 Registration closes September 6!
The University of Minnesota is offering another permit overview workshop. This training opportunity will take place on September 13 at the MnDOT Training and Conference Center (also called the Arden Hills Training Center), located in Shoreview, MN. Register today; this class will fill up soon!
IS2202 - Industrial Stormwater Regulations, SWPPPs, Sampling and Monitoring
Date/Time: September 13, 8am – 4:30pm.
Location: MnDOT Training and Conference Center, 1900 County Road I West, Shoreview, MN 55126
Registration Fee: $170
This is our most popular workshop! It is a full-day event that will cover topics including permit basics, development and implementation of stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPP), stormwater monitoring, and best management practices for SWPPP modification.
Topics include:
- SWPPP requirements
- SWPPP implementation
- Stormwater monitoring, sampling and reporting requirements
- Annual reporting and fees
- ISW case studies
- Compliance & enforcement
Visit the U of M's Erosion and Sediment Management Certification Program webpage for more information or to register. You can register online or view and fill out the paper registration form.
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Industrial stormwater program staff
have been reviewing the EPA’s and other states’ general industrial stormwater
permits and comparing their permit language against our 2015 general permit. Staff are considering various language changes for increased environmental protection purposes, to make the wording easier to understand, and to make permit compliance more practical and effective for
permittees. Staff are refining suggested future changes and have eliminated
other proposed changes after team discussions. For example, the team explored
the option of adding a 30th sector of industrial activity, “Sector
AD,” a catch-all sector that allows our agency to require permit coverage of
facilities not fitting within the other 29 industrial sectors. Ultimately, the
team felt that the current mechanisms of stormwater protection are sufficient at this time and a 30th sector will not be included in the draft 2020 permit.
Key dates for the general permit reissuance
process:
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May - September 2018: Review existing permit language, review EPA's general permit, draft list of suggested changes.
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October - December 2018: Draft changes.
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January 2019: Finalize draft
permit language.
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February 2019: Public notice
of draft permit.
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March - May 2019: Review, respond to comments.
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May 31, 2019: Permit language
finalized.
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June 30, 2019: Permit language
approved by EPA, MPCA Commissioner.
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July 5 - October 5, 2019: Permittees apply for coverage. Permittees must apply 180 days before April
5, 2020.
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April 5, 2020: “New” permit is
reissued and effective.
List of suggested changes, by topic:
Sampling:
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Consider having an “I’m done sampling” form or similar requirement for
sampling “closure.” The goal is to regain electronic system to show sampling results and averages online; this addition may not be needed.
- Clarify hardness-dependent adjustment language. Language and requirements should
reflect “receiving waters” and not “hardness of rainwater.”
- Consider lowering aluminum benchmark value to EPA’s 0.75mg/L for aquatic
life reasons.
General requirements:
- Training requirements slightly modified for clarity.
- Consider requiring that facility SWPPPs must be made available to local and
federal officials.
- Consider faster turnaround time for BMP repairs (re: timelines).
- Consider additional vehicle tracking requirements, clarification.
- Update anti-degradation requirements to be consistent with updated rules,
other stormwater programs.
- Consider increased salt management requirements.
Sector-specific:
- Consider clarifying vehicle wash water activities where inconsistently
worded in “sector chapters.”
- Construction stormwater (CSW) activities for sand & gravel facilities
and landfills: consider allowing 1+ acre activities and add CSW-like
language, so that a separate CSW permit is not required.
- Consider revising sampling requirements to allow air transportation
facilities who use zero gallons/tons of deicing fluid to not have to sample for
deicing-specific parameters.
- Consider additional or more specific requirements for permittees in Sectors
M or N who infiltrate their industrial stormwater.
Comments? Suggestions?
If you have any comments or suggested changes to the current permit, including language you would like to see added or removed, please email program coordinator Melissa Wenzel or call 651-757-2816. Emails are preferred for written documentation purposes.
Stay up-to-date by visiting the MPCA's Permit Development and Program History webpage.
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