1. 2015 Regional MS4 Permit Workshop

2. Rick Willard Jean Cordova Special acknowledgement: Rozellynn Hall Amber Williams Introduction: Who We Are

3. Background EMS/MS4 Permit EPA Audit/Communication New Permit Overview What This Means to You Questions and Discussion Introduction: Agenda

4. Issued Date: 7/28/2015 Effective Date: 8/28/2015 Three Years in the Making Permit has doubled in length Background

5. What is an EMS? Why are we doing one? Development/Implementation EMS/MS4 Permit

6. 1st week of April Just arrived 10/6/2015, late pm close out discussion highlighted need for communication and collaboration EPA Audit

7. Communication Plan HQ resource for permit interpretation Program Manual(s) how HQ communicates permit requirements but in CDOT language (due March 2017) Communication

8. Everything is brand new: MS4 Boundaries Expanding (8/28/2015) http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/Otis/Flex/M apView Terminology Changes Added definitions Control Measures Local Agency Coordination is required New Compliance Schedule Additional Training – HQ will develop 2015 Permit Overview: MS4 Program Management

9. Everything is brand new: Trash CM requirement now in several programs Non-compliance Notification required Verbal at 24 hours from ID of noncompliance Written at 5 days from ID of noncompliance Annual Report requirements mainly for Construction and PWQ 2015 Permit Overview: MS4 Program Management

10. Structural Changes: Public Involvement removed from Public Education PWQ Maintenance moved from FRCP to PWQ Process and Record Keeping a sub-section under each program 2015 Permit Overview: MS4 Program Management

11. Captured definition of routine maintenance per previous PWQ Exemptions Incorporated risk based inspection program (due March 2017) RECATS no longer required HQ will still provide support 2015 Permit Overview: Construction

12. Permanent Water Quality Formerly New Development/Redevelopment (NDRD) Interim Program Incorporated with some changes HQ will still provide support Change from 7 roadway pollutants to 13 EA/EIS requirement changed These changes are under the Compliance Schedule and are not yet effective 2015 Permit Overview: PWQ

13. No significant changes to the regions 2015 Permit Overview: Industrial Facilities

14. Illicit Discharges Program 6 exclusions added along with a process for adding exclusions We are now responsible for dealing with all spills in our ROW Must have Priority Areas on map All IDDE’s must be reported to HQ (even if Region is lead) 2015 Permit Overview: IDDE

15. Public Education and Outreach One Used to be PEPI Menu format/pick and choose Otherwise no significant changes 2015 Permit Overview : PEO

16. Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping New permit written to existing program Otherwise no significant changes 2015 Permit Overview : PPGH

17. Wet Weather Monitoring More prescriptive Program still housed at HQ Otherwise no significant changes 2015 Permit Overview : WWM

18. Very few changes on effective date MS4 Areas Start reporting noncompliance (notify HQ too) HQ needs to be immediately notified of IDDE’s Compliance Schedule – most due dates in 2017 No other changes should be made until process/records/procedures/tracking/etc are in place HQ is available to answer questions And we will be back… How this will impact you

19. Questions? We Will Be Back…