TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Jim Arndt, Public Works Director
Clay Curtin, Management Analyst
SUBJECT: Title
Status Update on the Pending Adoption of a New Municipal Stormwater Permit
RECEIVE AND FILE
Body
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this report.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
Municipalities in Los Angeles County must, as required under the federal Clean Water Act, obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (NPDES Permit) for urban runoff from the municipality’s drainage system. The NPDES permit is issued by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board and identifies conditions and requirements that the municipalities must comply with in order to protect the area’s water resources (including beaches, lakes and streams).
DISCUSSION:
On June 6, 2012, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board posted for public comment the first complete draft of the next municipal stormwater permit for LA County and the incorporated cities therein (except Long Beach which has a separate stormwater permit). The Regional Board will consider the permit for adoption at a two-day hearing scheduled for October 4-5, 2012, at the offices of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, located in Los Angeles, CA.
This draft municipal stormwater permit represents a paradigm shift in the approach to permitting of municipal stormwater. The draft permit is over 500 pages long incorporating provisions for a host of new water body/pollutant specific limits, restructuring of the permit centered on a watershed management approach, extensive new requirements for water quality monitoring and storm drain discharge monitoring, and a myriad of new provisions throughout the permit including significant new adminis...
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