This webinar by Robert Kuykendall and Hari Gupta of BlueScape Environmental covers the California Industrial Storm Water Program requirements.
The first part of the webinar provides an overview of the Program, including applicability, conditional exclusions and Notice of Non-Applicability, Storm Water Prevention Plan Requirements, the SMARTS reporting system, monitoring and sampling, and the role of the QISP. The second part discusses Level 1 and 2 Exceedance Action Requirements (ERAs), including 2016 evaluation and reporting requirements, and tips for implementing SWPPs and BMPs.
BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and support for developing and implementing storm water plans.
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BlueScape California Industrial Storm Water Compliance Webinar 090816
1. California Industrial Storm
Water Complianceโฆ
the Cascade is Coming!
September 8, 2016
BlueScape Environmental
training@bluescapeinc.com
877-486-9257
2. Webinar Topics
Topic
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1. Overview of California
Industrial Storm Water
Regulations
โขโฏ Storm Water Programs in California
โขโฏ Program Applicability, Conditional Exclusions
and Notice of Non-Applicability (NONA)
โขโฏ Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
(SWPPP) requirements
โขโฏ SMARTS Electronic Reporting Requirements
โขโฏ Best Management Practices and Requirements
โขโฏ Monitoring Plans, Sampling and Inspections
โขโฏ Role of the QISP in Storm Water Compliance
2. Level 1 and Level 2 ERA
Evaluations
โขโฏ Trigger for Evaluation / Pollutant Numeric
Action Levels
โขโฏ Level 1 ERA Report Requirements
โขโฏ Is your facility heading to Level 2 Status?
โขโฏ Tips for SWPPP and Implementing BMPs
3. About BlueScape
โขโฏ Founded in 1997
โขโฏ Extensive experience with Environmental, Health &
Safety Regulations
โโฏ Storm Water, Air Quality, Spill Prevention, Chemical Risk
Management
โโฏ See www.bluescapeinc.com
โขโฏ Wide Range of Industries Served
โโฏ Chemical plants, power plants, data centers, building
materials, aerospace, refineries, coating manufacturing,
industrial gas, and oil & gas processing
โขโฏ BlueScape EHS โ EMS and managed compliance
services to reduce business risk
โขโฏ BlueScape Technical Services - Solve tough EHS
permit and compliance issues:
-โฏ Develop permit and compliance strategies, quickly obtain
permits
-โฏ Technical analysis tools
-โฏ Leverage agency relationships, lead negotiations
-โฏ Compliance, enforcement and variance support
โขโฏ Move business forward, reduce business risk
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5. Storm Water Regulation Overview
โขโฏ Water runoff from our cities, highways, industrial facilities and
construction sites can carry
โโฏ Pollutants that degrade water quality
โโฏ Impact the beneficial uses of our waters.
โขโฏ Federal Clean Water Act prohibits certain discharges of storm
water containing pollutants.
โขโฏ National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
โโฏ Authority and Framework for regulating storm water discharges comes
from the Federal Clean Water Act
โขโฏ US EPA delegates itโs federal permitting program to State of
California
โโฏ Two decades State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board);
Regional Water Quality Control Boards and the US EPA regulates the run
off and treatment of storm water in construction, industrial, municipal,
residential areas of California.
6. Storm Water Regulatory Programs
Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer System
(MS4) Permits
California
Department of
Transportation
(CALTRANS)
PHASE 1 MS4 Permit
Statewide
Construction Storm
Water General Permit
(Construction General
Permit (CGP))
Statewide Industrial
Storm Water General
Program (IGP)
Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer Systems
CALTRANS is the largest
municipal storm water
discharger in California
Construction projects
that disturb one or more
acres of soil, or disturb
less than one acre but
apart of a larger project
Industries
Regulates storm water
entering into local
municipal systems
Regulates storm water
discharges from linear
network of highways
and road facilities
Regulates construction
storm water based on
project-specific overall
risk
Regulates storm water
from industrial activity
areas from over 10,000
industries
Phase 1:
Medium: (100,000 to
200,000 people
Large (>250,000
people)
Phase 2:
Small municipalities
(<100,000 people)
Non Traditional Small
Operations:
Military Bases, public
campuses, prisons and
hospital complexes not
under Phase 1.
One statewide Phase 1
MS4 Permit
CGP requires temporary
and post construction
best management
practices. Measures to
prevent erosion and
reduce sediment and
pollutants in discharges
at construction sites.
IGP requires industry
owners to implement best
technology available to
reduce pollutants in their
storm discharges.
Requirement for Storm
Water Pollution Prevention
Plan (SWPPP) and
monitoring in accordance
with regulatory levels
specified in statewide
permit
7. Poll Question
Is your facility currently required to have a
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan?
ยข๏ขโฏYes
ยข๏ขโฏNo
ยข๏ขโฏI donโt know
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8. Exempt and Non-Exempt
Industrial Facilities
โขโฏ Required industrial facilities must comply with the 2014
IGP permit to be in compliance with the Clean Water Act
โขโฏ Exempted or Non Exempt
โโฏ Conditional Exclusion โ No Exposure Certification (NEC)
โขโฏ For facilities that have no exposure of industrial activities and
materials to storm water
โโฏ Notice of Non-Applicability (NONA)
โขโฏ Allows facilities designed to contain storm water. No
discharges
โขโฏ Submit a Technical Report in the SMART system
โโฏ Notice of Intent (NOI)
โขโฏ Facilities that discharge storm water associated with
industrial activity
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9. Basic IGP Requirements for
Covered Facilities
โขโฏ Covered facilities
โโฏ Must develop and implement a storm water pollution
prevention plan (SWPPP) including Best Management
Practices (BMPs)
โขโฏ Electronic Reporting Requirements
โโฏ Certify and submit all permit-related compliance
documents via the Storm Water Multi Application
Reporting and Tracking System (SMARTS)
โขโฏ Best Management Practices (BMPs)
โโฏ Implement minimum BMPs and advanced BMPs to
achieve compliance with the effluent and receiving
water limitations
10. Covered Facilities Monitoring,
Testing & Inspections
โขโฏ Monitoring Plans, Sampling and Inspections
โโฏ Facility shall have a written site-specific plan
โโฏ Collect and analyze samples from at least 4 Qualifying Storm
Events (QSEs) during the first four hours of discharge or start
of facility operating within the previous 12 hours
โโฏ Perform monthly storm water discharge visual observations
during the compliance year (July 1 โ June 30)
โขโฏ Perform the appropriate Exceedance Response Actions
(ERAs) when there are exceedances of the Numeric Action
Limits (NAL) leading to a Level 1 or 2 Status.
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12. Poll Question
Will your facility need to complete a
Level 1 ERA evaluation and report?
ยข๏ขโฏYes
ยข๏ขโฏNo
ยข๏ขโฏI donโt know
ยข๏ขโฏNot a Facility
Manager
13. Exceedance Response Actions
(ERAs)
โขโฏ ERAs are required when an annual Numeric Action
Level (NAL) or instantaneous maximum NAL
exceedance occurs for basic pollutants (TSS, pH*,
O&G) or the annual average NAL for additional
pollutants is exceeded during a reporting year.
โขโฏ First time NAL exceedance, Discharger status
changes from Baseline to Level 1 status
โขโฏ Second exceedance for the same parameter(s) in a
subsequent reporting year, Discharger status is
changed from Level 1 status to Level 2 status
14. Numeric Action Levels (NALs)
โขโฏ For basic pollutants monitored (TSS, pH, and O&G),
an exceedance of the annual average for the
parameter and/or two or more exceedances of the
instantaneous maximum NAL results in the facility
being in Level 1 status
โขโฏ For additional parameters such as metals, COD, BOD,
N+N monitored, exceedance of the annual average
NAL results in a Level 1 status
โขโฏ Annual average is calculated from all sampling data
from all sampling locations
16. Level 1 ERA Status: Now What?
Level 1 Status
โขโฏ If an annual or instantaneous NAL is exceeded as
discussed, than Level 1 status begins on the next
July 1 (July 1, 2016 for compliance year
2015-2016)
โขโฏ Discharger is required to conduct a Level 1 ERA
Evaluation using a QISP by October 1
โขโฏ Level 1 ERA Evaluation Tasks
โโฏ Review SWPPP, and
โโฏ Evaluation of Industrial Pollutant Sources
โโฏ Assessment of existing Monitoring/Sampling Plan
โโฏ Assessment of existing minimum BMPs and any
advanced BMPs (if any) whether adequate
โโฏ Identification of additional BMPs; modify existing
BMPs
17. Role
ย of
ย the
ย QISP
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โขโฏ QISP = Qualified Industrial Storm Water Practitioner
โขโฏ Required to perform ERAs when Discharger reaches
Level 1 & Level 2 status
โขโฏ Performs the Annual Comprehensive Facility
Compliance Evaluation (Annual Evaluation) for Level 1
and 2 Status Facilities
โขโฏ Assists in preparation of Annual Reports
โขโฏ Prepares Level 1 ERA Evaluation and Report
โขโฏ Prepares Level 2 ERA Action Plan and Technical Report
โขโฏ Trains appropriate SWPPP team members when facility
is a Level 1 or Level 2 status
โขโฏ Be informed, responsible, and attentive to the required
duties of QISP & maintain registration in good
standing.
18. Level 1 ERA Status
โขโฏ Level 1 Status (cont.)
โโฏ Training of Employees by QISP
โโฏ Revise SWPPP
โโฏ Start implementing new/modified minimum BMPs
โโฏ Ensure internal procedures in place to track BMPs
designed and implemented in SWPPP
Once BMPs implemented, QISP to revisit facility and
assess Level 1 actions
If NAL for pH was exceeded, Level 1 facility has to use
pH meter (canโt use pH strips)
19. Level 1 ERA Report
โขโฏ Due January 1 (January 1, 2017)
โขโฏ Prepared by QISP
โขโฏ Report Requirements
โโฏ Must contain a summary of the Level 1 evaluation
โขโฏ All new or revised BMPs added to SWPPP
โโฏ Discharger must certify and submit electronically
via SMARTS
20. Is
ย Your
ย Facility
ย Heading
ย to
ย Level
ย 2
ย Status?
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โขโฏ Level 2 ERA Status
โโฏ Any subsequent reporting year in which the same
parameter(s) has an NAL Exceedance (annual
average or instantaneous maximum)
โโฏ Level 1 status changes on July 1 (2017) of the
subsequent year
โโฏ What you must do?
โขโฏ Submit a Level 2 ERA Action Plan by January 1
(2018) containing schedule and selected
demonstrations
โขโฏ Submit a Level 2 ERA Technical Report by January 1
(2019) containing details on the selected
demonstrations
21. What are Level 2 ERA
Demonstrations?
โขโฏ Level 2 ERA Facility Demonstrations
โโฏ Industrial activity BMP demonstration to show
industrial pollutant sources and advanced BMPs
designed to achieve compliance with effluent
limitations and/or NALs; feasibility analysis
โโฏ Non-Industrial Pollutant Source Demonstration
that the pollutant is from run-on, aerial deposition
from man-made sources, or generated by onsite
non-industrial sources that solely caused
exceedances
โโฏ Natural Background Pollutant Source
Demonstration that pollutant that caused NAL
exceedance was solely due to natural background
not disturbed by industrial activity
22. Tips
ย for
ย SWPPP
ย Updates
ย and
ย
ImplemenDng
ย BMPs
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โขโฏ Retain a QISP
โขโฏ Keep SWPPP Current
โขโฏ Train Your Employees
โขโฏ Perform Inspections
โขโฏ Maintain House Keeping
โขโฏ Minimize Exposure
โขโฏ Prevent Spills & Releases
โขโฏ Implement advanced BMPs ahead of time in Level
1 stage (e.g., permanent shelters, control and
treatment, erosion and sediment controls)
โขโฏ Reduce Runoff with Vegetation
23. Questions?
Contact Information
BlueScape Environmental
James Westbrook, President
Robert Kuykendall, CHMM
Hari Gupta, PE, QISP
877-486-9257
training@bluescapeinc.com
www.bluescapeinc.com
The webinar presentation will be posted on
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Editor's Notes
Good morning everyone, this is the โCA Industrial Storm Water Compliance the Cascade is Coming!โ webinar.
I am James Westbrook, President of BlueScape, speaking with you from San Diego CA.
We have around 50 people on the webinar this morning.
I thank you all for attending this morning.
I am joined today by two Principal Consultants with BlueScape who will be presenting the webinar, Robert Kuykendall and Hari Gupta.
Around 10,000 facilities have been required to file storm water plans, and have been conducting storm water sampling in the last year.
As described in the webinar announcement, an important deadline is coming up this October 1, 2016.
It is expected that hundreds of facilities have had an exceedance of Numeric Action Levels.
Thus they are required to complete Level 1 Exceedance Response Action (or ERA) assessments by the end of this month.
With ERA Reports required to follow by Jan 1, 2016.
The training today provides an introduction to the CA Industrial Storm Water program with particular focus on meeting the upcoming ERA deadlines.
I encourage you to ask questions in the webinar panel, and we will address those as we have time.
Or follow-up with us afterward so we can help you address your specific program.
If you are a facility environmental compliance manager,
We are happy to provide a complimentary look over your storm water plan and sampling data, and advise you on next steps.
Bios
Mr. Robert Kuykendall, CHMM, is a Principal Consultant at BlueScape Environmental, and is located in our SF Bay Area office. He has over 40 years of experience.
He specializes in environmental and occupational and safety services to the public and private sector. His extensive experience includes environmental compliance, air and water quality, hazardous materials and hazardous waste management, and asbestos and lead risk assessments. He has led storm water, and sewer industrial water discharge compliance evaluations for facilities in the chemical, industrial gas, food industry, oil & gas production, water and wastewater treatment, cold storage and construction sites.
Mr. Hari Gupta, PE, QISP is a Principal Civil Engineer at BlueScape, located at our Los Angeles office
He has more than 24 years of experience with regulatory environmental compliance and regulatory reporting including air quality, storm water, wastewater, and hazardous waste, hazardous material surveys, and soil and groundwater remediation system design, risk assessment, vapor intrusion studies, air permitting for governmental and private clients. Mr. Gupta is certified as Qualified Industrial Storm Water Practitioner (QISP) by the California Stormwater Quality Association.ย
Here is contact information, you can reach out to the panelists by training@bluescapeinc.com.
Or call us through the main number.
Please enter your questions in the webinar panel.
This concludes the webinar.
Before we go โฆ
I mentioned that BlueScape EHS provides env management system services.
We will be having a webinar on the 2015 update to the ISO 140001 standard โ on September 21.
Companies will need to update their certfications in the coming year.
Be looking for more information in your email.
Thank you all and have good week, goodbye for now!