Phase II Minimum Control Measures
Under the storm water program, MS4s are required to develop and implement a Storm water Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP). The SWPPP must cover six minimum control measures:
The MS4 must identify best management practices (BMP) and measurable goals associated with each minimum control measure. An annual report on the implementation of the SWPPP must be submitted each year.
Six minimum control measures
1. Public Education and Outreach
The SWPPP activities implemented under Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 1 will
focus on increasing public awareness of the harmful effects of storm water runoff and its
potential to affect the water quality of the Red River in the small regulated municipal
separate storm sewer systems (MS4's) metropolitan area. Services and educational
information will be made available to the public to promote practices conducive to the
reduction of pollution that results from storm water runoff. Outreach programs and
educational activities that demonstrate the impacts of storm water discharges on the Red
River will be developed and implemented within the permit term to increase the general
level of understanding of the SWPPP throughout the community.
2. Public Involvement
The SWPPP activities implemented under Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 2 will
focus on increasing public involvement and participation in reducing the harmful effects
of storm water runoff and its potential to affect the water quality of the Red River in the
Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. Activities that will reduce or eliminate the impacts
of storm water discharges on the Red River will be developed and implemented within
the permit term to increase the general level of involvement in the SWPPP throughout the
community.
3. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
The SWPPP activities implemented under Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 3 will
focus on developing, implementing, and enforcing a program that will reduce and
eliminate the impacts of illicit discharges into the storm sewer system during the permit
term throughout the community.
4. Construction Site Discharge Controls The SWPPP activities implemented under Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 4 will
focus on developing, implementing, and enforcing a program that will reduce or eliminate
the impacts of storm water runoff from construction activities that result in a land
disturbance of greater than or equal to one acre into the storm sewer system during the
permit term throughout the community.
5. Post-Construction Controls for New Development The SWPPP activities implemented under Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 5 will
focus on developing, implementing, and enforcing a program that will reduce or eliminate
the impacts of storm water runoff from new development and redevelopment projects that
disturb greater than or equal to one acre, including projects that are less than one acre and
are part of a larger development plan, that discharge into the storm sewer system during
the permit term throughout the community.
6. Good Housekeeping & Pollution Prevention
The SWPPP activities implemented under Minimum Control Measure (MCM) 6 will
focus on developing, implementing, and enforcing an operations and maintenance
program that will reduce or eliminate the impacts of storm water pollution from open space
maintenance, snow disposal, vehicle and building maintenance, land disturbances,
and storm sewer system maintenance during the permit term throughout the community.
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