North Farm Creek and Dry Run Tributary Implementation Plan By: Tetra Tech 1468 West 9th Street, Suite 620 Cleveland, OH 44113 In support of: EPA Contract Number EP-C-11-009 Work Assignment 1-29 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 77 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 December 2012 North Farm Creek and Dry Run Tributary Implementation Plan Page ii Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 TMDL/LRS Summary ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Watershed Plan Requirements - Nine Key Elements................................................................. 6 1.3 Implementation Plan Approach ................................................................................................ 7 1.3.1 Nonstructural Management Opportunities ....................................................................... 8 1.3.2 Structural Management Opportunities ............................................................................. 8 2. Implementation Partners and Existing Implementation Efforts ............................................ 10 2.1 Implementation Partners ........................................................................................................ 10 2.2 Existing Implementation Efforts ............................................................................................ 11 2.2.1 Honoring our Water Stormwater Plan ........................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Ackerman Creek Watershed Restoration ....................................................................... 11 2.2.3 Farm Creek Watershed Plan ......................................................................................... 11 2.2.4 Tenmile Creek Watershed Restoration .......................................................................... 11 2.2.5 Partridge Creek Watershed Restoration ......................................................................... 12 2.2.6 Mossville Bluffs Watershed Restoration Master Plan .................................................... 12 2.2.7 Peoria Long-Term Control Plan –Clean River Healthy Riverfront Program ................... 12 2.2.8 Tazewell and Woodford County Comprehensive Plans ................................................. 12 2.2.9 Model Ordinances ........................................................................................................ 12 3. North Farm Creek Subwatershed Implementation Plan ........................................................ 14 3.1 Pollutant Sources ................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.1 Watershed, Streambank, and Gully Erosion .................................................................. 16 3.1.2 Urban and Agricultural Stormwater Runoff .................................................................. 16 3.1.3 NPDES Facilities ......................................................................................................... 19 3.1.4 De-Icing Agents ........................................................................................................... 19 3.2 Nonstructural Management Opportunities .............................................................................. 19 3.2.1 Education and Pollution Prevention Programs............................................................... 20 3.2.2 Ordinance Development ............................................................................................... 20 3.2.3 Street and Parking Lot Sweeping .................................................................................. 21 3.2.4 Pet Waste Education and Outreach Campaign ............................................................... 22 3.2.5 Wildlife Implementation Practices ................................................................................ 23 3.2.6 Salt Management Plan and Education ........................................................................... 23 3.3 North Farm Creek Structural Management Opportunities ....................................................... 24 3.3.1 Green Infrastructure Retrofitting ................................................................................... 25 3.3.2 Sanitary Sewer Overflow Control ................................................................................. 31 3.3.3 Disinfection of Primary Effluent from Sewage Treatment Plants ................................... 32 3.3.4 Stabilize Erosion on Steep Slopes ................................................................................. 32 3.3.5 Streambank Restoration ................................................................................................ 33 3.3.6 Riparian Area Management .......................................................................................... 34 3.3.7 Grassed Waterways ...................................................................................................... 34 3.3.8 Conservation Tillage .................................................................................................... 35 3.4 Implementation Summary, Schedule, and Goals ..................................................................... 36 4. Dry Run Tributary Subwatershed Implementation Plan ........................................................ 39 4.1 Pollutant Sources ................................................................................................................... 41 4.1.1 Watershed, Streambank, and Gully Erosion .................................................................. 41 4.1.2 Urban Stormwater Runoff ............................................................................................ 41 4.2 Nonstructural Management Opportunities .............................................................................. 44 4.2.1 Education and Pollution Prevention Program ................................................................ 44 North Farm Creek and Dry Run Tributary Implementation Plan Page iii 4.2.2 Ordinance Development ............................................................................................... 45 4.2.3 Street and Parking Lot Sweeping .................................................................................. 45 4.2.4 Pet Waste Education and Outreach Campaign ............................................................... 46 4.2.5 Wildlife Implementation Practices ................................................................................ 47 4.3 Structural Management Opportunities .................................................................................... 47 4.3.1 Green Infrastructure Retrofitting ................................................................................... 47 4.3.2 Streambank Restoration ................................................................................................ 53 4.3.3 Riparian Area Management .......................................................................................... 53 4.4 Implementation Summary, Schedule and Goals ...................................................................... 54 5. Financial Assistance Programs.............................................................................................. 56 5.1 State Revolving Fund............................................................................................................. 56 5.2 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) ................................................................ 56 5.3 Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) ................................................................................... 57 5.4 Conservation 2000/Partners for Conservation ......................................................................... 57 5.5 Nonpoint Source Management Program ................................................................................. 57 5.6 Agricultural Loan Program .................................................................................................... 58 5.7 Illinois Conservation and Climate Initiative ........................................................................... 58 5.8 Illinois Green Infrastructure Grants ........................................................................................ 58 5.9 Illinois American Water Grants .............................................................................................. 58 6. Monitoring and Measuring Success ....................................................................................... 59 6.1 Water Quality Monitoring ...................................................................................................... 59 6.2 BMP Effectiveness Monitoring .............................................................................................. 59 7. Adaptive Management ............................................................................................................ 60 8. References .............................................................................................................................. 64 Appendix A – North Farm Creek Technical Appendix Appendix B – Dry Run Tributary Technical Appendix Figures Figure 1. Middle Illinois River TMDL and LRS locations. ....................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Middle Illinois River watersheds with pilot project