Kentucky Division of Water 2019 Nonpoint Source Management Plan Kentucky Nonpoint Source Management Plan: A Strategy for 2019-2023 Draft for Public Comment Interested parties desiring to make comments may do so by emailing to: [email protected] or by mailing written comments to the: Public Notice Coordinator, Division of Water 300 Sower Blvd, 3rd Floor Frankfort, KY 40601 i | P a g e Kentucky Division of Water 2019 Nonpoint Source Management Plan Kentucky Nonpoint Source Management Plan: A Strategy for 2019-2023 Kentucky Division of Water DRAFT- April 29, 2019 The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, or disability and provides, on request, reasonable accommodations including auxiliary aids and services necessary to afford an individual with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in all services, programs and activities. ii | P a g e Kentucky Division of Water 2019 Nonpoint Source Management Plan This page intentionally left blank. iii | P a g e Kentucky Division of Water 2019 Nonpoint Source Management Plan Table of Contents List of Figures ...................................................................................................................... vii List of Tables ......................................................................................................................... 8 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Nonpoint Source Pollution vs. Point Source Pollution ............................................................. 9 1.2 Guiding Principles ................................................................................................................... 10 1.3 Kentucky Nonpoint Source Management Plan ....................................................................... 10 1.3.1 EPA Key Components Requirements ................................................................................. 11 1.3.2 319(h) Nonpoint Source Grants ........................................................................................... 12 1.3.3 Program Goals, Objectives, and Strategies .......................................................................... 13 2. Water Quality Monitoring ................................................................................................ 14 2.1 Monitoring Programs .............................................................................................................. 14 2.1.1 Groundwater Monitoring .................................................................................................... 14 2.1.2 Surface Water Monitoring ................................................................................................... 14 2.1.3 Biological Monitoring ........................................................................................................... 14 2.1.4 Success Monitoring .............................................................................................................. 15 2.1.5 Lake Monitoring ................................................................................................................... 15 2.1.6 National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) ............................................................................ 15 2.1.7 Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI) ............................................ 16 2.2 Quality Assurance (QA) ........................................................................................................... 16 2.2.1 Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) ............................................................................ 16 3. Watershed Management ................................................................................................. 17 3.1 Framework .............................................................................................................................. 18 3.2 Priority Watersheds ................................................................................................................ 19 3.3 Watershed Planning ................................................................................................................ 21 3.4 TMDL Implementation ............................................................................................................ 23 3.5 Watershed Planning Guidebook and the Kentucky Watershed Academy ............................. 23 3.6 Centers of Excellence .............................................................................................................. 23 3.8 Objectives and Action Items ................................................................................................... 24 Program Evaluation ....................................................................................................................... 25 4. Kentucky Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program Implementation ............................ 26 4.1 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 26 4.2 Program Partner Strategy ....................................................................................................... 26 4.3 Program Functional Areas ....................................................................................................... 27 5. Agriculture ...................................................................................................................... 28 5.1 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 28 5.2 DOW Strategy ......................................................................................................................... 29 iv | P a g e Kentucky Division of Water 2019 Nonpoint Source Management Plan 5.2.1 Partner Strategy ................................................................................................................... 29 5.2.2 Land Grant Institutions ........................................................................................................ 32 5.2.3 Education and Outreach ...................................................................................................... 32 5.2.4 Funding ................................................................................................................................ 34 5.3 Objectives and Action Items ................................................................................................... 35 6. Developed Lands ............................................................................................................. 38 6.1 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 38 6.2 DOW Strategy ......................................................................................................................... 38 6.2.1 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) .............................................................. 39 6.2.2 Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) ..................................................................................... 39 6.2.3 Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) ......................................................................................... 39 6.2.4 Brownfields .......................................................................................................................... 40 6.2.5 Construction ......................................................................................................................... 40 6.2.6 Partner Strategy ................................................................................................................... 41 6.2.7 Education and Outreach ...................................................................................................... 43 Urban/Developed Lands ............................................................................................................... 43 Stormwater/MS4 .......................................................................................................................... 44 Construction .................................................................................................................................. 45 SSO/CSO ........................................................................................................................................ 45 6.2.8 Green Infrastructure ............................................................................................................ 46 6.2.9 Funding ................................................................................................................................ 46 6.3 Objectives and Action Items ................................................................................................... 47 7. Forestry ........................................................................................................................... 48 7.1 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 48 7.2 DOW Strategy ......................................................................................................................... 48 7.2.1 Partner Strategy ..................................................................................................................