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County of Santa Clara Municipal Regional Stormwater NPDES Permit Annual Report FY 14-15 September 15, 2015 Cover Photographs Clockwise from Top: 1. Outreach Event, Rocketship Los Suenos Academy Earth Day Celebration. 2. Ephemeral Creek, Diablo Range, Santa Clara County. 3. Newly installed water-efficient landscaping, Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Operations Center, San Jose. FY 2014-2015 Annual Report Permittee Name: County of Santa Clara Attachment A FY 14-15 AR Form 9/15/15 i-1 FY 2014-2015 Annual Report Permittee Name: County of Santa Clara ATTACHMENT A Table of Contents Section Page Section 1 – Permittee Information ................................................................................................................................. 1-1 Section 2 – Provision C.2 Municipal Operations ......................................................................................................... 2-1 Section 3 – Provision C.3 New Development and Redevelopment ....................................................................... 3-1 Section 4 – Provision C.4 Industrial and Commercial Site Controls ......................................................................... 4-1 Section 5 – Provision C.5 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination ..................................................................... 5-1 Section 6 – Provision C.6 Construction Site Controls .................................................................................................. 6-1 Section 7 – Provision C.7 Public Information and Outreach .................................................................................... 7-1 Section 8 – Provision C.8 Water Quality Monitoring ................................................................................................... 8-1 Section 9 – Provision C.9 Pesticides Toxicity Controls ................................................................................................ 9-1 Section 10 – Provision C.10 Trash Load Reduction ................................................................................................... 10-1 Section 11 – Provision C.11 Mercury Controls ........................................................................................................... 11-1 Section 12 – Provision C.12 PCBs Controls ................................................................................................................. 12-1 Section 13 – Provision C.13 Copper Controls ............................................................................................................ 13-1 Section 14 – Provision C.14 PBDE, Legacy Pesticides and Selenium Controls..................................................... 14-1 Section 15 – Provision C.15 Exempted and Conditionally Exempted Discharges ............................................. 15-1 FY 14-15 AR Form 9/15/15 i-2 FY 2014-2015 Annual Report Permittee Information Permittee Name: County of Santa Clara Section 1 – Permittee Information SECTION I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Background Information Permittee Name: County of Santa Clara Population: 87,100 NPDES Permit No.: CAS612008 Order Number: R2-2009-0074 Reporting Time Period (month/year): July 2014 through June 2015 Name of the Responsible Authority: Amy L. Brown Title: Director, Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency Mailing Address: 1553 Berger Drive City: San Jose Zip Code: 95112 County: Santa Clara Telephone Number: (408) 918-4622 Fax Number: (408) 286-2460 E-mail Address: [email protected] Name of the Designated Stormwater Michael Rhoades Title: Clean Water Program Manager Management Program Contact (if different from above): Department: Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency Mailing Address: 1553 Berger Drive City: San Jose Zip Code: 95112 County: Santa Clara Telephone Number: (408) 282-3165 Fax Number: (408) 286-2460 E-mail Address: [email protected] FY 14-15 AR Form 1-1 9/15/15 FY 2014-2015 Annual Report C.2 – Municipal Operations Permittee Name: County of Santa Clara Section 2 - Provision C.2 Reporting Municipal Operations Program Highlights and Evaluation Highlight/summarize activities for reporting year: Summary: The Departments of Parks and Recreation (Parks), Facilities and Fleet (FAF), and Roads and Airports (Roads) perform tasks for the County under this provision. Each department has operations and maintenance yards for vehicles and equipment, and each departments conducts in- house staff training on stormwater pollution prevention practices annually as part crew “tailgate” trainings and safety and environmental protection trainings. FAF conducted four Stormwater Pollution Prevention “tailgate” trainings to a total of 38 maintenance staff during October and November 2014, for example. For additional information, refer to the C.2 Municipal Operations section of the FY 14-15 Program Annual Report for a description of program and regional activities implemented. C.2.a. ►Street and Road Repair and Maintenance Place a Y in the boxes next to activities where applicable BMPs were implemented. If not applicable, type NA in the box and provide an explanation in the comments section below. Place an N in the boxes next to activities where applicable BMPs were not implemented for one or more of these activities during the reporting fiscal year, then in the comments section below provide an explanation of when BMPs were not implemented and the corrective actions taken. Control of debris and waste materials during road and parking lot installation, repaving or repair maintenance activities from polluting Y stormwater Control of concrete slurry and wastewater, asphalt, pavement cutting, and other street and road maintenance materials and wastewater Y from discharging to storm drains from work sites. Sweeping and/or vacuuming and other dry methods to remove debris, concrete, or sediment residues from work sites upon completion of Y work. Comments: Roads and Parks typically follow the applicable practices of the CASQA Stormwater BMP Handbook when performing street and road repair and maintenance. FY 14-15 AR Form 2-1 9/15/15 FY 2014-2015 Annual Report C.2 – Municipal Operations Permittee Name: County of Santa Clara C.2.b. ►Sidewalk/Plaza Maintenance and Pavement Washing Place a Y in the boxes next to activities where applicable BMPs were implemented. If not applicable, type NA in the box and provide an explanation in the comments section below. Place an N in the boxes next to activities where applicable BMPs were not implemented for one or more of these activities during the reporting fiscal year, then in the comments section below provide an explanation of when BMPs were not implemented and the corrective actions taken. Control of wash water from pavement washing, mobile cleaning, pressure wash operations at parking lots, garages, trash areas, gas station Y fueling areas, and sidewalk and plaza cleaning activities from polluting stormwater Y Implementation of the BASMAA Mobile Surface Cleaner Program BMPs Comments: Due to drought conditions, Parks only performed "Dry Clean-up" methods for these activities. All departments follow the BASMAA BMP's in situations when wash water must be used. C.2.c. ►Bridge and Structure Maintenance and Graffiti Removal Place a Y in the boxes next to activities where applicable BMPs were implemented. If not applicable, type NA in the box and provide an explanation in the comments section below. Place an N in the boxes next to activities where applicable BMPs were not implemented for one or more of these activities during the reporting fiscal year, then in the comments section below provide an explanation of when BMPs were not implemented and the corrective actions taken. Y Control of discharges from bridge and structural maintenance activities directly over water or into storm drains Y Control of discharges from graffiti removal activities Y Proper disposal for wastes generated from bridge and structure maintenance and graffiti removal activities Y Implementation of the BASMAA Mobile Surface Cleaner Program BMPs for graffiti removal Employee training on proper capture and disposal methods for wastes generated from bridge and structural maintenance and graffiti Y removal activities. Contract specifications requiring proper capture and disposal methods for wastes generated from bridge and structural maintenance and Y graffiti removal activities. Comments: Graffiti is painted over by County departments and painting is only done during dry weather. Maintenance of bridges by Roads consists of replacing damaged railing or guard rails. As with all other maintenance work, bridge work is subject to applicable measures included in the CASQA Stormwater BMP Handbook. Major bridge maintenance work is done by contractors, and BMPs are mandated by both the County and other regulatory agencies (i.e., the California Department of Fish and Wildlife) involved in the review and permitting of those projects. FY 14-15 AR Form 2-2 9/15/15 FY 2014-2015 Annual Report C.2 – Municipal Operations Permittee Name: County of Santa Clara C.2.d. ►Stormwater Pump Stations Does your municipality own stormwater pump stations: Y Yes No If your answer is No then skip to C.2.e. Complete the following table for dry weather DO monitoring and inspection data for pump stations1 (add more rows for additional pump stations). If a pump station is exempt from DO monitoring, explain why it is exempt. First inspection Second inspection Dry Weather DO Data Dry Weather DO Data Pump Station Name and Location Date mg/L Date mg/L Central Expressway