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SWM-PS 980514N • ' North Central Texas Council Of Governments TO: Selected Municipal Officials I , „ May 11, 1998 FROM: Mike Eastland, Executive Director North Central Texas Council of Go �rnments SUBJECT: Invitation to Join the Expanded Regional Storm Water Program In January of this year, the USEPA published proposed rules to control polluted runoff from municipal separate storm sewer systems of small ( <100,000 population) municipal and county governments in urbanized areas. These proposed rules, which will be finalized in March 1999, constitute Phase II of EPA's NPDES municipal storm water program. Phase I rules governing all municipalities greater than '100,000 in population are already in effect. The North Central Texas Council of Governments is currently under contract with the seven Phase I cities and the Texas Department of Transportation to coordinate a regional strategy to address their storm water permit requirements. The draft Phase II rules require impacted entities to develop management programs to address storm water impacts through the following six measures: • Public involvement/participation • Public education and outreach on storm water impacts • Illicit discharge detection and elimination • Construction site runoff pollution prevention • Post - construction storm water management in new development and redevelopment • Pollution prevention/good housekeeping for municipal operations NCTCOG intends to expand its successful Phase I regional strategy for managing storm water quality to incorporate the 57 cities and 4 counties in the Denton - Dallas -Fort Worth urbanized area that will be impacted by the Phase II rules according to the 1990 Census. The number of impacted entities may increase based on the outcome of the 2000 Census and the likely expansion of the designated urbanized areas. Regardless of the final number of impacted entities, NCTCOG has identified significant opportunities for regional cooperation to address the six required Phase II program measures. Many of these opportunities were reviewed during a series of NCTCOG- sponsored workshops in January of this year. In accordance with recent federal, state, and local initiatives, NCTCOG is promoting the development of a watershed -based regional strategy. Enlisting all watershed partners to cooperatively examine and address common water quality issues results in a broader sharing of the efforts and greater opportunity for success. Working together will also help entities explore the most effective and cost - efficient ways to manage storm water quality. Like the Phase I effort, we are recommending that activities start well ahead of the Phase II permit deadlines. Our primary goal for FY99 is to work with you to craft a regional strategy that will benefit all participants and lay the groundwork for the permit term. The accompanying packet includes benefits of the regional strategy, an outline of proposed work activities, a map of identified potential participants, and suggested cost shares for the FY99 program effort. We hope you will join us in this unified effort to develop a sound regional strategy to assist all affected cities in successfully addressing the challenges of storm water management. 616 Six Flags Drive, Centerpoint Two P Q Box 5888, Arlington, Texas 76005 -5888 (817) 640 -3300 FAX: 817- 640 -7806 ©recycled paper North Central Texas Council Of Governments To Ken Griffin Date May 14 1998 From Sam Brush, Manager of Environmental Systems Although your municipality was not identified in EPA's latest Proposed Phase II regulations, we felt you would be interested in keeping up with the planned regional storm water program that will be expanding to involve Phase If communities less than 100,000 in population. The proposed Phase II regulations identify entities in urbanized areas per the 1990 Census, but the draft regulations state that they will apply to urbanized entities according to the latest Census report. Because the permit regulations will tentatively become effective in 2002, the Census may have revised urbanized areas by that time for North Central Texas. Your municipality currently has sufficient Population, density or other demographic factors that may mean you could be incorporated into the urbanized areas as part of the year 2000 Census process. We are sending this packet to you for your information, and NCTCOG staff are available to discuss ways in which you might Participate should you choose to do so. You are welcome to attend the Phase II forum in Grapevine. that awareness of these proposed regulations, regional believe cooperation, and good advance preparation will be important in meeting the challenges of future storm water permit programs. 61 P. O. 6Ux DOM$, Arlington, Texas 76005 -5888 (817) 640 -3300 FAX: 817 - 640 -7806 ® recycled paper Benefits of the Expanded Regional Storm Water Management Program 41 Negotiate as one entity with EPA 46 Reduce administrative burdens 40 Save money through cooperative efforts ♦ Share knowledge and past experiences 46 Target efforts at regional storm water quality priorities 46 Maximize planning efforts and minimize unnecessary burdens 41 Determine reasonable and realistic storm water management control strategies FY99 NCTCOG Work Program for an Expanded Regional Storm Water Management Program Information Coordination ♦ Serve as an information clearinghouse for compiling regional and nationwide experiences, regulation updates and general storm water reference documents ♦ Act as a central point of contact to coordinate and disseminate information ♦ Perform liaison functions between local, state and federal entities ♦ Other activities as identified in the formulation of the expanded regional strategy Strategy Formulation ♦ Provide administrative support to the program ♦ Establish a leadership committee structure ♦ Coordinate and facilitate meetings ♦ Assess needs and regional opportunities ♦ Build consensus to formulate regional strategy ♦ Other activities as identified in the formulation of the expanded regional strategy Knowledge Dissemination ♦ Develop a storm water management program video ♦ Host regional workshops and seminars ♦ Prepare newsletter articles for the department of Environmental Resources monthly InsidER bulletin ♦ Identify relationships to other watershed oriented regulatory programs (e.g. TMDL, Clean Rivers, Source Water Protection) ♦ Enhance understanding of integrated watershed and water quality issues ♦ Other activities as identified in the formulation of the expanded regional strategy Construction Runoff Management ♦ Support & promote the Construction Inspector Pollution Prevention Training Program ♦ Update & refine the Construction BMP Manual ♦ Foster awareness of the new USEPA Construction General Permit requirements ♦ Other activities as identified in the formulation of the expanded regional strategy Development Enhancement ♦ Research and compile examples of development criteria impacting storm water quality ♦ Refine menu of development/redevelopment options improving storm water quality ♦ Identify water quality elements to potentially add to drainage criteria manuals ♦ Other activities as identified in the formulation of the expanded regional strategy Cooperative Monitoring (funded by Phase I participants) ♦ Provide administrative support for USGS contract with participants ♦ Compile, analyze and prepare data reports a P� a� O b 0 0 �I F `V 0 z C C Q� V Q� 1� 1 � � -did i IL I 4 I s �S I O v I � 8 G I � t I � , rT -li, -o C C"� U W v; 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