Fred Noble, P.E. State NPDES Administrator Florida Department of Transportation NPDES MS4 Permit Overview 2016 Maintenance Conference

Panel Members  Fred Noble, P.E. - State NPDES Administrator - FDOT (Overview of program)  Dr. Steve Peene - Dir. Water Resources - Applied Technology & Management (CO) ( SSWMP, maintenance frequency, yards, fertilizer, herbicides/pesticides)  Mr. Robert Potts - Senior Scientist - ESciences (D1, D3, D5, CO) (IDDE, spill response, public education)  Mr. Tim Kelly - Project Manager - Amec Foster Wheeler (D7) (BMP maintenance, street sweeping, litter, awareness)

What is NPDES? Water quality permitting program established under the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 CWA amended in 1987 to include Stormwater NPDES stormwater regulations established for MS4s, construction and industrial activity NPDES Stormwater program delegated from USEPA to Florida DEP in 2000 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

What is an MS4?  Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System In other words, most of our stormwater collection, conveyance, treatment and discharge systems! “Municipal separate storm sewer or MS4 means a conveyance or system of conveyances like roads with stormwater systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, constructed channels, or storm drains: (a) Owned or operated by a State, city, town, county, special district, association, or other public body (created by or pursuant to State Law) having jurisdiction over management and discharge of stormwater and which discharges to surface waters of the state; (b) Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater; (c) Which is not a combined sewer; and (d) Which is not part of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW). POTW means any device or system used in the treatment of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by a “State” or “municipality.” This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.” [Rule (8), F.A.C.]

FDOT MS4 Permit Areas  FDOT co-permittee in 15 Phase I MS4 individual permits  FDOT covered in 11 Phase II General (Generic) Permit areas in 27 counties

What are TMDLs?  Total Maximum Daily Loads Also required by Federal CWA And State Statute “Florida Watershed Restoration Act” ( , F.S.) Impaired Waters Rule – Water body does not meet standards TMDL Rule – Establish how much pollutant load water body can take and required load reductions Implementation of TMDLs through: – Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs) – Reasonable Assurance Plans (RAPs) – And MS4 permits!

FDOT TMDL, BMAP and RAP Areas TMDLs BMAPs, RAPs and other non-BMAP TMDL implementation plans FDOT in 937 TMDLs (Mostly for nutrients and bacteria) FDOT stakeholder in 29 BMAPs and 4 RAPs

Why is it Important?  Clean and abundant water for people and the environment… Drinking and residential uses Recreation Swimming, fishing, boating, etc. Agriculture Preservation of natural systems Industry Transportation

Why is it Important?...and preserves the quality of our environment…

Why is it Important?  Fines and costs for noncompliance… Hawaii DOT MS4 EPA/DOJ enforcement case $1 Million Civil Penalty $50 Million to come into compliance Rhode Island DOT MS4 EPA/DOJ enforcement case $315K Civil Penalty > $100 Million to come into compliance

What Does it Mean to FDOT Maintenance?  Routine inspection and maintenance of stormwater features Detailed in Statewide Stormwater Management Plan (SSWMP)  Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) Training for all FDOT and Contractor field personnel Required by MS4 permit…

What Does it Mean to FDOT Maintenance?  Street sweeping  Fertilizer use management and certification  Herbicide and pesticide use management and certification Required by MS4 permit…

What Does it Mean to FDOT Maintenance?  Stormwater management and pollution prevention at Operation Centers  Litter Control Programs Required by MS4 permit…

What Does it Mean to FDOT Maintenance?  Eliminate routine maintenance fertilization  Street Sweeping Important BMAP commitments to meet nutrient TMDLs…

Thank You! Fred Noble, P.E. State NPDES Administrator Florida Department of Transportation