3. • SWPPP & Monthly Inspections
• Quarterly Sampling - # of Outfalls?
• Benchmarks/Limits
• BMP’s – Tweaking/Repairing
• Fees = $200 year
• Losing Stream = Individual Permit!
(old fees - $1,350 Yr, new - $1,800)
New SW Permits = Not Fun!
4. • EPA Conditional No Exposure Exclusion
for Industrial Activity – January 2000
• Who can qualify?
• Conditions?
• Definitions and Details?
• Industrial Materials
• No Exposure/Cover
Can you be excluded for a
stormwater permit?
5. • EPA Guidance – All industrial categories
• Excluded:
• “Construction Sites”
• “Junk cars & stockpiled train rails”
• MDNR – 28 MOG General Permits – Process
Water = Difficult - None really eligible.
• MOG49 - Quarries, Asphalt, Redi-Mix
• MDNR – 17 MOR General Stormwater Permits
• Facility Wide – Not Outfall Specific
Who Can Qualify?
6. • MOR13 – Textiles & Printing
• MOR203 Fab. Metal & Light Industry
• MOR80C–Motor Freight Transportation
• Individual Permit -due to Losing Stream
MDNR General Stormwater Permits
Potentially Eligible – YES!
8. • No Exposure – All industrial materials
and activities are protected by a storm
resistant shelter to prevent exposure to
rain, snow, snowmelt, and/or runoff.
Conditions to be Excluded
9. • Material handling equipment or
activities
• Industrial machinery
• Raw materials
• Intermediate products
• By-products & waste products
• Final products
Industrial Materials?
10. • Completely roofed and walled buildings
or structures
• Structures with a top but no sides –
providing not subject to run-on /run-off of
stormwater
• Temporary cover = tarpaulins
Storm-Resistant Shelter?
11. • Drums, barrels, tanks and containers that
are “sealed.”
• Above Ground Tanks (AST’s)
• Lidded Dumpsters – waste materials
• Plant Vehicles – not leaking
• Final products – intended for outdoor use
(i.e. “new cars”)
• Containers, racks, pallets to store or move
final products – if clean.
No Shelter Required!
12. • Drums - valves that are used in field
• Containers & materials – open,
deteriorated, leaking
• Outdoor vehicle & equipment
maintenance
• Leaking pipes and pumps
• Open dumpsters
• Mobilized by rain – rock salt
• Particles or residue – roof stacks or vents
• Particles or residue – track out
Stuff that won’t fly!
13. • Final products that are “intermediate”
products
• Intermediate products:
• Used in the composition of another
product
• Sheet metal, tubing, and paint
• Chemically treated or not impervious to
weathering
More stuff that won’t fly!
14. • EPA NPDES Form 3510-11
• 11 Questions – answer No!
• Submit to MDNR
• Good for 5 years
• Maintain all conditions of no exposure
How do you apply to be excluded for
a stormwater permit?