DATE: March 14, 2016
TO: Council Sustainability Committee
FROM: Director of Utilities & Environmental Services
SUBJECT
Title
Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Committee reviews and comments on this report.
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SUMMARY
This report provides an overview of the newly adopted Municipal Regional Permit (MRP 2.0), which provides the City's stormwater regulatory requirements from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.
BACKGROUND
Background of the Municipal Regional Permit - The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program was established in 1972 by the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). In 1986, the NPDES program was amended in 1986 to regulate stormwater runoff and established a permitting structure for municipal discharge to the waters of the state. From 1990 to 2009, each municipality was regulated under countywide stormwater permits with individual requirements specific to each county. On October 14, 2009, the first regional stormwater permit, the Municipal Regional Permit (MRP), was adopted by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. The MRP regulated municipalities within Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo counties as well as the cities of Fairfield, Suisun, and Vallejo and the Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District. Municipalities and local agencies included in the MRP are referred to as 'Permittees'. The MRP was adopted as a five-year permit. The MRP requires stormwater pollution prevention control measures for both public and private properties and activities including municipal operations, development, inspections, response to illicit discharges, education and outreach, water quality monitoring, and specific controls for pollutants of concern identified by the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Re-Issuance of the MRP
The MRP expired December 1, 2014 but was adminis...
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