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City of Mounds View Page 33 Local Surface Water Management Plan 435-08-135 5.Prepare an impaired waters report. This report will address the results of the impaired waters evaluation along with a determination of whether the City should make changes to the Mounds View SWPPP to reduce the impact from the City’s MS4 stormwater discharge to each impaired water. 6.The City will incorporate the changes identified in the impaired waters report into the City’s SWPPP and be reported through the annual reporting process. To date, Mounds View has not prepared an impaired waters report for any of the identified impaired waters identified in Table 6.2. Table 8.3 identifies a proposed starting date for the necessary impaired waters reports of 2010. Discussion about the directives for impaired waters and ultimately TMDL studies addressing the impairments for the waterbodies listed in Table 6.2 is presented in the Implementation Section (Section 8) of this LSWMP. Section 8 identifies how Mounds View intends to be involved in the directives identified above and the City’s strategy for implementing these directives. 6.5 NPDES PERMITTING PROCESS The MPCA has designated the City of Mounds View as an NPDES Phase II MS4 community (MN Rules 7090). Mounds View received permit coverage in 2003, however due to a court hearing the MPCA was required to revise the MS4 permit and cities were required to update their SWPPP to comply with the new permit requirements by June 1, 2006. The MPCA approved the revised MS4 permit and they granted approval to continue coverage under the general permit on May 6, 2008. The permit application outlined Mounds View’s SWPPP, which addresses six minimum control measures: 1.Public education 2.Public involvement 3.Illicit discharge detection and elimination 4.Construction site runoff control 5.Post-construction runoff control 6.Pollution prevention in municipal operations The City’s SWPPP contains several best management practices within each of the listed control measures. These were identified using a self-evaluation and input process with City staff. Mounds View’s current SWPPP document can be found on the City’s website: www.ci.mounds- view.mn.us/. The City’s permit application and SWPPP were submitted to the MPCA and MS4 permit coverage was officially extended on May 6, 2008. Many of the goals and policies discussed in this LSWMP are directly related to requirements listed in the NPDES program. As a result, the Goals and Policies Section of this plan repeatedly references items listed in the City’s SWPPP. Per the requirements of the MS4 Permit, the City will review their SWPPP and update as necessary on an annual basis. 6.6 COMPARISON OF REGULATORY STANDARDS The City is committed to coordinating project review efforts to facilitate the RCWD permit process. As identified in Figure 3.1, Mounds View is entirely within the boundary of the RCWD; therefore their permit process will be the main catalyst that drives natural and water resource management within the City and will be governed using their most current regulatory standards. The governing document for these standards is the Rice Creek Watershed District Rules, adopted February 13, 2008.