TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
Raul Saenz, Utilities Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Review Draft Enhanced Watershed Management Program (EWMP) and Authorize the City Manager to Submit the Draft EWMP to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Public Works Director Olmos).
AUTHORIZE REPORT SUBMITTAL
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council review the Draft EWMP and authorize the City Manager to submit the Draft EWMP to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Board).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal impact associated with this action.
BACKGROUND:
On November 8, 2012, the Board adopted the fourth Los Angeles Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (Permit) under the Federal Clean Water Act for discharges within the coastal watersheds of Los Angeles County. The Permit identifies conditions, requirements and programs that municipalities must comply with to protect regional water resources from adverse effects associated with pollutants in stormwater and urban runoff.
The Cities of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance and Manhattan Beach, together with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (Beach Cities) agreed to collaborate on the development of a EWMP for the Santa Monica Bay, Dominguez Channel, and Machado Lake watershed areas within their jurisdictions (Figure 1).
EWMPs are intended to facilitate Permit compliance to ensure that discharges from covered MS4s achieve applicable water quality targets, and that control measures are implemented to reduce the discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent practicable. The EWMP allows Permittees to collaboratively develop comprehensive watershed-specific control plans to:
* prioritize water quality issues;...
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