05/28/2014 Environmental Board Minutes

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Evironmental Board May 28, 2014 Page 2 APPROVED MINUTES authorized its submittal to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as part of the City’s application for enrollment in the State of Minnesota’s General National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Phase II Permit program. The permit authorizes the City of Lino Lakes and the Correctional Facility to discharge storm water. As part of the SWPPP, the City and Correctional Facility must solicit public input at an annual meeting required under the Public Education and Outreach Plan including: • A presentation about implementation of the City’s Surface Water Pollution Prevention Program in 2013 • Affording interested persons an opportunity to make oral statements concerning the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program. • Consideration of relevant written materials that interested persons submit concerning the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program. • Consideration of public input in making adjustments to the 2013 implementation plan for the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program. ANALYSIS: According to the 1996 National Water Quality Inventory, stormwater runoff is a leading source of water pollution. Stormwater runoff can harm surface waters such as rivers, lakes, and streams which in turn cause or contribute to water quality standards being exceeded. Stormwater runoff can change natural hydrologic patterns, accelerate stream flows, destroy aquatic habitats, and elevate pollutant concentrations and loadings. Development substantially increases impervious surfaces thereby increasing runoff from city streets, driveways, parking lots, and sidewalks, on which pollutants from human activities settle. Common pollutants in runoff include pesticides, fertilizers, oils, metals, pathogens, salt, sediment, litter and other debris are transported via stormwater and discharged – untreated – to water resources through storm sewer systems. The Stormwater Program for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4’s) is designed to reduce the amount of sediment and pollution that enters surface and ground water from storm sewer systems to the maximum extent practicable. Stormwater discharges associated with MS4’s are regulated through the use of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits. NPDES permits are legal documents. Through this permit, the City and Correctional Facility are required to develop a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP) that incorporates Best Management Practices (BMP’s) applicable to their MS4. Mr. David Rydeen and Mr. Bob Soule from the Lino Lakes Correctional Facility presented their Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program.