NCS000501_FINAL PERMIT_20100625

STORMWATER DIVISION CODING SHEET
MS4 PERMITS
PERMIT NO.
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DOC TYPE
FINAL PERMIT
0 ANNUAL REPORT.
❑ APPLICATION
❑ COMPLIANCE
❑ OTHER
DOC DATE
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Town of Waynesville
June 25, 2010
Mr. Bradley Bennett
Unit Supervisor
Stormwater Permitting Unit
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Re: Stormwater Permit renewal application
Town of Waynesville, NCS 000501
Dear Mr. Bennett:
Please find enclosed the Town's renewal application package in triplicate.
Do not hesitate to contact me if questions or comments arise at [phone]
or publicworksdirector l,townofwaynesville.org.
Sincerely r�
Frederic . Baker, P.E.
Director of Public Works
cc: Robert Hyatt
Daryl Hannah
Lee Galloway
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POB 100, 15 SOUTH MAIN ST., WAYNESVILLE, NC 28786 • PHONE [phone] • FAX [phone]

State of North Carolina I OFFIC USE ONLY
Department of Environment & Natural Resources I Date Recd
Division of Water Quality 11 Fee Paid
II Permit Number
NPDES STORMWATER PERMIT APPLICAIIiION FORM
This application form is for use by public bodies seeking NPDES sormwat& permit coverage for Regulated Public
Entities (RPE) pursuant to Title 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 2H 1,0126. A complete application
package includes this form and three copies of the narrative documentation required in Section X of this form.
This application form, completed in accordance with Instructions for completing NPDES Small M59 Stormwater
Permit Application (SWU-270) and the accompanying narrative documentation, completed in accordance with
Instructions for Preparing the Comprehensive Storm water Management Program Report (5WU-268) are both
required for the application package to be considered a complete application submittal. Incomplete application
submittals may be returned to the applicant. I
I. APIPLICANT STATUS INFORMATION
Renewal (Permit. No. NCS 000501)
a.
Name of Public Entity
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Seeking Permit Coverage
Waynesville-.-
b.
Ownership Status (federal,
state or local)
local
c.
Type of Public Entity (city,
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town, county, prison, school,
y
etc.)
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d.
Federal Standard Industrial
SIC 91 - 97
Classification Code
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e.
County(s)
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Haywood
f.
Jurisdictional Area (square
miles)
1 6. 1
g.
Population
Permanent
9959
Seasonal (if available)
h.
Ten-year Growth Rate
0.9% annually (9.4%) Office of State Bu
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Located on Indian Lands?
❑ Yes ® No`
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II. RPE / MS4 SYSTEM INFORMATION
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a.
Storm Sewer Service Area
(square miles
8.4
b.
River Basin(s)
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French Broad
c.
Number of Primary Receiving
Streams
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114 I
d.
Estimated percentage of jurisdictional area containing the following four land use activities:
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Residential 173
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Commercial
5 }
•
Industrial
4 I
•
Open Space
18 }
Total =
100%
e.
Are there significant water
quality issues listed in the
attached application report?
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❑ Yes © No !
DEi4R . WATLR
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III. EXISTING LOCAL WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS I
a. Local Nutrient Sensitive Waters Strategy
❑ Yes ❑ No
b. Local Water Supply Watershed Program
❑ Yes ® No
c. Delegated Erosion and Sediment Control Program
❑ Yes ® No
d. CAMA Land Use Plan
❑ Yes ® No
IV. CO -PERMIT APPLICATION STATUS INFORMATION
(Complete this section only if co -permitting)
a. Do you intend to co -permit with
Yes ®No
a permitted Phase I entit ?
b. If so, provide the name and permit number of that entity:
• Name of Phase I MS4
• NPDES Permit Number
c. Do you intend to co -permit
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Yes No
❑❑
with another Phase II entity?
d. If so, provide the name(s) of
the entity:
e. Have legal agreements been
`
finalized between the co-
❑ Yes ❑ No
ermittees?
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V. RELIANCE ON ANOTHER ENTITY TO SATISFY ONE OR MORE OF'YOUR PERMIT OBLIGATIONS
(If more than one, attach additional sheets) I
a. Do you intend that another
entity perform one or more of
our permit obligations?
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® Yes ❑ No
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b. If yes, identify each entity and the element they will be implementing
• Name of Entity
NCDENR
• Element they will implement
Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Co
• Contact Person
Janet Boyer
• Contact Address
2090 US Hwy 70 Swanirianoa NC 28778
• Contact Telephone Number
828_296_4500
c. Are legal agreements in place
to establish responsibilities?
❑Yes ❑ No
itrol
VI. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY (OPTIONAL)
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The signing official may delegate permit implementation authority to an appropriate staff member. This
delegation must name a specific person and position and include documentation of the delegation action
through board action. 4
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a. Name of person to which permit authority
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has been delegated
Fred Baker
b. Title/position of person above
Director of l Public Works
c. Documentation of board action delegating permit authority to this person/position must be
provided in the attached application report.
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NPDES RPE Stormwater Permit Ap Ilication
VII. SIGNING OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT
Please see the application instructions to determine who has signatory authority for this permit
application. If authority for the NPDES stormwater permit has been appropriately delegated through
board action and documented in this permit application, the person/position listed in Section VI above
may sign the official statement below. I
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 I 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 violaltrons.
Signature
Name
A. Lee Galloway
Title
Town Manager
Street Address
16 South Main Street .
PO Box
P.O. Box 100
City
Wa nesville
State
North Carolina
Zip
28786
Telephone
828-452-2491
Fax
828-456-2000 j
E-Mail
townmana er@townofwa nesville jor
VIII. MS4 CONTACT INFORMATION N
Provide the following information for the person/position that will be r e sponsible for day to day
implementation and oversight of the stormwater program.
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a.
Name of Contact
Person
Fred Baker
b.
Title
Director of Public Works
c.
Street Address
9 South Main Street
d.
PO Box
P.O. Box 1 0 0 t
e.
City
Waynesville
f.
State
North Carolina i
g.
Zip28786
h.
Telephone Number
828-456-441 0 .
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Fax Number
828-452-1 492
j.
E-Mail Address
[e-mail]
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IX. PERMITS AND CONSTRUCTION APPROVALS
List permits or construction approvals received or applied for under the following programs. Include contact
name if different than the person listed in Item VIII. If further space needed, attach additional sheets.
a. RCRA Hazardous Waste
Management Program
b. UIC program under SDWA
c. NPDES Wastewater Discharge
Permit Number
NC 0025321 NC 0049409
d. Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) Program
e. Non Attainment Program
f. National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Pollutants (NESHAPS)
reconstruction a roval
g. Ocean dumping permits under the
N/A
Marine Protection Research and
Sanctuaries Act
h. Dredge or fill permits under
section 404 of CWA
X. NARRATIVE APPLICATION SUPPLEMENT: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REPORT
Attach three copies of a comprehensive report detailing the proposed stormwater management program for
the five-year permit term. The report shall be formatted in accordance with the Table of Contents shown
below. The required narrative information for each section is provided in the Instructions for Preparing the
Comprehensive Stormwater Management Program Report (SWU-268)., The report must be assembled in the
following order, bound with tabs identifying each section by name, and include a Table of Contents with
page numbers for each entry.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. STORM SEWER SYSTEM INFORMATION
1.1. Population Served
1.2. Growth Rate
1.3. Jurisdictional and M54 Service Areas
1.4. MS4 Conveyance System
1.5. Land Use Composition Estimates
1.6. Estimate Methodology
1.7. TMDL Identification
2. RECEIVING STREAMS
3. EXISTING WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS
3.1. Local Programs
3.2. State programs
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4. PERMITTING INFORMATION
4.1, Responsible Party Contact List
4.2. Organizational Chart
4.3. Signing Official
4.4. Duly Authorized Representative
5. Co -Permitting Information (if applicable)
5.1. Co-Permittees
5.2. Legal Agreements
5.3. Responsible Parties
6. Reliance on Other Government Entity
6.1. Name of Entity
6.2. Measure Implemented
6.3. Contact Information
6.4. Legal Agreements
7. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
7.1. Public Education and Outreach on Storm Water Impacts
7.2. Public Involvement and Participation
7.3. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
7.4. Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control
7.5, Post -Construction Storm Water Management in New Development and Redevelopment
7.6. Pollution Prevenbon/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
NPDES Stormwater Permit Renewal Application (2010)
Section X, Narrative Application Supplement
Town of Waynesville Stormwater Management Program Report
Table of Contents Page
1. STORM SEWER SYSTEM INFORMATION 1
1.1
Population Served 3
1.2
Growth Rate 3
1.3
Jurisdictional and MS4 Service Areas 3
1.4
MS4 Conveyance System 3
1.5
Land Use Composition Estimates 4
1.6
Estimate Methodology 4
1.7
TMDL Identification 4
2. RECEIVING STREAMS 5
3. EXISTING WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS 6
3.1 Local Programs 6
3.2 State Programs 7
4. PERMITTING INFORMATION S
4.1 Responsible Party Contact List S
4.2 Organizational Chart 11
4.3 Signing Official 12
4.4 Duly Authorized Representative 12
5. CO -PERMITTING INFORMATION (if applicable) 12
5.1 Co-Penmittees 12
5.2 Legal Agreements 12
5.3 Responsible Parties 12
6. RELIANCE ON OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY 12
6.1
Name of Entity
12
6.2
Measure Implemented
12
6.3
Contact Information
12
6.4
Legal Agreements
12
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7. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
13
7.1.
Public Education and Outreach on
13
Stormwater Impacts
7.2
Public Involvement and Participation
14
7.3
Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
14
7.4
Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control
19
7.5
Post -Construction Stormwater Management in
19
New Development and Redevelopment
7.6
Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping for
22
Municipal Operations
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1. STORM SEWER SYSTEM INFORMATION
1.1 Population Served
A permanent population of 9,959 is based on the State Demographer's
estimate dated August 24, 2009 using the July 1, 2008 city limits. In the 2000
Census, Waynesville's population was 9,232.
1.2 Growth Rate
Based on the 2000 census population to the OSBM 2008 estimate, the eight
year growth rate is 7.85%. This correlates to a 0.9% annual rate or 9.4% for 10
years.
1.3 Jurisdictional and MS4 Service Areas
The area within the Town limits is 8.4 square miles which is the MS4
service area. The Town's ETJ is 16.1 square miles.
1.4 MS4 Conveyance System
Stormwater conveyance system inventory drawing/maps from June 2003
were provided to McGill Associates for preparation of a December 2008
Stormwater Master Plan. Results of the GIS digitized stormwater conveyance
system shows that the Town of Waynesville has approximately 1,202 pipes and
1,035 catch basins located within the town limits. In addition to the stormwater
infrastructure, 56 outfall points were digitized into the database showing where the
stormwater conveyance system entered into a receiving body of water. Including
storm pipes, culverts and swales that collect and discharge stormwater runoff into
United States Geological Survey (USGS) blue line lakes, rivers and streams, the
NPDES Phase H outfall inventory included 378 outfall points.
Generally west of the US 23/74 bypass in rural districts and low density
neighborhoods and on the steep slopes surrounding the Richland Creek valley, the
areas are served by open drainage with shoulder section roadways and culverts.
The Town street department cleans and stabilizes ditches and clears and maintains
culverts on Town system streets.
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In the Town and area centers and higher density neighborhood districts
where closed systems are prevalent, the Town cleans and repairs catch basins and
conveyance piping.. The Town provides street sweeping on both local and state
system streets. The street sweeper has vacuum capabilities for cleaning catch
basins. Yard waste pickup, leaf vacuuming and sanitation services are provided
for the Town to both residential and commercial properties.
1.5 Land Use Composition Estimates
Residential
73
Commercial
5
Industrial
4
Open Space/golf courses
18
1.6 Estimate Methodology
The Town has a land use plan and district zoning maps which were used for
the estimation along with Haywood County GIS and aerial photos (2004).
1.7 TNIDL Identification
None of the receiving streams are TMDL controlled streams. None of the
receiving streams are targeted for TMDLs in the next two years according to the
February 2010 Priority Ranking:
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2. RECEIVING STREAMS
The receiving streams within the Town of Waynesville are part of the
French Broad River Basin. The subbasin 04-03-05 includes Pigeon River and
Richland Creek.
French Broad River Basin
Receiving Stream Name
Stream
Segment
Water
Quality
Classification
Use
Support
Rating_Issues
Water Quality
Richland Creek
5-16- 1
B,Tr
I C
Fecal coliform (recreation)
Richland Creek
5-16- 11.5
B
IMC).Fecal
coliform recreation
Hyatt Creek
5-16-6b
C
S
Sediment, minimal riparian
vegetation and lack of pools
and instream habitat
Shelton Branch
5-16-13
B
NR
Unknown
Aliens Creek
5-16-7- 8.5
C, Tr
NR
Unknown
Browning Branch
5-16-8
C, Tr
NR
Unknown
Camp Branch
5-16-8-2
C, Tr
NR
Unknown
Plott Creek
5-16-9
C, Tr
NR
Development activities and
forest loss
Ea lenest Creek
5-16-10
C, Tr
NR
Unknown
Farmer Branch
5-16-11
B
NR
Unknown
Shingle Cove Branch
5-16-12
B
NR
Unknown
Golf Course Rd. Creek*
Raccoon Creek
5-16-14
B
I (AL)
Stream bank erosion,
riparian area loss
Factory Branch
5-16-15
B
NR
Unknown
Mauney Cove Branch
5-16-15-2
B
NR
Unknown
The Richland Creek impaired use support ratings are based on the NC 2010
Integrated Report Category 5-303(d) List EPA Submittal. Other stream ratings are
from the 2005 French Broad River Basinwide Water Quality Plan.
*unnamed tributary to Richland Creek
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3. EXISTING WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS
3.1 Local Programs
A. Water Supply Watershed Protection
Yes, Town of Waynesville has a WS-1 watershed of 8,400 acres at the head
of Allens Creek. None of this watershed is within the MS4 service area but it has
an impact on the downstream segments of Allens Creek'to Richland Creek.
B. Delegated Erosion and Sediment Control
No, see state programs.
C. Land Use Plan
Yes, In April 2003, the Waynesville Board of Aldermen adopted
comprehensive Land Development Standards to combine previous zoning and
subdivision authority of the Town into one document with other land development
regulations. Available on the internet at www.townofwaynesville.org under the
Planning menu, Article V 1 contains Environmental Conservation Standards for
environmental protection and conservation in the Town's land use jurisdiction.
A Land Development Standards Committee is currently working on updating and
revising the Town's ordinances with the assistance of the Lawrence Group.
• Section 154.400 Flood Damage Prevention
These regulations restrict and prohibit uses that are dangerous to health, safety and
property due to water or erosion hazards, or which result in damaging increases in
erosion or in flood heights or velocities.
✓ Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities that serve such
uses, be protected against flood damage at the _time of the initial
construction.
✓ Control the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural
protective barriers that are involved in the accommodation of floodwaters.
✓ Control filling, grading, dredging and other development that may increase
erosion or flood damage.
✓ Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally
divert floodwaters or which may increase flood hazards to other lands.
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Section 154.401 Grading and Land Filling
This section regulates certain land -disturbing activity to control accelerated erosion
and sedimentation in order to prevent the pollution of water and other damages to
watercourses and public and private property by sedimentation.
No person shall initiate any land -disturbing activity exceeding one thousand
(1,000) square feet of land, without first having an approved sedimentation and
erosion control plan. Mandatory standards include buffer zones around water
bodies and limits on grades slopes and fills, including 2:1 fill or 1.75:1 cut limits
unless designed by an engineer. These buffer zones include requirements for trout
waters in accordance with state environmental management.
• Section 154.402 Stonuwater Management
This section regulates stormwater run-off and pollutants and includes illicit
discharge and post construction requirements.
• Section 154.403 Hillside Protection
Additional regulation of hillside areas is provided in this section. Hillside areas are
determined by an average natural slope of 15% or greater and an elevation of 2900
feet. MSL or higher. The permitted density and extent of grading allowed is
reduced progressively from a chart beginning at 15% to the most restrictive extent
above 50% which requires a 10 acre minimum lot size and limits graded or
disturbed area to 10%.
Section 154.271 Hillside Conservation Development
An alternative approach to Hillside Protection (154.403) is permitted for Low
Impact Development standards and 75% protected common open space.
3.2 State Programs
A. Erosion and Sediment Control
For land -disturbing activities exceeding one acre of land, an approved
sedimentation and erosion control plan in accordance with North Carolina
Sedimentation Control Law is required. This application and approval is
administered by the Land Quality Section of NCDENR, Asheville Regional Office.

4. PERMITTING INFORMATION
4.1 Responsible Party Contact List
The Director of Public Works for the Town of Waynesville will be responsible for
the day to day activities and coordination and implementation of the Town's
Stormwater Management Program goals.
1.
Name:
2.
Title:
3.
Street Address
4.
P.O. Box:
5.
City:
6.
State:
7.
Zip:
8.
Telephone:
9.
Fax:
l0:
Email address:
Fred Baker
Director of Public Works
9 South Main Street
P.O. Box 100
Waynesville
North Carolina
28786
(828) 456--4410
[phone]
[e-mail]
esville.or
To meet certain goals however, the Town must rely on the following entities and
have procedures ul place for working with them.
Goal: Erosion and Sediment Control Program for construction activities.
Name: NCDENR, Land Quality Section
Contact Person: Janet Boyer
Contact Address: 2090 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email address: janet.boyer@,NCDENR.gov
Goal: Regular inspection of septic systems.
Name: Haywood County Environmental Health
Contact. Person: Steve Valentine, Environmental Health Supervisor
Contact Address: 1233 North Main Street, Annex 2, Box 8
Waynesville, NC 28786
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]
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Goal: Public Education and Outreach
Name: Haywood Waterways Association
Contact Person: Eric Romaniszyn, Director
Contact Address: P.O. Box 389, Waynesville NC 28786
Telephone: [phone] or [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]
Haywood Waterways will implement the following best management
practices for this minimum measure:
• Write quarterly press releases and distribute to the press and town officials;
• Distribute education materials through the newspapers, the schools and
placement at strategic location throughout Waynesville, such as in
community buildings, realty offices and other businesses;
• Give quarterly presentations at schools, at meetings of local organizations,
and to any commercial, industrial and institutional entities likely to have
significant storm water impacts;
• Set up special displays at community festivals;
• Post tributary signage to increase public awareness of local water resources
and how they are interconnected (signs for Allens Creek, Raccoon Creek,
And Eaglenest Creek); and
• In addition, Waynesville can support HWA's premier education event, Kids
in the Creek, by purchasing waders and other supplies to replace old and
deteriorated waders.
Goal: Public Involvement and Participation
Name: Haywood Waterways Association
Contact Person: Eric Romaniszyn,' Director
Contact Address: P.O. Box 389, Waynesville, NC 28786
Telephone: [phone] or [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]
Haywood Waterways will implement the following best management
practices for this minimum measure:
• Support stream clean-up events, such as Big Sweep, and expand the Adopt -
A -Stream Program started in 2008-2009;
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• Work with schools, youth groups and other local organizations to post storm
drain markers to inform citizens that dumping into storm sewers can pollute
local .waterways;
• Through public press releases and coordinating with local groups, develop or
expand community recycling/collection programs for used oil, household
hazardous wastes and other potential pollutants;
• Advertise opportunities for public participation and involvement in
newspapers, on radio and television, posters around town, in neighborhood
newsletters, at civic organization meetings, through mass mailings and
telephone notifications, or any other method; and
• Disseminate the results of the Volunteer Water Information Network
Program, a program monitoring the water quality at 13 sites on seen streams
in the Waynesville area.
The Town of Waynesville is working with Land -of -Sky Regional Council
which coordinates regionally for public education and outreach; Richland Creek
Action Committee, which supports greenway efforts and clean streams and Big
Sweep cleanups; Haywood County Soil and Water Conservation District which,
with a broader perspective than just agriculture, gets projects done to improve
water quality; N.C. State University Extension Service; the Pigeon River Fund,
which provides funds for improving water quality, increasing awareness,
enhancing fish and wildlife and expounding public access to waterways; Riverlink,
which provides the Clear Water Contractor training program along with the NC
Division of Water Quality and NC Division of Land Resources which provides an
"Erosion and Sediment Control Field Manual".
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4.2 Organizational Chart
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Notes:
• Developers are required by the Town to get a certificate of land development standards
compliance for construction or development of any new use by application to the
Planning Department. Staff review of all needed elements includes floodplain, grading
and filling, and stormwater runoff.
• Developers for any land disturbing activity of one acre or more are required to acquire a
Sedimentation and Erosion Control permit from the State's ARO. If Town Hall is
contacted with a complaint, Town Staff will respond first.
• The County Environmental Health Department responds to septic systems in the Town's
areas.
• In an emergency or spill, police and fire are dispatched by the County's 911 system.
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4.3 Signing Official
The signing official for this application is A. Lee Galloway, Town Manager.
The Town operates under the Council -Manager form of government and by
Charter Article IV, the Town Manager is the administrative head of Town
government.
4.4 Duly Authorized Representative
For matters concerning the NPDES stormwater application and permit as
authorized by resolution of the Board of Aldermen, the,Director of Public Works,
currently Fred Baker, is duly authorized responsibility for
enviror mental/stormwater matters.
5. COPERMITTING INFORMATION
Not applicable
6. RELIANCE ON OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY
Yes, we intend that other government entities perform one or more of our
permit obligations.
Name: NC DENR, Division of Land Resources, Land Quality Section
Element they will implement: Construction site, stormwater runoff control
Contact Person: Janet Boyer
Contact Address: 2090 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email address: janet.boyer 4,NCDENR.gov
Name: Haywood County Environmental Health
Element they will implement: Septic systems inspections
Contact Person: Steve Valentine, Environmental Health Supervisor
Contact Address: 1233 North Main Street, Annex 2, Box 8,
Waynesville, NC 28786
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]
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7. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The Town must implement and enforce a stormwater management program
(SWX4P) designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants ,from its small MS4 to the
maximum extent practicable (NIEP) to protect water from
requirements of the
Clean Water Act.
7.1 Public Education and Outreach on Stormwater Impacts
The Town has a public education program to distribute education materials
to the community and conduct 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 primary BMPs are conducted by Haywood
Waterways under an annual agreement with the Town.
The primary pollutant sources identified in the River Basin plan and
impaired use support ratings are sediment and fecal coliform. However the
Town's public education and outreach targets all discharges that are not composed
entirely of stormwater. Pollutants include, but are not limited to, heavy metals,
toxins, oil & grease, solvents, nutrients, viruses and bacteria.
The target audiences likely to have significant storm water impacts are
contractors and households. Contractors are selected because of sedimentation
impacts from land disturbing activities. Households are selected because three
quarters of the land use in the Waynesville jurisdictional area is residential. The
Town has the ability to reach residents through newsletters, press releases, the
schools and placement at community buildings throughout Waynesville.
The Town's outreach strategy is to partner with Haywood Waterways who
has proven effective in reaching audiences and getting groups and individuals
involved in activities. In addition to quarterly press releases produced and released
by Haywood Waterways, educational materials are distributed through the schools,
placed at community buildings and strategic locations, setup at community
festivals and presented at meetings of local organizations. The Town informs
every household in the Town limits about steps they can take to reduce stormwater
pollution using our quarterly newsletter, website and placement of educational
materials at our community buildings.
The Town receives quarterly reports from Haywood Waterways to track the
many education, outreach and public participation activities in the community.
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7.2 Public Involvement and Participation
The Town provides opportunities for the public to participate in program
development and implementation. A public meeting will be conducted to allow the
public to review and comment on this plan.
The Town implements volunteer stormwater related programs through a
partnership with Haywood Waterways Association. This supports stream cleanup
events including Big Sweep and Adopt -A -Stream Program started in 2008--2009.
Haywood Waterways works with schools, youth groups and other organizations to
post storm drain markers to inform citizens that dumping into storm sewers can
pollute local waterways. Through press releases and coordination, Haywood
Waterways works to develop and expand community recycling/collection
programs for used oil, household hazardous wastes and other potential pollutants.
Haywood Waterways advertises on radio and television, posters around Town, in
newsletters and at meetings. Haywood Waterways disseminates the results of the
Volunteer Water Information Network Program (VWIN), monitoring water quality
at 13 sites on 7 streams in the Waynesville area.
The Town has an Adopt -a -Street program with 95 participants.
The Town will receive quarterly reports from Haywood Waterways to track
the many education, outreach, and public participation activities in the community.
7.3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
Discharges from MS4s often include wastes and wastewater from non -storm
water sources. A significant portion of dry weather flows could be from illicit
and/or inappropriate discharges and connections. Illicit discharges may enter the
system through direct connections or indirectly through infiltration, spills or
dumping. The result is untreated discharges that can contribute heavy metals,
toxins, oils & grease, solvents, nutrients, viruses and bacteria to receiving streams
at pollutant levels high enough to degrade water quality and threaten aquatic,
wildlife and human health.
A. Storm Sewer Map
The Town has a storm sewer map developed in 2003. Annual updates are
made to record new development and location of post construction BMPs received
from as built drawings and engineer's certification of completion. Construction on
the municipal storm drain system is updated annually. In December 2008 under
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contract with McGill Associates with funding provided by the Clean Water
Management Trust Fund, a Stormwater Master Plan was prepared. The
Waynesville Stormwater Master Plan addressed the following stormwater related
items:
• NPDES compliant stormwater outfall inventory and illicit discharge
detection;
• Geographic Information System (GIS) compatible stormwater conveyance
system geo-database and mapping;
• Town of Waynvesville culvert capacity analysis;
• NPDES Phase H compliant Stormwater Ordinance recommendations;
• Town of Waynesville Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan
An NPDES Phase II compliant stormwater outfall inventory was
successfully completed. The outfall inventory was performed within the town
limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). The goal of the outfall inventory
was to locate, collect, and attribute the outfalls (discharge points) which included
storm pipes, culverts, and swales that collect and discharge stormwater runoff into
United States Geological Survey (USGS) blue line lakes, rivers, and streams. The
NPDES outfall inventory included 378 outfall points. Among these, 24 potential
illicit discharge outfalls were identified and located.
Existing stormwater conveyance system inventory drawings/maps were
provided by the Town of Waynesville containing all of the ' known stormwater
catch basins and pipes located by the Town during their June 2003 inventory
efforts. This information was used to digitize the approximate location of the
stormwater conveyance system into a GIS compatible Geo-database. The 2003
maps provided contained a limited amount of attribute information describing the
individual features on the drawings, such as pipe size and type. Results of the GIS
digitized stormwater conveyance system shows that the Town of Waynesville has
approximately 1,202 pipes and 1,035 catch basins located within the town limits.
In addition to the stormwater infrastructure, 56 outfall points were digitized into
the database showing where the stormwater conveyance system entered into a
receiving body of water. The Town will be purchasing GIS software and GIS/GPS
compatible data collection hardware in order to view the existing GIS data, collect
new data to be stored in the Geo-database, and update and maintain the Geo-
database in the future.
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B. Regulatory Mechanism
The Town of Waynesville Stormwater Ordinance was reviewed along with
other ordinances related to stormwater management in the Master Plan. Revisions
to the ordinance were adopted October 21, 2008. Both the earlier version and
current ordinance (154.402) included a section K: Nan-Stormwater Discharge
Controls. This section incorporates the illicit or illegal discharge requirements from
the North Carolina Model Ordinance. Under this section, illicit discharges are
defined as any discharge of non-stormwater that is not permitted. This section also
identifies the allowable discharges and details the process for the Town to use in
dealing with any illicit discharges which are identified.
C. Enforcement
The last section added is Section L: Enforcement of Violations. This
section details the procedures for the Town to follow in dealing with identified
w violations and any failure to follow approved plans or Ton directives. The Town
also has a Sewer Use Ordinance which gives the Director of Public Works
authority to prohibit discharge to any outlet other than the sanitary sewer of any
domestic or industrial wastes. The Town has an Enforcement Response Plan
(ERP) for the sewer use ordinance with enforcement actions available to the Town.
ranging from notice of violation to civil penalties (up to $25,000 per day per
violation) to water supply severance. The Sewer Use Ordinance was updated May
10, 2007, Ordinance No. 13-07.
D. Detection and Elimination
The Town has an active program to detect and address illicit discharges (ID).
It begins with the mapping data. Seven significant storm drain systems have been
identified for priority screening. The factors that guided that selection included:
• past complaints and reports
• storm drain system density
• age of development
• age of sewer infrastructure
• dry weather water quality
Shelton Branch at Vance Street is routinely sampled for fecal coliform in
response to assessment in 2007 by North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NC
DWQ) that identified high fecal coliform levels. Recent spikes in fecal data at
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DWQ's ambient monitoring station site at Richland Creek and Howell Mill have
directed extra attention to that area.
Personnel in the Town's street - department and sewer maintenance
department have been trained in detecting and reporting illicit discharges. The
Town's website, public education efforts, Adopt -a -Stream and storm stenciling
programs all contribute to our goal to find and fix illicit discharges. Field
screening of outfalls, sampling in suspect areas and our outfall inventory
developed by the Master Plan are the basis for searching for ID problems in the
field. The street superintendent is primarily responsible for responding to storm
drain network investigations. The sewer maintenance department assists with IDs
that involve fecal coliform. Once an illicit discharge is detected at an outfall or a
stream, the field crew works systematically up the system using appropriate
methods including visual inspection, dye testing, smoke testing and video
inspection.
Procedures for removing the source of the ID begin with determining who is
responsible. Typically that will fall on property owners but sometimes the Town is
responsible. A combination of assistance by the Town with the property owner is
often more effective than a more aggressive enforcement -oriented approach:
The next steps involve determining the method of repair and how long will
the repair take. Finally confirmation is needed that the contamination source is
eliminated. Usually dye testing can confirm most discharges from plumbing and
laterals have been corrected.
Evaluation of Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination program is done
during the annual report and reviewed prior to permit renewal. A log of actions
taken is used to track Non-Stormwater Discharges:
All of the following categories of non-stormwater discharges or flows are
addressed in 154.402:
• Filter backwash and draining associated with swimming pools
• Filter backwash and draining associated with raw water intake screening and
filtering devices
• Condensate from residential or commercial air conditioning
• Residential vehicle washing
• Flushing and hydrostatic testing water associated with utility distribution
systems
• Discharges associated with emergency removal and treatment activities, for
hazardous materials, authorized by the federal, state or local government on -
scene coordinator
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• Uncontaminated ground water (including the collection or pumping of
springs, wells, or rising ground water and ground water generated by well
construction or other construction activities)
• Collected infiltrated stormwater from foundation or footing drains
• Collected ground water and infiltrated stormwater from basement or crawl
space pumps
• irrigation water
• Street wash water
• Flows from fire fighting
• Discharges from the pumping or draining of natural watercourses or water
bodies
• Flushing and cleaning of stormwater conveyances with unmodified potable
water
• Wash water from the cleaning of the exterior of buildings, including gutters,
provided that the discharge does not pose an environmental or health threat
E. Outreach
Prevention of illicit discharges uses a combination of education and
enforcement to promote better pollution prevention practices.
The Town informs public employees, business and the general public of
hazards associated with illegal discharges and improper disposal of waste through
our quarterly town newsletter, distribution of pollution prevention brochures and
with the help of our partners Haywood Waterways, Land -of -Sky Regional Council
and others. as described in our public education and outreach measures. Our
pollution prevention/good housekeeping minimum measure program describes
informing Town employees.
Based on results to date, most IDs involve either residential plumbing,
service lateral cross connection, broken sewer or commercial vehicle washing.
Since the target pollutant is fecal coliform in the basin plan, the. resident is more
important than the occasional used car lot or clean up shop. Press releases,
quarterly newsletters, distribution of materials at schools and community buildings,
displays at community festivals, tributary signage, Adopt -a -stream and stream
cleanup events all effectively target this audience.
F. Staff Training
Using our partner Land -of -Sky Regional Council has allowed the Town of
Waynesville to train employees alongside other municipalities using NC State
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University Cooperative Extension trainers and resources specifically on illicit
discharges. Most recently, on September 11, 2009, the Town of Clyde arranged
for training on stormwater management through Bob Brown with Waste Reduction
Partners that our personnel were able to attend. EPA publications specifically
"Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination, A Guidance Manual for Program
Development and Technical Assessments" are available for use by appropriate
municipal staff.
G. Evaluation
During annual reports and permit renewal, analyze the data collected. Use
the illicit discharges that were detected to characterize which of the broad
categories of discharges are significant to Waynesville and the receiving streams
pollutant loadings. Update strategies.
7.4 Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control
The Town is currently and will continue to meet this requirement by
continuing to work with the State Erosion and Sediment, Control Program and the
DWQ general stormwater permit for construction activities.
The Town has adopted a Grading and Land Filling ordinance (154.401)
which requires any land disturbing activity exceeding 1,000 SF to first obtain a
grading permit from public works staff.
7.5 Post Construction Stormwater Management in New Development and
Redevelopment
A. Regulatory Mechanism:
The primary ordinance used to address post -construction runoff from new
developments and redevelopments is Section 154.402 of 'the Land Development
Standards, Stormwater Management. In addition, the Town uses Smart Growth
Techniques to reach stormwater management goals.
B. Operation and Maintenance:
Section 154.402 (H) Operations and Maintenance Agreement, (I)
Inspections, (J) Performance Security for Installation and 'Maintenance establish
provisions for long term responsibility and maintenance of structural and
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nonstructural stormwater BMPS to ensure that they continue to function as
designed, are maintained appropriately and pose no threat to public safety.
In section H, homeowners' associations, are required to establish an escrow
account. This escrow account serves as assurance that the stormwater management
system will be maintained. It gives the Town the authority to maintain the system
if the responsible party fails to do so. With the escrow, the Town then has the
ability to be compensated for the maintenance.
Escrow accounts ensure that the homeowners' association will have seed
money to use towards long term maintenance. It can be equated to the Town
having a maintenance budget for its infrastructure. Requiring escrow ensures these
facilities are on the long-term priority list for a new development. It also
minimizes the chance that the Town will be held responsible for maintenance.
Along with escrow for HOAs, Section J applies to commercial
developments. For commercial developments, performance bonds can be required
on jobs usually larger in scope where there may be some time lapse between
permitting and finishing the project or opening the facility. The bond ensures that
the plans are followed until the project is complete, and the developer has incentive
to follow the plans and install all stormwater structures as permitted in order to
have the installation portion of the bond released. Retaining a maintenance portion
for one year ensures that once the commercial entity is finished, the developer will
certify to the Town that the stormwater management structures have been
maintained and are working properly. This helps the Town track the developer by
giving the developer financial incentive to maintain the stormwater management
structures and contact the Town about getting the bond released.
Section 154.402(A) ensures that stormwater management standards apply to
all new development projects and all redevelopment projects that cumulatively
disturb one (I) acre or more, and to projects of less than one acre that are part of a
larger common plan of development or sale, or that have a proposed cumulative
impervious surface on completion of greater than 12,000* square feet.
Haywood County Environmental Health Department ensures the proper
operation and maintenance of on -site wastewater treatment systems. The Town
coordinates with Environmental Health when illicit detection and discharge
elimination program issues are discovered. Town building inspections coordinates
with county as well to ensure their on -site requirements are satisfied.
Section 154.402(D) (2) includes design requirements for BMPs draining to
trout waters.
Programs for projects draining to Nutrient Sensitive waters do not apply to
Waynesville.
*A proposed revision to 154.402 would raise this threshold to 24,000 square feet.
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Waynesville has nonstructural BMPs in our program in both Section
154.402, Stormwater Management and other Smart Growth Techniques.
154.402(D) requires LID practices for all low density projects. This site design
strategy includes preservation/protection of environmentally sensitive site features
such as riparian buffers, wetlands, steep slopes, mature trees, flood plains,
woodlands and highly permeable soils.
Uniform Watershed Analysis, 154.402 analyzes the impact a potential
development has on the watershed in addition to what the cumulative impact to the
watershed will be if all undeveloped property in this watershed develops. Often,
the impacts of a small development on a large watershed will seem insignificant.
However, when several developments occur, the cumulative effects can become
quite significant. By requiring this analysis, the calculations for this development
estimate the cumulative impact and the stormwater design can then appropriately
manage any increases this small development may cause.
This section gives the Town discretion in the form of waivers if the
-particular development is immediately adjacent to the floodplain forcing any
provided detention facilities to be in the floodplain and potentially inundated with
floodwaters during heavy rain events. Some communities use discretion to allow
waivers if the developer does some in lieu of improvements, such as improving a
downstream culvert or directing/managing offsite drainage around known
impacted properties. This section ultimately allows the Town to require detention
unless the analysis meets the .criteria for a waiver and the Town Administrator
agrees. The Town can also .pre -identify areas or watersheds where no waivers will
be granted or areas where waivers will be considered.
The Town's Hillside Protection ordinance, 154,403, applies to any areas
above 2900 feet in elevation. By using a determination of average slope, grading
and density charts increase the acres needed for each dwelling unit and decrease
the percent of area that can be graded or disturbed. For single family development
at 0.5 acre lots at 15% slope or less this progressively increases the minimum lot
size to 10 acres for 50% or greater slopes and reduces the percentage of the
disturbed area of the lot from 40% to 10% across the slope range or 15% to 50% or
greater.
In Section 154.271, Hillside Conservation Development uses site resource
assessment and low impact development to provide an alternative approach to
hillside development. At least 75% of the site above 2900' must be protected in
common open space.
In 154.303, Landscaping and 154.309 Streets, Smart Growth techniques are
required to require tree and canopy ,programs . in parking lots and streets which
provide a variety of stormwater benefits particularly for trout'waters.
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Section 154.306, Parking and Loading has smart growth techniques to
minimize impervious areas by reducing minimum , requirements for parking,
establishing maximum parking limitations and ..encouraging shared parking.
Pervious and porous paving materials are encouraged and grass is permitted as
overflow parking.
The Town references the stormwater design manual approved for use in
Phase 11 jurisdictions by the North Carolina Division of Water- Quality in
154.402(B). Structural BMPs designed, constructed and maintained in accordance
with the Stormwater Design Manual are presumed to comply with stonnwater
management plan requirements. However, the Town has the right to consult
qualified professionals to impose any conditions or require any modifications
deemed necessary.
7.6 . Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations
As a minimum measure, a pollution prevention/good housekeeping program
for municipal operations addresses operation and maintenance, including a training
component, to prevent or reduce pollutant runoff from these operations.
A_ Affected Operations
The principal municipal operations of the Town of Waynesville that are
relevant to this permit program are public works including the public works facility
on 129 Legion Drive where vehicle washing and automotive maintenance occur,
parks and recreation grounds maintenance and street department which sweeps
streets and maintains the stormwater system within the town system streets.
The Town. has two treatment works with NPDES permits. The Waynesville
Wastewater Treatment Facility, 566 Walnut Trail (NPDES NC0025321) treats
domestic sewage with a design flow of 6.0 mgd and has an approved pretreatment
program. A condition of no exposure exists at the facility. A no exposure
certification will be provided for exclusion from NPDES for stormwater
permitting. The Water Treatment Plant has a discharge permit NPDES NCO047049
for discharge of filter backwash and drinking water treatment residuals from
sedimentation basins_ A condition of no exposure exists and no exposure
certification will be provided for exclusion from permitting storm water
discharges.
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B. Training
Bob Brown with - Waste- Reduction Partners has assisted with stormwater
training for municipal employees (September 11, 2009). Parks and Recreation and
Street Department attended along with Clyde and Canton employees for an annual
session of a broad range of topics on stormwater awareness.
The Land -of -Sky Regional Council coordinated Phase 11 Local Government
staff training workshops (December 6, 2006) attended by both
managers/department heads and front line employees including public works,
garage, streets & sanitation and parks and recreation. Stormwater awareness,
dumping & reporting, landscaping BMWs, construction practices, parking lot
maintenance, vehicle maintenance, product management, waste disposal, vehicle
washing, sand/salt storage, road repair, storm drain repair and illicit discharge
detection are all covered topics.
All materials used for public outreach and education are furnished to
employees. Quarterly newsletters, printed brochures and fact sheets are employed
in addition to workshops.
C. Maintenance and Inspection
The Town sweeps curb and gutter streets (closed drainage systems). The
Town employs a sanitation worker full time in the downtown areas of Main Street,
Hazelwood Avenue and Frog Level. He sweeps up cigarette butts and trash. The
Central Business District gets twice weekly sanitation service (once a week
elsewhere). The CBDs are well equipped with trash receptacles on the public
ROW.
After significant rainfall events, street crews are dispatched to clean off
inlets and catch basins. A work order system records maintenance requests
generated by town staff and calls from property owners and the general public for
storm system maintenance.
D. Vehicular Operations
The Public Works facility at 129 Legion Drive houses the garage function
for the Town. Police cars are usually washed at a commercial car wash, the Shell
station at Allens Creek, which is connected to the sanitary sewer system. A wash
pit inside the garage area accommodates washing of pickups and small vehicles. It
is connected to the sanitary sewer. For larger trucks a sand trap/oil interceptor
(1000 gal. septic tank) was constructed some years ago at 129 Legion Drive and
connected to the sanitary sewer tap to the old used car lot site. With the
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construction of Fire Station #1 in 2008, fire vehicle washing was facilitated with
the construction of a sand trap/oil interceptor and connection to the sanitary sewer
system at that new facility.
The salt storage area is located at 129 Legion Drive. It is covered and
confined. The sand/chat storage area is confined and located well away from
storm water inlets. Vegetated swales filter runoff from the yard areas.
Shed areas have been constructed for storage around the building at 129
Legion Drive. Additional shed areas are planned. Most equipment, especially salt
spreaders, back hoes, big trucks and equipment are parked under roof.
The Town retired the street flusher truck and uses the vacuum street sweeper
as needed on municipal lots and vehicular use areas.
The Town does not operate a waste transfer station. The County's MRF is
outside our jurisdictional area. The Town retrofitted the employee parking lot at
129 Legion Drive with a vegetated swale, tree pits and parking lot canopy trees. If
snow storage were needed, this area would be available but normal winter
conditions do not result in hauling snow.
E. Waste Disposal
The Town uses the County's solid waste system for disposal of trash and
debris. Material delivered to the Jones Cove Road MRF is baled and placed in a
lined sanitary landfill.
The Town does have a permit for LCID Landfill on municipal property at
the end of Bible Baptist Drive (I.D. #NO593). It is mainly used for yard waste but
also receives clean soil, rock, concrete or brick from street cuts and utility repairs.
Buffer requirements are maintained and adequate erosion control measures are
utilized. Yard waste is composted or shredded for mulch and recycled to the
public. The street sweeper disposes of sweepings at the County's White Oak
Sanitary Landfill.
F. Other Evaluations
The Town has an ongoing risk management program. Self inspections are
routinely scheduled and performed at Town facilities. Representatives from our
insurance carrier are used occasionally for inspections. Although focused mainly
on OSHA issues, housekeeping, process safety, proper storage of materials and
supplies and other items frequently address stormwater management issues.
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