BaltimoreCityMS4AnnualReport BALTIMORECITY MS4ANNUALREPORT ReportingPeriod:July1,2016toJune30,2017 BaltimoreCityMS4AnnualReport TableofContents 1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................................1 1.1 PermitAdministration...................................................................................................................1 1.2 LegalAuthority..............................................................................................................................1 2 ImplementationStatus.........................................................................................................................2 3 NarrativeSummaryofData..................................................................................................................6 3.1 StreamImpactSampling...............................................................................................................6 3.1.1 NutrientMonitoring..............................................................................................................6 3.1.2 BacteriaMonitoring..............................................................................................................9 3.1.3 BiologicalandHabitatMonitoring......................................................................................12 3.2 WatershedAssessmentatMoore’sRun.....................................................................................14 3.2.1 ChemicalMonitoring...........................................................................................................14 3.2.2 BiologicalMonitoring..........................................................................................................15 3.2.3 HabitatAssessment.............................................................................................................15 3.2.4 GeomorphicMonitoring.....................................................................................................16 3.2.5 StormwaterManagementAssessmentatStonyRun.........................................................16 4 ExpendituresandProposedBudget....................................................................................................17 4.1 ExpendituresandBudgetsRelatedtoMS4PermitCompliance.................................................17 4.2 StormwaterFeeandStormwaterUtility.....................................................................................18 4.2.1 GrantsReceivedbyDPW....................................................................................................18 4.2.2 GrantSupportbyDPW........................................................................................................18 4.3 CapitalProjects–ExpendituresandFinancing...........................................................................19 5 EnforcementActions,InspectionsandPublicEducation...................................................................20 5.1 StormwaterManagementProgram............................................................................................20 5.2 ErosionandSedimentControl....................................................................................................20 5.3 IllicitDischargeDetectionandElimination(IDDE)......................................................................21 5.3.1 RoutineFieldScreeningLocations......................................................................................21 5.3.2 SupplementalFieldScreening.............................................................................................21 5.3.3 3Ͳ1Ͳ1CustomerServiceRequestforPollutedWater..........................................................22 5.3.4 PollutionSourceTracking(PST)..........................................................................................22 5.3.5 FOGProgram.......................................................................................................................23 5.3.6 ExteriorLeadPaintRemovalWasteControlProgram........................................................24 5.3.7 NPDESIndustrialDischargePermits...................................................................................24 5.4 PropertyManagementandMaintenance..................................................................................25 5.4.1 StreetSweepingandTrashReduction................................................................................25 5.4.2 InletCleaning......................................................................................................................26 5.4.3 IntegratedPestManagement.............................................................................................27 5.4.4 DeicingMaterials................................................................................................................27 5.5 PublicEducationandOutreach...................................................................................................28 5.5.1 EducationandOutreachActivities......................................................................................28 5.5.2 GrowingGreenDesignCompetition...................................................................................30 5.5.3 StormwaterAdvisoryCommittee.......................................................................................30 5.5.4 WorkforceDevelopmentPrograms....................................................................................30 5.5.5 GROWCenter......................................................................................................................31 5.5.6 BaltimoreGreenRegistry:MappingofSWMBMPsPhase2..............................................31 5.5.7 CleanDrainCampaign.........................................................................................................32 BaltimoreCityMS4AnnualReport 5.5.8 FloodALERTSystemupgrade..............................................................................................32 ͷǤͷǤͻ EffectivenessofEducationProgramforTrashandLitter...................................................32 6 WaterQualityImprovements.............................................................................................................36 6.1 MS4RestorationandTMDLWatershedImplementationPlan(WIP)........................................36 6.2 MilestoneSchedule.....................................................................................................................36 6.3 ImplementationofProjects,Programs,andPartnerships..........................................................36 6.3.1 ProjectImplementationandTracking................................................................................36 6.3.2 ProgramImplementationand.............................................................................................37 6.3.3 PartnershipImplementationandTracking.........................................................................38 6.4 ImperviousAreaRestoration......................................................................................................38 6.5 BayTMDLCompliance................................................................................................................38 6.6 RegionalTMDLCompliance........................................................................................................38 6.6.1 NutrientsandSediment......................................................................................................38 6.6.2 Bacteria...............................................................................................................................39 6.6.3 Trash....................................................................................................................................39 6.6.4 PCB......................................................................................................................................39 BaltimoreCityMS4AnnualReport ListofAppendices(italicizedtextindicateselectronicfilesonly) AppendixA:OrganizationChart AppendixB:SummaryTableofNullValuesintheMS4Geodatabase AppendixC:SourceInformationusingMS4Geodatabase(MSAccess) AppendingD:AmmoniaScreeningandStreamImpactSamplingResults(Excel) AppendixE:BacteriaMonitoringHistographs[Ref.MS4RestorationandTMDLWIP,AppendixG,dated August2015] AppendixF:HabitatMonitoring AppendixG:BaltimoreCity,Maryland2015StreamRestorationMonitoringSummarybyUSFW (Appendices,AdobeAcrobat) AppendixH:WatershedProtectionandRestorationProgramAnnualReportTableforFY2016(Excel) AppendixI:IllicitDischargeDetectionandElimination AppendixJ:ProgressStatusofMilestones AppendixK:ProgressStatusofProjects,Programs,andPartnershipsfor20%Restoration[Ref.MS4 RestorationandTMDLWIP,AppendixC,datedAugust2015] AppendixL:ProgressofChesapeakeBayTMDL[Ref.MS4RestorationandTMDLWIP,AppendixD,dated August2015] AppendixM:ProgressofRegionalTMDLsforNutrients[Ref.MS4RestorationandTMDLWIP,Appendix EandF,datedAugust2015] BaltimoreCityMS4AnnualReport 1 Introduction ThisreportincludestheprogressofcompliancefortheperiodofFiscalYear(FY)2017,inassociation withBaltimoreCity’sNationalPollutantDischargeEliminationSystem(NPDES)MunicipalSeparate StormSewerSystem(MS4)DischargePermit(PermitNumber:11ͲDPͲ3315,MD0068292).Thecurrent permitwasissuedonDecember27,2013.AnnualreportperiodsfollowtheCity’sfiscalcalendar:July1 toJune30.ThisAnnualreporthasbeenformattedtomatchthereportingrequirementsaslistedinPart Vofthepermit. 1.1 PermitAdministration DesignationofindividualtoactasaliaisonbetweentheCityandtheMarylandDepartmentof