Permit No. NCS000331, Cutoff Concentrations. For
each parameter, the arithmetic mean of all analytical sampling results collected during
the term of the permit shall be calculated for each individual outfall and compared to
the cut-off concentrations listed below. At a minimum, Fort Bragg must perform
analytical sampling during the first year of the permit. If the analytical results fall at or
below the cutoff concentrations listed below, Fort Bragg is not required to sample that
parameter at that outfall for the remainder of the permit. If analytical results exceed the
cutoff concentration, subsequent sampling is required annually. Each year, Fort Bragg
has the option to assess if the arithmetic mean of data collected for each parameter at
each outfall is below the cutoff concentration. If the arithmetic mean is less than the
cutoff concentration then Fort Bragg is not required to continue analytical monitoring for
that parameter at that outfall during the remainder of the term of the permit unless a
significant change in the operations in the drainage area occurs. Fort Bragg has
elected to use the option of arithmetic mean. Table 1 provided below summarizes the
sampling Arithmetic Mean results.
Parameter Cut-off Concentration
Oil and Grease 30 mg/I
pH (do not take average, use most recent pH sample 6-9 standard units
result)
TSS 100 mg/I
Table 1: Arithmetic Mean
Outfall # Total Suspended Oil & Grease PH
Solids(TSS) (mg/1)
(mg/1)