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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNCS000488_MS4 Annual Report (2024-25 FY)_20240830 (2) NCS000488_VALDESE 2024 ANNUAL SELF ASSESSMENT Reporting Line Year BMP Reporting Measurable Goal Comments No. (July 1- Ref. Metric June 30) Did Valdese submit the Annual Self-Assessment to NCDEQ prior to August 3 3 1 31 each year? YES Did Valdese develop and distribute new educational fliers about illegal 13 3 3.B.3. dumping? YES 14 3 3.B.3. If so, how many educational fliers about illegal dumping were distributed? 25 Did Valdese attend the annual Waldensian Festival to disperse stormwater outreach materials/awareness through the use of interactive educational 23 3 4.B.1. games and activities? YES Waldensian Festival (8/12) If so, how many Waldensian Festival attendees were engaged in 24 3 4.B.1. stormwater outreach/received stormwater information? 100 Did Valdese provide additional outreach supplement or alternative 33 3 4.B.2. outreach opportunities if the annual Waldensian Festival was canceled? YES Morganton Festival (September) If so, how many attendees were engaged in additional/supplemental 34 3 4.B.2. stormwater outreach? 100 Did Valdese have WPCOG provide instruction and stormwater educational 45 3 5.B.1. activities to youth? YES Enviroscape, Workbooks 46 3 5.B.1. If so, how many WPCOG youth education activities/events were provided? 2 Activities 47 3 5.B.1. If so, how many WPCOG youth event participants were reached? 25 Did Valdese create a presentation covering stormwater topics to be 60 3 5.B.2. presented in digital classrooms and/or provided to teachers? PARTIAL Tree Canopy If so, how many classroom presentations were provided by teachers or 61 3 5.B.2. staff? 1 13 teachers from Unifour participated 62 3 5.B.2. If so, how many students were reached by classroom presentations? Did Valdese provide one presentation about one of the six NPDES Minimum Control Measures at each annual WPCOG Water Quality 74 3 7.B.1. Conference? YES If so, how many attendees were reached during the annual WPCOG Water 75 3 7.B.1. Quality Conference stormwater presentation? 113 Did Valdese evaluate the target pollutants and audiences to identify where 86 3 8.B.1. outreach can be improved? YES 87 3 8.B.1. If so, were any revisions made to target pollutants? Sediment Runoff is still main one 88 3 8.B.2. If so, were any revisions made to target audiences? 102 3 10.B.2. Was the annual selfThssessment uploaded to stormwater website? YES WPCOG Website Did any links, contact information, or documents on the stormwater web 103 3 10.B.2. page need to be updated? YES WPCOG Website Did Valdese post the current SWMP, stormwater ordinance and annual 104 3 10.B.3. assessment on the stormwater web page? YES WPCOG Website Did Valdese provide citizen education as part of the enforcement process 115 3 11.B.3. for illicit discharges, illegal dumping and improper disposl of waste? YES If so, how many educational citizen interactions were completed as part of 116 3 11.B.3. the illicit discharge and illegal dumping enforcement process? 7 Did Valdese maintain a hotline for stormwater complaints and 126 3 12.B.2. information? YES 127 3 12.B.3. How many stormwater hotline calls were received? 7 Did Valdese stormwater hotline staff receive training in general WPCOG SW Admin Trained, MS4 stormwater awareness, complaint call protocols, appropriate contacts for Training Video & Powerpoint made 134 3 12.B.4. referral, and typical stormwater issues? YES accessible to Municipal Staff Did Valdese publicize contact information on the municipal Facebook 139 3 12.B.5. page, and the stormwater program and WPCOG webpages? YES How many messages were received via the web based complaint/ 144 3 15.B.2. reporting/input form? 0 Mainly calls Was the web based complaint/reporting/input form maintained/ 148 3 15.B.3. updated? YES New form created 155 3 16.B.1. Did Valdese maintain a Facebook page for stormwater messaging? PARTIAL Mainly received calls If so, how many posts were made on the Facebook page related to the 156 3 16.B.1. stormwater program? 0 Need to increase social media 167 3 17.B.1. Did Valdese participate in quarterly Water Resource Committee meetings? YES If so, how many quarterly Water Resource Committee meetings did 168 3 17.B.1. Valdese participate in? 3 Page 1of4 NCS000488_VALDESE 2024 ANNUAL SELF ASSESSMENT If so, how many attendees (total of all meetings) were at quarterly Water 169 3 17.B.1. Resource Committee meetings that Valdese participated in? 3 58 total participants Did Valdese provide a survey to engage the public and gauge public 180 3 18.B.1. interest in stormwater issues and the stormwater program? PARTIAL 181 3 18.B.1. If so, how many surveys were completed? 0 194 3 19.B.1. Did Valdese provide and promote volunteer stream cleanup activities? PARTIAL Burke County Chamber Litter Sweep 195 3 19.B.1. If so, how many stream cleanup events were held? 1 196 3 19.B.1. If so, how many stream cleanup participants were there? 5 197 3 19.B.1. If so, how many trash bags were filled during stream cleanup events? 5 Did Valdese provide materials for volunteer stream cleanup activities 208 3 19.B.2. hosted by Valdese and WPCOG? YES Did Valdese will publicize stream cleanup events to the public on the 213 3 19.B.3. WPCOG website,The Town website, and flyers distributed at Town Hall? PARTIAL Did Valdese update the existing MS4 map to include new infrastructure 220 3 20.B.1. and outfalls? PARTIAL In Progress 221 3 20.B.1. If so, how many new outfalls were mapped? 0 228 3 21.B.1. Did Valdese review the IDDE ordinance and update if needed? PARTIAL Did Valdese review/update priority areas likely to have high pollution 235 3 23.B.2. potential? PARTIAL Did Valdese perform dry weather inspections in accordance with the IDDE 242 3 24.B.2. Plan and schedule? YES In Progress 243 3 24.B.2. If so, how many dry weather inspections were performed? 3 244 3 24.B.2. If so, how many potential illicit/dry weather discharges were identified? 0 256 3 26.B.1. Did Valdese screen priority areas likely to have illicit discharges? PARTIAL Mainly new construction sites 257 3 26.B.1. If so, how many illicit discharges were identified in priority areas? Did Valdese evaluate and assess the IDDE plan/program and revise if 264 3 26.B.3. necessary? YES 270 3 27.B.2. How many verified IDDE issues were identified? 279 3 27.B.3. Did Valdese enforce illicit discharge and illegal dumping violations? YES How many illicit discharge and illegal dumping violations/enforcement 280 3 27.B.3. actions were issued? 7 How many illicit discharge and illegal dumping violations/enforcement 281 3 27.B.3. actions were resolved? 7 292 3 27.B.4. Did Valdese establish and maintain a list of chronic violators? YES 293 3 27.B.4. If so, how many chronic violators were identified? 2 Did Valdese evaluate and assess the IDDE Program documentation to 300 3 27.B.5. identify areas for improvement? YES 301 3 27.B.5. If so, were revisions made to the IDDE tracking tool? YES Did Valdese train new staff and contractors to identify and report illicit 311 3 28.B.2. discharges, illicit connections, illegal dumping and spills? YES How many new staff and contractors were trained to identify and report 312 3 28.B.2. illicit discharges, illicit connections, illegal dumping and spills? Did Valdese utilize social media and the stormwater webpage(s)to 319 3 29.B.2. publicize contact information for IDDE reporting? PARTIAL 326 3 32.B.2. Did Valdese evaluate the IDDE complaint response time? YES 327 3 32.B.2. If so, what was the average response time for IDDE complaints/ reports? 24 hours Did Valdese train municipal staff on proper handling of construction site 338 3 33.B.1. complaints? YES How many staff were trained on proper handling of construction site 339 3 33.B.1. complaints? How many construction site complaints were received from municipal 340 3 33.B.2. staff? Did Valdese administer a public survey to receive perspective on 351 3 34.B.1. construction site runoff? PARTIAL Did Valdese publicize the ability to report concerns about construction runoff issues via the online form on the Valdese and WPCOG websites and Link to Reporting Tool &WPCOG 352 3 34.B.4. social media? YES Website,with hotline number/email Did Valdese maintain/update the adopted construction site waste 360 3 35.B.4. ordinance? YES Did Valdese train municipal staff on identifying and reporting construction 367 3 35.B.3. site waste violations? YES How many staff were trained on identifying and reporting construction 368 3 35.B.3. site waste violations? 376 3 35.B.5. Did Valdese enforce construction site waste violations? YES 377 3 35.B.5. How many construction site waste enforcement actions were issued? Page 2 of 4 NCS000488_VALDESE 2024 ANNUAL SELF ASSESSMENT 378 3 35.B.5. How many construction sitewaste violations were remedied? Did Valdese track the number of low-density and high-density plan reviews 395 3 36 performed? PARTIAL Need to be updated & recorded 396 3 36 If so, how many low density project reviews were performed? 397 3 36 If so, how many high density project reviews were performed? 398 3 36 If so, how many low density project reviews were approved? 399 3 36 If so, how many high density project reviews were approved? Did Valdese maintain a current inventory of low-density projects and constructed SCMs, including SCM type or low-density acreage, location, 412 3 36 last inspection date and type of enforcement action (if any)? PARTIAL How many high density non-municipally owned SCM inspections were 417 3 36 performed? 422 3 36 How many low-density inspections were performed? 427 3 36 How many post-construction enforcement actions were issued? Did Valdese train field and office staff in Stormwater Ordinance 434 3 38.B.1. procedures and enforcement actions? PARTIAL How many staff were trained in Stormwater Ordinance procedures and 435 3 38.B.1. enforcement actions? 446 3 38.B.2. How many post-construction notices of violation were issued? 447 3 38.B.2. How many post-construction Civil Citations were issued? 448 3 38.B.2. How many post-construction violations are still in process of abatement? Did Valdese review post-construction procedures and documents and 457 3 39.B.1. update as needed? PARTIAL 480 3 42.B.1. How many pre-CO SCM inspections were completed? 481 3 42.B.1. How many repeat pre-CO SCM inspections were completed? 482 3 40.B.1. How many permitted projects with O&M Plans received their CO? 483 3 42.B.2. How many SCM inspections were completed by municipal staff? 484 3 42.B.2. How many SCM inspections performed by municipal staff were failed? How many qualified licensed professional SCM inspections completed with 485 3 42.B.3. documentation received? 486 3 42.B.3. How many SCMs are under annual inspection enforcement? Did Valdese conduct inspections of 487 3 42.B.4. 20%of low-density projects this year? PARTIAL 488 3 42.B.4. How many low density violators were found? 489 3 42.B.4. How many low density violations were enforced? Did Valdese provide educational materials about low density WPCOG SW Admin has made a Post developments during the issuance of zoning permits, distributed through Construction Sheet Available to Town 514 3 43.B.3. mailings, posted on social media, and handed out at events? PARTIAL &on WPCOG Website 515 3 43.B.3. How many low density educational materials were distributed? Did Valdese provide educational materials to developers about high WPCOG SW Admin has made a Post density development during the issuance of zoning permits, distributed Construction Sheet Available to Town 524 3 44.B.2. through mailings, posted on social media, and handed out at events? PARTIAL &on WPCOG Website 525 3 44.B.2. How many high density educational materials were distributed? Did Valdese establish/maintain links to all post-construction ordinances, manuals, policies, checklists, design standards, and/or other materials on 532 3 44.B.3. the website? PARTIAL WPCOG Website 539 3 45.B.1. Did Valdese maintain a Pet Waste Ordinance? YES 540 3 45.B.1. Did Valdese implement and enforce the Pet Waste Ordinance? YES How many educational awareness materials on fecal coliform pollution 548 3 45.B.2. associated with maintenance of septic systems were distributed? 20 How many high potential municipal facilities recevied annual inspections 558 3 47.B.3. for good housekeeping/poluution prevention? 1 Public Works How many low potential municipal facilities were inspected for good 559 3 47.B.3. housekeeping/pollution prevention (once per permit term required)? How many municipal facilities implemented corrective action(s)following 566 3 47.B.3. inspection? 1 573 3 48.B.3. Did Valdese review/maintain written spill response plans? PARTIAL Needs to be updated 574 3 48.B.3. How many spill response procedure plans were revised? How many non-reportable spills were documented according to the spill 583 3 48.B.5. response SOP? How many reportable spills were documented according to the spill 584 3 48.B.5. response SOP? O&M Plan in Progress, need to add 592 3 49.B.3. Did Valdese implement the MS4 O&M Plan? PARTIAL maps 596 3 49.B.4. How many MS4 inspections were completed? Page 3 of 4 NCS000488_VALDESE 2024 ANNUAL SELF ASSESSMENT How many comprehensive stormwater training sessions for new staff were 604 3 50.B.2. held? How many new municipal and contractor staff received comprehensive 605 3 50.B.2. stormwater training ? 620 3 51.B.1. Did Valdese inspect the MS4 infrastructure? YES _ 621 3 51.B.1. How many MS4 catch basins were inspected? 4 622 3 51.B.1. How many MS4 conveyances were inspected? 4 623 3 51.B.1. How many MS4 issues were documented? 1 624 3 51.B.1. How many miles of roadside/ROW conveyances were inspected? 637 3 52.B.2. How many MS4 cleanings/maintenance actions were performed? 1 Did Valdese maintain an inventory of municipally-owned SCMs with information including type,year built, date of last inspection and 646 3 53.B.1. maintenance actions? NO No municipal SCMs 647 3 53.B.1. How many municipally-owned SCMs are in the inventory? Did Valdese develop/maintain a SCM Operation and Maintenance Plan for 648 3 53.B.2. each muncipally-owned SCM? NO No municipal SCMs 657 3 54.B.3. How many municipally-owned SCM inspections were performed? No municipal SCMs How many municipally-owned SCMs had documented 664 3 54.B.4. deficiencies/required maintenance? No municipal SCMs How many municipally-owned SCM corrective actions/repairs were 665 3 54.B.4. performed? No municipal SCMs Did Valdese ensure that only certified landscapers/applicators are applying 674 3 56.B.1. pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers? YES How many certified landscapers/applicators are applying pesticides, 675 3 56.B.1. herbicides and fertilizers? 2 Did Valdese implement standard operating procedures for vehicle and 683 3 57.B.3. equipment washing? YES 550 692 3 59.B.1. Did Valdese perform municipal street/curb and gutter sweeping? YES 693 3 59.B.1. How many lane miles were swept? 702 3 59.B.2. Did Valdese distribute educational flyers regarding street runoff pollution? YES How many educational flyers regarding street ruoff pollution were 703 3 59.B.2. distributed? 20 712 3 60.B.1. Did Valdese service public waste receptacles? YES 713 3 60.B.1. How many trash bags were used/collected? 240 Did Valdese collect litter from public right-of-way outside of Downtown on 1 event was held with 10 participants 722 3 60.B.2. an as-needed basis? YES that collected 3501bs 723 3 60.B.2. How much trash was collected (pounds)? 1,400 732 3 61.B.1. Did Valdese collect leaves? YES 450 cubic 733 3 61.B.1. How many cubic yards of leaves were collected? yards Did Valdese train first responders on minimizing, collecting and disposing 742 3 62.B.1. of fluids and other vehicular pollutants following an accident? YES How many first responders were trained on minimizing, collecting and 743 3 62.B.1. disposing of fluids and other vehicular pollutants following an accident? 752 3 62.B.2. Did Valdese equip and maintain spill kits in first responder vehicles? YES 753 3 62.B.2. How many first responder spill kits were maintained/ refilled? How many public education materials about vehicle leaks/pollution 760 3 62.B.3. potential were distributed? Did Valdese enforce significant vehicle leaks from parked cars under the 767 3 62.B.4. IDDE ordinance? YES How many enforcement actions were issued for significant vehicle leaks 768 3 62.B.4. from parked cars? Page 4 of 4