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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRegion 8 implementation of the Trash Provisions5Santa Ana Regional Board Implementation of the Trash Provisions Barbara Barry Environmental Scientist Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board Trash Provisions Summary •Adopted on April 7, 2015 •Effective December 2, 2015 •Amendments to the Ocean Plan and ISWEBE Plan •Statewide water quality objective for trash and a prohibition of trash discharge to surface waters Trash Provisions Summary •Regional Boards were required, by June 2, 2017, to do one of the following: 1.Add requirements to MS4 Permits to implement the Provisions 2.Issue an Order pursuant to Water Code section 13267 or 13383 requiring MS4 Co-permittees to notify the Regional Board how they will comply with the Provisions. Notice must be provided within 3 months of the Order. The track 2 option also requires the Co-permittees to submit an implementation plan within 18 months of the Order Requirements in 13383 Order to implement Trash Provisions •Choose a Track and report the selection by August 31, 2017. –Track 1: Install, operate, and maintain Full Capture Systems for all storm drains that capture runoff from the Priority Land Uses in their jurisdictions –Track 2: Install, operate, and maintain any combination of controls within either the jurisdiction of the MS4 permittee or within the jurisdiction of the MS4 permittee and contiguous MS4 permittees. •The MS4 permittee may determine the locations or land uses within its jurisdiction to implement any combination of controls. •The MS4 permittee shall demonstrate that such combination achieves Full Capture System Equivalency. •The MS4 permittee may determine which controls to implement Requirements in 13383 Order to implement Trash Provisions •Track 2 Permittees must submit an implementation plan by November 30, 2018 that describes the following: –The combination of controls selected and the rationale for the selection; –How the combination of controls is designed to achieve Full Capture System Equivalency; –How Full Capture System Equivalency will be demonstrated; Requirements in 13383 Order to implement Trash Provisions •Track 2 Permittees must submit an implementation plan by November 30, 2018 that describes the following: –If using a methodology other than the recommended Visual Trash Assessment Approach to determine trash levels, a description of the methodology used; and –If proposing to select locations or land uses other than Priority Land Uses, a justification demonstrating that the alternative land uses generate trash at rates that are equivalent to or greater than the Priority Land Uses. Requirements in 13383 Order to implement Trash Provisions Remainder of the Trash Provision requirements •The Santa Ana Regional Board will consider including monitoring and reporting requirements in the next iteration of the North Orange County MS4 Permit similar to those in the Trash Provisions