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Mr. Michael Grochala <br />April 8, 2020 <br />Page 3 <br />Local Stormwater Management Requirements <br />Stormwater management within the future development of the study area must be in <br />conformance with local requirements of the City of Lino Lakes, RCWD, and MPCA. Some <br />requirements are more stringent than others. However, the development in the study area will <br />need to demonstrate that all local standards are being met under proposed stormwater <br />management techniques. The following is a summary of major stormwater management <br />requirements: <br />• Rice Creek Watershed District <br />The RCWD rules (approved December 14, 2016) require that for rate control, proposed <br />peak runoff rates shall not exceed existing for the 2, 10, 100-year 24-hour rainfall events. <br />Proposed projects must not adversely affect off -site water levels or resources supported <br />by local recharge, or increase potential for off -site flooding, during or after construction. <br />The RCWD requires a water quality treatment volume depending on the area of new or <br />reconstructed impervious surface. Applicants can use BMPs including infiltration, water <br />reuse, filtration, and stormwater ponds to achieve the required water quality treatment <br />volume. Each BMP design variation has a different pollutant removal factor, and <br />applicants must provide sufficient treatment volume depending on the BMP used for the <br />site. The RCWD has an approved Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan <br />(CSMP) for a portion of the AUAR area (Northeast Lino Lakes Drainage Area CSMP). <br />This purpose of the CSMP is to present an alternative means to meet the RCWD rules. <br />Projects within the CSMP area must conform to design requirements detailed in the <br />CSMP report as applicable. <br />City of Lino Lakes <br />The City's Stormwater, Erosion, and Sediment Control Ordinance (adopted October 26, <br />2015) requires proposed development to maintain or decrease runoff volume and flow <br />frequency, duration and peak runoff rates. Proposed development must also increase <br />infiltration or filtration opportunities, maintain existing flow patterns, and provide storage <br />of stormwater runoff on site. Stormwater BMPs must provide infiltration where feasible, <br />but if infiltration is shown as not feasible for a site due to physical or contamination <br />limitations, then another stormwater BMP may be used. Water discharged to BMPs shall <br />be pretreated to National Urban Runoff Program (NURP) standards. <br />• National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Standards <br />The MPCA is responsible for implementing NPDES standards. The NPDES requirements <br />in the AUAR area will be from the NPDES Construction General Permit (effective August <br />1, 2018) and the NPDES Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit <br />(effective August 1, 2013). <br />The NPDES Construction General Permit will require that for sites replacing pervious <br />surfaces with one acre or more of impervious surface, a water quality volume equivalent <br />to 1 inch of runoff from the new impervious surface should be treated. This can be met <br />through wet sedimentation basins, infiltration/filtration, or regional ponding. There are <br />three impaired waterbodies within the study area, and sites that are within one mile of <br />impaired water bodies require additional BMPs. <br />KA015144-000\Admin\DOCSWUAR -Update 2020\Stormwater\MEMO - 040920 - Stormwater AP.docx <br />