Storm Water Pollution Prevention Training 2016

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1 Storm Water Pollution Prevention Training 2016 For the Employees of the City of Lynn Haven Fl. Presented by Lisa Fowler ECO Consulting Group, LLC

2 What is Storm Water? Storm water is water flowing over the land during and immediately after a rain storm. Storm water does not flow into a wastewater treatment system, it flows into our surface waters In the Lynn Haven area, our storm water system consists of our gutters, storm drains, underground pipes, open channels, culverts, and creeks. Our storm water system discharges into North Bay. What we do on the land affects the water quality and the habitat of our creeks and rivers. It also affects our quality of life, our fisheries, and our recreation.

3 Why do we have to do something to improve our storm water discharges? In 1972, Congress passed the Clean Water Act and focused on point source pollution discharges to surface waters. Most point sources have been eliminated, others are permitted. In 1990, the EPA began the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permitting process to address non-point sources of pollution. Industries have to have an NPDES Permit for their storm water discharges. The permit requires that industrial facilities have a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), observe their discharges and work to implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) to minimize pollutants from leaving their facility.

4 City of Lynn Haven Storm Water Program As a result of an NPDES permit issued to the City of Lynn Haven, the City is responsible for enforcing storm water pollution prevention requirements. The City is committed to an active role in the reduction of pollution and the protection of human health and the environment.

5 How do you achieve compliance with the NPDES permit? Employees must be trained.

6 What is the goal of training employees about storm water? To stress the importance of being AWARE of and ALERT to conditions that could result in the discharge of pollutants to storm water! To improve communication employees and supervisors.

7 Employee training and improved communication could have helped here:

8 Why is this a storm water problem?

9 What s wrong here?

10 and here

11 What needs to happen here? and what has already happened?

12 TRAINING TOPICS Vehicle Washing and Fueling Fuel and Chemical Storage Activities Sand/Soil Piles Vehicle Parking Lots Waste Containers and Drum Management Outdoor Storage Good Housekeeping Preventive Maintenance Spill Prevention and Response Illicit Discharge Detection and Reporting

13 Fuel and Chemical Storage Activites

14 Fuel and Chemical Transfer Activities Consider how fuels and chemicals are transferred day to day to the fleet. Evaluate and institute transfer procedures for fuels and chemicals. Implement Engineering Controls Report Spills Clean Up Spills

15 What BMPs would have helped prevent the pollution leaving this site?

16 Cover sand and soil piles to prevent pollution!!

17 Drums must be sealed with covers and bungs And preferably inside a secondary containment area!!

18 Waste products must be stored in covered drums and staged in an assigned area with secondary containment.

19 Outdoor Storage Areas ANYTHING STORED OUTSIDE MUST BE CLEANED OF CHEMICAL RESIDUES, PROPERLY CONTAINED, AND WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHY WE ARE KEEPING IT, AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET RID OF IT OR STORE IT INSIDE EACH FACILITY S OUTDOOR STORAGE MUST BE ADDRESSED

20 Good Housekeeping Prevents Pollution Minimize exposure, inspect and report, cleanup spills and leaks promptly

21 Absorbent material placed on a spill

22 will end up at the outfall if not swept up!!!

23 Good Housekeeping Inside Buildings to Prevent Pollution Make sure that there are no discharges from the building to storm water through doorways or other pathways Make sure that spill response equipment is readily available throughout building to contain leaks and spills Clean the floors and do not allow the wash water to discharge outside Have a comprehensive chemical storage and management plan, specify co-located areas and accumulation amounts for vendor pick-ups

24 Vehicle Storage Areas Must Be Cleaned To Prevent Pollution

25 What needs to happen here?

26 Preventative Maintenance Daily inspections of equipment and storage Regular maintenance of equipment Routine sediment/debris removal and surface cleaning of storm water management devices such as: oil-water separators, ponds, inlets, ditches, & secondary containment of fuel farm

27 All types of outfalls all need maintenance and cleaning

28 Leaking vehicles/equipment stored outside should be drained, absorbent material placed to capture releases

29 Spill Response Clean all small fuel spills and leaks, and to report significant fuel spills or leaks to management immediately! Always document spills in the SWPPP and SPCC plan in order to learn from mistakes REMEMBER SPILLS ARE CAUSED, THEY DO NOT JUST HAPPEN!!

30 Spill Prevention and Response 1. Contain 2. Locate and Stop the Source 3. Clean Up 4. Dispose of Properly 5. Notify Pollution Prevention Team Members 6. Document Release and/or Report if over the applicable threshold 7. Follow Up: - Evaluate changes needed and modify SWPPP - Implement changes - Replace spill response equipment used

31 Again, sweep up the spill absorbent materials!

32 Annual Comprehensive Site Compliance Evaluation Evaluate areas contributing storm water discharge associated with any activity for evidence of, or the potential for, pollutants entering the drainage system. Measures to reduce pollutant loadings shall be evaluated to determine whether they are adequate and properly implemented in accordance with the terms of the permit or whether additional control measures are needed. Structural storm water management measures, and other structural pollution prevention measures identified in the plan shall be observed to ensure that they are operating correctly.

33 Storm Water Hotline Call to report information about illicit discharges or other problems that you detect

34 Visualize a cleaner City.. We can do it!!!